Laura Robson
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Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation
(ITF) 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 first professional tournament in November 2008. As of 7 November 2011, Robson had a rank on the WTA
singles tour of 131 and doubles tour of 832.
, and Kathy Robson, a sports coach and former professional basketball player. Robson and her family moved from Melbourne to Singapore
when she was eighteen months old, and then to the UK when she was six. According to her parents, she began playing tennis "as soon as she could hold a tennis racquet", and after being encouraged by them, she entered a junior tennis academy at age 7. She signed with management company Octagon when she was 10, with Adidas at age 11, and also signed a racquet
deal with Wilson Sporting Goods
. After working with several coaches, including the head of the Lawn Tennis Association
, Carl Maes, she chose coach Martijn Bok in 2007. Bok said later that although Robson "had trouble staying emotionally under control", he "saw right away...a lot of potential in Laura." Robson also began training at the National Tennis Centre
, under the guidance of Bok, Maes, and the head of women's tennis at the centre, Nigel Sears, while taking school lessons at home
.
Robson's first tournament on the junior ITF tour was in May 2007, where she went from the qualifying draw of the tournament to the quarterfinals. She reached the final of two other tournaments in 2007, and won her first tournament in October. In the first half of 2008, Robson reached the finals of three tournaments, but was also eliminated before the third round in three straight tournaments.
Robson competed in her first junior grand slam at the Wimbledon girls' event, as an unseeded player. As the youngest player in the tournament, she beat first seed Melanie Oudin
on her way to the finals, where she defeated third seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
6–3 3–6 6–1. Her victory made her the first British player to win the girls' event since Annabel Croft
in 1984, and the British media described her as the "new darling" of British tennis, and the "Queen of Wimbledon". However, former British tennis players such as Croft and Virginia Wade
said that "we have to be careful with the expectations we place on her", and that Robson needed to "build her confidence".
After a brief period on the main tour, Robson returned to junior competition but was knocked out in the second round of a tournament in December. In the same month she played her final junior tournament of 2008, the Orange Bowl, where she had to retire in the third round with a stomach strain. At the end of the year, she was shortlisted
for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, but lost out to Paralympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds
.
After recovering from her injury, Robson entered the 2009 Australian Open junior tournament, where she was seeded fifth. In the semifinals she faced a replay of her Wimbledon final, against top seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
, whom she beat in straight sets, 6–4 6–3, to reach her second Grand Slam junior final. Facing third seed Ksenia Pervak
from Russia, Robson was defeated 6–3 6–1. She later attributed her loss to Pervak's greater consistency, and her coach Bok said that "everybody has to be patient". After the tournament, Robson started to train with Gil Reyes, the former trainer of Andre Agassi
. She was also named the MCC Young Sportswoman of the Year. She claimed the top ranking of ITF junior tour in April, despite not playing for two months because of shin splints
. At the 2009 French Open
Robson was the top seed in the junior's competition, but was defeated in round two by Sandra Zaniewska
. Robson, as the defending champion at 2009 Wimbledon Championships
but she fell in the second round by Quirine Lemoine 6–2, 4–6, 8–6.
Due to her focusing on her Senior career, Robson entered the 2009 US Open unseeded. In the first round she beat Ons Jabeur of Tunisia
6–0 6–1. She then faced the 7th seed Lauren Embree
of the United States and beat her 4–6 6–1 6–4. She went on to face the 12th seed, Tamaryn Hendler
of Belgium, who she defeated 6–2 6–1. Robson then set up a quarter–final encounter with Lauren Davis of the USA, who she beat 6–2 6–3. In her semi–final she faced Yana Buchina of Russia. Due to rain delay, both quarter and semi finals were played on the same day, therefore the semi–final match followed the quarter–final match. Despite starting strongly, Robson tired, losing the match 1–6 6–3 7–5.
At the junior singles at the 2010 Australian Open
, Robson was unseeded and defeated Belinda Woolcock 6–0 6–1, Yulia Putintseva 6–2 3–6 6–2 and Cristina Dinu 6–3 6–3, to reach the quarterfinals. In the last eight she easily overcame American Ester Goldfeld 6–1 6–0 to move through to her fourth Junior Grand Slam semi-final where she defeated Kristyna Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6–3 6–2. She was defeated by Kristyna's twin sister Karolína Plíšková
in the final, 6–1 7–6(5). In the 2010 Wimbledon junior singles she reached the semi-finals, losing to Sachie Ishizu
of Japan.
, France. She won two matches to qualify for the main draw of the tournament, as well as her first round match, before having to retire with a shoulder injury in the second round against the second seed, Marina Melnikova.
Robson was then given a wildcard into the main draw of the $75,000 ITF
in Shrewsbury
, Great Britain. After beating 2007 Wimbledon girls singles champion Urszula Radwańska
and fourth seed Tzipi Obziler, Robson lost to second seed Maret Ani
in three sets in the semifinals. She was given another wildcard into the $50,000 tournament in Barnstaple
, Great Britain, but was defeated in three sets in her first round match against the seventh seed Angelique Kerber
, who later said that it was "unbelievable how she's playing".
Her first match on the WTA tour was courtesy of a wildcard into the 2008 Fortis Championships
in Luxembourg City. She was drawn in the first round against world number 42, Iveta Benešová
but lost 1–6 6–2 6–3. Returning to the ITF circuit, Robson entered as the fifth seed in the $10,000 event held in Sunderland, England. After beating third seed Laura-Ioana Andrei in the quarterfinals, she beat fellow Britons Tara Moore and Samantha Vickers in straight sets to win her first ITF title at the age of 14 years and 9 months.
in the first round but lost 3–6 6–4 6–2 despite being a break up in the second set. She also entered into the doubles tournament with Georgie Stoop
, progressing to the second round before losing to sixteenth seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova
and Amélie Mauresmo
. As well as Wimbledon, she competed in two ITF tournaments, one via a wildcard and the second via qualification, but lost in the first round of both.
In August 2009, Robson received a wild card into the 2009 US Open
qualifying tournament. She defeated Stéphanie Foretz
of France in the first round in straight sets, 7–5 6–1 and went on to beat Anikó Kapros
of Hungary, 6–4 7–5. In the final round, she lost to Eva Hrdinová
, after leading 4–1 in the third set.
On 17 October, Robson entered the qualifying draw at the Luxembourg Open. In the first round of qualifying she defeated world number 180 Zuzana Ondrášková
7–5 6–4. In the second round of qualifying she defeated Julia Görges
, the world number 79, 6–3 6–2. In the final round of qualifying she lost to Maria Elena Camerin 3–6 4–6. On 10 November, Robson beat Yuliya Beygelzimer 6–3 6–2 in the first round of the Minsk ITF competition. She defeated Tetyana Arefyeva
6–0 6–4 to reach the second round but was defeated in the quarter-finals by Vitalia Diatchenko
6–3 6–2.
, as part of Great Britain's first team in the tournament since 1992. She lost her opening match 6–4 3–6 0–6 to Yaroslava Shvedova
of Kazakhstan. Later in the day she won the mixed doubles match against Kazakhstan, partnering Murray to secure a 6–3 5–7 12–10 win.
Robson was defeated by Germany's Sabine Lisicki
6–7, 3–6 but won the mixed doubles against Germany. Robson and Murray defeated Russia to advance to the finals. Her first win of the tournament came in the finals against world no. 26 María José Martínez Sánchez
of Spain. Robson and Murray made it to the final of the tournament, but lost to Spain's Martinez Sánchez and Tommy Robredo
in a very close match, 7–6 7–5.
Robson was granted a wild card in the qualifying draw for the women's singles
of the Australian Open. In her first match, she defeated Sophie Ferguson of Australia 6–4, 2–6, 6–4. In her second match she lost to Michaëlla Krajicek
of the Netherlands 6–4, 7–6(7). Robson, however, received a Wildcard into the main draw of the doubles
, partnering Sally Peers
. They defeated Craybas
and Spears
6–3 7–5, to set up a second round clash with the twelfth seeds Chia-Jung Chuang and Květa Peschke
, who they beat in straight sets, 6–3 6–4. Peers and Robson won their third round clash with Vera Dushevina
of Russia and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia in 6–3, 6–3, to advance to the quarter-finals, before falling to the number 15 seeds, Maria Kirilenko
and Agnieszka Radwańska
.
After the Australian Open Robson did not play again until the start of April. In her third tournament back Robson made the semi-final, losing to Edina Gallovits
6–0, 6–2 of the ITF event in Dothan after having to qualify for the main draw. Robson also played in the doubles and after reaching the quarter finals she reached a career high of 102 for doubles. She followed this up with a quarter-final appearance in Charlottesville losing to Anastasia Yakimova 2–6 7–5 6–3.
She then qualified for the main draw of the Aegon Classic in Edgbaston after receiving a wildcard in qualification. She beat Nina Bratchikova
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 and Vitalia Diatchenko
6–3 4–0 (RET). Robson then went on to win her first ever match on the WTA Tour after her opponent Stefanie Vögele retired during the second set of their first round match. She lost to the third seed Yanina Wickmayer
in the second round, 6–4, 7–5. She also received a wildcard for the UNICEF Open at Rosmalen
but was beaten 6–3 6–4 by Slovakian Dominika Cibulková in the first round.
She received a wild card for Wimbledon 2010, and faced fourth seed Jelena Janković
which she lost 6–3 7–6. Robson's next senior level competition was a AEGON GB Pro-Series event at Woking
. Seeded seventh, her first senior seeding, she reached the quarter-finals. Robson's next competitive match did not come till the end of August 2010, when she entered the qualifying tournament for the 2010 US Open
. In the first round she shocked second seed Jelena Dokić
by winning 6–1, 6–4. She beat Vesna Manasieva
6–3 6–2, but lost in the third round to Nuria Llagostera Vives
2–6 6–4 6–3.
On 21 September Robson announced that she was to split with her coach Martijn Bok, as Bok was unable to meet her more demanding 2011 tour schedule.
Robson next competed in the Toray Pan Pacific Open
. She beat world number 57 Anastasija Sevastova
6–1, 3–6, 6–4 in the first round of qualifying and successfully qualified for the main draw by beating world number 100 Simona Halep
2–6, 6–2, 6–4. She was defeated 6–4, 6–3 in the first round of the main draw by the experienced 31 year old player Gréta Arn
.
, however, and she did not compete in a tournament until March 2011; her comeback was then delayed for a further month by an injury in her second competition. Returning again at the end of April 2011, Robson's best performance to date came at the $50,000 tournament at Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, where she reached the semifinal. Robson split from Mouratoglou just before Wimbledon. Robson then won her first match at a Grand Slam as she defeated Angelique Kerber
, but lost to Maria Sharapova
in the second round, 6–7, 3–6.
At the US Open
, Robson won her three qualifying matches to advance into the main draw. In the first round of the main draw, she was 7–6 (7–4), 1–0 ahead, when her opponent, Ayumi Morita
, retired from the match. She was then beaten by Anabel Medina Garrigues
, 6-2, 6-3.
. One of her strengths is her "dominant" serve, which has been described as "the chief reason she can dominate most juniors". However, she has been criticised for having "poor lateral movement". She has been praised for showing "extraordinary poise", and having "the attitude and technique required of a leading player". Commentator Simon Reed said that she "has every tool she needs", and former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash
called her "a special talent" who "seems to have all the attributes to progress". Current WTA star Ana Ivanović
said that Robson "hits the ball really, really hard", former top British player Samantha Smith
said that "she doesn't have any weaknesses at all", and Serena Williams
stated that Robson is just an "all-around good player".
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
(ITF) 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
2010 Australian Open – Girls' Singles
Ksenia Pervak was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.Karolína Plíšková won in the final 6–1, 7–6, against Laura Robson.-Seeds:# Tímea Babos # Heather Watson ...
. She won her first professional tournament in November 2008. As of 7 November 2011, Robson had a rank on the 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 tour of 131 and doubles tour of 832.
Early life and junior career
Robson was born on 21 January 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, the third child of Australian parents Andrew, an oil executive with Royal Dutch ShellRoyal Dutch Shell
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, and Kathy Robson, a sports coach and former professional basketball player. Robson and her family moved from Melbourne to Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
when she was eighteen months old, and then to the UK when she was six. According to her parents, she began playing tennis "as soon as she could hold a tennis racquet", and after being encouraged by them, she entered a junior tennis academy at age 7. She signed with management company Octagon when she was 10, with Adidas at age 11, and also signed a racquet
Racquet
A racquet or racket is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched tightly. It is used for striking a ball in such games as squash, tennis, racquetball, and badminton...
deal with Wilson Sporting Goods
Wilson Sporting Goods
The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently is a foreign subsidiary of the Finnish company Amer Sports....
. After working with several coaches, including the head of the Lawn Tennis Association
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
, Carl Maes, she chose coach Martijn Bok in 2007. Bok said later that although Robson "had trouble staying emotionally under control", he "saw right away...a lot of potential in Laura." Robson also began training at the National Tennis Centre
National Tennis Centre (United Kingdom)
The United Kingdom's National Tennis Centre at Roehampton in south west London is the Lawn Tennis Association 's high performance training facility. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 29 March 2007....
, under the guidance of Bok, Maes, and the head of women's tennis at the centre, Nigel Sears, while taking school lessons at home
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
.
Robson's first tournament on the junior ITF tour was in May 2007, where she went from the qualifying draw of the tournament to the quarterfinals. She reached the final of two other tournaments in 2007, and won her first tournament in October. In the first half of 2008, Robson reached the finals of three tournaments, but was also eliminated before the third round in three straight tournaments.
Robson competed in her first junior grand slam at the Wimbledon girls' event, as an unseeded player. As the youngest player in the tournament, she beat first seed Melanie Oudin
Melanie Oudin
Melanie Oudin is an American tennis player and former World Junior No. 2. Her career high rank is World No. 31, which she achieved on April 19, 2010...
on her way to the finals, where she defeated third seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:...
6–3 3–6 6–1. Her victory made her the first British player to win the girls' event since Annabel Croft
Annabel Croft
Annabel Croft is a former professional tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup.After retiring from tennis, she turned to television...
in 1984, and the British media described her as the "new darling" of British tennis, and the "Queen of Wimbledon". However, former British tennis players such as Croft and Virginia Wade
Virginia Wade
Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
said that "we have to be careful with the expectations we place on her", and that Robson needed to "build her confidence".
After a brief period on the main tour, Robson returned to junior competition but was knocked out in the second round of a tournament in December. In the same month she played her final junior tournament of 2008, the Orange Bowl, where she had to retire in the third round with a stomach strain. At the end of the year, she was shortlisted
Short list
A short list or shortlist is a list of candidates for a job, prize, award, political position, etc., that has been reduced from a longer list of candidates . The length of short lists varies according to the context.-U.S...
for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, but lost out to Paralympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds
Eleanor Simmonds
Eleanor Simmonds MBE is a British Paralympian swimmer who has achondroplasia.Simmonds competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China in the 50 m, 100 m and 400 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, and 200 m individual medley. She swims in the S6 disability category...
.
After recovering from her injury, Robson entered the 2009 Australian Open junior tournament, where she was seeded fifth. In the semifinals she faced a replay of her Wimbledon final, against top seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:...
, whom she beat in straight sets, 6–4 6–3, to reach her second Grand Slam junior final. Facing third seed Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...
from Russia, Robson was defeated 6–3 6–1. She later attributed her loss to Pervak's greater consistency, and her coach Bok said that "everybody has to be patient". After the tournament, Robson started to train with Gil Reyes, the former trainer of Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
. She was also named the MCC Young Sportswoman of the Year. She claimed the top ranking of ITF junior tour in April, despite not playing for two months because of shin splints
Shin splints
Shin splints or medial tibial stress syndrome refers to pain along or just behind the shins with sports that apply extreme pressure to the legs, such as gymnastics...
. At the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open – Girls' Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.Kristina Mladenovic won in the final 6–3, 6–2, against Daria Gavrilova.-Seeds:# Laura Robson # Ana Bogdan ...
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska is a Polish professional tennis player, who is, as of November 14, 2011, ranked No. 295. She has won two ITF tournaments and was the runner–up of the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles.- Personal life :...
. Robson, as the defending champion at 2009 Wimbledon Championships
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...
but she fell in the second round by Quirine Lemoine 6–2, 4–6, 8–6.
Due to her focusing on her Senior career, Robson entered the 2009 US Open unseeded. In the first round she beat Ons Jabeur of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
6–0 6–1. She then faced the 7th seed Lauren Embree
Lauren Embree
Lauren Embree is an American college and international tennis player.Born in Naples, Florida, Embree made her USTA Pro Circuit debut at the age of 16. As a junior, she has competed in the 2006 U.S...
of the United States and beat her 4–6 6–1 6–4. She went on to face the 12th seed, Tamaryn Hendler
Tamaryn Hendler
Tamaryn Hendler , better known as Tammy Hendler, is a Belgian tennis player.Hendler reached the Quarter Finals in the 2008 US Open Girls' singles tournament and the Semi-finals at 2008 Junior Wimbledon. She has won 4 ITF Singles titles and 2 ITF Doubles titles in her career according to the ITF...
of Belgium, who she defeated 6–2 6–1. Robson then set up a quarter–final encounter with Lauren Davis of the USA, who she beat 6–2 6–3. In her semi–final she faced Yana Buchina of Russia. Due to rain delay, both quarter and semi finals were played on the same day, therefore the semi–final match followed the quarter–final match. Despite starting strongly, Robson tired, losing the match 1–6 6–3 7–5.
At the junior singles at 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....
, Robson was unseeded and defeated Belinda Woolcock 6–0 6–1, Yulia Putintseva 6–2 3–6 6–2 and Cristina Dinu 6–3 6–3, to reach the quarterfinals. In the last eight she easily overcame American Ester Goldfeld 6–1 6–0 to move through to her fourth Junior Grand Slam semi-final where she defeated Kristyna Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6–3 6–2. She was defeated by Kristyna's twin sister Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková is a professional Czech tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 168, which she reached on 24 May 2010. Her career high in doubles is 239, which she reached on 1 August 2011. Her twin sister Kristýna is also a tennis player...
in the final, 6–1 7–6(5). In the 2010 Wimbledon junior singles she reached the semi-finals, losing to Sachie Ishizu
Sachie Ishizu
Sachie Ishizu is a professional Japanese tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On June 06, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 224. She is coached by her father, Yasuhiko Ishizu. Sachie was the runner-up in the girls' singles event of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships,...
of Japan.
2008
Following her victory at Wimbledon, Robson made her debut on the ITF senior tour at a $10,000 tournament in LimogesLimoges
Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, France. She won two matches to qualify for the main draw of the tournament, as well as her first round match, before having to retire with a shoulder injury in the second round against the second seed, Marina Melnikova.
Robson was then given a wildcard into the main draw of the $75,000 ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
, Great Britain. After beating 2007 Wimbledon girls singles champion Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwanska
Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...
and fourth seed Tzipi Obziler, Robson lost to second seed Maret Ani
Maret Ani
Maret Ani is an Estonian tennis player. At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi....
in three sets in the semifinals. She was given another wildcard into the $50,000 tournament in Barnstaple
Barnstaple
Barnstaple is a town and civil parish in the local government district of North Devon in the county of Devon, England, UK. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter. The old spelling Barnstable is now obsolete.It is the main town of the...
, Great Britain, but was defeated in three sets in her first round match against the seventh seed Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
, who later said that it was "unbelievable how she's playing".
Her first match on the WTA tour was courtesy of a wildcard into the 2008 Fortis Championships
2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
The 2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a tennis tournament on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, from October 20 through October 26,...
in Luxembourg City. She was drawn in the first round against world number 42, Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
but lost 1–6 6–2 6–3. Returning to the ITF circuit, Robson entered as the fifth seed in the $10,000 event held in Sunderland, England. After beating third seed Laura-Ioana Andrei in the quarterfinals, she beat fellow Britons Tara Moore and Samantha Vickers in straight sets to win her first ITF title at the age of 14 years and 9 months.
2009
Robson returned to the junior tour for the first half of 2009. On 9 June, Wimbledon announced that Robson received a wildcard for the Ladies' Singles event at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She faced former World No.5 and 2002 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Daniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
in the first round but lost 3–6 6–4 6–2 despite being a break up in the second set. She also entered into the doubles tournament with Georgie Stoop
Georgie Stoop
Georgina "Georgie" Gent is an English, AEGON Award winning professional tennis player coached by Damien Roberts. She is currently the British no. 10 and ranked at no. 299 in the world . She has won two ITF singles titles, two ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no...
, progressing to the second round before losing to sixteenth seeds 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...
and Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
. As well as Wimbledon, she competed in two ITF tournaments, one via a wildcard and the second via qualification, but lost in the first round of both.
In August 2009, Robson received a wild card into the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
qualifying tournament. She defeated Stéphanie Foretz
Stéphanie Foretz
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon is a professional female tennis player from France...
of France in the first round in straight sets, 7–5 6–1 and went on to beat Anikó Kapros
Aniko Kapros
Anikó Kapros is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000...
of Hungary, 6–4 7–5. In the final round, she lost to Eva Hrdinová
Eva Hrdinová
Eva Hrdinová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Hrdinova is now the tallest player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour standing at 1.91m. This beats the previous record of Akgul Amanmuradova, who stands just one centimetre shorter.Hrdinová's highest singles ranking yet has been...
, after leading 4–1 in the third set.
On 17 October, Robson entered the qualifying draw at the Luxembourg Open. In the first round of qualifying she defeated world number 180 Zuzana Ondrášková
Zuzana Ondrášková
Zuzana Ondrášková is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. On 9 February 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking of World No...
7–5 6–4. In the second round of qualifying she defeated Julia Görges
Julia Görges
Julia Görges is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 6 June 2011 and a doubles ranking of 31 on 6 June 2011...
, the world number 79, 6–3 6–2. In the final round of qualifying she lost to Maria Elena Camerin 3–6 4–6. On 10 November, Robson beat Yuliya Beygelzimer 6–3 6–2 in the first round of the Minsk ITF competition. She defeated Tetyana Arefyeva
Tetyana Arefyeva
Tetyana Arefyeva is a Ukrainian tennis player. She began tennis at the age of 6 and is coached by Igor Dernovskyy. She mainly plays on the ITF Women's Circuit.-2005:...
6–0 6–4 to reach the second round but was defeated in the quarter-finals by Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:...
6–3 6–2.
2010
Robson began 2010 playing with Andy Murray in the Hopman Cup2010 Hopman Cup
-Spain vs. United States:-Australia vs. United States:-Spain vs. Romania:*Pat Cash joined Cîrstea to take on the Spainsh duo in the doubles over a Pro Set. The Spanish pair won 8–4.-Spain vs. Australia:-Romania vs. United States:-Standings:...
, as part of Great Britain's first team in the tournament since 1992. She lost her opening match 6–4 3–6 0–6 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...
of Kazakhstan. Later in the day she won the mixed doubles match against Kazakhstan, partnering Murray to secure a 6–3 5–7 12–10 win.
Robson was defeated by Germany's Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships...
6–7, 3–6 but won the mixed doubles against Germany. Robson and Murray defeated Russia to advance to the finals. Her first win of the tournament came in the finals against world no. 26 María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...
of Spain. Robson and Murray made it to the final of the tournament, but lost to Spain's Martinez Sánchez and Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo
Tommy Robredo Garcés is a Spanish professional tennis player. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time. His highest singles ranking to date is No...
in a very close match, 7–6 7–5.
Robson was granted a wild card in the qualifying draw for the women's singles
2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defended her title after winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Justine Henin in the final.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina ...
of the Australian Open. In her first match, she defeated Sophie Ferguson of Australia 6–4, 2–6, 6–4. In her second match she lost to 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:...
of the Netherlands 6–4, 7–6(7). Robson, however, received a Wildcard into the main draw of the doubles
2010 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams successfully defended their 2009 Australian Open title with a 6–4, 6–3 win over top-seeded Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the final.-Seeds:# Cara Black / Liezel Huber ...
, partnering Sally Peers
Sally Peers
Sally Peers is an Australian professional tennis player. She plays right-handed, with a double-handed backhand. Her career high WTA singles ranking is world no. 153, which she reached on 20 September 2010 & her career high doubles ranking is world no. 89 which she reached on 8 November 2010, while...
. They defeated 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...
and Spears
Abigail Spears
Abigail Michal Spears is an American professional tennis player.Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 U.S. Open...
6–3 7–5, to set up a second round clash with the twelfth seeds Chia-Jung Chuang and Květa Peschke
Kveta Peschke
Květoslava Peschke, also known as Květa Peschkeová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet...
, who they beat in straight sets, 6–3 6–4. Peers and Robson won their third round clash with Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
of Russia and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia in 6–3, 6–3, to advance to the quarter-finals, before falling to the number 15 seeds, 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...
and Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
.
After the Australian Open Robson did not play again until the start of April. In her third tournament back Robson made the semi-final, losing to Edina Gallovits
Edina Gallovits
Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent on her father's side. She is currently ranked 75th in the world and her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008...
6–0, 6–2 of the ITF event in Dothan after having to qualify for the main draw. Robson also played in the doubles and after reaching the quarter finals she reached a career high of 102 for doubles. She followed this up with a quarter-final appearance in Charlottesville losing to Anastasia Yakimova 2–6 7–5 6–3.
She then qualified for the main draw of the Aegon Classic in Edgbaston after receiving a wildcard in qualification. She beat Nina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova |Zhukovskiy]], Russia) is a professional Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 May 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133. Her current singles ranking is 147 as of 13 November 2010...
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 and Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:...
6–3 4–0 (RET). Robson then went on to win her first ever match on the WTA Tour after her opponent Stefanie Vögele retired during the second set of their first round match. She lost to the third seed 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...
in the second round, 6–4, 7–5. She also received a wildcard for the UNICEF Open at Rosmalen
Rosmalen
Rosmalen is a city in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. It is located near 's-Hertogenbosch and has belonged to its municipality since 1996. In 2005 the city began construction of a new neighbourhood, De Groote Wielen...
but was beaten 6–3 6–4 by Slovakian Dominika Cibulková in the first round.
She received a wild card for Wimbledon 2010, and faced fourth seed Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
which she lost 6–3 7–6. Robson's next senior level competition was a AEGON GB Pro-Series event at Woking
Woking
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....
. Seeded seventh, her first senior seeding, she reached the quarter-finals. Robson's next competitive match did not come till the end of August 2010, when she entered the qualifying tournament for the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
-Seeds:# Akgul Amanmuradova # Jelena Dokić # Monica Niculescu # Zhang Shuai # Varvara Lepchenko # Evgeniya Rodina # Shenay Perry ...
. In the first round she shocked second seed Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic
Jelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player.During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties , she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006...
by winning 6–1, 6–4. She beat Vesna Manasieva
Vesna Manasieva
Vesna Ratkovna Dolonts is a Russian professional tennis player, born to a Serbian father and Russian mother.-ITF Tournament career:Dolonts began competing on the ITF women's circuit in September 2005, soon after her sixteenth birthday, and had risen to World No...
6–3 6–2, but lost in the third round to Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...
2–6 6–4 6–3.
On 21 September Robson announced that she was to split with her coach Martijn Bok, as Bok was unable to meet her more demanding 2011 tour schedule.
Robson next competed in the Toray Pan Pacific Open
Toray Pan Pacific Open
The is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
. She beat world number 57 Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195...
6–1, 3–6, 6–4 in the first round of qualifying and successfully qualified for the main draw by beating world number 100 Simona Halep
Simona Halep
Simona Halep is a world top-50 tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit and the WTA Tour, and is currently the number-two ranked women's tennis player in Romania.-Career:...
2–6, 6–2, 6–4. She was defeated 6–4, 6–3 in the first round of the main draw by the experienced 31 year old player Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn is a professional tennis player from Hungary, and the current Hungarian No. 1. Arn turned professional in 1997....
.
2011
For 2011 Robson hired a new coach, Frenchman Patrick Mouratoglou, and moved her working base to Paris. Her season was disrupted by injury at the 2011 Hopman Cup2011 Hopman Cup
-Serbia vs. Kazakhstan: -Belgium vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Australia: -Australia vs. Kazakhstan: -Serbia vs. Belgium: -Standings:...
, however, and she did not compete in a tournament until March 2011; her comeback was then delayed for a further month by an injury in her second competition. Returning again at the end of April 2011, Robson's best performance to date came at the $50,000 tournament at Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, where she reached the semifinal. Robson split from Mouratoglou just before Wimbledon. Robson then won her first match at a Grand Slam as she defeated Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
, but lost to 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...
in the second round, 6–7, 3–6.
At the US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, Robson won her three qualifying matches to advance into the main draw. In the first round of the main draw, she was 7–6 (7–4), 1–0 ahead, when her opponent, Ayumi Morita
Ayumi Morita
is a Japanese female tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of 42nd in the world on June 6, 2011 and is currently the highest ranked Japanese player in the world at World No. 46, the seventh overall in Asia. At Junior level, she reached a career high ranking of No. 3.Morita is known for...
, retired from the match. She was then beaten by Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
, 6-2, 6-3.
Playing style
Robson plays left-handed, with a two-handed backhandBackhand
The backhand is a tennis shot in which one swings the racquet around one's body in the direction where one wants the ball to go, usually performed from the baseline or as an approach shot. The term is also used in other racquet sports, and other areas where a similar motion is employed...
. One of her strengths is her "dominant" serve, which has been described as "the chief reason she can dominate most juniors". However, she has been criticised for having "poor lateral movement". She has been praised for showing "extraordinary poise", and having "the attitude and technique required of a leading player". Commentator Simon Reed said that she "has every tool she needs", and former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash
Pat Cash
Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987.-Early career:...
called her "a special talent" who "seems to have all the attributes to progress". Current WTA star Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
said that Robson "hits the ball really, really hard", former top British player Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith (tennis)
Samantha Smith was the number 1 ranked British ladies tennis player from 1996–1999, and now commentates on the game, predominantly for the BBC, Sky Sports and Eurosport, as well as Channel Seven in Australia during the Australian Open.-Early life:Smith was born in Essex, and educated at Bancroft's...
said that "she doesn't have any weaknesses at all", and Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
stated that Robson is just an "all-around good player".
Titles
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| 1 | 9 November 2008 | Sunderland $10,000 | Hard |  Samantha Vickers |
6–3 6–2 |
Major Junior Finals
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 July 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Noppawan LertcheewakarnNoppawan Lertcheewakarn Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:... |
6–3 3–6 6–1 | Win |
| 2 | 31 January 2009 | Australian Open | Hard |  Ksenia PervakKsenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011... |
3–6 1–6 | Loss |
| 3 | 30 January 2010 | Australian Open 2010 Australian Open – Girls' Singles Ksenia Pervak was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.Karolína Plíšková won in the final 6–1, 7–6, against Laura Robson.-Seeds:# Tímea Babos # Heather Watson ... |
Hard |  Karolína PlíškováKarolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková is a professional Czech tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 168, which she reached on 24 May 2010. Her career high in doubles is 239, which she reached on 1 August 2011. Her twin sister Kristýna is also a tennis player... |
1–6 6–7(5–7) | Loss |
Grand Slam Performance Timeline
| Tournament | 2009 2009 WTA Tour The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.... | 2010 2010 WTA Tour The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end... | 2011 2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA... | W–L | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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... |
A | Q2 | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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... |
A | QF 2010 Australian Open – Women's Doubles Serena Williams and Venus Williams successfully defended their 2009 Australian Open title with a 6–4, 6–3 win over top-seeded Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the final.-Seeds:# Cara Black / Liezel Huber ... |
A | 3–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Venus Williams and Serena Williams were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva.Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova won in the final, defeating Vesnina and Zvonareva 7-6, 6-2.-Seeds:... |
1R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but lost to Sabine Lisicki and Samantha Stosur in the second round.Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik won this event, defeating Lisicki and Stosur in the final 6–3, 6–1. It was the 1st Grand Slam title for the veteran couple, and... |
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| US Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
- The career record is only for a player's participation in the main draw of the event.
External links
- Laura Robson Website
- LTALawn Tennis AssociationThe Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
profile of Laura Robson