Raquel Atawo
Raquel Atawo at the 2013 French Open
Nation:
United States 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
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
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
Australia Traralgon
ITF $ 25,000
Hard court
Australia Casey Dellacqua
6: 4, 6: 2
2.
April 6, 2008
United States Pelham
ITF $ 25,000
sand
Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos
6: 3, 6: 4
Double
No.
date
competition
category
Topping
Partner
Final opponents
Result
1.
November 4, 2007
Canada Quebec
WTA Tier IV
Carpet (hall)
United States Christina Fusano
Canada Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová Czech Republic
6: 3, 7: 6 6
2.
May 10, 2009
Portugal Oeiras
WTA International
sand
United States Abigail Spears
Canada Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi Hungary
2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
3.
May 23, 2009
Poland Warsaw
WTA Premier
sand
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
China People's Republic Yan Zi Zheng Jie China People's Republic
6: 1, 6: 1
4th
September 18, 2011
Canada Quebec
WTA International
Carpet (hall)
United States Abigail Spears
United States Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili Georgia
6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 6]
5.
July 22, 2012
United States Carlsbad
WTA Premier
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
United States Vania King Nadja Petrowa Russia
6: 2, 6: 4
6th
23rd September 2012
Korea South Seoul
WTA International
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Uzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova Vania King United States
2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
7th
29th September 2012
Japan Tokyo
WTA Premier 5
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke Czech Republic
6: 1, 6: 4
8th.
October 14, 2012
Japan Osaka
WTA International
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Japan Kimiko Date Crooked Heather Watson United Kingdom
6: 1, 6: 4
9.
July 28, 2013
United States Stanford
WTA Premier
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Germany Julia Görges Darija Jurak Croatia
6: 2, 7: 6 4
10.
4th August 2013
United States Carlsbad
WTA Premier
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová Slovakia
6: 4, 6: 1
11.
15th June 2014
United Kingdom Birmingham
WTA Premier
race
United States Abigail Spears
Australia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua Australia
7: 6 4 , 6: 1
12.
August 18, 2014
United States Cincinnati
WTA Premier 5
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Hungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic France
6: 1, 2: 0 task
13.
February 28, 2015
Qatar Doha
WTA Premier
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza India
6: 4, 6: 4
14th
June 14, 2015
United Kingdom Nottingham
WTA International
race
United States Abigail Spears
United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith United Kingdom
3: 6, 6: 3, [11: 9]
15th
October 18, 2015
Austria Linz
WTA International
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic
6: 3, 7: 5
16.
23rd July 2016
United States Stanford
WTA Premier
Hard court
United States Abigail Spears
Australia Anastassija Rodionova Darija Jurak Croatia
6: 3, 6: 4
17th
April 30, 2017
Germany Stuttgart
WTA Premier
Sand (hall)
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
United States Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia
6: 4, 6: 4
18th
April 29, 2018
Germany Stuttgart
WTA Premier
Sand (hall)
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke Czech Republic
6: 4, 6: 7 5 , [10: 5]
Performing in Grand Slam tournaments
Double
Mixed
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
Individual evidence
^ Raquel Kops-Jones' Dream Wedding Day (wtatennis.com, August 22, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016)
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