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| Full name | Esther Mary Vergeer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Woerden, The Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 18, 1981 Woerden, The Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official website | www.esthervergeer.nl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 656–25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (6 April 1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2002-4, 2006-9, 2011-12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2007-11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2005-7, 2009-12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | W (1998-2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |  Gold Medal (2000, 2004, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 426–32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (20 October 1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2004, 2006-9, 2011-12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2007-9, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2009-11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2005-7, 2009-11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters Doubles | W (2001-3, 2005-9, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games | Gold Medal (2000, 2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Team Cup |  Champion (1998, 2000-09) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 9 December 2011. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esther Vergeer (born 18 July 1981, Woerden) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 39 Grand Slams, 22 year-end championships and 5 Paralympics titles. Vergeer has been the world number one wheel chair tennis player since 1999. In singles, she has not been beaten since January 2003 and is on a winning streak of 444 matches. She is often mentioned as the most dominant player in professional sports.[1][2]
Early life and career
Vergeer developed paraplegia when she was 8 years old due to an otherwise successful, very risky surgery concerning hemorrhaging blood vessels around her spinal cord.[3] During rehabilitation she learned to play volleyball, basketball, and tennis in a wheelchair. After playing basketball for several years at club level, she was invited to join the national wheelchair basketball team. She played with the Dutch team that won the European championship in 1997.
Vergeer had started playing tennis in parallel with basketball, playing her first international tournament in 1996, and switched to full-time tennis in 1998. Coached by Marc Kalkman, her first big win was at the US Open championships in 1998, moving her from 15th to 2nd in the world ranking. She beat top seed Daniela Di Toro to win the singles title and partnered with Sonja Peters to capture the doubles.[4] Her success led to a photo in the 26 November 1998 TennisWeek issue [5] She continued on and during the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney she did not lose a set to win the gold medal in singles and also won the doubles title with Maaike Smit as her partner. She also won the Wheelchair Tennis masters in 1998.[6]
Wins and accolades
As of 6 November 2011, Vergeer has won 153 singles and 130 doubles titles at international tournaments. Her overall record is 656 wins and 25 losses in singles, and 426 wins and 32 losses in doubles.[7] In singles, she has won 19 Grand Slam, 13 year-end championship, and 3 Paralympic titles while in doubles she has shared 19 Grand Slam, 9 year-end, and 2 Paralympic titles. She has also been part of the Dutch team that has won 14 World Team Cups.
Since 31 March 2001 Vergeer has lost only one singles match (on 30 Jan 2003 at the Sydney International to Daniela Di Toro from Australia). Between August 2004 and October 2006 she even won 250 consecutive sets, only one of which ended with a tiebreaker. Vergeer is currently on a 434-match winning streak.[8][9][10][11]
She has been nominated five times[12] for the Laureus Award for Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year, winning it twice in 2002 and 2008.
In October 2010 she posed nude for ESPN The Magazine's annual Body Issue, marking the first time the magazine has featured a disabled athlete in the Body Issue.[13][14]
In December 2010 Esther Vergeer was featured on CNN for her tennis record of 401 straight wins receiving congratulations from both Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters.[11]
Major titles
- Australian Open: doubles 2003–04, 2006–09, 2011-12
- French Open: doubles 2007–09, 2011
- Wimbledon: doubles 2009, 2010, 2011
- US Open: doubles 1998–2000, 2003, 2005–07, 2009, 2010
- British Open: singles 2000–2010, doubles 1998–2004, 2006–09
- Japan Open: singles 2004, 2007–08, doubles 2004, 2007–08
- NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters ("World Championships"): singles 1998–2010, doubles 2001–2003, 2005–2009
- Paralympic Games: singles 2000, 2004, 2008 & doubles 2000, 2004
Grand Slam singles finals: 19 (19 titles)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 2002 | Wheelchair Classic 8's at Australian Open (1) | Hard |  Daniela di Toro |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2003 | Wheelchair Classic 8's at Australian Open (2) | Hard | Daniela di Toro |
2–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2004 | Wheelchair Classic 8's at Australian Open (3) | Hard | Daniela di Toro |
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2005 | US Open (1) | Hard | Korie Homan |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2006 | Wheelchair Classic 8's at Australian Open (4) | Hard | Jiske Griffioen |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2006 | US Open (2) | Hard | Sharon Walraven |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2007 | Australian Open (5) | Hard |  Florence Gravellier |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2007 | French Open (1) | Clay | Florence Gravellier |
6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2007 | US Open (3) | Hard | Florence Gravellier |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2008 | Australian Open (6) | Hard | Korie Homan |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2008 | French Open (2) | Clay | Korie Homan |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2009 | Australian Open (7) | Hard | Korie Homan |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2009 | French Open (3) | Clay | Korie Homan |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2009 | US Open (4) | Hard | Korie Homan |
6–0, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2010 | French Open (4) | Clay | Sharon Walraven |
6–0, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2010 | US Open(5) | Hard | Daniela di Toro |
6–0, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2011 | Australian Open (8) | Hard | Daniela di Toro |
6–0, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2011 | French Open (5) | Clay | Marjolein Buis |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2011 | US Open (6) | Hard | Aniek van Koot |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2012 | Australian Open (9) | Hard | Aniek van Koot |
6–0, 6–0 |
Grand Slam singles
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments wheelchair singles | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W | W | W | A | W | W | W | W | A | W | W | ||||||
| French Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| US Open | NH | NH | NH | W | W | W | NH | W | W | W | |||||||
Grand Slam doubles
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
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| Grand Slam Tournaments wheelchair doubles | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | NH | NH | W | A | W | W | W | W | A | W | W | ||||||
| French Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | W | W | W | F | W | |||||||
| Wimbledon | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | W | W | W | |||||||
| US Open | NH | NH | NH | W | W | W | NH | W | W | W | |||||||
Wheelchair Tennis Masters and Paralympic games
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Career SR | Career W-L | Career Win % |
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| Wheelchair Tennis Masters | |||||||||||||||||
| WTM Singles | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | 14 / 14 | 100% | |
| WTM Doubles | NH | NH | F | W | W | W | LQ | W | W | W | W | W | - | W | 9 / 12 | 75% | |
| Paralympic games | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | - | - | W | - | - | - | W | - | - | - | W | - | - | - | 3 / 3 | 100% | |
| Doubles | - | - | W | - | - | - | W | - | - | - | F | - | - | - | 2 / 3 | 66% | |
Template:Performance timeline legend
References
- ^ Esther Vergeer is the World's Most Dominant Athlete, bleacherreport.com, 27 July 2008
- ^ A Champ Has Rivals, but No Equals, The New York Times, 11 September 2010
- ^ Biography 1981 – 1990 (Dutch) www.esthervergeer.nl
- ^ ITF Profile of Esther Vergeer
- ^ Esther Vergeer, 10sballs.com, 18 November 2010
- ^ Wheelchair Tennis Masters 1994–1998, ITF tennis, 2011
- ^ ITF profile
- ^ Kunieda and Vergeer win third Roland Garros titles, ITF tennis, 5 June 2009
- ^ Esther Vergeer runs win streak to 376 at U.S. Open's women's wheelchair competition, NY Daily News, 11 September 2009
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/9213076.stm
- ^ a b 401 matches undefeated, CNN, 31 December 2010
- ^ Laureus World Sports Awards Press Release, 24 January 2008
- ^ Esther Vergeer Poses Naked in Her Wheelchair for ESPN, The Spin, 7 October 2010
- ^ Wheelchair ace bares body and soul, CNN, 3 November 2010
External links
- Official site
- bio – file interview with Esther Vergeer
- The most dominant athlete ever, at sportscolumn.com (June 2007)
- Template:ITF wheelchair profile
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Dutch female tennis players
- Wheelchair tennis players
- World No. 1 tennis players
- Laureus World Sports Awards winners
- People from Woerden
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- Wheelchair basketball players
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Australian Open (tennis) champions
- French Open champions
- United States Open champions (tennis)
- Wimbledon champions