She also worked briefly with Paul Annacone and became the first female player to be coached by the famous American coach. Stephens' results with Groeneveld were inconsistent. This tennis match is between Heather Watson and Sloane Stephens. A year after her breakthrough, she reached the fourth round and was again defeated by world No. [17], Stephens began competing in low-level events on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 at the age of 13. She was eliminated in the first round by ninth seed Garbie Muguruza. [70] Stephens continued her Grand Slam tournament success at Wimbledon by making it to the quarterfinals, again without defeating a seeded opponent. They became just the second pair of girls to win three Grand Slam tournament doubles titles in one season after Corina Morariu and Ludmila Varmuov in 1995. Her game is commonly referred to as possessing "easy power" due to the seemingly casual nature in which she injects pace into her shots. [101] Her third and last title of the year came on clay at the higher-level Charleston Open, a low-level Premier event. In her first tournament back, she made it to the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International to set up an encounter with world No. [45], Stephens continued to climb the WTA rankings during the 2011 clay-court season. [270][139] Stephens split with Murray during the 2018 offseason before reuniting with him in August 2019 shortly before the US Open. Emma Raducanu defeats Sloane Stephens in early Australian Open test. Although she was initially expected to only miss several months, it was later discovered that she would need surgery that would keep her out for the first half of 2017 as well. Dec 21 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens has appointed Francis Roig as her new coach to revive her fortunes, after the veteran Spaniard left Rafa Nadal's team last week,. "[61] Stephens improved on that result the following week with a semifinal at the Hobart International. [148] In her final match of the season, Stephens was able to win the first set against Elina Svitolina, but ultimately lost the match. Gracheva won 7-6 (4), 6-3 in an hour and 51 minutes against . 802, she finished the 2010 season just inside the top 200 at No. [187] At the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, she lost in the first round to qualifier Caroline Garcia. With these results, Stephens climbed back into the top 100 of the WTA rankings. 24, Jil Teichmann, in the fourth round. 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After two lopsided split sets, Stephens won a tight third set to reach her first Grand Slam singles final. Sloane Stephens hires Rafael Nadal's former tennis coach. She favors her forehand, and will run around her backhand at times to play her stronger groundstroke. Her best Grand Slam performance was a quarterfinal loss to Johanna Konta at the French Open, where she could not defend her runner-up finish from the previous season. Sloane Stephens 2021 - Net Worth, Salary and Endorsements Kamau Murray (left) coaches Sloane Stephens but that's not his only job. [80] Once again, Stephens did not have a good clay-court season, winning multiple matches in just two out of six tournaments. He was also the one who advised her to pursue a career in tennis before she proceeded to Boca Raton to train. [197], Stephens started her 2022 season at the Australian Open. 24, and 2019 champion, Madison Keys, in the second round. She began training at the Evert Tennis Academy founded by John Evert and also run by his sister, International Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert. Who is Sloane Stephens coach? The two have reuinted this year. [212] This was her first loss to Tomljanovi, having led their Head to Head 6-0. Sloane Stephens splits with coach Sven Groeneveld just before US Open [52] In late April, Stephens made her Fed Cup debut in an away playoff tie against Ukraine. [177] She ended up losing in the quarterfinals to 15th seed and eventual champion, Veronika Kudermetova. [98] Their partnership proved successful immediately. She credits her time away from playing tennis that was spent on her studies and her job with the Tennis Channel for improving her perspective on being a professional tennis player.[250]. Stephens, ranked No. Stephens' coach, Chicago native Kamau Murray, will coach . Her mother was a swimmer in Division I history. Sloane Stephens hasreconnected with coach Kamau Murray days ahead of this year's U.S. Open, which Stephens won in 2017 while working with Murray. After losing to an up-and-coming Caroline Garcia and picking up a win against Virginie Razzano, Stephens and her partner Madison Keys lost to the two of them in the final doubles match to relegate the United States into World Group II the following year. She reached the French Open quarterfinals and third round of Wimbledon this year but struggledduring the hard court tournaments in the run up to the U.S. Open next week. Stephens also withdrew from her last match with a wrist injury. Halep won the first set of the match after saving four set points, two while serving at 65 and two more in the tiebreak. . Serena Williams, who reached the finalsof her previoustwo tournaments, is the No. She parted with him after the 2013 season in order to find a full-time coach. [145][146][147] After a dismal start in the semifinals where she lost the first eight games of the match against Karolna Plkov, she recovered and won the match in three sets. [173], Stephens losing streak continued at the Monterrey Open. Austin mayor Kirk Watson presents Sloane Stephens with the 2023 Catalyst award Thursday night along with a $250,000 check to her foundation that works to introduce tennis to young players . [275], Her clothing sponsor from 2010 was Under Armour and in early 2018 she signed with Nike. 306 and lucky loser, Nefisa Berberovi, in three sets. Published Aug 21, 2019. She became a promising junior player, reaching an ITF junior ranking of world No. Their relationship ended in 2012; David Nainkin. 3, Serena Williams. 1, Simona Halep, her first loss in a WTA singles final. 1 Swiatek", "Gauff bests Stephens at French Open, reaches first Grand Slam semifinal", "Katie Swan stuns grand slam winner Sloane Stephens in Bad Homburg", "Wimbledon: Zheng Qinwen defeats Sloane Stephens on Wimbledon debut", "Photos: Tomljanovic, Azarenka first-round winners in Washington", "Sakkari: Overcame Stephens' difficult test with a 2-1 set win", "Stat of the Day: Swiatek tallies 50th win of the season in Cincy", "No. 15, Jelena Jankovic. 1, Victoria Azarenka, she rose to a career-high ranking of No. In Murray's absence, Stephens had worked with Sven Groeneveld for three months. [215], Two weeks after the US Open, Stephens played at the Emilia-Romagna Open. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. 5 and winning three out of four major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tmea Babos. [89] In 2017, Stephens defeated Keys in the final of the US Open to win her first major title. She defeated four unseeded players to make her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal and set up her second clash with Williams that month. [278], After her US Open victory, Stephens accrued several new sponsors, including Mercedes-Benz. Francisco was an ex-Paraguay tennis player who retired in 1990 after claiming 10 Doubles and no Singles. Stephens ended the year with a 411 record and ranked 39. Sloane Stephens on Grandparents' Deaths, Australian Open - PEOPLE.com "[242] International Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert has praised their rivalry, saying, "I liked [their match in the 2018 Canadian Open final] a lot, because that is a contrast in personalities and styles, in moods, in coaches. [191] In Indian Wells, she was beaten in the second round by 19th seed and compatriot, Jessica Pegula. [72] Nonetheless, her best result of the season came at the French Open, where she lost to No. She notably defeated world No. [182] She lost in her fourth-round match to eventual champion Barbora Krejkov. [141][249] Prior to these finals, Stephens had never lost a final on the WTA Tour. Former top 100 player Francisco Gonzlez, the head of tennis at the club, recognized Stephens had impressive ability given her limited experience and recommended her to pursue more rigorous training opportunities. [293][294] She had previously dated fellow American tennis player Jack Sock for over a year. [109] While unable to play on the tour, Stephens was granted the opportunity to be a broadcaster for the Tennis Channel. 2. She ended up taking the rest of the year off to recover. [138] Nonetheless, this run catapulted her to a career-high ranking of No. [84], Stephens returned from injury to start the season at the Auckland Open and the Hobart International, but lost in the second round at both tournaments. Although Williams won the match in straight sets, she praised Stephens, saying she could be "the best in the world one day. She lost in the first round to qualifier Liudmila Samsonova in three sets. Paul is popular for his time with 20 times Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer and 17 times Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras. . While 19 years old, Stephens rose to prominence at the 2013 Australian Open with a semifinal run beating world No. Sloane Stephens News Feed 'I'm Not About to a Video on Twitter' - American Senior Pros Refuse to Be Controversial as They Get Candid About Life on WTA Tour. Murray also . 37 in the world. [19] She then finished the year with a semifinal appearance at the high-level Orange Bowl tournament, a Grade A event. Congratulations to all of these ladies! View. Kamau Murray Coaches Sloane Stephens And Kids On Chicago's - WBUR [188] Ranked 66 at the US Open, she won a tight three-set first-round match over 2017 finalist Madison Keys. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to qualifier Leylah Fernandez. [12][13][14] Two years after she started playing tennis, Stephens relocated to Boca Raton in Florida. [189] She was defeated in the third round by 16th seed and 2016 champion, Angelique Kerber. 4 in the world, making her the first American woman other than the Williams sisters to be ranked in the top 5 in singles since Lindsay Davenport in 2006. [3] In March 2010, Stephens qualified for the Indian Wells Open to make her WTA debut a week before turning 17. [85][86] She entered the Australian Open unseeded and faced a difficult draw against Victoria Azarenka in the first round. [54] Finally, she produced her best result at a Grand Slam tournament to date by reaching the fourth round at the French Open. With Smith as her coach, she became a top-ranked junior with three Grand Slam tournament doubles titles and also cracked the top 100 of the WTA rankings. [287] Stephens is of Trinidadian descent through her maternal grandfather Noel Smith, who came to the United States from Trinidad to pursue a career as a doctor. [24] These results brought her to a career-high junior ranking of No. She finished runner-up at the Canadian Open to Halep, her second high-level Premier final of the year. Sloane Stephens Beats Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open - The New York Times [192] In November, she played for the U.S. team at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. [18] During the US Open, she left New York after her first match to attend her biological father's funeral in Louisiana. 1 seed, followed by this year's French Open champion, Ashleigh Barty, at No. Sloane Stephens' Coach on How They Kept Up Her Training Regimen - Peoplemag At just 19 years old Sloan Stephens lived hers and won the 2017 US Open. She has no Doubles titles and has been ranked as high as 94 under the category. After Stephens was able to push the match to three sets Halep was able to regroup and win the match. After Stephens's victory against her at the tournament, Serena commented, "I made you," in a tweet believed to be directed at Stephens and did not speak to her younger compatriot until at least May. [16][295][296], In late 2017, Stephens graduated from Indiana University East with a bachelor's degree in communications studies. [129] Stephens finished the season ranked No. [6][25], In 2010, Stephens partnered with Tmea Babos to win the doubles title at all three majors in which they participated. 9, Carla Surez Navarro, in the second round for her first top-ten victory in almost two years. "I've known him for a really long time. Another opportunity for the both of us. [233][234][235][236] She grew up as a fan of the Williams sisters, but had lost some of her interest in them after they did not sign autographs at a Fed Cup tie that Stephens attended at age 12. [48] Later that month, she was awarded a wildcard into her first US Open main draw. [128] This was the first title for the United States since 2000. [165] At the Cincinnati Open, she was defeated in the first round by Caroline Garcia. He worked alongside Othmane Garma while coaching Sloane and worked briefly with Monica Puig before reconciling with Sloane. [130][45], Stephens extended her losing streak to eight matches at the Australian Open. 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The American coach has worked with Sloane on two different occasions, although the second relationship was not so fruitful. [67][76] She finished the year at world No. 2 seed in the WTT Playoffs. She has cited her grandfather as her hero and one of her biggest influences growing up. Due to a rain suspension, she was forced to play the end of her semifinal match against No. 11, 2017: Comeback, US Open title, year-end struggles, 2018: French Open finalist, WTA Finals runner-up, world No. [160] Seeded fifth at the Monterrey Open, she got her first victory of the year by beating compatriot, Emma Navarro, in the first round. We aims to be available wherever and whenever you need it. My whole life is about tennis. 3 Angelique Kerber. 23, compatriot, and eventual finalist, Coco Gauff. [201] In Miami, she lost in the second round to 16th seed and world No. [67] With Serena entering the match in excellent form and also having defeated her much younger opponent earlier that month, Stephens was listed as high as a 16-to-1 underdog. [72], At the Cincinnati Open in August, Stephens scored her second big upset of the year when she knocked out Sharapova, the No. Darian is a Barbadian tennis player who is currently ranked 402 in the Singles and 282 in the Doubles. She defeated No. From there, she continued her training in Boca Raton, where she trained at Evert Tennis Academy before she made her way to Nick Saviano High-Performance Tennis Academy at 12. Murray coached Stephens from 2015 until the end of the 2018 season, a span that included Stephens' unseeded run to the 2017 U.S. Open title, the first and only Grand Slam championship of her career thus far. [116] In the fourth round, she defeated No. In addition, she switched coaches David Nainkin in June 2012 to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. She demonstrated this type of mindset after her early 2014 US Open loss, saying, "I'm not gonna dwell on this. 200711: Tour debut, entering the top 100, 2013: Major semifinal, Serena upset, world No. [169] Seeded 29th at the French Open, she lost in the second round to Paula Badosa.[170]. [53], After early losses at her first few clay-court events of the year, Stephens finished this part of the season with three impressive results. [20], Stephens began 2009 by winning her first two tournaments of the year, the Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships and the Grade A Italian Open. Required fields are marked *. I'm always cheering for her."[231]. Their two biggest matches came in 2018, both of which were three set finals. [288][289], Her favorite player growing up was Kim Clijsters, who congratulated Stephens in person after her 2017 US Open title. [247] Since then, Halep has won all six of their encounters. Coach. [65][241] All of their matches since have been contested at high-level Premier tournaments or Grand Slam tournaments. [51] Stephens then closed out the winter hardcourt season by qualifying for the Miami Open. She is one of the few black Americans after the Williams sisters that have been ranked among the World's Top 10 female tennis players. Sloane Stephens, Jozy Altidore married on New Year's Day. 13 Ana Ivanovic after struggling with a torn abdominal muscle, which was initially injured during her fourth-round loss at the French Open a few months earlier. 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