[40], In the middle of 2009, Stephens participated in World TeamTennis as a member of the New York Buzz. [195] In the semifinals tie against Russia, she lost her match to Liudmila Samsonova. Thomas is an ex-Swedish professional player and coach who has worked with many top players such as Tommy Haas, Magnus Norman, Eugenie Bouchard, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Li Na, Simona Halep, Madison Keys, and Johanna Konta. [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. [128] This was the first title for the United States since 2000. [187] At the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, she lost in the first round to qualifier Caroline Garcia. Sloane Stephens is "on a break" from her coach, Kamau Murray, Murray has told the New York Times. [182] She lost in her fourth-round match to eventual champion Barbora Krejkov. At the Auckland Open, Stephens won her first tournament with the two of them together. [118] Her semifinal was against No. Top 10 Best Midfielders In The World (2022 Updated), 30+ Best Photos of Sloane Stephens -Fashion|Bikini|On Court, Camila Giorgis Net Worth 2023 Prize money, Salary, Endorsements, 10 Things You Didnt Know About Iga Swiatek, Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2023: WTA Players Announced in Doha, With High Prize Money At Stake, 2018 Miami Open 2017 US Open 2016 Auckland Open 2016 Acapulco Open 2016 Charleston Open. Stephens has talked about her newly formed player-coach partnership with longtime friend Darian King this week. 5 in the world. 20, Julia Grges, en route to her first WTA quarterfinal. She lost in the first round to Leylah Fernandez. [200] At the Indian Wells Open, she fell in the first round to 2018 champion Naomi Osaka. Seeded 13th, she lost in the first round to Zheng Qinwen. Sloane Stephens is a long-time Rafa Nadal fan. 1 Iga witek. [246] Both of these wins came before Halep entered the top ten in 2014. They have organized programs in Compton, Fresno, and Fort Lauderdale. 13 Ana Ivanovic in the third round and went on to reach her first quarterfinal at a Premier Mandatory event. (Courtesy of Othmane Garma) Comment on this story [24] These results brought her to a career-high junior ranking of No. Since then, she has risen to become a star, winning a total of 7 Singles career titles, including a Grand Slam and attaining a career highest ranking of 3. [157] At the first edition of the Adelaide International, she was defeated in the first round in straight sets by world No. [186] In Montreal, she was beaten in the second round by top seed and world No. [291][13][292], Stephens has been married to United States national soccer team player Jozy Altidore, who was also one of her childhood friends in Florida, since 1 January 2022. In the semifinals, Stephens won a rematch of the 2017 US Open final against Madison Keys, the first all-American semifinal there since 2002. [69] She then lost to world No. Her favorite surface is clay, on which she was a finalist at the French Open. Stephens later stated, "I kept playing when I shouldn't have,"[60] as part of an effort to try to qualify for the Olympics. No explanation was offered for the suspension of the successful coaching partnership. [271][272] She split with Murray in 2021 before the Miami Open and is working with ATP tennis player Darian King who is also her practice partner. ", "US Open American teen Stephens upsets 23rd seed Peer", "Sloane Stephens, Vania King win at 2011 U.S. Open Thursday, lead resurgence of United States players", "Australian Open Sloane Stephens reaches second round", "Miami, Vinci promossa A casa gli altri azzurri", "Schiavone & Cornet's Strasbourg Revivals", "Stephens can't write fairy-tale ending at French", "2012 Wimbledon: Sloane Stephens Advances, Samantha Stosur Out", "Western & Southern Open Awards Wild Cards To James Blake, Sloane Stephens And Camila Giorgi", "What's in a name? [127] Nonetheless, the United States won the tie 32 to give Stephens her first Fed Cup crown. In the first tie, Slovakia beat the USA 21. 33 Julia Grges to advance to her first US Open quarterfinal and her first major quarterfinal since Wimbledon in 2013. [129] Stephens finished the season ranked No. [138] Nonetheless, this run catapulted her to a career-high ranking of No. She defeated No. [72], At the Cincinnati Open in August, Stephens scored her second big upset of the year when she knocked out Sharapova, the No. She returned to play and win her next match, but ultimately lost in the third round. [240], Stephens has a 16 record against Serena Williams, with three of their matches coming in 2013, other three in 2015 and one in 2020. [156] Stephens fell out of the top 10 shortly before the US Open, and again afterwards. By the end of the year, she fell to No. In addition, she switched coaches David Nainkin in June 2012 to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. [16][295][296], In late 2017, Stephens graduated from Indiana University East with a bachelor's degree in communications studies. [23] Mladenovic ended up winning the tournament, and would also defeat Stephens in their next encounter at the Wimbledon quarterfinals. [85][86] She entered the Australian Open unseeded and faced a difficult draw against Victoria Azarenka in the first round. During the tournament, she reached the semifinals, where she lost to No. [8] She has a younger half-brother, Shawn Farrell, who played baseball and football at Notre Dame High School outside of Los Angeles. She finished runner-up at the Canadian Open to Halep, her second high-level Premier final of the year. [143][144] She then closed out the season by participating in her first WTA Finals in Singapore. [33], Stephens often plays behind the baseline, relying on her athleticism to defend against her opponent's shots. [277], Stephens uses Head rackets, specifically endorsing the Speed line as of January 2023. [43][44] After starting the year ranked No. [203] At the Madrid Open, she was defeated in the first round by Anhelina Kalinina. Naomi Osaka rallies to beat Sloane Stephens in return to Indian Wells. 2 seed in the WTT Playoffs. [125][126], After the US Open, Stephens did not win another match the rest of the season. The title brought Stephens back into the top 30. 201, Arina Rodionova. [217], Stephens started her season at the ASB Classic in Auckland. After Stephens was able to push the match to three sets Halep was able to regroup and win the match. Stephens' coach, Chicago native Kamau Murray, will coach . Stephens also earned acareer-high rank of No. [241] In 2015, Stephens won the first set of their encounters at the Indian Wells Open and the French Open, but ultimately lost in three sets in both instances. 6 Caroline Wozniacki in Canada, and No. Tennis Interviews Sloane Stephens against Serena Williams? At just 19 years old Sloan Stephens lived hers and won the 2017 US Open. A look at Sloane Stephens' Fresno ties", "WTA star Sloane Stephens expands youth programs in Fresno", "Tennis Pro Sloane Stephens Has Valley Roots", "Is Sloane Stephens the Future of American Tennis? [111][112] However, she showed some signs of improvement by reaching the doubles final at Washington with Eugenie Bouchard. Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She lost her first two matches back, one to compatriot Alison Riske at Wimbledon, and the other to No. 2 Angelique Kerber, who needed to retire in the second set due to an illness. On our site youll find a variety of options to continue watching and talking about famous sportsmens,tennis tournaments and tennis gear. [247] Since then, Halep has won all six of their encounters. This loss snapped her streak of reaching the second week of every major since a third-round loss at the 2012 US Open. [279] She has appeared in television advertisements for Built with Chocolate Milk, a campaign to encourage chocolate milk as a recovery drink. 1, Serena Williams, who was returning from her long boycott of the tournament. [89][90], Despite these good results, Stephens got off to a slow start in the clay-court season. The American player, who competed in both the U.S. Open and the. [116] In the fourth round, she defeated No. He was also the one who advised her to pursue a career in tennis before she proceeded to Boca Raton to train. [135] Stephens entered the French Open having never reached the quarterfinals. [251][252][253] She sometimes flattens out her shots, even on the run, and goes for stinging winners. 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. Her best Grand Slam performance was a quarterfinal loss to Johanna Konta at the French Open, where she could not defend her runner-up finish from the previous season. Stephens reached the fourth round at the Australian Open, securing her first match wins at the tournament since 2014. In thecharacteristically wide-open landscape of women's tennis, Stephens will be one of many potential contenders for this year's U.S. Open, which will announce its main draw Thursday and begin play Monday. She has since won five of her six titles, including three in 2016, her first major at the 2017 US Open, and her first Premier Mandatory title in 2018. Emma Hruby . To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. Their partnership grew from their friendship and is looking really fruitful.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'thetennistime_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_3',151,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thetennistime_com-medrectangle-3-0'); Darian has not had an exceptional senior career although his run at the ITF has been quite a feat. 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. 37 in the world. Having played there every year since 2008, she picked up her first two main draw wins at the tournament, including the second one over No. [34] She would lose in qualifying the next two years as well. The 29-year-old Stephens announced she's hired Francisco Roig as her new coach. Stephens started her season at the first edition of the Grampians Trophy. Saviano can be said to be one of those who greatly contributed to the development of Sloane. Uli Seit for The New York Times "Every player that I have coached will affirm that I am a very clear. 306 and lucky loser, Nefisa Berberovi, in three sets. 10 Dominika Cibulkov. [123][124] She also became the lowest-ranked US Open champion ever, and the fifth-lowest at any Grand Slam tournament. 23, compatriot, and eventual finalist, Coco Gauff. 1, Simona Halep, her first loss in a WTA singles final. Chicago defeated the Orlando Storm to earn a spot in the final, but ultimately fell to the New York Empire in a supertiebreaker. [238][239] Nonetheless, Stephens has said the two of them still had a good relationship. In the round robin stage, Stephens swept her group of Naomi Osaka, Kiki Bertens, and Angelique Kerber to advance to the knockout stage. Although Williams won the match in straight sets, she praised Stephens, saying she could be "the best in the world one day. 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. [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. Her game is commonly referred to as possessing "easy power" due to the seemingly casual nature in which she injects pace into her shots. [237] Her relationship with Serena became strained after their match at the 2013 Australian Open. She lost in the first round of the Citi Open and the Rogers Cup before a second-round loss last week in Cincinnati, a disappointing stretch of matches entering what has been her most successful major tournament. 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. When she won the 2017 US Open, she recalled an instance at age 11 when her mother believed Stephens had high upside in spite of being told by an instructor at a junior tennis academy that she would be lucky to get a tennis scholarship to a Division II college. She became a promising junior player, reaching an ITF junior ranking of world No. Her first upset of the tournament came in the second round over No. 17 after the tournament. 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. [141][249] Prior to these finals, Stephens had never lost a final on the WTA Tour. [269] In the 2015 offseason, she replaced him with Kamau Murray. [140] Nonetheless, she moved up to No. She has made the list of the Tennis International Hall of Fame, which is well-deserved considering her 157 Singles titles and 32 Doubles titles. 128 in the world. [218] Seeded fourth at the Hobart International, she was defeated in the first round by qualifier, compatriot, and eventual champion, Lauren Davis. However, she was able to produce her best result at the tournament, making it to the final. [215], Two weeks after the US Open, Stephens played at the Emilia-Romagna Open. The 2017 titlist took to Twitter on Monday to announce that she will no longer be. [199] This was her first final and title since 2018. My whole life is about tennis. She has no Doubles titles and has been ranked as high as 94 under the category. On the contrary, Stephens has also shown the ability to use her mindset of not worrying about disappointing outcomes to bounce back from injury and poor tournaments. [74] Two weeks later, Stephens entered the US Open as the 15th seed, where she faced Williams again in the fourth round. Stephens's biggest rivalry is with her close friend and compatriot Madison Keys. He currently coaches Taylor Fritz. After departing from Saviano for the first time in 2009, Sloane began working with an ex-Bahamas tennis player who turned coach, Roger Smith. [15], Roger Smith began coaching Stephens in early 2009 and worked with her for several years. 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. [52] In late April, Stephens made her Fed Cup debut in an away playoff tie against Ukraine. But Keys prevailed at the 2021 Italian Open a month later. In Murray's absence, Stephens had worked with Sven Groeneveld for three months. I am so honored to be featured among this amazing group on this year's Create & Cultivate 100 List in the Sports category! 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. 17 Anastasija Sevastova to set up the first all-American semifinals at a major since Wimbledon in 1985, and the first at the US Open since 1981. 21, Jessica Pegula.[202]. 11 in the world. [67] She played in the Fed Cup playoff tie in April and lost her only match against Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson. Input your search keywords and press Enter. [248] Their next big match, the final at the Canadian Open, was ranked as the match of the year by the WTA. [44] Early in the year, she played in her first Australian Open main draw and made it to the second round. Sloane Stephens has ended her coaching relationship with Paul Annacone after eight months, according to a release from the American's management company Wednesday. [152] Konta also defeated her at Wimbledon. [101] Her third and last title of the year came on clay at the higher-level Charleston Open, a low-level Premier event. Sloane started working with David in 2012 to help her qualify for the 2012 Olympics; however, she eventually missed out on this. Stephens had entered the month having never reached a semifinal at a high-level Premier tournament. 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. Although she lost to Elena Baltacha, she rose to a career best No. Here are the individuals that have contributed to her growth.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'thetennistime_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_4',152,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thetennistime_com-medrectangle-4-0'); Sloanes first coach was an ex-top 50 tennis player, Francisco Gonzalez, who instructed her at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club. 5 and winning three out of four major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tmea Babos. [95], Stephens did not play again until the Washington Open in August. It'll be okay, don't worry. Kamau Murray. [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. [17], Stephens has worked with Soles4Souls, a charity that collects new and used shoes to give to children in poverty. Stephens played singles for the Smash throughout the season, helping them to earn a No. 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. Sloane Stephens' Coach on 'Creative' Ways They Kept Up Her Training Regimen amid Pandemic Still, she says, "The pandemic has taught me to focus more on what I can control and less on what I cannot. [57], Back in the United States, Stephens played at the Citi Open in late July and made it to her second career WTA semifinal. [26][27][28][29] Stephens also reached at least the quarterfinals in each of the singles events. In contrast, Venus Williams is amongst the top 20% of most aggressive players, while Serena Williams, Madison Keys, and CoCo Vandeweghe are all in the top 10% with aggression scores above 25%. This stretch notably included two matches at the year-end Elite Trophy as well as two singles rubbers in the Fed Cup final against Belarus. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Stephens replaced him with Paul Annacone, who is better known for coaching two of the greatest players in tennis history in Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. This score is average compared to other women's tennis players, and rates similarly to fellow Grand Slam tournament winners Justine Henin and Victoria Azarenka. [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. 28, finishing the season at No. [45] Two of her biggest improvements came at two Grand Slam events. With these results, Stephens climbed back into the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Stephens, ranked No. 22 US Open Doubles Finalist; Taylor Fritz was one of the first five players to benefit from the program. [82], Stephens did not do well at the US Open either, losing in the second round to world No. 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. A few days ago, Stephens had also announced her. Now she's won . (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (WL) winloss record. 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[208] She was defeated in the quarterfinals by 18th seed, world No.
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