Fiona Ferro

Fiona Ferro
Fiona Ferro 2018 in Paris
Nation:	France
Birthday:	March 12, 1997
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	56 kg
1st professional season:	2012
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Emmanuel Planque
Prize money:	$ 1,002,977
singles
Career record:	202: 168
Career title:	1 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	52 (February 24, 2020)
Current placement:	53
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	18:46
Highest ranking:	270 (February 3, 2020)
Current placement:	276
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Fiona Ferro (born March 12, 1997 in Libramont-Chevigny , Belgium ) is a French tennis player .

Career

Ferro, whose mother is Belgian and whose father has Italian roots, started playing tennis at the age of seven. As a junior she was national champion in France in several age groups.

In 2012 Ferro first appeared on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour . In 2014 she made her debut on the WTA tour in Strasbourg , where she received a wildcard for qualification, and was eliminated in the first round. She was also allowed to start with a wildcard at the French Open 2014 , but lost to Sabine Lisicki at the beginning .

In 2015 she reached a final for the first time at the ITF tournament in the $ 25,000 category in Aschaffenburg , but it took until 2018 before she was able to land her first professional title in Grenoble in front of a home crowd. In the same year she succeeded in the French Open against Carina Witthöft, her first victory in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. She then started a series of three tournament wins in a row, including one in the $ 80,000 category in Olomouc , and was listed in the top 100 of the tennis world rankings for the first time after her first entry into the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament in Guangzhou .

After a weak start to the 2019 season with four opening defeats on hard court in a row, Ferro first scored in Guadalajara at a tournament of the WTA Challenger Series and then the semi-finals in Lugano . She celebrated her greatest career success with her first WTA title in Lausanne , where she defeated her compatriot Alizé Cornet in three sets in the final. Then she was able to advance into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the US Open after defeating Kristina Mladenovic and ended the season among the top 100 in the world. In the same year Ferro was in the quarter-final duel against Belgium their debut for the French Fed Cup team , but they lost there in doubles.

In 2020, Ferro moved into the second round in Melbourne for the first time and achieved their best world rankings in March just before the corona-related end of the season with 52nd place.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 11, 2018	Grenoble	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Eléonora Molinaro	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 3
2.	17th June 2018	Padua	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Ludmilla Samsonova	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	June 24, 2018	Montpellier	ITF $ 25,000 + H	sand	Catalina Pella	6: 4, 6: 3
4th	July 22, 2018	Olomouc	ITF $ 80,000 + H	sand	Karolína Muchová	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	July 21, 2019	Lausanne	WTA International	sand	Alizé Cornet	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 1
6th	August 9, 2020	Palermo	WTA International	sand	Anett Kontaveit	6: 2, 7: 5

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2
French Open	1	1	-	1	2	1		2
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	1		1
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	3		3

Double

competition	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	1	1
French Open	1	1	1	AF		AF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-		-
US Open	-	-	-	1		1

Web links

Commons : Fiona Ferro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Fiona Ferro (English)
• ITF profile Fiona Ferro (English)
• ITF junior profile Fiona Ferro (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The 100 Club: How Fiona Ferro embraced change to make her breakthrough. In: wtatennis.com. November 27, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Roland-Garros: Fiona Ferro, une première au plus skin level. In: lequipe.fr. May 29, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2020 (French).