Casey Dellacqua

Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua at Wimbledon 2013
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	February 11, 1985
Size:	165 cm
Weight:	66 kg
1st professional season:	2002
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 4,223,102
singles
Career record:	348: 214
Career title:	0 WTA , 22 ITF
Highest ranking:	26 (September 29, 2014)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	342: 184
Career title:	7 WTA, 23 ITF
Highest ranking:	3 (February 1, 2016)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Casey Dellacqua (born February 11, 1985 in Perth ) is a former Australian tennis player .

Life

Casey Dellacqua is of Italian on her father's side and Irish on her mother's side.

In August 2013, she announced the birth of their child Blake Benjamin through her partner Amanda three weeks earlier. In doing so, she also made her relationship with her partner public.

Career

In 2008 at the Pilot Pen tournament in which they with Nathalie Dechy took

Dellacqua moved to Canberra at the age of 16 to train at the Australian Institute of Sport . She played there at the local tennis club.

In 2006, Dallacqua entered the Australian Open for the first time with a wildcard . After her first round loss to Lindsay Davenport , she had to listen to severe criticism regarding her fitness.

At the age of 23, she became number 1 in Australian women's tennis after reaching the round of 16 of the Australian Open . She also achieved her best result so far at the French Open in 2008 when she entered the third round. In doubles she was even in the final there. So far, she has won 22 singles and 23 doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit . Since 2006 she has played for the Australian Fed Cup team ; after her 28 Fed Cup games, she won 19 times.

Dellacqua played in Hobart in 2008 for the first time a quarter-finals on the WTA Tour , which she lost to Eleni Daniilidou . In Melbourne , she defeated world number one Amélie Mauresmo in the same year and made it to the round of 16, her best individual result so far in a Grand Slam tournament . So she replaced Alicia Molik as the best-placed Australian tennis player. Her victories over former top 10 players such as Molik, Nicole Vaidišová , Patty Schnyder and Marion Bartoli are also worth mentioning .

Dellacqua 2008 at the US Open

In doubles, she was in the final of the French Open in 2008 with Francesca Schiavone , alongside Nathalie Dechy in the semifinals of Wimbledon . In 2011 she won in Roland Garros with Scott Lipsky in mixed her first title at a Grand Slam tournament, in the final they defeated the pairing Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić 7: 6, 4: 6 and [10: 7].

At the Olympic Games in Beijing Dellacqua competed for Australia together with Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur . She won her first round match against Gisela Dulko 6: 3, 6: 4; then she was defeated by the number 12 seeded Vikoryia Asaranka . In doubles, she and Molik lost their first round match against Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone 4: 6 and 4: 6.

At the US Open in 2008 Dellacqua was eliminated in both singles and doubles in round one. In the singles she was defeated by the French qualifier Julie Coin 6: 7 and 6: 7, in the doubles she lost (seeded number 9) with Dechy against Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska from Poland with 6: 1, 2: 6 and 3: 6 . She played the mixed alongside her compatriot Jordan Kerr , with whom she was eliminated in the second round against Jonas Björkman and Nadja Petrowa .

In 2013, Dellacqua was in the final of three other Grand Slam tournaments with her compatriot Ashleigh Barty . In Melbourne they lost to Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci , at Wimbledon to the pairing Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai and at the US Open to the duo Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká . In 2014, Dellacqua reached the round of 16 singles at the Australian Open for the second time since 2008; at the US Open , she made it to the round of 16 for the first time.

She ended her tennis career on April 10, 2018.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 2, 2003	Dalby	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Anouska van Exel	6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 5
2.	March 7, 2004	Warrnambool	ITF $ 10,000	race	Nicole Sewell	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
3.	September 25, 2005	Mackay	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maria-Jose Argeri	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
4th	October 2, 2005	Rockhampton	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Beti Sekulovski	6: 1, 6: 4
5.	November 13, 2005	Port Pirie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Cindy Watson	6: 3, 7: 5
6th	November 12, 2006	Mount Gambier	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Natalie Grandin	6: 1, 6: 4
7th	November 19, 2006	Port Pirie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Natalie Grandin	6: 4, 6: 2
8th.	February 18, 2007	Melbourne	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Christina Wheeler	6: 3, 6: 1
9.	March 18, 2007	Perth	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Yurika Sema	6: 2, 6: 1
10.	March 25, 2007	Kalgoorlie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maša Zec Peškirič	6: 2, 6: 4
11.	August 19, 2007	Bronx	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Ahsha role	7: 5, 2: 0 task
12.	February 21, 2010	Mildura	ITF $ 25,000	race	Sally Peers	7: 5, 6: 0
13.	April 10, 2011	Bundaberg	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Olivia Rogowska	6: 2, 6: 3
14th	September 18, 2011	Cairns	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sandra Zaniewska	6: 4, 7: 6 3
15th	September 25, 2011	Darwin	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Akiko Omae	6: 1, 6: 2
16.	October 9, 2011	Esperance	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Olivia Rogowska	6: 2, 6: 1
17th	October 16, 2011	Kalgoorlie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Monique Adamczak	6: 2, 6: 2
18th	November 20, 2011	Traralgon	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sacha Jones	7: 5, 7: 6 6
19th	November 27, 2011	Bendigo	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Isabella Holland	6: 2, 6: 2
20th	May 13, 2012	Fukuoka	ITF $ 50,000	race	Monique Adamczak	6: 4, 6: 1
21st	October 27, 2013	Bendigo	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6: 4, 6: 4
22nd	3rd November 2013	Bendigo	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Tammi Patterson	6: 3, 6: 1

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	November 2, 2003	Dalby	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Evie Dominikovic	Elizabeth Schmidt Anouska van Exel	6: 7 6 , 6: 2, 6: 1
2.	February 28, 2004	Bendigo	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Nicole Sewell	Shahar Peer Wynne Prakusya	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2
3.	July 25, 2004	Schenectady	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Nicole Sewell	Ansley Cargill Julie Ditty	3: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 2
4th	November 14, 2004	Port Pirie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sunitha Rao	Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 6
5.	February 27, 2005	Bendigo	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Trudi Musgrave	Beti Sekulovski Cindy Watson	6: 4, 7: 6 2
6th	June 5, 2005	Galatina	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Lucia Gonzalez	Jarmila Gajdošová Tazzjana Putschak	6: 4, 6: 3
7th	September 25, 2005	Mackay	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Danielle Dominikovic	Monique Adamczak Olivia Lukaszewicz	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 2
8th.	October 2, 2005	Rockhampton	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Danielle Dominikovic	Beti Sekulovski Aleksandra Srndovic	6: 4, 6: 2
9.	October 16, 2005	Lyneham	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Danielle Dominikovic	Alison Bai Jenny Swift	6: 4, 6: 3
10.	March 5, 2006	Las Vegas	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Nicole Pratt	Maria Fernanda Alves Tetjana Perebyjnis	without a fight
11.	June 11, 2006	Surbiton	ITF $ 25,000	race	Trudi Musgrave	Hsieh Su-wei Tamarine Tanasu yarn	6: 3, 6: 3
12.	October 15, 2006	Melbourne	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sunitha Rao	Daniella Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic	6: 3, 6: 2
13.	March 18, 2007	Perth	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Emily Hewson	Trudi Musgrave Christina Wheeler	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
14th	February 21, 2010	Mildura	ITF $ 25,000	race	Jessica Moore	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6: 2, 7: 6 3
15th	March 7, 2010	Sydney	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Jessica Moore	Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave	without a fight
16.	February 27, 2011	Mildura	ITF $ 25,000	race	Olivia Rogowska	Rika Fujiwara Kumiko Iijima	4: 6, 7: 6 6 , [10: 4]
17th	March 6, 2011	Sydney	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Olivia Rogowska	Rika Fujiwara Kumiko Iijima	3: 6, 7: 6 3 , [10: 4]
18th	April 3, 2011	Ipswich	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Olivia Rogowska	Miki Miyamura Mari Tanaka	6: 4, 6: 4
19th	April 10, 2011	Bundaberg	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Olivia Rogowska	Daniella Dominikovic Sandra Zaniewska	7: 5, 6: 4
20th	October 9, 2011	Esperance	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Olivia Rogowska	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	6: 3, 6: 2
21st	October 16, 2011	Kalgoorlie	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Olivia Rogowska	Xu Yifan Zhang Kailin	6: 1, 6: 1
22nd	June 10, 2012	Nottingham	ITF $ 75,000	race	Eleni Daniilidou	Laura Robson Heather Watson	6: 4, 6: 2
23.	November 25, 2012	Toyota	ITF $ 75,000 + H	Carpet (hall)	Ashleigh Barty	Miki Miyamura Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6: 1, 6: 2
24.	3rd February 2013	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Oqgul Omonmurodova Alexandra Panova	6: 3, 6: 2
25th	June 16, 2013	Birmingham	WTA International	race	Ashleigh Barty	Cara Black Marina Eraković	7: 5, 6: 4
26th	May 24, 2014	Strasbourg	WTA International	sand	Ashleigh Barty	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4]
27.	May 9, 2015	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , [10: 5]
28.	5th March 2017	Kuala Lumpur	WTA International	Hard court	Ashleigh Barty	Nicole Melichar Makoto Ninomiya	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
29	May 27, 2017	Strasbourg	WTA International	sand	Ashleigh Barty	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6: 4, 6: 2
30th	June 25, 2017	Birmingham	WTA Premier	race	Ashleigh Barty	Chan Hao-ching Zhang Shuai	6: 1, 2: 6, [10: 8]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	June 8, 2008	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Francesca Schiavone	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 2, 5: 7, 4: 6
2.	January 16, 2009	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard court	Nathalie Dechy	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	0: 6, 1: 6
3.	January 27, 2013	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Ashleigh Barty	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
4th	July 7, 2013	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Ashleigh Barty	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6: 7 1 , 1: 6
5.	September 9, 2013	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7: 6 4 , 1: 6, 4: 6
6th	15th June 2014	Birmingham	WTA Premier	race	Ashleigh Barty	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 7 1 , 1: 6
7th	April 12, 2015	Charleston	WTA Premier	sand	Darija Jurak	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	4: 6, 0: 6
8th.	June 7, 2015	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Lucie Šafářová Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 3, 4: 6, 2: 6
9.	23rd August 2015	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	5: 7, 4: 6
10.	13th September 2015	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	3: 6, 3: 6
11.	July 1, 2017	Eastbourne	WTA Premier	race	Ashleigh Barty	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	3: 6, 5: 7
12.	26th August 2017	New Haven	WTA Premier	Hard court	Ashleigh Barty	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 2, 2011	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Scott Lipsky	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	7: 6 6 , 4: 6, [10: 7]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	1	1	1	1	1	AF	1	3	-	2	1	AF	2	10:12	AF
French Open	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	3: 6	3
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	1	-	2	3	5: 6	3
US Open	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	2	1	AF	1	5: 7	AF
Match balance	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 4	7: 4	0: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 4	0: 2	8: 4	3: 4	23:31

Double

competition	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	2	2	1	2	1	1	HF	2	-	2	F.	2	2	VF	2	20:14	F.
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	F.	-	-	AF	2	1	VF	F.	F.	-	21: 7	F.
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	HF	-	1	1	2	F.	VF	VF	VF	-	19: 8	F.
US Open	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	1	F.	1	F.	2	-	12: 9	F.
Match balance	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	9: 4	4: 1	1: 2	2: 3	3: 4	15: 4	7: 4	14: 4	4: 2	1: 1	63:35

Web links

Commons : Casey Dellacqua  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Casey Dellacqua (English)
• ITF profile Casey Dellacqua (English)
• Fed Cup statistics Casey Dellacqua (English)
• Profile of Casey Dellacqua on "tennis.com.au" (English)
• Website Casey Dellacqua (English)
• Player history

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irish Times, June 25, 2008
2. ↑ caseydellacqua.com.au: August 28: Casey motivated despite Open loss ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 3, 2013 
3. ↑ outsports.com: Pro tennis player Casey Dellacqua comes out as lesbian by announcing birth of her child , accessed on September 3, 2013
4. ^ Casey Dellacqua retires from tennis, players pay tribute. In: wtatennis.com. April 10, 2018, accessed April 14, 2018 .