Sharon Walraven

Sharon Walraven

Sharon Walraven at the 2010 US Open

Nation:

Netherlands

Birthday:

June 19, 1970

Playing hand:

Right

singles

Career record:

571: 267

Highest ranking:

2 (April 11, 2005)

Current placement:

7th

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	S (2005)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Double

Career record:

394: 166

Highest ranking:

1 (July 4, 2005)

Current placement:

15th

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 7

Australian Open	S (2011, 2012)
French Open	S (2011)
Wimbledon	S (2010, 2011)
US Open	S (2010, 2011)

Paralympic Games

Paralympic Medals:


silver	2000 Sydney	singles
gold	2008 Beijing	Double

Last update of the info box:
March 2nd, 2015

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sharon Walraven (born June 19, 1970 in Schaesberg ) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player .

Career

Sharon Walraven had an ice skating accident at the age of 23 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. At the age of 24 she started wheelchair tennis and started in the paraplegic class .

She took part in two Paralympic Games . In 2000 in Sydney she only appeared in singles and reached the final. Against Esther Vergeer, she lost 0: 6, 4: 6. When she took part in Beijing for the second time in 2008 , she competed in singles and doubles. While she was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Florence Gravellier in singles , she won the gold medal in doubles with Korie Homan . In the final they defeated Esther Vergeer and Jiske Griffioen in three sets.

At the Wheelchair Tennis Masters she reached the final in the individual in 2003 and 2006. Both times she was defeated by Esther Vergeer. In the doubles competition, she also suffered two final defeats in 2003 and 2004, and in 2010 and 2011 she won the title for the first time. In Grand Slam tournaments , she celebrated her only single title win at the 2005 Australian Open . In doubles, she won a total of seven titles, all alongside Esther Vergeer. From Wimbledon in 2010 to the Australian Open in 2012, she won seven titles in a row and thus managed a Grand Slam in 2011 by winning all four tournaments at the same time.

In the world rankings she achieved her best placings in singles with second place on April 11, 2005 and in doubles with first place on July 4, 2005.

Web links

Commons : Sharon Walraven - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

ITF profile Sharon Walraven (english)
Official homepage (Dutch)

personal data
SURNAME	Walraven, Sharon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch wheelchair tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schaesberg , Netherlands