Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height	5' 7 3/4" (1.72 m)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,699,412
Singles
Career record	214-177
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (January 8, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4r (2006)
French Open	3r (2007)
Wimbledon	2r (2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	2r (2004)
Doubles
Career record	268-116
Career titles	22 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (February 6, 2006)
Last updated on: June 21, 2008.

Samantha Stosur (born March 30 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the United States.

Tennis career

Stosur first played professional tennis in 1999 on the ITF circuit. In 2000 she debuted on the Women's Tennis Association tour where she lost in the first qualifying round of Australian Open. In 2001 she won four straight ITF titles. In 2002 she lost at the first round at the Gold Coast event.

Early Career

In 2003 Stosur won her first Women's Tennis Association singles match on home soil where she reached the third round of the Australian Open. She lost in the third round by 6–4 6–2 to No. 7 seed, Daniela Hantuchová. Stosur qualified for a Women's Tennis Association event in Memphis.

In 2004 she reached the semi-final of the Gold Coast event, before falling to Ai Sugiyama, 7–5 3–6 6–3. The next week she reached the second round of the Women's Tennis Association tournament in Hobart and then the second round of the Australian Open, she finally lost. She later successfully qualified for Women's Tennis Association events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham. She competed at the Athens Olympics where she lost in the first round of the tennis competition. She continued to play Women's Tennis Association qualifying events, successfully qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004. At the end of 2004 season, she reached finals in doubles, with Els Callens, from Belgium.

2005

In 2005 she reached her first Women's Tennis Association tour final at the Gold Coast and Sydney events, and also won the first title in doubles with Australian, Bryanne Stewart in Sydney. She lost by 6–2 6–3 in the first round of the Australian Open, but won the title, with Scott Draper, in mixed doubles. In the summer, she teamed up with American tennis player, Lisa Raymond, and started winning big tournaments in doubles. In 2005 she won seven Women's Tennis Association doubles titles, including U.S. Open title and WTA Tour doubles Championships. Stosur finished the year ranked #96 in singles and #2 in doubles.

2006

In 2006 she represented Australia along with Todd Reid at the Hopman Cup and won all her singles matches. Then she lost in the first round of Sydney in three sets. During the 2006 Australian Open, she made it to the fourth round in singles and finals in doubles. In February, 2006, Stosur reached the quarter finals at the Tier I event in Tokyo, beating 2 players before falling her third game. In doubles, after losing on Australian Open, Stosur and Raymond won 18 straight matches, winning titles in Tokyo, Memphis, Indian Wells and Miami Masters. They also won Charleston, French Open, and WTA Tour doubles Championships. On the 28th of August 2006, and after reaching the semifinals at New Haven, Stosur achieved a career high ranking of number 30. Stosur finished off the year winning the doubles Sony Championships title in Madrid, ended the year ranked #1 in doubles and a career high #29 in singles.

2007

Stosur, together with Lisa Raymond, successfully defended her doubles titles titles in Tokyo, Indian Wells and Miami. The duo also won theGerman Open in Berlin. In singles, she reached three quarter-finals, at tournaments located at: Gold Coast, Tokyo and Memphis. In Rome Masters, she defeated #1 seed, Amélie Mauresmo in second round, before losing to Patty Schnyder, in the third round. After the French Open, Stosur's season was then thrown into chaos, after contracting Viral Meningitis, through being bitten by a tick. She slumped to a 2nd round defeat in Wimbledon, and withdrew from many tournaments on the US hardcourt circuit. Stosur then lost in the 1st round of the U.S. Open to unknown Alize Cornet of France. Stosur did not play any more tournaments in 2008. A media frenzy erupted in Australia, with some tabloids saying that it is ironic that Australian women's players always seem to contract some sort of illness at the peak of their careers. (The tabloids were referring to Alicia Molik, who reached a career high ranking of 8, before contracting the inner ear infection Vestibular Neuronitis, which kept her out for 18 months, and her ranking fell into the 600s.)

2008

Stosur was scheduled to make a comeback at the Gold Coast. However, it was announced on Stosur's website, that she would take an extended break to fully recover from her illness. Stosur stated that she was aiming to make a comeback in March, at Indian Wells. Her comeback was then further delayed, after she injured her shoulder in training. Fox Sports Australia reported that Stosur will now make her comeback at a lower level ITF tournament, before playing the Rome Masters, in May. She has a protected ranking of 46, which she can use for 8 tournaments over 6 months. At the International Eastbourne Tournament, Stosur extended her comeback by playing her way into the semi-finals.

Grand Slam doubles finals (4)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2005	US Open	Lisa Raymond	Elena Dementieva & Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2006	French Open	Lisa Raymond	Daniela Hantuchová & Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–2

Final (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2006	Australian Open	Lisa Raymond	Yan Zi & Zheng Jie	2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3

Mixed doubles wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2005	Australian Open	Scott Draper	Liezel Huber & Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(6)

WTA Tour titles (22)

Doubles (22)

Legend

Tier I (9)

Tier II (7)

Tier III (2)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (2)

WTA Championship (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 15, 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Elena Dementieva Ai Sugiyama	walkover
2.	April 10, 2005	Amelia Island, United States	Green Clay	Bryanne Stewart	Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
3.	August 27, 2005	New Haven, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
4.	September 10, 2005	U.S. Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
5.	October 2, 2005	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–1
6.	October 16, 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–4
7.	November 13, 2005	WTA Tour Championships, United States	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
8.	February 5, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–1
9.	February 25, 2006	Memphis, United States	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki	7–6, 6–3
10.	March 18, 2006	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 7–5
11.	April 1, 2006	Miami, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5
12.	April 16, 2006	Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
13.	June 10, 2006	Roland Garros, Paris, France	Red Clay	Lisa Raymond	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–2
14.	October 8, 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 6–4
15.	October 29, 2006	Linz, Austria	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Corina Morariu Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–0
16.	November 5, 2006	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–3
17.	November 12, 2006	WTA Tour Championships, Spain	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
18.	February 4, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Vania King Rennae Stubbs	7–6, 3–6, 7–5
19.	March 17, 2007	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–3, 7–5
20.	April 3, 2007	Miami, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–4, 3–6, 10-2
21.	May 7, 2007	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Lisa Raymond	Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–4
22.	June 23, 2007	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour runner-ups (7)

Singles (3)

• 2005: Gold Coast (lost to Patty Schnyder)
• 2005: Sydney (lost to Alicia Molik)
• 2006: Prague (lost to Shahar Pe'er)

Doubles (4)

• 2004: Québec City (with Els Callens)
• 2005: Philadelphia (with Lisa Raymond)
• 2006: New Haven (with Lisa Raymond)
• 2006: Australian Open (with Lisa Raymond)

ITF titles (15)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Sep. 16, 2001	ITF/Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Nicole Kriz	6–0, 6–1
2.	Sep. 23, 2001	ITF/Osaka, Japan	Hard	Beti Sekulovski	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
3.	Sep. 30, 2001	ITF/Kyoto, Japan	Hard Indoors	Jin-Hee Kim	6–1, 7–5
4.	Oct. 21, 2001	ITF/Cairns, Australia	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	7–5, 6–4

Doubles (11)

• 2001: Benalla (/w Monique Adamczak)
• 2001: Ibaraki (/w Julian Dowse)
• 2001: Osaka (/w Julian Dowse)
• 2001: Kyoto (/w Julian Dowse)
• 2001: Nuriootpa (/w Evie Dominikovic)
• 2001: Mount Gambier (/w Evie Dominikovic)

• 2002: Bendigo (/w S Stone)
• 2002: Warrnambool (/w S Stone)
• 2002: Lenzerneide (/w N. Sewell)
• 2002: Bath (/w S Stone)
• 2002: Dalby (/w Evie Dominikovic)

Singles Performance Timeline

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.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W/L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	A	7-6
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	4-5
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3-6
U.S. Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R		1-4
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-1	2-2	2-4	1-4	4-4	4-4	1-1	15-21
Career Statistics
Year End Ranking	265	153	65	46	29	46

Women's Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	2R	F	SF	A	0 / 6
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	W	SF	3R	1 / 5
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	SF	3R	SF		0 / 5
U.S. Open	A	2R	3R	W	SF	3R		1 / 5
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4		2 / 20
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	W	W	A		2 / 2
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	2 / 2
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	W	W	A	2 / 3
Miami	A	A	A	2R	W	W	A	2 / 3
Charleston	A	A	A	QF	W	2R	A	1 / 3
Berlin	A	A	2R	A	A	W	A	1 / 2
Rome	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 4
San Diego	A	A	A	2R	SF	A		0 / 2
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0
Moscow	A	A	A	W	1R	A		1 / 2
Zurich	A	A	A	SF	SF	A		0 / 2
Finalist	0	0	1	1	2	0		4
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	7	10	5		22

External links

• Samantha Stosur Official Website
• Samantha Stosur at the Women's Tennis Association
• Australian Open Profile