Sarah Borwell
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Sarah Leah Borwell (born 20 August 1979) is an English professional tennis
player who specialises primarily in doubles. She is currently the British number 1 in doubles, ranked 67 in the world (as of 24 May 2010). Her career high doubles ranking is 67, set on 24 May 2010 and her career high singles ranking is 199, which she reached on 10 July 2006.
, where Jonathan Woodgate
and Liam Plunkett
were fellow students, she even shared a class and school football team with Woodgate who is a year her junior at The Avenue Primary school, where dual year classes were present. She was a regular player for the Schools boys football team, more than holding her own and deserving her place in the team. and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough
. She won a tennis scholarship to the University of Houston
, where she completed a business degree.
Her father is a scout at Aston Villa F.C.
, and her mother coaches Mini Tennis and is a supervisor for school sports.
tournament held in Bath, England where she suffered a first round defeat. She played four more tournaments that year and reached the quarter-finals of two of them (both on clay
). The season ended with Borwell ranked world no. 744.
tour at the tier III DFS Classic
held in Birmingham
. She experienced a defeat in the first round of qualifying at the hands of a young future world number 1, Maria Sharapova
. Borwell was then granted a wild card into the qualifying event of her home Grand Slam
, Wimbledon
, where she was defeated in straight sets by Argentine
Gisela Dulko
in the first round. She spent the rest of the year on the ITF circuit, reaching two more semi-finals (one as a qualifier). She finished 2003 ranked 349.
DFS Classic
qualifying rounds. She managed to go one better than her previous year's appearance at the tournament by beating 16th seed Sunitha Rao
in three tight sets before losing to 8th seed Rika Fujiwara
from Japan. Another wild card followed, but this time into the main draw of Wimbledon where her opponent in round one was American, Shenay Perry
. Despite a valiant performance in a first set tie-break (which she eventually lost 11–13) she lost the match in two sets, 7–6(11) 6–3. The rest of her year was spent playing ITF tournaments where she reached one quarter-final. She did however beat two women ranked higher than herself to qualify for the tier III Bell Challenge
held in Quebec City
, Canada in November. She lost in the first round to Emma Laine
of Finland. 2005 ended with Borwell ranked 331.
, 6–2 6–1. March saw success for Borwell as she reached the semi-finals of Sunderland ITF before losing to Gaelle Widmer, 6–1 6–3. This was immediately followed by her first ever title in Sheffield
where she did not drop a single set en route to the final where she defeated Nadja Roma, 4–6 6–1 6–4. Two consecutive first round losses followed before a quarter-final loss to Anne Keothavong
in the ITF tournament held in Madras. May saw another ITF final appearance for Borwell in Nagano where she was forced to retire after losing a close first set 7–5 to Tomoko Yonemura. In June, Borwell had her first victory in the main draw of a WTA event after being given a wild card into the DFS Classic
in Birmingham
and defeating fellow Briton Melanie South
in three sets. Jamea Jackson
beat her in the second round. Two consecutive wild cards followed, the first into the main draw of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne
(where she did not make it past the first round) and the second into the main draw of Wimbledon. She had a shock victory here by winning her first round match against world number 66, Marta Domachowska
, 6–3 6–7(3) 6–4. This set up a second round match against future world number 1, Ana Ivanović
, which she lost, 6–1 6–2. Following Wimbledon, Borwell reached the quarter-finals of one ITF tournament that year and was beaten in the first round of qualifying of the US Open by Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
. Her ranking was 218 at the end of this season.
. She lost in qualifying for the DFS Classic
, International Women's Open and Wimbledon before reaching the quarter-finals of the ITF tournament held in Felixstowe
. Her next tournament was another ITF, this one held in Frinton where she defeated fellow Briton, Jade Curtis, in the final, 6–4 1–6 6–3. The second ITF title of her career. This was followed by another quarter-final appearance in an ITF tournament before she lost in the qualifying rounds for three consecutive WTA tournaments. One more quarter-final in an ITF tournament rounded off her results for 2007. She finished the year at a ranking of 264.
, reaching two consecutive finals in March in Dijon
and Bath. She lost the first to Olga Brózda
and won the second by defeating Stéphanie Vongsouthi
. In July she reached her only other singles final of the ITF season in the Felixstowe
tournament, losing to Neuza Silva
, 3–6 2–6. Her participation on the WTA tour
that year consisted of four losing efforts as she attempted to qualify for the DFS Classic
, the Banka Koper Slovenia Open
, the Nordea Nordic Light Open
and the Bell Challenge
. Borwell was awarded a wild card
into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon
where she was beaten by Yaroslava Shvedova
, 6–4 6–7(5) 6–4. In November, Borwell made the decision to stop playing singles and become a doubles specialist.
tournaments without having to qualify. She reached the quarterfinals of four International
tournaments: ASB Classic
, Moorilla Hobart International
, Abierto Mexicano Telcel
and the Monterrey Open
. She also made the semi final of the main tour event in Bad Gastein. In 2010 Borwell teamed up full time with American Raquel Kops-Jones
. So far they have made 3 quarter finals but their higlight has been a semi final in the WTA events at Ponte Vedra Beach and Stanford.
Both the French Open and Wimbledon proved to be a frustrating experience for Borwell and Kops-Jones. Although sandwiched between both tournaments they picked up an ITF title in Nottingham (defeating Naomi Broady
and Katie O'Brien
in the final) they suffered 1st round defeats in both Grand Slam events. At the French they came up against nemesis' and eventual finalists Katarina Srebotnik
and Květa Peschke
and were thrashed 6–0 6–1. At Wimbledon they played a high quality game against 5th seeds Liezel Huber
and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. They played the first two centre court before bad light forced the match to be resumed the next day, at one set all. where Huber and Mattek prevailed 7–5 in the decider. Borwell did however win a round with Colin Fleming
in the Mixed Doubles before losing in the second round to top seeds Nenad Zimonjić
and Sam Stosur
In July, Borwell teamed up with Martina Hingis
and Scoville Jenkins
to form the New York Buzz
team at the World Team Tennis
Championships. Although they struggled and were the least successful team, Borwell and Jenkins registered a very impressive Mixed Doubles success against John McEnroe
and Kim Clijsters
At the Bank of West Classic Borwell and Jones caused a huge upset in round 1 as they defeated Lisa Raymond
and Renne Stubbs 6–0, 4–6, 12–10. On the win Borwell said 'We deserved that.' They reached the semi final despite Borwell being hit on the head with a 10–6 champion tie break win against Lilia Osterloh
and Riza Zamelada, Borwell said this win was more important than their first round win. The blow to the head Borwell received in that match turned out to be a brain bleed that kept her out of action for about a month, causing her to miss the US Open.
Borwell returned to action at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, competing for England in both the Women's and Mixed doubles. Anna Smith
and Ken Skupski
were her respective partners. Borwell and Smith were seeded 2nd, however could not live up to that ranking losing their quarter final match in straight sets. Borwell and Skupski however combined well eventually winning the bronze medal, defeating Smith and partner Ross Hutchins
.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player who specialises primarily in doubles. She is currently the British number 1 in doubles, ranked 67 in the world (as of 24 May 2010). Her career high doubles ranking is 67, set on 24 May 2010 and her career high singles ranking is 199, which she reached on 10 July 2006.
Early life
Borwell was born in Middlesbrough. She attended Nunthorpe SchoolNunthorpe School
Nunthorpe School is a Specialist Science, Business and Enterprise Secondary School in Nunthorpe, an area of south east Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England...
, where Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Simon Woodgate is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League.Woodgate started his football career at Leeds United where he established himself in the starting eleven. However, Woodgate was sold to Newcastle United for £9 million in January 2003. He impressed...
and Liam Plunkett
Liam Plunkett
Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...
were fellow students, she even shared a class and school football team with Woodgate who is a year her junior at The Avenue Primary school, where dual year classes were present. She was a regular player for the Schools boys football team, more than holding her own and deserving her place in the team. and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough
Guisborough
Guisborough is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England....
. She won a tennis scholarship to the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
, where she completed a business degree.
Her father is a scout at Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
, and her mother coaches Mini Tennis and is a supervisor for school sports.
2002
Borwell made her tennis debut in August 2002 at the ITFInternational 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...
tournament held in Bath, England where she suffered a first round defeat. She played four more tournaments that year and reached the quarter-finals of two of them (both on clay
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
). The season ended with Borwell ranked world no. 744.
2003
She began 2003 with another quarter-final loss in January and two months later made her first appearance in an ITF tournament final, losing in straight sets to Australian Lisa McShea, 6–1 6–4. She notched up one more semi-final loss and another quarter-final loss in ITF events before making her debut on the WTAWomen'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...
tour at the tier III DFS Classic
DFS Classic
The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
held in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
. She experienced a defeat in the first round of qualifying at the hands of a young future world number 1, 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...
. Borwell was then granted a wild card into the qualifying event of her home Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, where she was defeated in straight sets by Argentine
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...
in the first round. She spent the rest of the year on the ITF circuit, reaching two more semi-finals (one as a qualifier). She finished 2003 ranked 349.
2004
2004 was a year of first and second round defeats for Borwell. She played the entire year on the ITF circuit, reaching only one quarterfinal and one semifinal (albeit as a qualifier) and as such her year-end ranking fell 68 places to number 417.2005
She made a more promising start to 2005, reaching the quarter-finals in her second ITF tournament of the season and the semi-finals in her third. She again played on the ITF tour until June when she was again given a wild card into the tier III BirminghamBirmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
DFS Classic
DFS Classic
The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
qualifying rounds. She managed to go one better than her previous year's appearance at the tournament by beating 16th seed Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Manohar Rao is a former American professional tennis player of Indian background. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and has reached many finals in singles.-Early life:...
in three tight sets before losing to 8th seed Rika Fujiwara
Rika Fujiwara
Rika Fujiwara is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her best-ever ranking is, singles No. 84 , doubles No. 13...
from Japan. Another wild card followed, but this time into the main draw of Wimbledon where her opponent in round one was American, Shenay Perry
Shenay Perry
Shenay Perry is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she reached on August 28, 2006...
. Despite a valiant performance in a first set tie-break (which she eventually lost 11–13) she lost the match in two sets, 7–6(11) 6–3. The rest of her year was spent playing ITF tournaments where she reached one quarter-final. She did however beat two women ranked higher than herself to qualify for the tier III Bell Challenge
Bell Challenge
The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
held in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Canada in November. She lost in the first round to Emma Laine
Emma Laine
Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006....
of Finland. 2005 ended with Borwell ranked 331.
2006
In February 2006, Borwell attempted to qualify for the Canara Bank Bangalore Open, a tier III tournament held in India. She lost to Akgul AmanmuradovaAkgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...
, 6–2 6–1. March saw success for Borwell as she reached the semi-finals of Sunderland ITF before losing to Gaelle Widmer, 6–1 6–3. This was immediately followed by her first ever title in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
where she did not drop a single set en route to the final where she defeated Nadja Roma, 4–6 6–1 6–4. Two consecutive first round losses followed before a quarter-final loss to Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
in the ITF tournament held in Madras. May saw another ITF final appearance for Borwell in Nagano where she was forced to retire after losing a close first set 7–5 to Tomoko Yonemura. In June, Borwell had her first victory in the main draw of a WTA event after being given a wild card into the DFS Classic
DFS Classic
The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and defeating fellow Briton Melanie South
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...
in three sets. Jamea Jackson
Jamea Jackson
Jamea Jackson is a female American former tennis player. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2006.Jackson was born in Atlanta, Georgia and attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida....
beat her in the second round. Two consecutive wild cards followed, the first into the main draw of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
(where she did not make it past the first round) and the second into the main draw of Wimbledon. She had a shock victory here by winning her first round match against world number 66, Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
, 6–3 6–7(3) 6–4. This set up a second round match against future world number 1, 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...
, which she lost, 6–1 6–2. Following Wimbledon, Borwell reached the quarter-finals of one ITF tournament that year and was beaten in the first round of qualifying of the US Open by Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former French female professional tennis player.Her highest singles ranking was #61, achieved on October 5, 2003...
. Her ranking was 218 at the end of this season.
2007
From January to June 2007, Borwell played on the ITF tour. She reached three quarter-finals in this time. Then she participated in the French Open qualifying tournament where she was beaten by Stéphanie DuboisStéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...
. She lost in qualifying for the DFS Classic
DFS Classic
The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts...
, International Women's Open and Wimbledon before reaching the quarter-finals of the ITF tournament held in Felixstowe
Felixstowe
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...
. Her next tournament was another ITF, this one held in Frinton where she defeated fellow Briton, Jade Curtis, in the final, 6–4 1–6 6–3. The second ITF title of her career. This was followed by another quarter-final appearance in an ITF tournament before she lost in the qualifying rounds for three consecutive WTA tournaments. One more quarter-final in an ITF tournament rounded off her results for 2007. She finished the year at a ranking of 264.
2008
Borwell spent most of 2008 playing on the ITF circuit2008 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour...
, reaching two consecutive finals in March in Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
and Bath. She lost the first to Olga Brózda
Olga Brózda
Olga Brózda is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 281, achieved on 7 April 2007, in doubles 192. She reached 10 ITF Circuit finals in singles, which 5 of them she won. In doubles she has reached 42 ITF finals, of which she has won 26...
and won the second by defeating Stéphanie Vongsouthi
Stephanie Vongsouthi
Stephanie Vongsouthi is a French tennis player.-2005:Vongsouthi played her first ever professional match on the clay at Amiens in France, at the age of 16. She lost a close match to compatriot Laurene Fayol, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. She left Amiens with her first prize money of $98. Vongsouthi's first...
. In July she reached her only other singles final of the ITF season in the Felixstowe
Felixstowe
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...
tournament, losing to Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008...
, 3–6 2–6. Her participation on the WTA tour
2008 WTA Tour
The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No...
that year consisted of four losing efforts as she attempted to qualify for the DFS Classic
2008 DFS Classic
The 2008 DFS Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 27th edition of the DFS Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, from June 9 through June 15,...
, the Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Portorož, Slovenia, from July 21 through July 27, 2008.-Singles: Sara Errani def...
, the Nordea Nordic Light Open
2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open
The 2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Nordea Nordic Light Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from July 28 through August 3, 2008.-Singles: Caroline...
and the Bell Challenge
2008 Bell Challenge
The 2008 Bell Challenge was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Bell Challenge, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS sport complex in Quebec City, Canada, from October 27 through November 2, 2008.-Singles: Nadia...
. Borwell was awarded a wild card
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:...
into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon
2008 Wimbledon Championships
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year...
where she was beaten by 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...
, 6–4 6–7(5) 6–4. In November, Borwell made the decision to stop playing singles and become a doubles specialist.
2009–2010
With her doubles ranking high enough for her to enter the main draw of many WTAWomen'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...
tournaments without having to qualify. She reached the quarterfinals of four International
WTA International tournaments
The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events...
tournaments: ASB Classic
2009 ASB Classic - Doubles
Mariya Koryttseva and Lilia Osterloh were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.In the final, Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja, 4–6, 7–63, 12–10.-Seeds:...
, Moorilla Hobart International
2009 Moorilla Hobart International - Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions but did not participate that year.The 2009 champions were Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta who beat sisters, Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, in the final, 6-2 7-6.-Seeds:...
, Abierto Mexicano Telcel
2009 Abierto Mexicano Telcel - Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, and in the final, defeated Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja, 6–4, 6–2.-Seeds:...
and the Monterrey Open
2009 Monterrey Open - Doubles
In the final, Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo defeated Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4.-Seeds:# Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta ...
. She also made the semi final of the main tour event in Bad Gastein. In 2010 Borwell teamed up full time with American Raquel Kops-Jones
Raquel Kops-Jones
Raquel Kops-Jones is a professional tennis player from the United States of America. She made her debut in professional competition in 2000, aged 17, at an ITF tournament in Boca Raton....
. So far they have made 3 quarter finals but their higlight has been a semi final in the WTA events at Ponte Vedra Beach and Stanford.
Both the French Open and Wimbledon proved to be a frustrating experience for Borwell and Kops-Jones. Although sandwiched between both tournaments they picked up an ITF title in Nottingham (defeating Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady is an English tennis player who is coached by Suzi Riley. She began playing tennis at the age of 7 and was the 2007 British under 18 girls' champion. She is currently the British no. 5 with a career-high world ranking of no. 194 . So far in her career she has won four ITF titles in...
and Katie O'Brien
Katie O'Brien
Katie Jill O'Brien is an English former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player...
in the final) they suffered 1st round defeats in both Grand Slam events. At the French they came up against nemesis' and eventual finalists Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
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...
and were thrashed 6–0 6–1. At Wimbledon they played a high quality game against 5th seeds Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,...
and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. They played the first two centre court before bad light forced the match to be resumed the next day, at one set all. where Huber and Mattek prevailed 7–5 in the decider. Borwell did however win a round with Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....
in the Mixed Doubles before losing in the second round to top seeds Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
and Sam Stosur
In July, Borwell teamed up with Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
and Scoville Jenkins
Scoville Jenkins
Scoville Jenkins is a former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour . He is sometimes referred to by his nickname "Sco"...
to form the New York Buzz
New York Buzz
The New York Buzz was a professional tennis team competing in World Team Tennis. The team was based in Albany, New York, and played home matches at SUNY Albany's SEFCU Arena, previously playing at the Washington Avenue Armory. Earlier, the team played at Schenectady's Central Park. They competed in...
team at the World Team Tennis
World Team Tennis
World TeamTennis is a coed professional tennis league played with a unique team format in the United States. Each match consists of five sets. Each set features a different configuration . Coaches, before the match, decide the order in which the sets will be played...
Championships. Although they struggled and were the least successful team, Borwell and Jenkins registered a very impressive Mixed Doubles success against John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
and 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 Bank of West Classic Borwell and Jones caused a huge upset in round 1 as they defeated Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...
and Renne Stubbs 6–0, 4–6, 12–10. On the win Borwell said 'We deserved that.' They reached the semi final despite Borwell being hit on the head with a 10–6 champion tie break win against Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....
and Riza Zamelada, Borwell said this win was more important than their first round win. The blow to the head Borwell received in that match turned out to be a brain bleed that kept her out of action for about a month, causing her to miss the US Open.
Borwell returned to action at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, competing for England in both the Women's and Mixed doubles. Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...
and Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...
were her respective partners. Borwell and Smith were seeded 2nd, however could not live up to that ranking losing their quarter final match in straight sets. Borwell and Skupski however combined well eventually winning the bronze medal, defeating Smith and partner Ross Hutchins
Ross Hutchins
Ross Dan Hutchins is a British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player. Hutchins was born in Wimbledon, a location synonymous with tennis. Having turned professional in 2002, he enjoyed success on the Challenger circuit and broke through to the ATP Tour in late 2007...
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WTA tour and ITF circuit titles (10)
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Singles (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score |
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| 1. | 19 March 2006 | Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... $10,000 |
Hard |  Nadja Roma |
4–6 6–1 6–4 |
| 2. | 21 July 2007 | Frinton $10,000 | Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
 Jade Curtis |
6–4 1–6 6–3 |
| 3. | 23 March 2008 | Bath $10,000 | Hard |  Stéphanie Vongsouthi |
6–4 7–6(5) |
Doubles (8)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 24 October 2004 | Bolton Bolton Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the... $10,000 |
Hard | Emily Webley-Smith Emily Webley-Smith Emily Webley-Smith is an English professional tennis player. She is coached by Jeremy Bates. She is currently the British no. 6 and ranked 242 in the world... |
Hannah Collin Anna Hawkins |
7–5 1–6 6–2 |
| 2. | 7 August 2005 | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... $25,000 |
Hard |  Sarah Riske |
Lauren Barnikow Antonia Matic |
6–4 3–6 7–6(0) |
| 3. | 9 November 2007 | Port Pirie $25,000 | Hard | Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009... |
 Daniella DominikovicDaniella Dominikovic Daniella Dominikovic is a professional Australian tennis player.Dominikovic's highest WTA singles ranking is 324th, which she reached on 3 October 2005. Her career high in doubles was at 172 set at 3 October 2005. She is the younger sister of fellow professional Evie Dominikovic.-External links:*... Emily HewsonEmily Hewson Emily Hewson is an Australian professional tennis player.Her highest WTA singles ranking is 314, which she reached on 23 July 2007. Her career-high in doubles is 204, which she set at 25 February 2008.- Singles 5 :... |
6–2 6–2 |
| 4. | 22 February 2008 | Capriolo Capriolo Capriolo is a town and comune in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated directly south of Lago d'Iseo.... $25,000 |
Carpet |  Kelly Anderson |
 Darija Jurak Ivana LisjakIvana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak is a female tennis player from Croatia. Her current WTA ranking is No. 266 . She began playing tennis at the age of three when her sister introduced her to the sport at their tennis club.... |
7–6(7) 6–4 |
| 5. | 10 May 2008 | Irapuato $25,000 | Hard | Robin Stephenson Robin Stephenson Robin Stephenson is an American professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 435, which she reached on February 11, 2008. Her career high doubles ranking is 157, set on December 8, 2008.... |
 Stefania Boffa Nikola Francova |
6–4 3–6 [10–4] |
| 6. | 12 July 2008 | Felixstowe Felixstowe Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK... $25,000 |
Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009... |
Nikola Franková Anna Hawkins |
7–5 6–3 |
| 7. | 23 November 2008 | Odense Odense The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen... $100,000 |
Carpet | Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009... |
Gabriela Chmelinova Mervana Jugić-SalkićMervana Jugic-Salkic Mervana Jugić-Salkić is a Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked Word No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached No. 59 in doubles, after winning ASB Classic in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić and... |
6–4 6–4 |
| 8. | 31 May 2010 | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... $50,000 |
Grass | Raquel Kops-Jones Raquel Kops-Jones Raquel Kops-Jones is a professional tennis player from the United States of America. She made her debut in professional competition in 2000, aged 17, at an ITF tournament in Boca Raton.... |
Naomi Broady Naomi Broady Naomi Broady is an English tennis player who is coached by Suzi Riley. She began playing tennis at the age of 7 and was the 2007 British under 18 girls' champion. She is currently the British no. 5 with a career-high world ranking of no. 194 . So far in her career she has won four ITF titles in... Katie O'BrienKatie O'Brien Katie Jill O'Brien is an English former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player... |
6–3 2–6 [10–7] |
WTA tour and ITF circuit runner-up (9)
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Singles (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 16 March 2003 | Benalla $10,000 | Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
Lisa McShea |
6–1 6–4 |
| 2. | 28 May 2006 | Nagano $25,000 | Carpet |  Tomoko Yonemura |
7–5 ret. |
| 3. | 16 March 2008 | Dijon Dijon Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area.... $10,000 |
Hard |  Olga Brózda |
7–5 4–6 6–4 |
| 4. | 13 July 2008 | Felixstowe Felixstowe Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK... $25,000 |
Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
 Neuza SilvaNeuza Silva Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008... |
6–3 6–2 |
Doubles (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 23 March 2003 | Yarrawonga $10,000 | Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
Bree Calderwood |
 Chia-Jung Chuang Ilke Gers |
6–1 7–5 |
| 2. | 15 July 2006 | Felixstowe Felixstowe Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK... $25,000 |
Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
Jane O'Donoghue |
Trudi Musgrave Trudi Musgrave Trudi Musgrave is a left-handed Australian professional tennis player, based in Newcastle, Australia.- Biography :Musgrave was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia... Christina WheelerChristina Wheeler Christina Wheeler is an Australian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 147, which she reached on 26 May 2003. Her career high in doubles is 91 set at 8 July 2002... |
6–2 6–4 |
| 3. | 22 March 2008 | Bath $10,000 | Hard | Olivia Scarfi |
 Martina Babakova Iveta Gerlová |
6–1 5–7 [10–1] |
| 4. | 6 June 2008 | Surbiton Surbiton Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is situated next to the River Thames, with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, more recent residential blocks and grand, spacious 19th century townhouses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates... $50,000 |
Grass Grass court A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament... |
Elizabeth Thomas |
Julie Ditty Julie Ditty Julie Ditty is an American professional tennis player. Ditty did not have her true WTA breakthrough until 2007, when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge, a result that took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career on November 5, 2007, at No. 91... Abigail SpearsAbigail 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... |
7–6(2) 6–2 |
| 5. | 28 September 2008 | 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... $75,000 |
Hard | Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle Courtney Nagle is an American professional tennis player. Her career high doubles ranking is 97, set on April 20, 2009... |
Anna Smith Anna Smith (tennis) Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking... Johanna Larsson |
7–6(6) 6–4 |
Singles
| Tournament | 2003 2003 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events... | 2004 2004 WTA Tour The 2004 WTA Tour was the 32nd season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2004, and concluded on November 13, 2004, after 60 events.... | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | Career Win-Loss |
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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... |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 0–0 |
| French Open | - | - | - | - | Q1 | - | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | - | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 1–2 |
| US Open | - | - | - | Q1 | - | - | 0–0 |
Doubles
| Tournament | 2003 2003 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events... | 2004 2004 WTA Tour The 2004 WTA Tour was the 32nd season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2004, and concluded on November 13, 2004, after 60 events.... | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | 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... | Career Win-Loss |
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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... |
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| French Open | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 1R | 0–2 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R 2004 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles The defending champions were Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama however Clijsters did not compete in the tournament this year. Sugiyama partnered Liezel Huber and they reached the final where they were defeated by Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs, 6-3 7-6.-Seeds:... |
1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–8 |
| US Open | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1R | 0–1 |
- "-" stands for any tournament the player did not participate in.
- "Q" followed by a number 1-3 denotes which round of the qualifying tournament was reached.
- The career record is only for the player's main draw participation.