Laura Robson

Laura Robson
Laura Robson in Eastbourne in 2015
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	January 21, 1994
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	67 kg
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,605,607
singles
Career record:	176: 166
Career title:	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	27 (July 8, 2013)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	75:67
Career title:	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	82 (March 17, 2014)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: August 19, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Laura Robson (born January 21, 1994 in Melbourne , Australia ) is a British tennis player . Among other things, she won the Wimbledon junior women's tournament in 2008 as a 14-year-old .

Career

At the age of six, their parents enrolled in a tennis club where they lived.

2008-2011

From 2008 she took part in several ITF tournaments. She won her first professional tournament in her first season at Sunderland . In Wimbledon she was able to win the junior women competition with a final victory (6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1) over Noppawan Lertcheewakarn from Thailand. She was the first British woman since Annabel Croft won the title in 1984 to win a Wimbledon individual again.

In 2009 Robson received a wildcard for the women's competition in Wimbledon , where she had to admit defeat to Daniela Hantuchová 6: 3, 4: 6 and 2: 6 in the first round . It was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament .

When she first took part in the Hopman Cup in 2010, she played with Andy Murray for Great Britain. They reached the final, which they lost 2-1 to Spain.

In 2010 Robson received a wildcard for qualifying for the Australian Open ; she lost her second round match against Michaëlla Krajicek from the Netherlands 4-6 and 6-7 ⁷ . With her partner Sally Peers , she also received a wildcard for the main draw in doubles . The duo was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the pairing Marija Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska 4-6, 1-6. In the juniors she played her way up to the final, where she was defeated by number 6 seeded Karolína Plíšková from the Czech Republic with 1: 6 and 6: 7 ⁵ .

For Wimbledon , Robson received a wildcard in 2011 for both singles and doubles with partner Anne Keothavong . In the individual she reached the second round after beating Angelique Kerber, who was almost 200 places better in the world rankings , where she was defeated by number 5 Marija Sharapova in two sets.

2012-2015

Laura Robson and Andy Murray in the 2012 Olympic mixed tournament

At the Olympic Games in London , she and her partner Andy Murray received a wildcard for the mixed competition. Only in the final they had to admit defeat to Wiktoryja Asaranka and Max Mirny in the match tiebreak with 6: 2, 3: 6, [8:10]. This won them the silver medal for Great Britain.

At the US Open , Robson moved into the round of 16 with a three-set win over number eight in the world, Li Na . There defending champion Samantha Stosur proved to be the stronger at 4-6 and 4-6. At the WTA tournament in Guangzhou , Robson advanced to the final, which she lost in a close match against Hsieh Su-wei 3: 6, 7: 5 and 4: 6.

After she had already reached the third round in Melbourne in 2013 , she moved into the second round of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time at Wimbledon. There she lost to Kaia Kanepi 6: 7, 5: 7. The sum of the prize money she won exceeded one million US dollars. In addition, she achieved new records in the world rankings in both singles and doubles.

In 2014 she played first at the Hopman Cup and then at the Australian Open , where she gave up in the first round against Yanina Wickmayer in the second set when the score was 6: 4, 0: 2. She then had to undergo wrist surgery and was out for the rest of the season.

At the WTA tournament in Eastbourne she made her comeback after 17 months; they lost their first qualifying match 0-6 and 1-6. It was no longer listed in the world rankings. At Wimbledon in 2015, she competed in both singles and doubles , and has already lost her first round match.

Robson has not been in the world rankings since the end of May 2019.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 9, 2008	Sunderland	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Samantha Vickers	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	August 14, 2016	Landisville	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Julia Elbaba	6-0, 6-0
3.	May 21, 2017	Kurume	ITF $ 60,000	carpet	Katie Boulter	6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	August 14, 2016	Landisville	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Freya Christie	Elise Mertens To-Sophie Mestach	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	17th September 2017	Las Vegas	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	To-Sophie Mestach	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	7: 6 7 , 7: 6 2
3.	February 2, 2018	Burnie	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	Vania King	Momoko Kobori Chihiro Muramatsu	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
4th	March 10, 2018	Yokohama	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Fanny Stollár	Momoko Kobori Chihiro Muramatsu	5: 7, 6: 2 [10: 4]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	3
French Open	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1
Wimbledon	1	1	2	1	AF	-	1	1	1	AF
US Open	-	-	2	AF	3	-	1	1	-	AF

Double

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Career
Australian Open	-	VF	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	VF
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	2	1	1	1	2	-	1	1	2	-	2
US Open	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	2

World ranking positions at the end of the season

year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
singles	559	419	206	131	53	46	951	558	220	251
Double	1006	299	127	808	285	91	-	291	487	113

Web links

Commons : Laura Robson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Laura Robson (English)
• ITF profile Laura Robson (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Laura Robson (English)
• Laura Robson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Smith, Shekhar Bhatia: Wimbledon final: Watch out, Venus ... here comes Laura. In: The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk). July 6, 2008, accessed July 1, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Oliver Brown: Wimbledon 2009: Laura Robson beaten by Daniela Hantuchova. In: Daily Telegraph ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk ). June 22, 2009, accessed July 1, 2013 . 
3. ↑ No comeback by Laura Robson in Melbourne. Retrieved January 5, 2015 . 
4. ^ Laura Robson makes comeback in Eastbourne after 17 months out. Retrieved June 18, 2015 .