Johanna Konta
Encyclopedia
Johanna Konta is a professional Australia
n/British
tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA
singles ranking of 239. She is reportedly in the process of becoming a British citizen, but the ITF still mark her as Australian.
. A 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 victory over Heidi El Tabakh
netted her the victory and a brand new BlackBerry
.
Konta won the biggest title of her career so far on the green clay courts of the 2010 RBC Bank Women's Challenger
in Raleigh, North Carolina
. In a close encounter, the Anglo-Australian defeated Lindsay Lee-Waters
6–2, 5–7, 6–4 to take the title. Johanna won her second ITF singles title of the year at the $10K tournament in Westende
in Belgium
. In the final she defeated Nicky Van Dyck for the loss of just one game.
In June 2011, Konta qualified for her first WTA
tour event at the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
in Copenhagen
. In the first round she fell to 4th seed Lucie Safarova
4–6 7–5 6–3 in a match that lasted over two and half hours. Johanna won her 5th ITF singles title at the AEGON GB Pro-Series event in Woking
in July. In the final against Laura Robson
, Konta was 6–4 1–1 up when her opponent retired. After a patchy few months interrupted by injury, Konta got back to winning ways at the $10K event in Madrid, besting Lucy Brown 6–2 6–1 in the final.
. In January 2011, Johanna started training at the Weybridge Tennis Academy in England
under the guidance of coach Justin Sherring.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n/British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
singles ranking of 239. She is reportedly in the process of becoming a British citizen, but the ITF still mark her as Australian.
Career
The second singles title of Johanna's career came at the W.O.W. Challenger in Waterloo, CanadaWaterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
. A 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 victory over Heidi El Tabakh
Heidi El Tabakh
Heidi El Tabakh is an Egyptian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 149, which she reached on February 22, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 173, which she reached on February 8, 2010...
netted her the victory and a brand new BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
.
Konta won the biggest title of her career so far on the green clay courts of the 2010 RBC Bank Women's Challenger
RBC Bank Women's Challenger
The RBC Bank Women's Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Raleigh, North Carolina, a city in United States. Held since 2003, this ITF Circuit event is a $50,000 tournament. It started off being a $25,000 in 2003 and has gone up to $75,000 but is now a $50,000 event, this event was played on...
in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
. In a close encounter, the Anglo-Australian defeated 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...
6–2, 5–7, 6–4 to take the title. Johanna won her second ITF singles title of the year at the $10K tournament in Westende
Westende
Westende is a town in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West-Flanders. It lies on the Belgian coast, also called Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast....
in 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...
. In the final she defeated Nicky Van Dyck for the loss of just one game.
In June 2011, Konta qualified for her first WTA
WTA
WTA may refer to:* World Trampolining Association, Founded in 1866 following the founding of the Amateur Athletics Association in 1864.*War of the Triple Alliance, a war between Paraguay and the alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay...
tour event at the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
2011 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open was the second edition of the tennis tournament e-Boks Danish Open, an International-level tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. In the first round she fell to 4th seed Lucie Safarova
Lucie Šafárová
Lucie Šafářová is a professional Czech tennis player. She was born in Brno.Šafářová has won four WTA tour singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en-route...
4–6 7–5 6–3 in a match that lasted over two and half hours. Johanna won her 5th ITF singles title at the AEGON GB Pro-Series event in Woking
2011 AEGON GB Pro-Series Foxhills
The 2011 AEGON GB Pro-Series Foxhills was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit...
in July. In the final against Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...
, Konta was 6–4 1–1 up when her opponent retired. After a patchy few months interrupted by injury, Konta got back to winning ways at the $10K event in Madrid, besting Lucy Brown 6–2 6–1 in the final.
Coaching
Johanna formerly trained at the Roddick Lavalle Academy in TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. In January 2011, Johanna started training at the Weybridge Tennis Academy in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
under the guidance of coach Justin Sherring.
WTA tour and ITF circuit titles (7)
|
|
Singles (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 11 May 2008 |  MostarMostar Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country... $10,000 |
Red Clay |  Janina Toljan |
6–3 3–6 6–4 |
| 2. | 28 June 2009 |  WaterlooWaterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener.... $25,000 |
Green Clay | Heidi El Tabakh Heidi El Tabakh Heidi El Tabakh is an Egyptian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 149, which she reached on February 22, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 173, which she reached on February 8, 2010... |
6–2 3–6 6–3 |
| 3. | 16 May 2010 |  Raleigh $50,000 |
Green Clay | 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... |
6–2 5–7 6–4 |
| 4. | 22 August 2010 |  WestendeWestende Westende is a town in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West-Flanders. It lies on the Belgian coast, also called Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast.... $10,000 |
Hard | Nicky Van Dyck |
6–1 6–0 |
| 5. | 16 July 2011 |  WokingWoking Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station.... $25,000 |
Hard | Laura Robson Laura Robson Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her... |
6–4 1–1 ret. |
| 6. | 12 September 2011 |  MadridMadrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... $10,000 |
Hard | Lucy Brown |
6–2 6–1 |
Doubles (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | 13 March 2011 |  Irapuato $25,000 |
Hard |  Timea BabosTímea Babos Tímea Babos is a professional Hungarian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 176, which she reached on 11 July 2011. Her career high in doubles is 175, which she achieved on 18 July 2011. To date, Babos has won nine singles and nine doubles professional tennis titles.Babos is a member... |
Macall Harkins Nicole Rotmann |
6–3 6–4 |