Raquel Atawo

Raquel Atawo
Raquel Atawo at the 2013 French Open
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	8th December 1982 (age 37)
Size:	168 cm
Weight:	64 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 2,345,304
singles
Career record:	144: 138
Career title:	0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	162 (October 8, 2007)
Double
Career record:	457: 327
Career title:	18 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking:	10 (March 2, 2015)
Current placement:	94
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: February 17th, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Raquel Atawo (* 8. December 1982 as Raquel Kops-Jones in Fresno ) is an American tennis player .

Career

Atawo, who prefers hard courts according to the WTA profile, began playing tennis at the age of eight. She has been on the professional tour since 2002, until her marriage in July 2015 she competed under the name Kops-Jones (see "Personal").

Atawo, who has only competed in doubles and mixed games since October 2011, has won 18 titles on the WTA Tour so far, 14 of them alongside Abigail Spears and ten on hard court. In March 2015 she achieved her personal best with 10th place in the double world rankings.

At the Australian Open in 2014, she and her permanent partner made it to the semi-finals, in which they were defeated by Jekaterina Makarowa and Jelena Wesnina in three sets. For Atawo it was the best result so far in a Grand Slam tournament . At Wimbledon, she was again in a semifinal round with Spears in 2016.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 8, 2006	Traralgon	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Casey Dellacqua	6: 4, 6: 2
2.	April 6, 2008	Pelham	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Rossana de los Ríos	6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	November 4, 2007	Quebec	WTA Tier IV	Carpet (hall)	Christina Fusano	Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová	6: 3, 7: 6 6
2.	May 10, 2009	Oeiras	WTA International	sand	Abigail Spears	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
3.	May 23, 2009	Warsaw	WTA Premier	sand	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6: 1, 6: 1
4th	September 18, 2011	Quebec	WTA International	Carpet (hall)	Abigail Spears	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 6]
5.	July 22, 2012	Carlsbad	WTA Premier	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Vania King Nadja Petrowa	6: 2, 6: 4
6th	23rd September 2012	Seoul	WTA International	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Oqgul Omonmurodova Vania King	2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
7th	29th September 2012	Tokyo	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6: 1, 6: 4
8th.	October 14, 2012	Osaka	WTA International	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Kimiko Date Crooked Heather Watson	6: 1, 6: 4
9.	July 28, 2013	Stanford	WTA Premier	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Julia Görges Darija Jurak	6: 2, 7: 6 4
10.	4th August 2013	Carlsbad	WTA Premier	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová	6: 4, 6: 1
11.	15th June 2014	Birmingham	WTA Premier	race	Abigail Spears	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7: 6 4 , 6: 1
12.	August 18, 2014	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6: 1, 2: 0 task
13.	February 28, 2015	Doha	WTA Premier	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	June 14, 2015	Nottingham	WTA International	race	Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3: 6, 6: 3, [11: 9]
15th	October 18, 2015	Linz	WTA International	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6: 3, 7: 5
16.	23rd July 2016	Stanford	WTA Premier	Hard court	Abigail Spears	Anastassija Rodionova Darija Jurak	6: 3, 6: 4
17th	April 30, 2017	Stuttgart	WTA Premier	Sand (hall)	Jeļena Ostapenko	Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 6: 4
18th	April 29, 2018	Stuttgart	WTA Premier	Sand (hall)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , [10: 5]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

Double

competition	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	AF	1	2	HF	VF	2	VF	AF	VF	21:11	HF
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	AF	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	7:12	AF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1	AF	1	1	2	VF	AF	AF	HF	HF	1	2	2	20:13	HF
US Open	1	1	-	-	-	VF	1	1	1	AF	2	1	AF	1	2	-	1	9:13	VF

Mixed

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Australian Open	-	VF	-	1	1	1	1	1	AF	-	-	VF
French Open	1	-	-	1	1	AF	AF	1	1	-	-	AF
Wimbledon	1	-	1	1	2	2	AF	2	1	1	2	AF
US Open	AF	1	AF	1	AF	1	AF	1	AF	1	VF	VF

Personal

Raquel Atawo, the daughter of Nancy Kops and Lawrence Jones, has two sisters: Renee and Khristy. She has graduated from the University of Berkeley since 2004 . On July 18, 2015, she married Tobore (Toby) Atawo and took his last name. Most of the successes on the professional tour she earned under the name Kops-Jones.

Web links

Commons : Raquel Atawo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Raquel Atawo (English)
• ITF profile Raquel Atawo (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Raquel Kops-Jones' Dream Wedding Day (wtatennis.com, August 22, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016)