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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

2022 Grass Court Awards: A New Belle Storms the Ball

It's update and awards time...











1. Elena Rybakina, KAZ ...two years after she looked about to become an unstoppable force, she was just that at Wimbledon
2. Ons Jabeur, TUN ...a set away from completing the Berlin/Wimbledon double (w/ a WD cameo alongside Serena in between)
3. Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA ...won three titles (2s/1d) before Wimbledon, but no matches at SW19
4. Krejcikova/Siniakova, CZE/CZE ...the former Wimbledon girls' champs win their second women's title at the AELTC
5. Diede de Groot, NED (WC) ...won her fourth Wimbledon singles title, but again came up short in the SW19 doubles for a second straight time (where her only two losses have come since February 2021)
6. Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS ...a brilliant run at Rosmalen that wasn't allowed to be backed up in London
7. Simona Halep, ROU ...SF in Birmingham, Bad Homburg and Wimbledon, but a second '22 title (and first with coach Patrick Mouratoglou) remains elusive
8. Tatjana Maria, GER ...two-time mom put on a run for the ages (say, about 34) to the Wimbledon semis
9. Petra Kvitova, CZE ...won her first grass crown in four years, adding her maiden Eastbourne title to her collection
10. Desirae Krawczyk, USA ...with her Wimbledon win, has now claimed four of the last six MX slam crowns
11. Jule Niemeier, GER ...after injury thwarted her effort at RG, reached the Wimbledon QF in her tournament debut
12. Caroline Garcia, FRA ...picked up her third career grass win in Bad Homburg, and reached her first second week at SW19 since '17
13. Alize Cornet, FRA ...ended Swiatek's 37-match streak with her second career #1 victory at Wimbledon ('14 over Serena), where she also tied the women's tour record with a 62nd straight slam MD appearance
14. Harmony Tan, FRA ...after a grass court SF in a 125 in Italy, she scored the biggest win of her career in a 3:10 upset of Serena Williams in the 1st Round of Wimbledon en route to the Round of 16
15. Kamiji/Mathewson, JPN/USA (WC) ...ended de Groot's perfect s/d season, with Kamiji winning Wimbledon WD title #7 (in 8 events) and Mathewson becoming the first U.S. woman to win a wheelchair slam crown
HM- Liv Hovde, USA (jr.) ...swept the Roehampton and Wimbledon girls' singles, saving a MP twice (once via a replay challenge, then with a drop shot) in the 3rd Round at SW19





















1. RYBAKINETICS
...with a cool, calm demeanor and power game that left oft-helpless opponents flat footed on the grass, Elena Rybakina's long-awaited breakthrough comes at Wimbledon, as the 23-year old becomes the first player representing Kazakhstan to claim a major singles title, eliminating Bianca Andreescu, Simona Halep and Ons Jabeur en route to becoming the youngest winner at SW19 since 2011. Against Jabeur, she becomes the first women's champ at SW19 since 2006 to rally from a set down in the final to win in three sets.


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2. DOMINATING ON DUTCH GRASS
...Ekaterina Alexandrova puts on a commanding performance at Rosmalen.



For the week, doing her best "Iga," Alexandrova produced two bagel sets, and lost just a single game in two others. After dropping her opening set in the 1st Round vs. Dayana Yastremska, she swept her final ten sets, dropping 16 total games in her last four matches. After twice failing to serve out the 2nd set in the 1st Round, Alexandrova had no such issues the rest of the way. She held in 26 consecutive serve games before Veronika Kudermetova finally ended the streak in the semis, and ended the event having secured a hold in 36 of her last 38 service games. In her fourth career tour-level championship match, Alexandrova trailed Aryna Sabalenka 5-4 in the 1st set, then ran off nine straight games to pick up her second WTA title, ending the match with an emphatic ace.
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3. BRAZILIAN GONE WILD
...Beatriz Haddad Maia is the first women since 1991 to win two grass titles between Roland Garros and Wimbledon, sweeping the Nottingham and Birmingham crowns while becoming the first Brazilian to win a tour event on the surface since Hall of Famer Maria Bueno in 1968.

Haddad's ten-match run included wins over Maria Sakkari and Alison Riske in Nottingham, then defeats of a pair of former Wimbledon champs (Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep) in Birmingham. The second week's run included a comeback from 4-2 down in the 3rd (and a stoppage of play for the day) in a 2nd Round match vs. Magdelana Frech, and later saw Haddad record two wins on a single day (SF/F) over Halep (after twice being a break down in the 3rd) and Zhang Shuai (who'd won the Nottingham doubles w/ Haddad a week earlier, but retired in the 1st set from the Birmingham final).


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4. DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY ONS
...when Ons Jabeur shows up, she brings the show along with her. Awe-inspiring shotmaking, great fan support, adoration from her fellow competitors and, the past two years, titles when she's playing with grass under her feet. This year, the Tunisian claimed the Berlin crown, the carried over the entertaining form and inspiring message of inclusion and belief to the All-England Club, where she rode a wave of excellence and adulation to the final, becoming the first from her nation and North Africa (and the first Arab) to reach a slam final.


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5. MOTHER'S DAY FORTNIGHT
...at 34, after twice taking time away from the sport to become a mom, Tatjana Maria becomes the oldest first-time slam semifinalist of the Open era at Wimbledon, staging a series of rallies while frustrating opponents with her slice-heavy game and steady (and increasingly resilient) play on big points. Maria had been down a set vs. Astra Sharma (1st Rd.), a break down in the 3rd against Sorana Cirstea (2nd), saved two MP vs. Alona Ostapenko (4th) and rallied from 4-2 back in the deciding set against fellow German Jule Niemeier (QF) before finally dropping a three-setter to Ons Jabeur in the SF.


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6. PETRA + GRASS = ❤️‍
...right when she needed it, the grass was there for Petra Kvitova. The Czech came into Eastbourne having lost five of her last six matches. After a win over Donna Vekic, Kvitova prevailed over a pair of Brits (Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart), then "erased" her loss from a week earlier to Beatriz Haddad Maia with a semifinal win over the Brazilian to reach her first final since last year in Doha. Once there, she dominated Alona Ostapenko to improve to an impressive 29-10 in WTA finals in her career, picking up her first grass title (#5) since Birmingham four years ago.


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7. DIEDE TO THE 7TH POWER
...wheelchair #1 Diede de Groot claims her seventh straight slam singles title, extending her winning streak to 61 matches with a win in the final over the last woman to defeat her (in February '21), Yui Kamiji. De Groot has won 49 straight sets in singles, and 116 of 118, as she's gone 66-1 -- w/ 16 consecutive titles -- since the start of 2021-22.

The Dutch #1's 27-match (9-title) run in doubles ended in the final, preventing her from a eleventh career slam title sweep (the first of ten came at SW19 in '18, the only time she's done it at Wimbledon), but she's still 39-1 overall (s/d) in '22, and 104-4 combined over the past two seasons.

By the close of Wimbledon, de Groot was joined by men's #1 Shingo Kunieda (who won his first singles title at SW19) as the only players in WC history to have won all eight slam titles in their career.


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8. CZECHS RE-UNITED!
...in their first pairing since February (Doha), Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova win Wimbledon to claim their second slam (w/ AO) of the season and fifth overall major as a team, dropping just one set in six matches and defeating top-seeded Mertens/Zhang in the final.


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9. CARO FLIES OFF WITH ANOTHER GRASS TITLE
...ranked #75 and with just one multi-win event all season, Caroline Garcia wasn't exactly a favorite to come out on top in Bad Homburg. But the Pastry has had some sneaky good grass court results in her career, and she got another with a third career grass court crown. Her run included a 2:45 thriller over countrywoman Alize Cornet in which she saved a MP to reach her first tour singles final since winning in Nottingham three years ago. In the championship match, Garcia again rallied, staging a comeback from 7-6/4-2 back, and 2-0 in the 3rd, to defeat Bianca Andreescu and claim her eighth career tour singles crown.

The only active players with more tour-level grass titles than Garcia are named Williams, Williams and Kvitova. That's it. That's the list.


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10. THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED DOUBLES DUO IN TENNIS
...the #1 seeds at Bad Homburg, Eri Hozumi & Makoto Ninomiya's path to the final featured four consecutive match TB victories, including in the final over Alicja Rosolska & Erin Routliffe. Now 3-0 in tour finals (on three different surfaces, w/ an additional 125 crown) in 2022, the Japanese pair lead the WTA in singles titles for a duo, with all three finals seeing the Japanese pair win a MTB to claim the crown.



Even with their success this season, Hozumi and Ninomiya are barely ranked inside the doubles Top 40, and are just 11th in the season Race for the WTA Finals.
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DANA THE FIRST
...Dana Mathewson wins the Wimbledon doubles with Yui Kamiji, becoming the first U.S. woman to win a wheelchair slam major


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ANGELLA THE FIRST
...Angella Okutoyi wins the Wimbledon girls doubles with Rose Marie Nijkamp, becoming the first Kenyan to win a junior slam major


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DESI THE FOURTH
...Desirae Krawcyzk & Neal Skupski defend their Wimbledon MX doubles title, as the Bannerette wins her fourth MX slam in the last six majors. They're the first duo to successfully defend the Wimbledon crown since siblings Helena Sukova & Cyril Suk in 1997, and Krawczyk is the first U.S. woman since Billie Jean King in '74.


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LIV THE TENTH
...Liv Hovde becomes the tenth player to sweep the Roehampton and Wimbledon girls' singles titles, saving MP in the 3rd Round at SW19 (vs. Kayla Cross, on a replay challenge after Cross had thought she'd upset the #1 seed, then on a drop shot on the re-played point) before eventually defeating Hungarian Luca Udvardy in a 6-3/6-4 final.


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*SMARTEST OUTFIT*

While the Swede had success on the grass, qualifying to reach her maiden Wimbledon MD, Mirjam Bjorklund also gets a nice Backspin checkmark for her smart, business-like attire at the Valencia WTA 125 event on red clay.



*BEST POINT*



Or, if your name is Marie, maybe...




*WTA CAMARADERIE UPDATE*

Rosmalen 1st Rd. - Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Dayana Yastremska 2-6/7-6(1)/6-2
Rosmalen 2nd Rd. - Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Anhelina Kalinina 6-4/6-2
...since the invasion of Ukraine, there have been precious few match-ups of Ukrainian and Russian players on the women's tour, but Alexandrova had two *in-a-row* in the Netherlands at the start of the Russian ban period. Against Yastremska, Alexandrova led 5-1 in the 2nd, but twice failed to serve things out, losing five straight games before holding to force a TB, which she dominated a 7-1 TB and then carried things over through the 3rd. After the match, Alexandrova and Yastremska simply tapped rackets at the net.



Kalinina, who had an MTO in the 2nd, went out in straights, but the post-match at the net was at least a bit less "at arms length."



Berlin 1st Rd. - Dasha Kasatkina def. Anhelina Kalinina
...5-7/6-3/6-1. A week later, the fairly understated reactions ceased with Kasatkina on the court, as the Hordette was having none of that when Ukrainian Kalinina hit the deck during their 1st Round encounter in Berlin.



*JODIE NIGHTINGALE*

On Day 1 at Wimbledon, Brit Jodie Burrage lost her 1st Round match, but came to the rescue of a ballboy when he fainted in the back of the court.



*THE MINISTER OF HAPPINESS*

Berlin Final - Ons Jabeur def. Belinda Bencic 6-3/2-1 ret.
...many of the stories that focus on how "nice" Ons Jabeur is take place *off* the court, but the grass season gave a few on-court examples for all to see. In the Berlin final, when Belinda Bencic was injured, Jabeur stuck to the Swiss like glue and helped out any way she could...



Later, she played the part of "good host" in the Wimbledon semis, making sure family friend, BBQ Buddy and fellow semifinalist Tatjana Maria got her due once the match was over.



*SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING SHOES*

Berlin 1st Rd. - Dasha Saville def. Jil Teichmann 6-7(2)/7-5/6-2




Dasha continues to be the gift that keeps on giving...



Teichmann spent the rest of her week reaching the WD finals w/ Alize Cornet, while Saville was awarded (by Wimbledon) her third WC into a slam MD this season. Sanders, wearing another pair of shoes, won the doubles in Berlin.

*BEST IGA IMPRESSION*

Berlin 1st Rd. - Karolina Pliskova def. Kaia Kanepi 6-7(5)/6-0/6-0
...in 2022, any spurt of brilliance/dominance is bound to bring up an Iga Swiatek reference. But this one from Pliskova came about quite honestly, as it was only a little more than a year ago that the current #1 squashed the Czech in the Rome final by a 6-0/6-0 score in one of the most high profile examples of the Pole's affinity for bagels on gameday. In the 1st Round in Berlin against Kanepi, Pliskova ultimately lost the 1st set despite firing 9 aces and saving 7 of 7 BP, but then took out her frustration on the Estonian in the 2nd and 3rd sets. For the day, Pliskova had 17 aces and saved all 8 BP she faced.



*ALONA BEING ALONA*

Birmingham 1st Rd. - Alona Ostapenko def. Rebecca Marino 6-2/5-7/6-3
...Ostapenko won six straight games to take the 1st set, and won 11 of 12 as she led Marino 6-2/5-1. Well, we're talking about Ostapenko in a three-set match, so you can guess how things went in the 2nd. She then corrected her aim in the 3rd and put the Canadian away. Afterward, being Alona, she dared to speak her mind, ruffling more than a few social media feathers... but, really, the "what did I say that wasn't true?" look on her face is backed up by, well, her entire career.



*BEST WATER LEAP*

Ons Jabeur in Berlin...




*BEST FAN*

THE Harmony Tan fan (and niece of Tan's co-coach, Sam Sumyk), aka Jane Robinson...




*BEST CANINE RIVALRY-TO-BE?*



"There's a call for Champion... Coco Andreescu and Tofu Saville would like a word."

*TAKE THAT, FFT*

After the French tennis federation made the move of increasing the wheelchair singles draw from the longstanding eight to twelve for this year's Roland Garros, the USTA upped the ante by raising the U.S. Open field to sixtween (w/ a junior competition, too!).



Your move, Tennis Australia.

*THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW?*

While the big tour-level action was taking place on the grass in England and the Netherlands in June, what may turn out to be an even bigger long-term development was occuring on the clay in the WTA 125 challenger in Valencia, Spain.



While the tour's relationship with China is (to say the least) "strained," that doesn't mean that the Chinese players are persona non grata. While the LTA wasn't so generous to the Russian and Belarusian players this summer, we were still able to see what might be the early stages of a sea change when it comes to Chinese talent on tour.

Li Na was a great and beloved champion, and her success was always thought to have been the seed that could one day populate the tennis tour will an overflowing level of talent from a nation that already has a great history with racket sports like badminton and table tennis. We're finally starting to see the first real wave of Li Na Generation talent, and on the clay in Valencia we even got *two* of the top three young Chinese stars facing off for a tour-related 125 title.



19-year old Zheng Qinwen, fresh off having really been the *first* young Chinese player to step into the big stage spotlight and pushing Iga Swiatek once she got there in Paris (for a set, at least, before an injury and menstrual cramping caused her great problems in a three-set loss), reached and won her biggest title in Valencia to improve to 9-0 in pro singles finals. Her opponent was 21-year old Wang Xiyu, the '18 U.S. Open girls' champ who'd already reached a pair of $100K finals this season (and won a $60K) before advancing to what was also her bigggest career final.

Zheng cracked the Top 50 for the first time after the win, while a month earlier the other member of the young Chinese trio who could change quite a lot about the tennis landscape, Wang Xiyu, had won a $100K title and on the same weekend as Valencia qualified for the tour-level Berlin MD. The following Monday, Xiyu also reached a new career high, meaning that all three were simultaneously ranked in the Top 100 for the first time ever.

*BEST ENTRANCE*



*AND IN THE WIMBLEDON LEGENDS COMPETITION...*

Not only did we see Aga Radwanska on-court again at the AELTC, we got Jelena Jankovic, too! As her partner! Their first match was against an equally entertaining duo, Italians Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone.



And since two members of the Quartet deserve their due, as well...



It didn't end with one match, either.









RISERS SURPRISES
1. Elena Rybakina, KAZ 1. Harmony Tan, FRA
2. Ons Jabeur, TUN 2. Jodie Burrage, GBR
3. Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA 3. Harriet Dart, GBR
4. Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS 4. Catherine Harrison, USA
5. Caroline Garcia, FRA 5. Katarzyna Kawa, POL
6. Marie Bouzkova, CZE 6. Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE
7. Dasha Kasatkina, RUS 7. Viktoriya Tomova, BUL
8. Elise Mertens, BEL 8. Sonay Kartal, GBR
9. Belinda Bencic, SUI 9. Greet Minnen, BEL
10. Alona Ostapenko, LAT 10. Fernanda Contreras, MEX
HM-Aryna Sabalenka, BLR HM- Lily Miyazaki, GBR


FRESH FACES JUNIORS
1. Jule Niemeier, GER 1. Liv Hovde, USA
2. Amanda Anisimova, USA 2. Luca Udvardy, HUN
3. Kaja Juvan, SLO 3. Victoria Mboko, CAN
4. Coco Gauff, USA 4. Linda Klimovicova, CZE
5. Diane Parry, FRA 5. Nijkamp/Okutoyi, NED/KEN
6. Maja Chwalinska, POL 6. Nikola Bartunkova, CZE
7. Jodie Burrage, GBR 7. Kayla Cross, CAN
8. Alicia Parks, USA 8. Joanne Kruger, RSA
9. Kamilla Rakhimova, RUS 9. Ella Seidel, GER
10. Magdalena Frech, POL 10. Jasmine Conway, GBR
11. Nastaja Schunk, GER 11. Olivia Linder, POL
12. Maddison Inglis, AUS 12. Cross/Mboko, CAN/CAN
HM- Mai Hontama, JPN HM- Alexia Ioana Tatu, ROU


VETERANS COMEBACKS
1. Simona Halep, ROU 1. Caroline Garcia, FRA
2. Tatjana Maria, GER 2. Katie Boulter, GBR
3. Petra Kvitova, CZE 3. Sabine Lisicki, GER
4. Ajla Tomljanovic, AUS 4. Zoe Hives, AUS
5. Alize Cornet, FRA 5. Bianca Andreescu, CAN
6. Petra Martic, CRO 6. Venus Williams, USA
7. Zhang Shuai, CHN 7. Jiske Griffioen, NED (WC)
8. Heather Watson, GBR 8. Louisa Chirico, USA
9. Camila Giorgi, ITA 9. Serena Williams, USA
10. Sorana Cirstea, ROU 10. Rebecca Marino, CAN
11. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, NED 11. Elisabetta Cocciaretto, ITA
12. Yanina Wickmayer, BEL 12. Sara Errani, ITA
HM- Kirsten Flipkens, BEL HM- Jana Fett, CRO


DOUBLES MOST IMPROVED
1. Krejcikova/Siniakova/ CZE/CZE 1. Marie Bouzkova, CZE
2. Desirae Krawczy,, USA 2. Jule Niemeier, GER
3. Zhang Shuai, CHN 3. Jodie Burrage, GBR
4. Hozumi/Ninomiya, JPN/JPN 4. Harmony Tan, FRA
5. Kamiji/Mathewson, JPN/USA (WC) 5. Maja Chwalinska, POL
6. Mertens/Sh.Zhang, BEL/CHN 6. Lily Miyazaki, GBR
7. L.Kichenok/Ostapenko, UKR/LAT 7. Dalma Galfi, HUN
8. Haddad Maia/Sh.Zhang, BRA/CHN 8. Jaimee Fourlis, AUS
9. Samantha Stosur, AUS 9. Mai Hontama, JPN
10. Siniakova/Sanders, CZE/AUS 10. Leolia Jeanjean, FRA
11. Krunic/Linette, SRB/POL 11. Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE
12. Perez/Zidansek, NZL/SLO 12. Fernanda Contreras, MEX
HM- Sania Mirza, IND HM- Catherine Harrison, USA


DOWN COACH
1. Garbine Muguruza, ESP 1. N.Tauziat/S.Sumyk (Tan)
2. Liudmila Samsonova, RUS 2. Stefano Vukov (Rybakina)
3. Anett Kontaveit, EST 3. Rafael Paciarone (Haddad)
4. Emma Raducanu, GBR 4. Evgeny Alexandrov (Alexandrova)
5. Sloane Stephens, USA 5. Charles Eduoard Maria (Maria)
6. Danielle Collins, USA 6. Cristian Requeni (Bouzkova)
7. Jil Teichmann, SUI 7. Christopher Kas (Niemeier)
8. Yulia Putintseva, KAZ 8. Issam Jellali (Jabeur)
9. Karolina Pliskova, CZE 9. Philippe Dehaes (Juvan)
10. Katie Volynets, USA 10. Michael Geserer (Martic)
HM- Kristina Mladenovic, FRA HM- Carlos Martinez (Kasatkina)


WHEELCHAIR ITF TOUR (grass)
1. Diede de Groot, NED 1. Alison Van Uytvanck, BEL
2. Kamiji/Mathewson, JPN/USA 2. Dalma Galfi, HUN
3. Yui Kamiji, JPN 3. Jodie Burrage, GBR
4. Jiske Griffioen, NED 4. Arina Rodionova, AUS
5. Kamiji/Zhu, JPN/CHN 5. CoCo Vandeweghe, USA
6. de Groot/Van Koot, NED/NED 6. Sonay Kartal, GBR
7. Momoko Ohtani, JPN 7. Katie Volynets, USA
8. Zhu Zhenzhen, CHN 8. Tatjana Maria, GER
9. Manami Tanaka, JPN 9. Natalija Stevanovic, SRB
10. Pauline Deroulede, FRA 10. Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU
HM- Katharine Kruger, GER HM- Mandy Minella, LUX


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[Non-Grass Events, Wk.22-27]

RISERS: Jang Su-jeong/KOR, Dalma Galfi/HUN and Anna Bondar/HUN
SURPRISES: Viktoriya Tomova/BEL, Francesca Curmi/MLT and Camilla Rosatello/ITA
VETERANS: Sara Errani/ITA, Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove/NED and Laura Siegemund/GER
COMEBACKS: Rebeka Masarova/ESP, Elisabetta Cocciaretto/ITA and Kristina Mladenovic/FRA
FRESH FACES: Jule Niemeier/GER, Zheng Qinwen/CHN and Oksana Selekhmeteva/RUS
JUNIOR STARS (ITF): Brenda Fruhvirtova/CZE, Lola Radivojevic/SRB and Sara Bejlek/CZE
DOUBLES: Eikeri/Mihalikova (NED/SVK), Jakupovic/Lukas (SLO/CRO) and Bolsova/Masarova (ESP/ESP)
ITF: Linda Noskova/CZE, Carol Zhao/CAN and Marina Bassols Ribera/ESP
MOST IMPROVED: Selena Janicijevic/FRA, Katrina Scott/USA and Natalia Szabinin/HUN
COACH: Maria Victoria Viettes (Masarova)




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1. Iga Swiatek, POL
- a #1 ranking, 6 titles and 37-match winning streak more than overshadow lackluster Wimbledon result

2. Diede de Groot, NED (WC)
- the reigning "Ms.Backspin," Diede the Great is still undefeated in singles, with three slam wins and a 61-match winning streak that stretches back a year and a half

3. Krejcikova/Siniakova, CZE/CZE
- Krejcikova's injury/illness has held them back a bit, but they've still won *two* majors

4. Ons Jabeur, TUN
- injury delayed the start of her season, but she's more than made up the ground on clay (Madrid W/Rome F) and grass (Berlin W/Wimbledon F)

5. Ash Barty, AUS
- still holding on after her undefeated start and AO title run, but will have little chance to make the Top 5 cut (Top 10? maybe) with a *full* season in play

6. Elena Rybakina, KAZ
- finally had her moment at SW19, and now enters the "how will she follow it up?" stage of the process

7. Hozumi/Ninomiya, JPN/JPN
- the only duo this season to have won tour titles on hard, clay and grass courts

8. Simona Halep, ROU
- a consistent threat with 6 SF (behind only Iga), but only a Week 1 title to show for it

9. Veronika Kudermetova, RUS
- eight combined finals (3s/5d), but just two doubles win. Reached career-first slam QF in Paris, though, as she's cracked the singles Top 20 and reached doubles #2.

10. Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA
- a dual threat, with three finals each in singles (w/ 2 grass wins) and doubles (including AO runner-up)

HM- Coco Gauff, USA
- 18-year old reached the RG final and is on the cusp of the singles Top 10 after reaching the Top 5 in doubles



All for now. Match Compendium next.
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