Suzy Larkin
Suzy Larkin 
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| Nation: |
 United Kingdom
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| Birthday: | June 16, 1992 |
| Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
| Trainer: | Carlos Dominguez, Lee Morris, Doug Keen, Tom Bowers |
| Prize money: | $ 14,674 |
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| Career record: | 59:60 |
| Career title: | 0 WTA , 0 ITF |
| Highest ranking: | 627 (June 12, 2017) |
| Double | |
| Career record: | 26:39 |
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 0 ITF |
| Highest ranking: | 659 (August 21, 2017) |
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Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020 |
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |
Suzy Larkin (born June 16, 1992 ) is a British tennis player .
Career
Larkin began playing tennis at the age of five and prefers clay courts as a playing surface. She mainly plays on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour , where she has not yet won a title.
She played her first professional tournament at the age of 15 in February 2007 in Vale do Lobo , Portugal . In the same year, she played three more tournaments before taking a nine-year break to complete school and education.
From May to July 2016 she played several tournaments in Turkey, where she also reached her first final of the $ 10,000 tournament in Antalya .
In December 2017 she won both the singles title at the "Wellington Open" in New Zealand, where she beat New Zealand Fed Cup player Paige Mary Hourigan 6: 3 and 6: 3 in the final, as well as the double title with her partner Holly Stewart against Hourigan and her doubles partner Jo Carswell 3: 6, 6: 2 and [10: 7].
At the ASB Classic 2018 she slipped into the qualification field after a failure as a replacement and was able to compete in a tournament of the WTA Tour for the first time . But she failed in the first qualifying round against the Italian Deborah Chiesa with 6: 3, 2: 6 and 1: 6.
Personal
Larkin attended Buckswood School and graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in mathematics in 2015 . Since 2006 she has also worked as a tennis trainer in various tennis clubs in Great Britain .
Web links
- WTA profile Suzy Larkin (English)
- ITF profile Suzy Larkin (English)
- ITF junior profile Suzy Larkin (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b St Leonards ace stars in Turkey (hastingsobserver.co.uk July 9, 2016, accessed December 31, 2017, English)
- ↑ Finn Tearney defeats Rhett Purcell to win Wellington Open tennis title (stuff.co.nz, December 22, 2017, accessed December 31, 2017)
- ↑ Top Seeds Take Titles At Wellington Tennis Open (scoop.co.nz December 22, 2017, accessed December 31, 2017)
- ↑ Wta Shenzhen / Auckland: Buono l'esordio delle italiane Paolini e Chiesa (tenniscircus.com from December 30, 2017, accessed on December 31, 2017, English)
- ↑ Ms. suzy larkin (orangecoach.com, accessed December 31, 2017, English)
- ↑ Coaching and Club Program (thegreenltc.co.uk, accessed on December 31, 2017, English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Larkin, Suzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United Kingdom |