She reached the second round of the Hobart International, then the second round of the Australian Open, and later qualified for WTA events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham. She then lost to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. At the US Open, Stosur lost in round one to second seed Caroline Wozniacki. On 28 August, Stosur achieved a career-high ranking of No. Sam Stosur is a former world No. In the first round Stosur was drawn against yet another qualifier Monica Puig. However, Stosur's run ended in the semifinals, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams. [citation needed]. 1, Victoria Azarenka, in a thrilling three-set showdown, which is regarded as the match of the championships. Stosur then competed at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart. As the French Open champion Schiavone also lost in the first round, Stosur and Schiavone were the first two women in history who reached the French Open final, but failed to win a match at Wimbledon. 11. She defeated Madison Brengle and Amandine Hesse before losing to defending champion Maria Sharapova in the third round.[99]. In 2002, she lost in the first round at the Gold Coast event. After Miami, Stosur played at Charleston, where she failed to defend her title, falling in the third round to Elena Vesnina in two sets. As the third seeds, they made the semifinals without dropping a set, where they faced first seeds Black and Huber. At the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, Stosur entered the tournament as second seed and had a first-round bye. In February 2011, Stosur achieved a career high singles ranking of world No. [52] Stosur then defeated Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets. Stosur followed this milestone with a three-sets win over German player Angelique Kerber to reach her first US Open singles final,[17] where she defeated three-time champion Serena Williams, for her first Grand Slam tournament singles title,[18][19][20] the first by an Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong won Wimbledon in 1980.[21]. 1 Serena Williams in the quarterfinals) before losing to Francesca Schiavone. She then participated in the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she won her first two matches in straight sets, before withdrawing from her quarterfinal match against Caroline Garcia, due to a wrist injury. Stosur was also defending the mixed-doubles title with Bob Bryan, but the second seeds were defeated in the quarterfinals by ninth seeds and eventual champions Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Mark Knowles. With these results, Stosur improved her ranking to a career-high No. [40] The injury forced Stosur to pull out of the Miami Masters tournament. [97][98] Stosur was defeated during the first round of Wimbledon by Yanina Wickmayer, losing in straight sets. Along the way she defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Misaki Doi, seventh seed Chanelle Scheepers and Zheng Jie. Stosur continued her dominant showing, recording a straight-sets win to secure her spot in the semifinals. She continued to play WTA events, qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004. In ladies' doubles, Stosur reached her second consecutive final, this time partnering Stubbs. Stosur began the season at the Brisbane International with a first-round loss to fourth-seed Garbiñe Muguruza in a three-set thriller. Hewitt also won his singles match against John Isner, sealing the tie. [84] She lost to Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals in straight sets. [51], At the French Open, Stosur won her opening match against Kimiko Date-Krumm after waiting 2½ hours to play because of rain. 6, which remains her best finish to date. She began her clay-court season in Charleston, falling in the quarterfinals to Sara Errani in straight sets. Stosur was runner-up at the HP Open where she was defeated by second seed Marion Bartoli in the final. [4] She had previously reached another Grand Slam singles final at the 2010 French Open (along the way defeating former world No. Australian tennis star who ranked as high as 4th in the world in singles and 1st in doubles. Having beaten Black and Huber in the semifinals, she was a runner-up in the doubles tournament, losing the final to Ai Sugiyama and Akgul Amanmuradova with Stubbs. [76] Stosur moved on to play Eugenie Bouchard in the final, taking 2 hours and 13 minutes to capture her fifth career title, coming from a set down to win. Stosur was awarded a wildcard at the Internationaux de Strasbourg and was the third seed. She then won her opening match at the Rome Masters against Alison Riske, before losing to Kuznetsova in the second round. 3, Kim Clijsters. Stosur competed at the WTA Championships, where she was seeded fifth. 1 Lindsay Davenport, in the quarterfinal and Elena Dementieva in the semifinal, before losing to fellow Australian Alicia Molik, and won her first doubles title partnering Australian Bryanne Stewart at the same tournament. They met again in 2016 in the final in Prague, which Šafářová won in three sets. Stosur was seeded ninth at the US Open, and she drew Sofia Arvidsson in the first round and defeated her in straight sets. 46 in singles and No. She was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017. In doubles, Stosur resumed her partnership with Petrova as third seeds with a first-round bye. In the second round she was drawn against top-seed Serena Williams and lost in two sets. At the US Open, Stosur was seeded fifth. Stosur only lost 13 games in the first three rounds. They had a comfortable route to the final, dropping only one set, where they lost to Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. In the following year, she won four straight ITF titles. Her next tournament was the Doha where she was defeated by the eventual champion Lucie Šafářová in the first round. At the Summer Olympics in Rio, Stosur made it to the third round as the 13th seed, with wins over Latvian teen Jeļena Ostapenko and Japan's Misaki Doi before bowing out to second seed and eventual silver medallist Angelique Kerber of Germany. Stosur began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup, where she was seeded fourth. En route to the final, they lost only one set in the third round, and in the final they beat Chan Hao-ching and Max Mirnyi in two sets. 13, Kirsten Flipkens, in straight sets to advance to the third round. Stosur leads 6–1 in head-to-head matches. 1, Jelena Janković, 6–1, 6–2 en route to her first Grand Slam singles final. 29 in singles. She then began her campaign at the French Open to try and defend her semifinalist points from last year. At the end of the season, Stosur parted company with her coach David Taylor and employed Miles Maclagan who had previously worked with Andy Murray and Laura Robson. Partnering with Daria Gavrilova in the women's doubles, the duo lost to fifth seeded Swiss pairing of Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis the eventual silver medallist in opening round. Williams avenged the defeat at the 2012 Miami Masters, 7–5, 6–3. After this tournament, Stosur competed at the Sydney International as the fourth seed. Stosur had a bye in the first round, and she played Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round winning in three sets. In January 2010, Stosur progressed to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second time in her career. [27] Stosur played Zheng Jie in the first round at the Apia International Sydney, where she was seeded sixth. [7] Following this event, Stosur cracked the top 20 of the WTA rankings for the first time in her career. [42][43] During her third-round match, Stosur was forced to retire with her recurring calf injury against qualifier Eugenie Bouchard. [104], Stosur won her ninth WTA title in Strasbourg, defeating fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova in the final. 1, Serena Williams, in the 2010 Australian Open.) However, they were knocked out in the second round by Anastasia Rodionova and Patty Schnyder. [79], Stosur started season at the Hopman Cup partnering Bernard Tomic. [57][58] In the third round she lost to eventual finalist Sabine Lisicki in three sets. Stosur also played in the doubles event, hoping to have success similar to the previous year with then-partner Stubbs. She started her year at the Brisbane International where she was seeded seventh. Safina would have reached the No. She reached the same round in doubles, losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Patty Schnyder. Get the latest ranking history on Samantha Stosur including singles and doubles matches at the official Women's Tennis Association website. [85] In the second round, she defeated Apia International champion Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. [60] She accepted a last-minute wildcard into the Southern California Open in Carlsbad where she opened with a win over Varvara Lepchenko. [112] In November 2018 Stosur began working with Nick Watkins. This was just six weeks prior to the first-round match. Serena Williams got revenge on Stosur for the 2011 US Open final by defeating her in straight sets. Their first meeting was in Charleston, when Šafářová won 5–7, 6–1, 6–4. (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. However, Williams withdrew because of a toe injury, resulting in a walkover for Stosur. Get the latest Player Stats on Samantha Stosur including her videos, highlights, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website. She was runner-up at the Sydney event, defeating by walkover the world No. She then competed at the Madrid Masters, where she upset tenth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round, but fell to Anna Chakvetadze in the second. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she held for 61 weeks, and a former world No. She has also won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles at the 2005 Australian Open, and the 2008 and 2014 Wimbledon Championships. [61] She then made her way through to the final defeating Sesil Karatantcheva in the second round, causing an upset to defeat Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals and recovering from 0–4 in the first set to defeat Virginie Razzano in the semifinals. Seeded 14th at the Western and Southern Open, Stosur received a first-round bye. Stosur lost to world No. This was the second time she had won in Osaka. Stosur began her US Open Series campaign with a straight-set loss to her doubles partner, Lisicki, in the second round of Bank of the West Classic. She is currently 97th in the world singles rankings and has spent 16 years inside the world's top 100. Stosur and Raymond successfully defended their doubles titles in Tokyo, Indian Wells and Miami. At the US Open, Stosur lost in the first round of singles to seventh seed Venus Williams. David Taylor coached her from 2008 to 2013 and 2015 to 2016, and Miles Maclagan was her coach in 2013 and 2014. Stosur ended her five-month losing streak at the Taiwan Open where she was the second seed. 6, Francesca Schiavone, and world No. She then lost in the first round in Medibank International to Nicole Vaidišová in three sets. Despite this result, Stosur reached a new career-high ranking of world No. Stosur finished in first position in her round-robin group, but lost to three-time US Open champion and world No. This was her eighth straight loss in the five months since her win over Camila Giorgi at the 2016 US Open. Australia against Switzerland in their World Group II playoff. By the end of the year, Stosur was ranked No. The US Open champion reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 4th in 2011, but has since slipped to 97th. She was defeated in the second round by Lara Arruabarrena. Her next tournament was the Charleston Open where she received a first-round bye. Stosur suffered two second-round losses at the Pan Pacific Open and the China Open, both to Maria Kirilenko. 6. They were seeded fifth, but lost to another Russia-Australian duo, Vera Dushevina and Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. Stosur returned to clay courts, playing at the Swedish Open as the second seed. She then travelled to Adelaide to represent Australia at the Fed Cup alongside Alicia Molik, Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs against Spain. Stosur ended her year ranked No. She crushed defending champion Monica Puig in straight sets. [8] Her family returned to the Gold Coast when Stosur was 11 years of age. And, unfortunately, Stosur missed the grass-court season because of a stress fracture in her hand. Prior to her US singles victory, she had won Two Grand Slam doubles titles (US Open and Roland Garros) and Two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (Australian and Wimbledon) and was ranked No.1 in the world in doubles in … She played Ekaterina Makarova in the second round, comfortably prevailing in two sets. She then participated in the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. Šafářová beat Stosur even three-times in 2013, in Eastbourne, Tokyo in the third round and following week in Beijing in the first round. She played with Nadia Petrova in the doubles event of the Australian Open. As the second seed, she lost in the quarterfinals to Pennetta. This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Australian tennis player Samantha Stosur. She opened her campaign with a two set victory over Ekaterina Makarova[34] and then moved into the quarterfinals after defeating Hsieh Su-wei. 112 heading into the new season, and expecting another year of unexpected twists and turns, Stosur isn’t getting caught up in setting specific goals. She is a former world No. She made the quarterfinals with a win over Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva, and after Caroline Wozniacki retired in the second set due to a back injury before losing to eventual semifinalist, American wildcard Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. Stosur defeated Klára Zakopalová and Sabine Lisicki before losing in the third round to world No. At the French Open, Stosur was leading by one set and 4–3 in the second one but lost the control of the match and went on to lose all the games there after against the eventual champion Maria Sharapova.[96]. Stosur was seeded fifth at the Australian Open, where she lost in the third round to 25th seed Petra Kvitová. She then competed in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati where she defeated qualifier Eleni Daniilidou in the first round. However, she won in the doubles tournament, partnering Sabine Lisicki, by defeating the German team of Kristina Barrois and Jasmin Wöhr in the final. [5] With these achievements, Stosur finished the year as the world No. Despite not defending the title, Stosur did win the inaugural US Open Sportsmanship Award. [46] and at the Mutua Madrid Open where she was seeded ninth, to Carla Suárez Navarro. They reached the quarterfinals together, but lost to crowd favorites Andy Murray and Laura Robson, who were competing for Great Britain. Stosur finished the year ranked No. 4 previously. With this, she won her second and biggest WTA title, which put her back inside the top ten at world No. [22] She finished the year with a semifinal appearance at the year-ending WTA Championships, losing to the eventual champion Petra Kvitová in three sets. Physical 2. This result was, however, reversed, Australia losing to Spain 0–3. She then fell to Elena Dementieva, but secured her spot in the semifinals by winning one set. She defeated qualifier Zhang Kailin in straight sets in the first round before losing to Croatian teen Ana Konjuh in straight sets, in the second round. With this result, Stosur cracked the top 20 for the first time in her career. In the quarterfinals, Stosur played wildcard and former world No. Entering the US Open as the 16th seed, Stosur won her first round match against Italian Camila Giorgi in a three set thriller before losing to Zhang Shuai in straight sets in the second round. Stosur won the match in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost a tight match to Lucie Hradecká in two tiebreaks. She lost both her matches against Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber. She backed this up with wins over Evgeniya Rodina and 16th-seeded Sara Errani. However, Stosur bounced back at the Rogers Cup in Toronto by reaching the final, having defeated Li Na and Agnieszka Radwańska along the way. Stosur was placed in the white group for the Tour Championships. With mixed-doubles partner Bob Bryan, Stosur defeated Mike Bryan and Katarina Srebotnik to win the title. [17] As a result of her success during the year, she qualified for the year-ending WTA Championships for the first time in her career. She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Kim Clijsters. Mental. With this result, the Australian team advanced to the World Group II in 2010. Stosur competed with Zhang Shuai at the Australian Open. Moreover, there is no evidence of her relationship on any of her social media page. She also won through to the third round in doubles, partnering Stubbs, defeating the Radwańska sisters. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Stosur defeated Sofia Arvidsson and Sybille Bammer before having the biggest win of her career against world No. 1) partnered Rennae Stubbs, ranked No. However, Stosur and Petrova were defeated in the second straight final, losing in a super-tiebreak 7–10 to Gisela Dulko and Pennetta. [80][81] She lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, Eugenie Bouchard and Flavia Pennetta in all three of her singles matches, and subsequently the Australian pair did not qualify for the final. [53][54] Stosur then played 18th seed Jelena Janković in the third round. In a rain-delayed match stretched over three days, Stosur then came back from 5–3 down in the opening set to beat world No. She lost the final to tenth seed Flavia Pennetta. In Sydney she reached the second round, where she lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. She certainly has the physical and technical abilities! On 13 July 2020, she announced the birth of daughter Genevieve with her partner Liz Astling, who was the one who gave birth. 6; also, she was ranked No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first received on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. In her first tournament of the year, Stosur fell to Lucie Šafářová in the second round of the Brisbane International. Stosur qualified in singles for the year-ending WTA Championships in Doha for the first time in her career, following the withdrawal of Venus Williams. In the quarterfinals, Stosur was broken multiple times by Venus Williams, losing 3–6, 3–6. [87][88] Stosur then headed to Hobart to compete in 2014 Fed Cup World Group. [15] She then beat second seed Vera Zvonareva, to reach the semifinals for the first time. She has a career high singles ranking of four in the world, which she achieved in 2011. After taking time off to recover from her injury, she took part in the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament at New Haven, in hopes of regaining some of the lost ranking points and in preparation for the US Open. Stosur's next tournament was the Madrid Open, where she was the fifth seed. It was Stosur's fifth consecutive loss in Australia; however, she broke a nine-set losing streak in the country by winning the second set. Australian tennis star Sam Stosur reveals birth of daughter Genevieve. Stosur ended the year ranked No. [94] However, she lost to Flavia Pennetta in the third round. In her first US Open quarterfinal, she was up a break in the third set, before falling to defending champion and second seed Clijsters in three sets. Stosur has had several coaches through the years. She lost to Simona Halep in the final. In the clay-court season, Stosur was eliminated in the first round of the Rome Masters by qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, and was also defeated in her first match in doubles. [41] She successfully returned to the court at the Family Circle Cup where she opened her campaign in the second round with a straight-sets win over Marina Erakovic. Stosur won the opening rubber of the tie in straight sets, then sealed the victory for Australia in the third rubber with a tight three-set victory, improving her 2009 Fed Cup singles record to 6–0. She subsequently competed in Rome where the sixth-seeded Stosur reached the final, but was beaten by seventh-seeded Sharapova. “The fact Sam has chosen to play the Hobart International as her last warm-up before the Australian Open is a credit to the tournament’s growing reputation, the quality of the Domain Tennis Centre facilities and the efforts of the event’s organisers. She is also known for wearing Oakley eyewear. She was previously endorsed by Lacoste. During the same year, she won her first Grand Slam doubles title with Lisa Raymond, defeating Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta in three sets in the final of the US Open. In doubles, Stosur was third seed with Petrova. Seeded fourth in doubles, the pair of Stosur and Rennae Stubbs lost to Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei in the first round of the tournament. 10. She lost in the third round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Instead, she competed at the final Premier Mandatory event of the year, the China Open, where she lost in the first round to qualifier Anastasija Sevastova in three sets. It was the first time Stosur had ever taken a set of Azarenka. Stosur reached her first WTA Tour final at her home event in Gold Coast, losing to Patty Schnyder. At her next tournament in Toronto, she defeated Heidi El Tabakh, sixth seed Kuznetsova and Virginie Razzano before being eliminated by fourth seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals in three sets. However, Stosur lost the semifinal to former doubles partner and eventual champion Petrova, in straight sets. [26] Stosur played mixed doubles with former world No. Samantha Stosur | TENNIS.com - Live Scores, News, Player Rankings. Sharapova won their first nine meetings, prevailing in straight sets at their most recent meeting at the 2015 French Open. Her first match was against second seed Sharapova, winning the match in two sets. In her opening match she lost against Czech Barbora Strýcová in two sets. Stosur and Lisicki made it to the final, but lost in straight sets to Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. 2 in doubles. She defeated 12th seed Dominika Cibulková in the third round in two sets. 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