"No. 5 due to her not having many ranking points to defend and Li Na failing to defend her finalist points from the Australian Open. Stosur then traveled to Fribourg to represent Australia in their Fed Cup tie against Switzerland. She won both of her singles rubbers against Timea Bacsinszky and Stefanie Vögele. Stosur then competed at the Qatar Open in Doha. She was seeded third and avenged her loss in the first round of the Australian Open by defeating Sorana Cîrstea in the second round; she eventually lost in the final to current world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, who"
"date: the 2005 US Open and 2006 French Open women's doubles events, and the 2005 Australian Open, 2008 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles events. In addition, she finished runner-up at six other Grand Slam tournaments, including the singles at the 2010 French Open, where she defeated four-time champion Justine Henin, ending her 24-match winning streak at the tournament, and world No. 1 Serena Williams en route to the final. She also reached three additional semifinals at the French Open in 2009, 2012, and 2016. Stosur was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the daughter of Tony and Diane, and"
"champion Samantha Stosur, 5th seed Ekaterina Makarova, 6th seed Andrea Petkovic, and 9th seed Carla Suárez Navarro en route to her first final in over a year. In the final she defeated former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets to win her first WTA Premier tournaments title. She then lost early at both the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Open to Elina Svitolina and Johanna Larsson, respectively. Next, she played for the Czech Republic in the semifinals against France at the Fed Cup, where she beat Caroline Garcia in three sets after saving five match points. The Czech"
"champion Samantha Stosur. They were joined by former champions Jelena Janković, Nadia Petrova, and Sabine Lisicki. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3 Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–4, 6–4 The total commitment prize money for this year's event is $721,000. The following players received wildcards into the main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following players withdrew from the tournament for various reasons: 2011 Family Circle Cup The 2011 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place from April 4"
"the championships is Australian Samantha Stosur. Stosur reached 2 finals in the year, but failed to capture a title. She reached her first final of the year at the Qatar Total Open losing to top seed Victoria Azarenka 1–6, 2–6. She reached her second final at the Kremlin Cup losing to Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, despite leading 3–1 in the final set. She reached the semifinals of the French Open losing to Sara Errani 5–7, 6–1, 3–6. As the defending champion, she fell in the quarterfinals of the US Open losing to Azarenka 1–6, 6–4, 6–7. The second alternate"
"during the year, she qualified for the year-ending WTA Tour Championships for the first time in her career. She finished as the top-ranked player in her group during the round-robin stage and eventually lost in the semifinals to the eventual champion and World No. 3 Kim Clijsters. Stosur finished the year as the World No. 6, which remains her best finish to date. In February 2011, Stosur achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 4 following a quarterfinal appearance at the Dubai Tennis Championships. She then reached two Premier 5 finals in Rome and Toronto before winning her"
"Samantha Stosur and Coco Vandeweghe. Since 2012, he has been the USTA lead national coach for women's tennis. Adam Peterson (tennis) Adam Peterson (born July 16, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Peterson, who grew up in Orange County, California, made the boys' doubles semi-finals at both the 1990 and 1992 US Open junior competitions. A USC Trojans player, he was a member of NCAA title winning sides in 1993 and 1994. While still an amateur he was given a wildcard into the main draw at Indian Wells in 1995. He won the singles and"
"2–5 down to defeat Chanelle Scheepers. Serena Williams got revenge on Stosur for the 2011 US Open final by defeating her in straight sets. At the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, Stosur entered the tournament as second seed and had a first-round bye. She defeated wildcard Jamie Hampton in the second round and Galina Voskoboeva in the third round. In the quarterfinals, Stosur defeated Venus Williams for the first time after losing to her in the previous four encounters. However, Stosur's run ended in the semifinals, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams. After this, Stosur made her way"
"and became the first Grand Slam singles champion born in an Asian country at the French Open, defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6 in the final. Following her French Open victory, she has had disappointing results for the rest of the year with the 5–7 record, including the second round lost at Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki 6–3, 4–6, 6–8 and the first round defeat from Simona Halep 6–2, 7–5 at the US Open. Li is making her debut at the tournament after being an alternate last year. On October 9, Vera Zvonareva and Samantha Stosur qualified for the championships."
"up Sam Stosur for two straight forward wins in her singles matches for a 3–0 defeat of Ukraine, securing Australia's place in World Group I for 2011. Rodionova also partnered with Rennae Stubbs to win the final rubber of doubles after Alicia Molik won her substituted singles match, giving Australia a decisive 5–0 victory in the tie. In the French Open, Rodionova defeated Ekaterina Makarova in the first round 6–3, 6–2. Then caused an upset in the second round by defeating the 22nd seed Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4. However, she lost in the third round against fellow Australian Jarmila Groth"
"head-to-head matches. Their first match occurred during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the second round when Williams was ranked world No. 4, with Williams winning 6–2, 6–0. But it is Stosur who has won their most important match, the 2011 US Open final; she prevailed 6–2, 6–3 though Williams went into the match as the clear favorite. That match had its share of controversy when Williams was docked a point for violating the hindrance rule. Williams avenged the defeat at the 2012 Miami Masters, 7–5, 6–3. They next met a week later at the 2012 Family Circle Cup, where Williams"
"the fourth-seeds from India Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the first round. Seeded 14th at the Western and Southern Open, Stosur received a first round bye. In her opening match she lost against Czech Barbora Strýcová in two sets. Entering the US Open as the 16th seed, Stosur won her first round match against Italian Camila Giorgi in a three set thriller before losing to Zhang Shuai in straight sets in the second round. Stosur began her Asian hardcourt swing season with a first round lost as the 16th seed at the Wuhan Open to Caroline Wozniacki. This was"
"the 16th seed. She lost her opening-round match against German Julia Görges in a three-set thriller. After that disappointing run, Stosur bounced back at the Miami Open where she was seeded 14th. She reached the fourth round after defeating in-form fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty in the second round, avenging her quarterfinal loss at the Taiwan Open by defeating Peng Shuai in three sets before her run ended at the hands of Simona Halep in a three-set thriller. Her next tournament was the Charleston Open where she received a first-round bye. She beat Serbian former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in"
"On August 16, Cara Black, from Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber originally from South Africa, who became American citizen in August; were the first team to qualify for the Championships. In 2007 season, they won seven tournaments, including two Grand Slams, Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships, and also tournaments in Paris, Antwerp, Dubai, San Diego and Moscow. The two-time defending champions in 2005 and 2006, Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur are unable to compete in this year's Championships, due to a viral illness from which Stosur is recuperating. In 2007, the American-Australian duo won four Tier-I tournaments in Tokyo, Indian Wells,"
"the tournament as the third seed. Stosur had a bye in the first round, and she played Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round winning in three sets. She played Ekaterina Makarova in the second round, comfortably prevailing in two sets. In the quarterfinals, Stosur played wildcard and former world No. 1 Venus Williams who won in three sets. Defending a grand slam title for the first time, Stosur comfortably made it through the first three rounds at the US Open against Petra Martić, Edina Gallovits-Hall, and 31st seed Varvara Lepchenko. Stosur only lost 13 games in the first three"
"the 2004 Wimbledon Championships (they reached the final of the 2004 French Open and the semifinals of the 2003 French Open and 2003 US Open); and most recently the 2008 U.S. Open with Leander Paes. From 1996 through to 2000, Black's debut years, she won 8 ITF doubles titles, 1 WTA doubles title in Auckland, and 4 ITF singles titles. Her only WTA singles title came at Waikoloa in 2002. She also won a big ITF doubles tournament in Santa Clara in 1999. In November 2005, Black was runner-up in the WTA Championships doubles title. Australian Samantha Stosur and American"
"Games are included in Win–Loss records. ""This table is current through the 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. ""To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded."" Stosur's match record against certain players who have been ranked No. 10 or higher, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface Samantha Stosur career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Australian tennis player, Samantha Stosur. To date, Stosur has won nine WTA singles titles including one Grand Slam singles title at"
"maiden grand slam singles title at the US Open, defeating Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. She finished the year with a semifinal appearance at the year-ending WTA Tour Championships, losing to the eventual champion Petra Kvitová in three sets. In February 2012, Stosur lost her third Premier 5 final in Doha before advancing to the semifinals of the French Open for the third time in four years. She then reached her third consecutive quarterfinal at the US Open and first semifinal in Tokyo. Stosur's 2013 season was highlighted by two singles titles in Carlsbad (where she defeated Victoria"
"Australia was drawn against Ukraine for tie, which was being held in Kharkiv. Stosur, Molik, Stubbs and Anastasia Rodionova, who became an Australian citizen in December 2009, were picked for the team. Stosur broke into the singles World Top 10 after a successful Indian Wells, and then won her second WTA title and first title on clay, beating Vera Zvonareva in less than an hour at Charleston. Ukraine was led by their top player and World No. 25 Alona Bondarenko, which meant that Stosur was the clear highest player of the tie, and Rodionova was due to play her in"
"Naomi Osaka Born in Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother, Osaka has lived in the United States since she was three years old. She first came to prominence at the age of sixteen when she defeated former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Stanford Classic. Two years later, she reached her first WTA final at the 2016 Pan Pacific Open in Japan to enter the top 50 of the WTA rankings. After an uneventful 2017 season, Osaka made her breakthrough into the upper echelon of women's tennis in 2018. She"
"partnering Daniela Hantuchová where they fell in the second round to Dellacqua/Shvedova. Stosur returned to clay courts, playing at the Swedish Open as the second seed. She was defeated in the second round by Lara Arruabarrena. Stosur then played at the Gastein Ladies as the second seed where she won her second title of 2015. Stosur defeated Sevastova, Koukalová, Schmiedlová, and Karin Knapp in the final. Stosur then started her hard-court season in Washington where she reached the semifinals after defeating Mladenovic, Falconi and Niculescu before losing to eventual champion Sloane Stephens. Stosur then lost in the first round to"
"Azarenka. Stosur stunned Azarenka by cruising past her in straight sets. This was Stosur's first WTA title since her win at the US Open. At the US Open, the 11th seeded Stosur was stunned by the 296th-ranked American qualifier Victoria Duval in the first round going down in three sets. The loss meant Stosur would drop out of the top 15 in the world rankings, and also meant that in 2013 she failed to reach the fourth round in any Grand Slam tournament. Stosur bounced back from the US Open disappointment and opened her campaign at the Toray Pan Pacific"
"the Dubai Tennis Championships. She had a disappointing start to the first American leg of the year, falling in the third round of the Indian Wells to Dinara Safina. In Miami, she was seeded fourth, but was defeated in straight sets in the fourth round by 16th seed and former No. 1, Maria Sharapova. After Miami, Stosur played at Charleston, where she failed to defend her title, falling in the third round to Elena Vesnina in two sets. In Stuttgart, as fifth seed, Stosur lost to Germany's Julia Görges in the semifinals. However, she won in the doubles tournament, partnering"
"title together (Black's fifth overall), the first US Open win for either, and Huber's first as a US citizen (she was born in, and had previously represented, South Africa). Black and Huber were top seeds, but had last won a Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2007. In the final, they beat the tenth seeded team of Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, both of whom were former World No. 1s and Grand Slam champions, 6–3, 7–6(6). Black and Huber had been down two set points in the second set tiebreak, at 6–4, but went on to win the next four points to"
"and also unjustified because of the many times that Stosur has made it to the finals or semifinals of tournaments around the world, especially in doubles. However her record of early-round exits against lowly ranked opposition at Grand Slams - particularly the Australian Open and Wimbledon - highlight some significant mental weaknesses. Coaches Stosur has had several coaches through the years. David Taylor coached her from 2008 to 2013 and 2015–2016, and Miles Maclagan was her coach in 2013 and 2014. Others include Simon Rea (2014–2015) and Joshua Eagle (2017–2018). In November 2018 Stosur began working with Nick Watkins. Samantha"
"rounds. She was then up against rising star Laura Robson. Robson had defeated Kim Clijsters and Li Na en-route to the fourth round. Stosur comfortably defeated Robson in straight sets but lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in a thrilling three-set showdown, which is regarded as the match of the championships. She succumbed seven points to five in the final-set tiebreaker and was two points away from clinching victory. It was the first time Stosur had ever taken a set of Azarenka. Despite not defending the title, Stosur did win the inaugural US Open Sportsmanship Award."
"in the opening set to beat world No. 6, Simona Halep, 7-6, 6-3 to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since the US Open and avenge her lost in Madrid. In her quarterfinal match against Tsvetana Pironkova, Stosur came back from a break down in both sets, recording a narrow 6-4, 7-6 win. Next she played world No. 4, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the semifinals, but lost in straight sets. Despite losing, Stosur reached her first Grand Slam semifinals since 2012 French Open, and will rise back to the top 15. Stosur competed at a start up tournament for Wimbledon to"
"four matches—the exception being the US Open final. Zvonareva's first victory against Clijsters came at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Their only match of 2011 was won by Clijsters at the Australian Open. At Wimbledon 2012 she retired after the second set against Clijsters for medical reasons. Zvonareva has a 2–8 head-to-head record against Samantha Stosur, last beating Stosur at Wimbledon in 2004. Since then, Stosur has won eight consecutive meetings, with Zvonareva only winning three sets in the eight losses. Zvonareva has never lost to any other player eight times in a row. Stosur puts heavy topspin onto the ball,"
"begin her grass-court season. She lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the second round. At Wimbledon, she beat Magda Linette in the first round. However, she was beaten by grass-court specialist Sabine Lisicki in the second round. Stosur began her US Open series campaign at the Citi Open in Washington DC as the top-seed. She made the quarterfinals with wins over Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva and Caroline Wozniacki after Wozniacki retired in the second set due to a back injury before losing to eventual semifinalist American wildcard Jessica Pegula in straight sets. She then competed at the Rogers Cup as the"
"round over Alexa Glatch but was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round with Sharapova dropping just one game. Seeded 15th at the China Open, Stosur lost a three-setter to Alizé Cornet. Stosur then played in Osaka as the third seed. Stosur reached final after defeating Alexandra Panova, Akiko Morigami, Jill Craybas and Wozniacki. Stosur captured her first-ever WTA title by beating Francesca Schiavone in the final in just over an hour. This win secured her a spot at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions held in Bali. She also qualified at the Tour Championships in the doubles event"
"backhand side, which was considered a weakness of her game; however in 2010, Stosur adopted Pat Rafter's signature backhand slice, to add to her game and help her set up points. She has also improved on her two-handed backhand generating winners on occasion, particularly her backhand down the line. Stosur is also noted for her athleticism and after bouncing back from a career-threatening lyme disease, she has become one of the fittest players on tour. Serve Because of its power, kick and variety, Stosur's serve is widely considered one of the best on the women's tour. Her first serve, however"
"and Samantha Stosur, but lost in the first round of the main draw to Russian former world No. 2 Anastasia Myskina. A week later, as a direct entrant at The Championships, Wimbledon, she lost to Australian Nicole Pratt in the first round. At the $50,000 event in Vittel, France she won the event, beating Frenchwoman Olivia Sanchez. Her ranking rose to No. 86. However, in the Tier IV tournament in Budapest the following week, she lost 6–7, 2–6 in the first round to fellow Slovak Martina Suchá. As a direct entrant to the main draw of the US Open, she"
"meeting at the French Open, 2015. Stosur leads 6-1 in head-to-head matches. Stosur won the first six meetings, five of them being in straight sets, including an overwhelming 6-1, 6-0 victory against Li Na at the WTA Championships in 2011. Šafářová leads their head-to-head 11–4. Their first meeting was in Charleston, when Šafářová won 5–7, 6–1, 6–4. After next two Šafářová´s wins, Stosur won their fourth match in Miami and then again in Dubai. After that Šafářová won two-times in two tie-breaks, in Montreal and in Ostrava during 2013 Fed Cup competition. Šafářová beat Stosur even three-times in 2013, in"