Arantxa Rus
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Arantxa Rus is a Dutch
female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open
for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore
from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player. Rus was given a wildcard
for the 2008 Ordina Open
, where she was defeated in the first round by Mariya Koryttseva
4–6, 4–6.
In September 2008 she qualified for the 2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open
in Guangzhou
, China
. In the first round she beat Yanina Wickmayer
of Belgium
6–7, 6–2, 6–4 and then reached the quarterfinal after beating Argentina's
Gisela Dulko
6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinal she lost to Camille Pin
of France
3–6, 3–6.
Rus' biggest win to date was a second round shocker over #2 seed Kim Clijsters
at the 2011 French Open
, winning 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, saving two match points in the second set.
She currently is the number one ranked Dutch player on the WTA singles ranking.
qualifying. Then she played some qualifying matches on few tournaments, but with no success. On the clay season she found her game and in Marbella she passed through the qualifying rounds, won in the first round, but lost to 3rd seed Kaia Kanepi
7–5, 6–2. A bigger result came at the 2nd Grand Slam of the season 2009 Roland Garros, where she came as world No. 142. She passed through the qualifying rounds, won her 1st round match against Olivia Sanchez
6–1, 6–1 but lost in 2nd round to Yaroslava Shvedova
6–0, 6–2. Then she played a few more tournaments but without much success. Then in the end of the season she won 10 of 11 matches. First at ITF Poitiers she passed through the qualifying rounds, won matches against 3rd seed Alexandra Dulgheru
and Severine Beltrame before losing in the quarterfinals to Pauline Parmentier
. Then she played at ITF Nantes where she won the title without dropping any set through the tournament. She came through with the victory against Renata Voráčová
in the final 6–3, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 37–24.
and the 2010 Australian Open
. She played few tournaments but her biggest result was in Marbella when she qualified to the 1st round. Then in Estoril she passed 3 qualifying round, won 2 matches in main draw but lost to Sorana Cîrstea
6–4, 6–1. She lost at the US Open qualifying 2nd round to junior 2010 Wimbledon Championships
champion Kristýna Plíšková
7–6, 6–7, 2–6. She played at Koddaert Ladies Open. In 1st round she overcame 8th seed Tathiana Garbin
6–3, 6–2 and in the 2nd round, was better than Michaëlla Krajicek
6–1, 6–4. She lost in the quarterfinals to No.2 seed Timea Bacsinszky
6–3, 6–2. Then she played qualifying at the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open
, but she lost in 1st round to No. 5 seed Sorana Cîrstea
6–4, 3–6, 7–6. Later, she played in the Real Tennis Masters Rotterdam final against Michaëlla Krajicek
, but lost 6–4, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 33–26.
, where she played through the qualifying rounds. In the first round, she defeated Isabella Holland
6–2, 6–2. In the second round, she defeated Olivia Rogowska
6–1, 6–7, 6–2, but then lost to Anna Tatishvili
6–2, 6–4. Rus next went through the qualifying rounds at the 2011 Medibank International Sydney
. In the first round, she beat 1999 Wimbledon semifinalist Mirjana Lučić
6–4, 6–2, but in the second round, she lost against Bojana Jovanovski
6–2, 5–7, 7–5.
Then Rus went on to the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open
, where she went through the qualifying rounds, as the no. 18 seed. In the first round, she defeated Julia Cohen
6–3, 6–2. In the second, round she again defeated Isabella Holland
6–2, 6–3, and in the third qualifying round, Rus beat Kurumi Nara
6–4, 6–1. In her first Australian Open
main draw appearance, she defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, but she lost to no. 23 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
in the second round 6–1, 6–4.
Then, she played for the Netherlands Fed Cup Team at Group I of the European/African Zone. She won all of her singles matches against Hungary, Romania, and Latvia, helping the Netherlands with three victories. But they lost in the Promotional Play-Off against Switzerland 2–1.
She played at ITF Stockholm, where she won the doubles title with Anastasia Yakimova (BLR), and she lost the singles final from Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 6–3. She withdrew from WTA Monterrey because of illnes. At BNP Paribas Open she played qualifications, but lost to Jamie Hampton
6–3, 6–7, 2–6. Next was ITF tournament The Bahamas Women's Open
. Beating Jill Craybas
6–3, 6–4, Kristina Barrois
(GER) 7–5, 6–2 in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, she met her doubles partner Anastasia Yakimova and lost 6–3, 6–3. Then, she played qualifying matches for the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
in Miami. In the first round, she defeated Japanese Misaki Doi
6–1, 6–2 and Michelle Larcher De Brito
6–4, 6–2 in the second qualifying round. In the main draw, she lost in the first round against Lourdes Dominguez Lino
6–4, 6–7, 6–4.
Next was the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience
, where she faced Dinara Safina
in the first round, losing 6–3, 2–6, 4–6. She also lost in the first round at Fes 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 to Aravane Rezai
. Then she played qualifying matches for the Estoril Open
, beating Anne Kremer
in the first round 6–0, 6–1, but losing against Sesil Karatancheva 7–5, 4–6, 2–6. She played the first round at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, losing against Maria Sharapova
6–2, 3–6, 2–6.
She continued on the ITF circuit, first at Saint-Gaudens. In the first round, Rus beat Claire de Gubernatis
6–1, 6–1, and in the second round Severine Beltrame 6–3, 6–3. In the quarterfinal, she beat former junior No.1 Elina Svitolina
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, and in the semifinal Rus defeated Valeria Savinykh
7–5, 7–5. She lost to Anastasia Pivovarova
in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–2. Then, she went on to the French Open and defeated Marina Erakovic
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the first round. In the second round, she defeated the #2 seed Kim Clijsters
3–6, 7–5, 6–1, after saving two match points. She lost to Maria Kirilenko
6–1, 6–1. Than she played at Unicef Open where she defeated Indy De Vroome and Coco Vandeweghe
before she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–2, 6–4. In Wimbledon qualifying first round she was better than Olivia Sanchez
before she lost to Lindsay Lee-Waters
in second round. Than she played at ITF Cuneo where she defeated Camilla Rosatello, Laura Pous-Tio, Petra Martic
and Mirjana Lucic
but she lost to Anna Tatishvili 6–4, 6–3 in the final. She is playing at ITF Contrexeville where as a 1st seed defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6–3, 6–2 in the first round, Roxane Vaisemberg
6-0, 6-3 in the second, but she lost to Iryna Bremond 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the QF. Than she played ITF Astana 3. She defeated Zarina Diyas
6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the first round, but in second round against Ekaterina Bychkova
she retired in the 3rd set when Bychkova leads 2-0. After that she had tough trainings until the US Open where she defeated Elena Vesnina
6-4, 6-2 but lost to Caroline Wozniacki
6-2, 6-0 in the second round.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore
Jessica Moore (tennis)
Jessica Moore is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is grass.-Career:...
from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player. Rus was given a wildcard
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
for the 2008 Ordina Open
2008 Ordina Open
The 2008 Ordina Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 19th edition of the Ordina Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
, where she was defeated in the first round by Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
4–6, 4–6.
In September 2008 she qualified for the 2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open
2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. In the first round she beat Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
of Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
6–7, 6–2, 6–4 and then reached the quarterfinal after beating Argentina's
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinal she lost to Camille Pin
Camille Pin
Camille Pin is a former French professional tennis player. Pin played right-handed and is 162 cm, or 5' 3¾" tall....
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
3–6, 3–6.
Rus' biggest win to date was a second round shocker over #2 seed Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
at the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, winning 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, saving two match points in the second set.
She currently is the number one ranked Dutch player on the WTA singles ranking.
2009
Rus failed at Hobart and 2009 Australian Open2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
qualifying. Then she played some qualifying matches on few tournaments, but with no success. On the clay season she found her game and in Marbella she passed through the qualifying rounds, won in the first round, but lost to 3rd seed Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
7–5, 6–2. A bigger result came at the 2nd Grand Slam of the season 2009 Roland Garros, where she came as world No. 142. She passed through the qualifying rounds, won her 1st round match against Olivia Sanchez
Olivia Sanchez
Olivia Sanchez is a professional tennis player from France. She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2007 French Open, but lost in 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, to Shenay Perry in the first round. As of June 9, 2008, Sanchez reached her highest singles ranking of World Number 90 on June 9, 2008, and is...
6–1, 6–1 but lost in 2nd round to Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player of Russian descent. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29 as of 21 June 2010. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US...
6–0, 6–2. Then she played a few more tournaments but without much success. Then in the end of the season she won 10 of 11 matches. First at ITF Poitiers she passed through the qualifying rounds, won matches against 3rd seed Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
and Severine Beltrame before losing in the quarterfinals to Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier is a professional tennis player from France. Her career high was #40, achieved on 21 July 2008 and her highest ranking in doubles was World Number 146 on 15 June 2009.-Background:...
. Then she played at ITF Nantes where she won the title without dropping any set through the tournament. She came through with the victory against Renata Voráčová
Renata Vorácová
Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
in the final 6–3, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 37–24.
2010
Rus failed at the qualifying rounds of the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International2010 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2010 Moorilla Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and is part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
and the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
. She played few tournaments but her biggest result was in Marbella when she qualified to the 1st round. Then in Estoril she passed 3 qualifying round, won 2 matches in main draw but lost to Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
6–4, 6–1. She lost at the US Open qualifying 2nd round to junior 2010 Wimbledon Championships
2010 Wimbledon Championships
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 21 June until Sunday 4 July 2010. It was the 124th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand...
champion Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech tennis player. She won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in junior singles, beating Sachie Ishizu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, while her twin sister Karolína is the 2010 Australian Open junior singles champion....
7–6, 6–7, 2–6. She played at Koddaert Ladies Open. In 1st round she overcame 8th seed Tathiana Garbin
Tathiana Garbin
Tathiana Garbin is an Italian tennis player. As of 17 May 2010, she is ranked World No. 56 in singles and No. 38 in doubles. Garbin is probably best known for her shocking defeat of the defending champion and the reigning World No. 1 Justine Henin in the second round of the 2004 French Open...
6–3, 6–2 and in the 2nd round, was better than Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
6–1, 6–4. She lost in the quarterfinals to No.2 seed Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky is a professional female tennis player residing in Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. She joined the WTA Tour in 2004 and was ranked World No. 37 on 7 June 2010....
6–3, 6–2. Then she played qualifying at the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open
2010 BGL Luxembourg Open
The 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open was a tennis tournament on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, but she lost in 1st round to No. 5 seed Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
6–4, 3–6, 7–6. Later, she played in the Real Tennis Masters Rotterdam final against Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
, but lost 6–4, 6–2. She ended the year with a Win/Lost of 33–26.
2011
Her first tournament was the 2011 Brisbane International2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
, where she played through the qualifying rounds. In the first round, she defeated Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland is an Australian professional tennis player. Her preferred surfaces are clay and hardcourt....
6–2, 6–2. In the second round, she defeated Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska is an Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September 2010...
6–1, 6–7, 6–2, but then lost to Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 84, which she reached on 4 July, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 107, which she reached on April 12, 2010...
6–2, 6–4. Rus next went through the qualifying rounds at the 2011 Medibank International Sydney
2011 Medibank International Sydney
The 2011 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 119th edition of the Medibank International Sydney, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
. In the first round, she beat 1999 Wimbledon semifinalist Mirjana Lučić
Mirjana Lucic
Mirjana Lučić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She enjoyed a promising career on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, during which she set several "youngest-ever" records, won one Grand Slam women's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1998 when she was only 15 years old, partnering Martina...
6–4, 6–2, but in the second round, she lost against Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...
6–2, 5–7, 7–5.
Then Rus went on to the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
, where she went through the qualifying rounds, as the no. 18 seed. In the first round, she defeated Julia Cohen
Julia Cohen
Julia Cohen is an American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit.On November 29, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 153, and on September 12, 2011, her highest doubles ranking of 208....
6–3, 6–2. In the second, round she again defeated Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland is an Australian professional tennis player. Her preferred surfaces are clay and hardcourt....
6–2, 6–3, and in the third qualifying round, Rus beat Kurumi Nara
Kurumi Nara
Kurumi Nara is a tennis player. She reached the third round of the 2008 US Open Girls singles tournament, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–4, 7–6. She advanced to the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2010 French Open with a 4–6, 7–6, 10–8 win over Monica...
6–4, 6–1. In her first Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
main draw appearance, she defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, but she lost to no. 23 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
in the second round 6–1, 6–4.
Then, she played for the Netherlands Fed Cup Team at Group I of the European/African Zone. She won all of her singles matches against Hungary, Romania, and Latvia, helping the Netherlands with three victories. But they lost in the Promotional Play-Off against Switzerland 2–1.
She played at ITF Stockholm, where she won the doubles title with Anastasia Yakimova (BLR), and she lost the singles final from Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player of Serbian background. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 171st, which she reached on 12 April 2010.Kristina was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord department of France...
6–4, 6–3. She withdrew from WTA Monterrey because of illnes. At BNP Paribas Open she played qualifications, but lost to Jamie Hampton
Jamie Hampton
Jamie Lee Hampton is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of World No. 116. Hampton lived in Enterprise, Alabama until she was 13, when she moved to Auburn, Alabama...
6–3, 6–7, 2–6. Next was ITF tournament The Bahamas Women's Open
The Bahamas Women's Open
The Bahamas Women's Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit. It is held annually at the National Tennis Centre in Nassau, Bahamas.-Singles:...
. Beating Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas
- Early years :Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association competition from 1993 to...
6–3, 6–4, Kristina Barrois
Kristina Barrois
Kristina Barrois is a professional German tennis player who has won two German Tennis Championships and reached the second round of all four Grand Slam events, as well as the final of two WTA tournaments. She lives in Urexweiler, Marpingen. Her career high rank is World No...
(GER) 7–5, 6–2 in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, she met her doubles partner Anastasia Yakimova and lost 6–3, 6–3. Then, she played qualifying matches for the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
2011 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open , a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 21 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami...
in Miami. In the first round, she defeated Japanese Misaki Doi
Misaki Doi
is a professional Japanese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 116, which she reached on March 21, 2011 Her career high in doubles is 222, which she reached...
6–1, 6–2 and Michelle Larcher De Brito
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Michelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito is a Portuguese tennis player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis...
6–4, 6–2 in the second qualifying round. In the main draw, she lost in the first round against Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...
6–4, 6–7, 6–4.
Next was the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience
2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience
The 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Andalucia Tennis Experience, and an International-level tournament of the 2011 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Club de Tenis Puente Romano in Marbella, Spain, from April 2...
, where she faced Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
in the first round, losing 6–3, 2–6, 4–6. She also lost in the first round at Fes 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 to Aravane Rezai
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
. Then she played qualifying matches for the Estoril Open
Estoril Open
The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,...
, beating Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. Her highest WTA Ranking has been World No...
in the first round 6–0, 6–1, but losing against Sesil Karatancheva 7–5, 4–6, 2–6. She played the first round at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, losing against Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
6–2, 3–6, 2–6.
She continued on the ITF circuit, first at Saint-Gaudens. In the first round, Rus beat Claire de Gubernatis
Claire de Gubernatis
Claire de Gubernatis is a French professional tennis player. As of September 13, 2010, she reached her highest single rankings of World number 196....
6–1, 6–1, and in the second round Severine Beltrame 6–3, 6–3. In the quarterfinal, she beat former junior No.1 Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina is a junior Ukrainian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 326, which she reached on October 03, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 397, achieved on May 9, 2011...
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, and in the semifinal Rus defeated Valeria Savinykh
Valeria Savinykh
Valeria Savinykh is a Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 133, which she reached on September 12, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 124, achieved on September 12, 2011.-External links:...
7–5, 7–5. She lost to Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova is a professional tennis player from Russia.Pivovarova was born in Moscow, Russia and is a right-handed player. She reached a career high of 115 in July 2010. During a successful junior career Pivovarova was ranked as high as number 2.- Biography :Anastasia Pivovarova...
in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–2. Then, she went on to the French Open and defeated Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic is a New Zealand professional tennis player of Croatian background. Her career high in Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on 27 October 2008, and in singles it is No. 49, achieved on 7 July 2008. As of 21 November 2011, she is World No...
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the first round. In the second round, she defeated the #2 seed Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
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3–6, 7–5, 6–1, after saving two match points. She lost to Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
6–1, 6–1. Than she played at Unicef Open where she defeated Indy De Vroome and Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe is an American professional tennis player. She played on the junior circuit, where she reached a high ranking of junior world no. 15, but is gradually playing more senior tournaments. She won the 2008 US Open Girls' singles championship.She made her WTA debut in Los Angeles, and...
before she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
6–2, 6–4. In Wimbledon qualifying first round she was better than Olivia Sanchez
Olivia Sanchez
Olivia Sanchez is a professional tennis player from France. She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2007 French Open, but lost in 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, to Shenay Perry in the first round. As of June 9, 2008, Sanchez reached her highest singles ranking of World Number 90 on June 9, 2008, and is...
before she lost to Lindsay Lee-Waters
Lindsay Lee-Waters
Lindsay Lee-Waters is an American tennis player. Former World No. 33 player, she won eleven singles and sixteen doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation...
in second round. Than she played at ITF Cuneo where she defeated Camilla Rosatello, Laura Pous-Tio, Petra Martic
Petra Martic
Petra Martić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her career high ranking is #47, achieved on September 26th 2011.-Early Career: 2006–2009:...
and Mirjana Lucic
Mirjana Lucic
Mirjana Lučić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She enjoyed a promising career on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, during which she set several "youngest-ever" records, won one Grand Slam women's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1998 when she was only 15 years old, partnering Martina...
but she lost to Anna Tatishvili 6–4, 6–3 in the final. She is playing at ITF Contrexeville where as a 1st seed defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6–3, 6–2 in the first round, Roxane Vaisemberg
Roxane Vaisemberg
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6-0, 6-3 in the second, but she lost to Iryna Bremond 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the QF. Than she played ITF Astana 3. She defeated Zarina Diyas
Zarina Diyas
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6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the first round, but in second round against Ekaterina Bychkova
Ekaterina Bychkova
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she retired in the 3rd set when Bychkova leads 2-0. After that she had tough trainings until the US Open where she defeated Elena Vesnina
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009...
6-4, 6-2 but lost to Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
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6-2, 6-0 in the second round.
Singles (5)
| Č. | Date | Tournament | Prize | Surface | Opponent in final | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26. August 2007 |  Netherlands Vlaardingen |
10,000$ | clay |  Germany Anne SchaeferAnne Schaefer Anne Schaefer , was an American actress. She appeared in 147 films between 1911 and 1938.She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 86.-External links:... , |
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2. | 10. September 2007 | Netherlands Alphen aan den Rijn |
10,000$ | clay | Netherlands Renee Reinhard |
4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
| 3. | 19. April 2008 |  Italy Bari |
25,000$ | clay | Italy Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55... |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 4. | 23. October 2008 |  Poland Opole |
25,000$ | carpet (i) |  Croatia Ana VrljićAna Vrljić Ana Vrljić is a professional Croatian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 21, 2008, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 191. She started playing tennis at the age of 4. She made it to the Quarterfinals of the 2010 Swedish Open defeating Angelique Kerber and Arantxa... |
4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 5. | 8. October 2009 |  France Nantes |
50,000$ | hard (i) |  Czech Republic Renata VoráčováRenata Vorácová Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No... |
6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles (2)
| Č. | Date | Tournament | Prize | Surface | Partner | Opponent in final | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27. October 2007 |  Mexico Mexico City |
25,000$ | hard (o) | Netherlands Nicole Thyssen |
Croatia Ivana Abramović Ivana Abramovic Ivana Abramović is a Croatian professional tennis player. Her career high on the WTA singles rankings was number 143 on January 3, 2004. She reached her career high doubles ranking of No... Croatia Marija Abramovic |
6–0, 6–1 |
| 2. | 11. February 2011 |  Sweden Stockholm |
25,000$ | hard (i) |  Belarus Anastasia Yakimova |
France Claire Feuerstein Claire Feuerstein Claire Feuerstein is an professional tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002, aged 16, at an ITF tournament in Les Contamines, France....  Russia Ksenia LykinaKsenia Lykina Ksenia Lykina is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 171, which she reached on April 19, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 217, which she reached on February 22, 2010.... |
6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |