[3] In March 2010, Stephens qualified for the Indian Wells Open to make her WTA debut a week before turning 17. 13 Ana Ivanovic after struggling with a torn abdominal muscle, which was initially injured during her fourth-round loss at the French Open a few months earlier. 2, Victoria Azarenka, for the second consecutive year. [32], Stephens played her first professional events on the ITF Women's Circuit in late 2007. [219] At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Anastasia Potapova. Kamau also established a Tennis Programme named XS in Chicago. Seeded 26th, she won her opening two matches in straight sets before losing in the third round to third seed and six-time champion Serena Williams. [241] Her only victory against Serena came at the 2013 Australian Open when she was still relatively unknown as a 19-year-old. [194] The USA won the tie over Spain 2-1 to advance to the semifinals. My whole life is about tennis. She considered them to be friends when she was starting out on the pro tour, but described Serena as simply a colleague in early 2015. Her former junior coach Chris Evert has questioned her motivation on multiple occasions and attributed stretches of inconsistency at various times in her career to her mentality. 10 Dominika Cibulkov. She lost in the first round to qualifier Liudmila Samsonova in three sets. 24, and 2019 champion, Madison Keys, in the second round. Tennis icon Bollettieri, coach for 10 No . 37 in the world. [97] She maintained a steady ranking all year, dropping no lower than No. Tennis Time is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. 83 in the world, and still needed to use a protected ranking to be accepted into the main draw due to the entry deadline being over a month before the event. They have organized programs in Compton, Fresno, and Fort Lauderdale. [215], Two weeks after the US Open, Stephens played at the Emilia-Romagna Open. 24, Jil Teichmann, in the fourth round. She started training under Saviano when she left Evert tennis Academy and began training at the Nick Saviano High-Performance Tennis Academy at the age of 12. [103] Part of her prize in Charleston included a car from the title sponsor Volvo, which Stephens was unaware of until after the tournament. [120] Stephens closed out the tournament by defeating Keys in straight sets to win her first Grand Slam tournament title. [143][144] She then closed out the season by participating in her first WTA Finals in Singapore. Sloane Stephens hired Kamau Murray, left, last fall to lift her career. Similar to the case of Annacone, she also spent some time with Thomas after departing from Annacone. 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With Smith as her coach, she became a top-ranked junior with three Grand Slam tournament doubles titles and also cracked the top 100 of the WTA rankings. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Thomas was able to win only a Singles career title before retiring from playing tennis.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'thetennistime_com-banner-1','ezslot_10',154,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thetennistime_com-banner-1-0'); After leaving Thomas, Sloane returned to her former coach, Nick Saviano. [191] In Indian Wells, she was beaten in the second round by 19th seed and compatriot, Jessica Pegula. This was only the fourth time in the previous 47 Grand Slam singles finals where the winner of the first set was unable to win the match. At the Auckland Open, Stephens won her first tournament with the two of them together. During each tournament, she defeated four top 50 players including Lucie afov and 14th-seed Petra Kvitov at both events, and also No. Published Aug 21, 2019. She won her only match, a doubles dead rubber with partner Liezel Huber, as the United States won the tie 50 to return to the top-level World Group in 2013. [148] In her final match of the season, Stephens was able to win the first set against Elina Svitolina, but ultimately lost the match. She began training at the Evert Tennis Academy founded by John Evert and also run by his sister, International Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert. 3 Garbie Muguruza, and No. Stephens, ranked No. [193] She beat Nuria Prrizas Daz during the tie against Spain. 3 in the world. 2, Simona Halep, at the Washington Open. [7], Smith left Stephens's father after his multiple arrests in 1994. [136][137] Despite going up a set and a break, Stephens lost the final to world No. Her first upset of the tournament came in the second round over No. 7 Kiki Bertens. In contrast, she has a more compact swing with her two-handed backhand. [270][139] Stephens split with Murray during the 2018 offseason before reuniting with him in August 2019 shortly before the US Open. Stephens had frequently been regarded as a potential successor to Serena Williams to become the next top American women's tennis player, if not the best in the world. After Stephens's victory against her at the tournament, Serena commented, "I made you," in a tweet believed to be directed at Stephens and did not speak to her younger compatriot until at least May. Her mother was the first African-American woman in Division I history to be selected to the first team of All-American swimmers. [134][225] They have also both been labelled as leaders of the next generation of American women's tennis. [11] She started playing tennis at the age of nine at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, a tennis facility located across the street from her house where her stepfather regularly played and her mother was taking lessons. 1 Iga witek. She attended several WTA events in the United States including Indian Wells, the Miami, and Charleston, where she interviewed fellow tennis players and also provided analysis. [278], After her US Open victory, Stephens accrued several new sponsors, including Mercedes-Benz. [45], Stephens continued to climb the WTA rankings during the 2011 clay-court season. Stephens ended the year with a 411 record and ranked 39. 33 Julia Grges to advance to her first US Open quarterfinal and her first major quarterfinal since Wimbledon in 2013. [237] Her relationship with Serena became strained after their match at the 2013 Australian Open. [239][237] She also noted that she has read Serena's autobiography and respects her strong personality. Sloane Stephens's Coach Recommits to Craft After Health Scare. [106] Her last tournament of the year was the 2016 Rio Olympics, which ended with a first round loss to Eugenie Bouchard. 44-ranked Puig, she continued. [110] Stephens returned to the WTA Tour in July for Wimbledon, about eleven months after her last match and with her ranking having dropped to No. Another opportunity for the both of us. She did not return to form until late May when she reached her second semifinal at Strasbourg. She defeated four unseeded players to make her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal and set up her second clash with Williams that month. [221] She was double bageled in her quarterfinal match by eventual champion Camila Giorgi. Othmane Garma, right, and Coach Kamau Murray, have helped Sloane Stephens regain her form after a number of injuries. [293][294] She had previously dated fellow American tennis player Jack Sock for over a year. Stephens' results with Groeneveld were inconsistent. 11 in the world. [83] After playing in one more tournament in September, she ended her season early to recover from a wrist injury. [205] Seeded sixth at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she was stunned in the first round by world No. Because Halep has dominated their matches, Stephens has downplayed their rivalry, saying, "It's not a rivalry if you don't beat the person. [108] At the time of her last WTA event of the year at the end of July, Stephens was ranked No. Although she lost to Elena Baltacha, she rose to a career best No. Sloane Stephens has reunited with former coach Kamau Murray, with the pair to work together during the US Open. 21 Sam Stosur in the semifinals and won the final against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova while only dropping three games. The match win and her run into a Grand Slam singles semifinal garnered international attention and put her on the cusp of cracking the top 10 of the WTA rankings later in the season. ", "Keys leads next generation of American women at U.S. Open", "Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys Highlight New Wave of American Female Tennis Players", "W2W4 at US Open: Advantage Madison Keys or Sloane Stephens? [44] Early in the year, she played in her first Australian Open main draw and made it to the second round. [265] Although the pair worked well together, Stephens split with Annacone in late 2014 after not matching the success from her previous year that season. 1 and eventual champion, Iga witek. She reached the fourth round at Indian Wells, where she lost a three-set match to world No. 3 in the world and reached the 2018 French Open finals while working with Murray. Roger, who only recorded three (3) Doubles titles during his career, led Sloane to 3 Doubles Grand Slams titles as a junior player and into the Worlds Top 100. [285] Moreover, Stephens has worked with Time Warner Cable as part of their Connect a Million Minds campaign to motivate the importance of education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Seeded 24th at the Australian Open, she was eliminated in the first round by Zhang Shuai, despite serving for the match in the second set. [8] She has a younger half-brother, Shawn Farrell, who played baseball and football at Notre Dame High School outside of Los Angeles. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. [160] Seeded fifth at the Monterrey Open, she got her first victory of the year by beating compatriot, Emma Navarro, in the first round. Stephens has talked about her newly formed player-coach partnership with longtime friend Darian King this week. First, she qualified for the Premier-5 Italian Open and advanced to the second round. Due to a rain suspension, she was forced to play the end of her semifinal match against No. I either write tennis articles or play tennis with my friends. [19] She then finished the year with a semifinal appearance at the high-level Orange Bowl tournament, a Grade A event. Although she remained in the top 10 for the majority of the year in large part due to ranking points she was defending from the previous year's WTA Finals, she could not match her best performances at the Grand Slam tournaments or other higher-level events. . She spent four years with Saviano before moving on and later reconciled with him in 2015.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'thetennistime_com-box-4','ezslot_5',153,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thetennistime_com-box-4-0'); Saviano was a former professional tennis player and popular coach known for his long-term relationship with the former worlds number 5, Eugenie Bouchard. Here's to a successful journey together, let's get to work," tweeted the 29-year-old American, who won her only Major title at Flushing Meadows in 2017. [34] She would lose in qualifying the next two years as well. Just relax, everybody. 9, Carla Surez Navarro, in the second round for her first top-ten victory in almost two years. [91] Having struggled at the last three Grand Slam events, Stephens managed to upset world No. [17], Stephens has worked with Soles4Souls, a charity that collects new and used shoes to give to children in poverty. The 2017 titlist took to Twitter on Monday to announce that she will no longer be. Input your search keywords and press Enter. 2, Maria Sharapova. 2-ranked Simona Halep handles American Sloane Stephens at Citi Open", "Bouchard, Stephens fall in Citi Open finals, shift focus to Rogers Cup", "Wozniacki ends Stephens' Toronto run, roars into final", "Stephens pulls out three-set win over Cibulkova", "Stats Corner: American quartet soars into US Open quarterfinals", "U.S. Open: Madison Keys beats Kaia Kanepi to complete American sweep of women's semifinals", "No. She favors her forehand, and will run around her backhand at times to play her stronger groundstroke. [141][249] Prior to these finals, Stephens had never lost a final on the WTA Tour. American professional tennis player Madison Keys, 24, is back at the US Open (she was defeated by Sloane Stephens at the finals in 2017), and on the heels of winning the Western & Southern Open. [226][227][228][229] In spite of their rivalry, the two have looked forward to their matchups, with Stephens saying, "Every time I get to play Maddy is great. They became just the second pair of girls to win three Grand Slam tournament doubles titles in one season after Corina Morariu and Ludmila Varmuov in 1995. 4 in the world, making her the first American woman other than the Williams sisters to be ranked in the top 5 in singles since Lindsay Davenport in 2006. [15], After her stepfather's death, Stephens and her family moved back to their hometown of Fresno where her grandparents and other members of her mother's family still lived. "[242] International Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert has praised their rivalry, saying, "I liked [their match in the 2018 Canadian Open final] a lot, because that is a contrast in personalities and styles, in moods, in coaches. Stephens's biggest rivalry is with her close friend and compatriot Madison Keys. [135] Stephens entered the French Open having never reached the quarterfinals. @livstone @katieledecky @coachsydcarter @recesspickleball @jordanchiles @melissamproctor @ariivory Head to @createcultivate to read my full interview and learn about the other 99 trailblazing honorees. [189] She was defeated in the third round by 16th seed and 2016 champion, Angelique Kerber. 18, Emma Raducanu, in three sets. She also worked briefly with Paul Annacone and became the first female player to be coached by the famous American coach. She then backed up that win by beating 23rd seed Shahar Pe'er. Kamau is arguably the most successful coach of Sloane so far since he led her to her highest career ranking and five out of the seven career titles she has won. [18] During the US Open, she left New York after her first match to attend her biological father's funeral in Louisiana. [45], She had foot surgery in January and could not walk again without a boot until the middle of April. [81] In the grass-court season, Stephens was seeded 18th at Wimbledon, but suffered a first round loss to world No. 3 in the singles rankings after the tournament. [281][282][283], Stephens has previously signed a deal with the American Express credit card company and was formerly an endorser of the Listerine mouthwash product. Sloane took Franciscos advice at 11 and proceeded to Boca Raton to train. [152] Konta also defeated her at Wimbledon. Although she disliked that they were uninterested in signing autographs at a match she attended and has also commented that neither of them tried to serve as one of her mentors, Stephens has stated she developed a good relationship with the Williams sisters. 5 and winning three out of four major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tmea Babos. [186] In Montreal, she was beaten in the second round by top seed and world No. 1 Barty at Volvo Car Open", "WTA Madrid 2021: Halep in the 3rd round, Osaka eliminated", "IN A ROME CLASH FULL OF SHIFTS, MADISON KEYS TOPPLES SLOANE STEPHENS", "Wang Qiang sails past Stephens to make finals of Emilia-Romagna open", "Sloane Stephens Upsets No. She played two singles matches and the decisive doubles rubber. 28, Yulia Putintseva. Sloane Stephens has added a new coach along with a new fiance this weekthe 25-year-old announced that Sven Groeneveld has joined her team. This loss snapped her streak of reaching the second week of every major since a third-round loss at the 2012 US Open. Kamau Murray. [246] Both of these wins came before Halep entered the top ten in 2014. 10 Angelique Kerber in the fourth round and quarterfinals, and No. [263] In June 2012, Stephens switched coaches to David Nainkin in order to try to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. [104], In contrast to previous years where Stephens struggled at smaller tournaments while still doing well at bigger tournaments, she struggled at the Grand Slam tournaments and high-level Premier events in 2016. [114][115][45], Stephens entered the US Open at No. With these results, Stephens climbed back into the top 100 of the WTA rankings. "[260][261][262], When Stephens was just starting to play tennis at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, one of her first instructors was Francisco Gonzlez, a retired professional tennis player once ranked in the top 50. She also started the Sloane Stephens Foundation, which helps build tennis courts and set up after-school tennis programs for underserved students in conjunction with supplemental tutoring. Stephens also reached a career-high ranking of No. She defeated three top-ten players at the event, including No. [58] She also reached the third round at the Premier 5 Cincinnati Open, where she lost a tight match to world No. [16][295][296], In late 2017, Stephens graduated from Indiana University East with a bachelor's degree in communications studies. 45 while rising no higher than No. [267] At the start of 2015, she returned to her longtime junior coach, Nick Saviano. 4, Maria Sakkari. [217], Stephens started her season at the ASB Classic in Auckland. Former top 100 player Francisco Gonzlez, the head of tennis at the club, recognized Stephens had impressive ability given her limited experience and recommended her to pursue more rigorous training opportunities. [159], As the top seed in Acapulco, Stephens was beaten in the first round by world No. It called the split "amicable . Her mother was a swimmer in Division I history. 9 Seed Karolina Pliskova in Straight Sets in 2R of French Open 2021", "Krejcikova routs Stephens to reach first Slam quarterfinal at French Open", "American Sloane Stephens upsets two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Centre Court", "American Sloane Stephens bounced in third round at Wimbledon by wild card Liudmila Samsonova", "Collins Conquers Stephens to Stretch Winning Streak to Seven", "INCREDIBLE! Murray coached Stephens from 2015 until the end of the 2018 season, a span that included Stephens' unseeded run to the 2017 U.S. Open title, the first and only Grand Slam championship of her career thus far. Stephens and Murray went "on a break" -- in Murray's . [251][252][253] She sometimes flattens out her shots, even on the run, and goes for stinging winners. [273][274], Stephens is represented by GSE Worldwide. Stephens's stepfather died from cancer in 2007, while her biological father died in a car crash in 2009. Stephens played singles for the Smash throughout the season, helping them to earn a No. In the first such match, the French Open final, Halep came from a set down to defeat Stephens for her first Grand Slam title. 3, Agnieszka Radwaska. As Sloane Stephens plays in the French Open, the second Grand Slam event of the year, she has regrets about having competed at the first one. She returned to play and win her next match, but ultimately lost in the third round. [185], In August, Stephens played at the Silicon Valley Classic. [207] She reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 2019 by defeating 23rd seed and world No. After losing to an up-and-coming Caroline Garcia and picking up a win against Virginie Razzano, Stephens and her partner Madison Keys lost to the two of them in the final doubles match to relegate the United States into World Group II the following year. 198. [98] Their partnership proved successful immediately. [85][86] She entered the Australian Open unseeded and faced a difficult draw against Victoria Azarenka in the first round. [16] From then on, she split time living in both California and Florida. [47][45] In August, Stephens entered the Southern California Open as a wildcard and defeated No. [214] Ranked 51 at the US Open, she lost again in the second round to world No. Sloane Stephens is a top-rated American female tennis player with a lot to offer and a potential successor to the retired Serena Williams. [45][67][75], Stephens began 2014 at the Hopman Cup with John Isner. 12 and was one of only three players to make it to the second week of all four Grand Slam tournaments in 2013, along with Williams and Agnieszka Radwaska. [113], By August, Stephens's ranking had continued to fall to as low as No. [290] She was also a fan of the Williams sisters and kept a poster of Serena in her bedroom as a kid. She won her first professional singles title at the Camparini Gioielli Cup, a $50K event in Italy. [71] Her best win at these two majors came in the first round of Wimbledon against world No. [80] Once again, Stephens did not have a good clay-court season, winning multiple matches in just two out of six tournaments. 22 US Open Doubles Finalist; Taylor Fritz was one of the first five players to benefit from the program. [188] Ranked 66 at the US Open, she won a tight three-set first-round match over 2017 finalist Madison Keys. Stephens avenged her Charleston Open defeat in 2021, beating Keys in straight sets in the 2nd round. "Looking back on it now, I should have asked to. Next, she was supposed to play against Egypt's Mayar Sherif in the Monterrey first round; however, she withdrew from the tournament. [155] Aside from this tournament and the French Open, the only other event where she reached the quarterfinals was the Charleston Open at the start of the clay court season. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. [20], Stephens began 2009 by winning her first two tournaments of the year, the Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships and the Grade A Italian Open. He also recorded a Singles title and three Doubles career titles during his time. [6] Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry regarded him as the best athlete he had ever seen. Born to athletic parents with backgrounds in collegiate swimming and professional American football, Stephens was introduced to tennis at the club across the street from her house in Fresno, California. [276] At the 2021 French Open, she wore a striking all-black outfit, despite the heat. 92 to reach the fourth round. A few days ago, Stephens had also announced her. 4 Simona Halep in the fourth round. Chicago defeated the Orlando Storm to earn a spot in the final, but ultimately fell to the New York Empire in a supertiebreaker. She was also awarded WTA Comeback Player of the Year for her successful season. [70] Stephens continued her Grand Slam tournament success at Wimbledon by making it to the quarterfinals, again without defeating a seeded opponent. [254][255][256] Stephens has the ability to hit powerful winners as she takes large swings with her forehand.
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