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Johanna Konta
Konta at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) Australia (2008-2012)
 Great Britain (2012-)
ResidenceEastbourne, United Kingdom
Born (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 33)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
  • Esteban Carril (2014–2016)
  • Jose-Manuel Garcia (2015–2016)
  • Wim Fissette (2016–present)[1]
  • Andrew Fitzpatrick (2017-present)
Prize money$ 3,250,508 [2]
Singles
Career record281–172
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 9 (10 October 2016)
Current rankingNo. 10 (9 January 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2016)
French Open1R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon2R (2016)
US Open4R (2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (2016)
Doubles
Career record63–61
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 88 (1 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 106 (9 January 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016)
French Open1R (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–7
Last updated on: 9 January 2017.

Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British tennis player who represented Australia until 2012. Konta has won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. She reached her best singles ranking of World No. 9 on 10 October 2016, the first Briton to make the top ten of the WTA rankings in over 30 years.[3] Her doubles ranking peaked at No. 88 on 1 August 2016.

Born to Hungarian parents in Sydney, Australia, Konta moved to the UK when she was 14. She switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after she became a British citizen in May 2012.[4]

Early and personal life

Johanna Konta was born in Sydney, Australia on 17 May 1991, the daughter of Hungarian parents Gábor, a hotel manager, and Gabriella, a dentist.[5] Her parents had emigrated separately from Hungary and met in Australia.[5] One of Konta's grandfathers, Tamás Kertész (1929—1989), played football for Ferencvárosi TC, won two international caps for Hungary in the 1950s and later coached the Ghana national team.[6] Konta has an elder sister, Éva Emese, from her father's previous marriage.[6]

Konta's childhood was spent in Collaroy on Sydney's North Shore,[5] where she was introduced to tennis at an after-school programme at the age of eight.[2] When she was 14, she began attending the Sanchez Casal academy in Barcelona, spending 15 months there in an attempt to further her development. While she was in Spain her parents moved to England,[7] where the family settled in Eastbourne, East Sussex.[8]

Konta became a British citizen in May 2012 and concurrently switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Britain.[4] When her nationality became the subject of debate at the 2016 Australian Open, Konta said it was "a compliment for you guys to be interested in my Australian roots", but that she was "very pleased to be representing Great Britain ... where I grew up essentially".[9]

Konta's sister, Eva, is married to Greater Western Sydney AFL player Shane Mumford.[10][11]

Career

2008: $10,000 title

Konta won her first ITF singles title at a $10,000 tournament in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly before her 17th birthday in May 2008.

2009: $25,000 title

A significant breakthrough was achieved at the $25,000 tournament at Sutton, UK in February 2009. Entering as a wild card, Konta defeated the top seed, Corinna Dentoni, who was ranked 153 at the time and two other top 250 players to reach the final where she lost in three sets to Katie O'Brien. Konta backed this performance up by winning a $25,000 tournament in June at the W.O.W. Challenger in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada over Heidi El Tabakh.[12] Konta then went through a difficult time in the second half of the year, losing her first match in eight of the nine tournaments entered, six of these losses going to three sets. However, with the help of the earlier results, she rose from 668 to 360 in the world rankings during the year.

2010: $50,000 title

Konta regained some form at the start of 2010, though her progress was largely unspectacular until May when she reached the quarterfinal of the $50,000 tournament at Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. The following week, she took the title on the green clay courts of the 2010 RBC Bank Women's Challenger in Raleigh, North Carolina, another $50,000 tournament where in a close encounter she defeated Lindsay Lee-Waters in the final on the day before her (Konta's) 19th birthday.

Highlights later in the year included another $50,000 quarterfinal appearance, two semifinal appearances in $25,000 tournaments and her second ITF singles title of the year at a $10,000 tournament in Westende, Belgium, where, in the final, she defeated Nicky Van Dyck with the loss of just one game.[13]

2011: Drop in ranking

In April 2011, Konta lost in 3 sets in the qualifying draw of the 2011 Family Circle Cup to Sania Mirza. She also failed to qualify at Fes and Strasbourg but in June she qualified for her first WTA tour event at the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open in Copenhagen. She fell in the first-round to fourth seed Lucie Šafářová (ranked 38 at the time) in a match that lasted over two and half hours.[14]

Konta won her fifth ITF singles title at the Aegon GB Pro-Series event in Woking in July. In the final against Laura Robson, Konta was 6–4, 1–1 up when her opponent retired.[15]

After a patchy couple of months interrupted by injury, Konta got back to her winning ways at the $10,000 event in Madrid, beating Lucy Brown in the final.[16] However, her year ended during a second meeting with Laura Robson in the first-round at Barnstaple in October, with Konta having to retire this time. Although showing flashes of brilliance, in the world rankings Konta slipped from 248 to 305 over the year, and showed an improvement of only 55 places over the previous 2 years.[2]

2012: First match win at a Grand Slam

Konta during her first-round match at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships

Konta had some decent results in the first half of 2012, including a $25,000 title at Rancho Mirage in February and qualifying and reaching round 2 at the Copenhagen WTA event. By the end of April, she had risen nearly 100 places to No. 211 in the world rankings.

Having been granted British citizenship in May, Konta received a main draw wildcard to Wimbledon, where she was beaten 10–8 in the third set by Christina McHale. A $50,000 final appearance at Lexington in July helped to maintain momentum, and the following month Konta qualified for the US Open, bridging a gap of almost 150 places in the rankings to upset world No. 59 Tímea Babos in the first-round,[17] saving ten set points in the second set as she recorded her first career win at Grand Slam level. In the second-round, Konta let a 5–2 final set lead slip against Olga Govortsova and lost to the Belarusian.[18] This run propelled her into the world's top 150 for the first time in her career, slipping a few places to end the year with a ranking of 153.[19]

2013: $100,000 title

At the 2013 Australian Open, Konta failed to build on her good form from the US Open, losing in the second qualifying round to Zhou Yimiao of China in three sets.

In February, Konta made her Fed Cup debut for Great Britain in Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 Pool B.[20] Konta and Laura Robson won their doubles match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, but later lost against Hungary.[21] However, Great Britain won 3–0 and advanced to the World Group II play-off.[22]

In April, Konta played in the Fed Cup World Group II play-off against Argentina. Konta was chosen to represent Britain in two of the singles rubbers. After losing her first rubber against Paula Ormaechea, Great Britain decided that Elena Baltacha would replace Konta in the Sunday singles rubber.

Konta's next tournament was the WTA Portugal Open in Oeiras, where she was forced to retire in the second qualifying round against Stéphanie Foretz Gacon, despite beating top-100 player Yulia Putintseva in the first qualifying round. She also reached the second qualifying round at the 2013 French Open, losing to Galina Voskoboeva in three sets.

In June, Konta entered the $75,000 2013 Aegon Trophy on the ITF tour, reaching the semifinals after victories over An-Sophie Mestach, fifth seed Misaki Doi and Alison Riske. In the semifinals, Konta lost a tough battle against third seed Karolína Plíšková, going down in three sets. Following the event, Konta was handed a wildcard for the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. In the first-round she defeated qualifier Kurumi Nara to set up a meeting with French player, and twelfth seed at the tournament, Kristina Mladenovic, where she was defeated in straight sets despite holding an early break in the first set.

Konta also received a wildcard for the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where she was drawn against sixteenth seed Jelena Janković in the first-round. She lost in straight sets against the former world No. 1 from Serbia.[23]

Following Wimbledon, Konta started her build-up to the US Open by winning an ITF $25,000 event in Winnipeg, Canada, where she defeated fellow British player Samantha Murray in the final. She then kept up this form by winning the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, a $100,000 ITF event, where she defeated Sharon Fichman in the final after eliminating top seed (and world No. 41) Su-Wei Hsieh along the way. This propelled Konta to a then career high ranking of 115.

At the Guangzhou International Open, Konta won through two rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. In the first-round, she beat fellow qualifier Richèl Hogenkamp in straight sets,[24] before upsetting fourth seed and world No. 38 Peng Shuai for what was her best career win in terms of ranking to this point. However, her run was stopped in the quarterfinals, losing to wildcard Zhang Shuai in straight sets.[25] A week later, at the Ningbo International Open, Konta made the quarterfinals again, but was forced to retire in her match against Johanna Larsson, suffering from an abdominal strain.[26]

She officially became the British No. 2 behind Laura Robson after Heather Watson failed to defend her title in Osaka and ended the year ranked 112.[27]

2014: Top 100

Konta at the 2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes.

Konta began 2014 at the Shenzhen Open, losing to 15-year-old wildcard Xu Shilin in the first qualifying round.[28] Together with her Austrian partner Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, she reached the semifinals in doubles, losing to the Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok in straight sets.[29] The following week, seeded third in Australian Open qualifying, Konta won her first match against Grace Min,[30] but lost for the second year in succession in the second qualifying round, in straight sets to Ukrainian Olga Savchuk.[31] After retiring in her first-round match at a $25,000 ITF event in Sunderland and losing in qualifying for the 2014 Open GDF Suez in Paris, Konta helped Great Britain to a 2–1 win over Latvia in their first round-robin match at the Fed Cup.[32] However, she later lost singles rubbers to Romania's Simona Halep[33] and Hungary's Tímea Babos.[34]

In May, Konta reached the final qualifying round of Roland Garros for the first time, defeating Sachia Vickery,[35] and Paula Kania,[36] before losing to Yuliya Beygelzimer.[37]

Konta then moved into the grass-court season by playing at the 2014 Aegon Classic as a wild card. She beat 14th seed Kurumi Nara in straight sets,[38] before losing to Aleksandra Wozniak in the second-round.[39]

Konta was awarded another wild card to compete at the 2014 Aegon International in Eastbourne, where she defeated 2013 Wimbledon junior champion and qualifier Belinda Bencic in straight sets.[40] This set up a meeting with world No. 42 Camila Giorgi, who had stunned fourth seed Victoria Azarenka in the first-round.[40] Despite holding a match point at 5–4 up in the final set, she lost to the Italian.[41] Nevertheless, her first-round success was enough to propel Konta temporarily into the top 100 and she reached a career high of 89 in July before falling back as she failed to replenish the ranking points won from her successes in the second half of the previous year.

Konta gained direct entry into the Wimbledon main draw, losing a tight three-set match to Peng Shuai in the first-round.[42]

Konta's next tournament was the Istanbul Cup, where she qualified as the top seed. She was again drawn with Kurumi Nara in the first-round, losing to the sixth-seeded Japanese in straight sets.[43] She then moved across to North America to play in the qualifying of the Connecticut Open; she also encountered a recent opponent here as she faced top seed Peng Shuai in the second-round and was eliminated.

Konta's ranking gave her a second consecutive direct entry to a Grand Slam main draw as she played the US Open, but she suffered a 'wasted opportunity' as she was beaten in the opening round by Shahar Pe'er.[44]

Following the US Open, Konta suffered an opening round defeat at Quebec City, and in the opening round of qualifying in Luxembourg. She also played on the ITF Circuit, reaching the semifinals at Albuquerque and the second-round at Nantes. She ended the year ranked 150.[45]

2015: U.S. Open run and top 50

Konta began the year by entering the qualifying of the WTA Tour events at Shenzhen and Sydney, but did not manage to progress to either of the main draws. She was also eliminated in qualifying at the Australian Open. Konta returned to Europe to join up with the British team for the Fed Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group I.[46] She went 2–2 in singles play as Britain topped their round robin pool,[47] before losing a play-off to Belarus.[48] In the play off, Konta suffered a heavy defeat against Olga Govortsova, a match that team captain Judy Murray would be reported as feeling ‘was a catalyst for change’ for Konta’s success in the later part of the season.[49]

Konta's sole WTA event between the Australian and French Opens was the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, where she again entered the qualifying competition, winning her opening match against tenth seed Misaki Doi, but being beaten in the final round of qualifying by Kateryna Kozlova. During this period she focused instead on the ITF Circuit, winning her first-round match in each tournament she entered,[50] reaching three quarterfinals, one semifinal and the final of the event in Jackson, MS (lost to Anhelina Kalinina).[51]

Konta made her debut in the main draw at the French Open against Denisa Allertová[52] after she won her way through qualifying without losing a set. Konta narrowly lost to Allertová in a match that included the longest tie-break in French Open history.[53] Konta then returned to the UK, where she was granted wild cards to the WTA Tour grass court events in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne. At Nottingham, Konta recorded her first top 100 win of 2015[54] in the opening round as she beat World No. 59 and seventh seed for the event Magdaléna Rybáriková. Konta would also beat Mónica Puig before exiting in the quarterfinals to eventual tournament runner-up Monica Niculescu.[55][56] Konta then played the WTA Premier event in Birmingham. She beat Jarmila Gajdošová in the first-round before running into sixth seed Karolína Plíšková; Konta took the opening set off Plíšková, then ranked 13 in the world, but would eventually lose in three sets in a match played over two days.[57] Konta's conqueror ended the tournament as the runner-up for the second week in a row.[58]

Konta's next event was in her hometown of Eastbourne.[59] In the opening round, she upset Zarina Diyas,[60] before claiming a 'major scalp' by beating World No. 8 and recent Grand Slam semifinalist Ekaterina Makarova, who was the fourth seed for the event, in the second-round.[61] Konta would continue her run by beating fourteenth seed Garbiñe Muguruza,[62] before losing to Belinda Bencic in a three-set quarterfinal.[63] Bencic became the third consecutive player to beat Konta en route to the final of an event, as the rising Swiss star took the Eastbourne title.[64]

The draw for Wimbledon paired Konta, who entered via a wild card, with former champion Maria Sharapova.[65] The match was scheduled for Centre Court,[66] with Sharapova winning efficiently.[67] After Wimbledon, Konta returned to action at the ITF event in Granby, QC; she entered as the top seed, and took the title without dropping a set.[68] Konta's next event saw her reclaim the Vancouver singles crown, beating Kirsten Flipkens in the final, and also secure the doubles title (w/ Maria Sanchez).[69]

The Vancouver singles victory moved Konta back into the world top 100 players ahead of the US Open,[70] which she entered at the qualifying stage as the third seed. She progressed to the main draw with wins against Réka-Luca Jani,[71] Naomi Osaka[72] and Tamira Paszek.[73] Konta had won just one Grand Slam main draw match in her prior career, but added to this with victories over Louisa Chirico[74] and ninth seed Garbiñe Muguruza. The match against Muguruza lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes, the longest women's match at the US Open since the tie-break was introduced in 1970.[75] It was also Konta's second top 10 win, and increased her head-to-head record against the Spaniard to 2–0. She extended her winning streak to 16 matches by beating eighteenth seed Andrea Petkovic, which set up a last-16 meeting with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová.[76] Kvitová ended Konta's run as the Czech fifth seed won in two tight sets.[77] The points accrued during the North American swing lifted Konta to a new career high singles ranking of World No. 58.[78]

Konta's first event after the US Open was the Wuhan Open, a WTA Premier 5 event, the second highest level on the WTA Tour. Having won through qualifying,[79] Konta was drawn against Andrea Petkovic in the opening round, a rematch of their New York meeting. She won once again[80] to advance to a second-round encounter with Grand Slam champion and former World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, who retired after losing the first set.[81] In the third-round, Konta faced top seed and World No. 2 Simona Halep, who came into the match leading the WTA in hardcourt victories.[82] Halep established a 5–1 lead in the deciding set, only for Konta to take six consecutive games as she came back to win.[83] She exited in the quarterfinals after a three-set battle with Venus Williams,[84] who would go on to win the tournament.[85] Konta's run in Wuhan saw her break into the top 50 for the first time, as her ranking reached another new career high at World No. 49. She also took over from Heather Watson as the British number one.[86]

Konta's final event of the season was the Linz Open. She entered in qualifying, where she was the top seed, but lost to Klára Koukalová in the final round, her first defeat against a lower ranked player since May.[87] However, Konta received an entry to the main draw despite the loss, as she was awarded a Lucky loser spot after Anna Karolína Schmiedlová withdrew due to illness.[88] She eased past Annika Beck in the opening round, but went out at the next stage to Madison Brengle.[89] Her year-end ranking was 47.[90] Konta's successful year was recognized by being nominated at the annual WTA Awards. She was a finalist in the Most Improved Player category,[91] but missed out on the award to French Open semifinalist Timea Bacsinszky.[92]

2016: First Grand Slam semifinal, Top 10 debut, First WTA title

Konta had a slow start to 2016 as she was eliminated in the first round at Shenzhen, where she was the fifth seed (her first seeding at WTA Tour level) and also at Hobart.

Konta's next event saw her make her main draw debut at the Australian Open. In the opening round, she faced world number ten Venus Williams, who was seeded eighth. The match was played on Rod Laver Arena, with Konta winning in straight sets.[93] Konta backed up her win by beating Zheng Saisai[94] and Denisa Allertová,[95] setting up a fourth-round clash with twenty-first seed Ekaterina Makarova. Konta recovered from a set behind to defeat the Russian and reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.[96] Konta defeated qualifier Zhang Shuai in the last-eight[97] before her run ultimately came to an end in the semifinals, where she lost to eventual champion Angelique Kerber in straight sets.[98] Nonetheless, she became the first British female player to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal in 32 years.[99] Konta also teamed up with countrywoman Heather Watson to play the doubles. They beat a seeded pair in the opening round before exiting at the next stage. Konta was at new career highs in the post-tournament rankings, moving up to World No. 28 for singles[100] and breaking into the top 100 for the first time in doubles, at World No. 95. She also passed the $1 million mark for career earnings.[101]

Konta took a brief break due to illness following the Australian Open,[102] returning to action for the spring North American hard court swing. She was the fourth seed for the Mexican Open in Acapulco, where she exited in the second round, and also for the Monterrey Open, where she reached the quarterfinals and lost to Kirsten Flipkens. Konta then moved to the United States to participate in the Premier Mandatory events, the highest level on the WTA Tour, at Indian Wells and Miami. She was seeded 25th at Indian Wells, which gave her a bye into the second round where she defeated American Madison Brengle. Konta then beat Denisa Allertová, before exiting in the fourth round to 18th seed Karolína Plíšková.[103] Konta moved on to Miami, where she was seeded 24th, which again saw her benefit from a bye to the second round. Wins over Danka Kovinić and Elena Vesnina took Konta to the last-16, where she beat 32nd seed Monica Niculescu.[104] She lost in the quarterfinals to Victoria Azarenka,[105] who was en route to completing the Indian Wells/Miami double.[106] Konta's form in North America saw her rise to a new career-high world ranking of 21.[107]

The WTA Tour then made its spring switch to clay. Konta had a disappointing start on the surface as she lost her opening match in Stuttgart, before retiring with illness during the 1st round in Madrid.[108] Her form improved in Rome as she beat Johanna Larsson and then upset world number seven Roberta Vinci,[109] before exiting in the third round to Misaki Doi. Konta moved on to Paris for the French Open. She was 20th seed, the first time she had been seeded at a Grand Slam, but was eliminated in the opening round by Julia Görges.[110]

Konta entered the grass court season as World No. 18 as her ranking climbed to a new high despite her opening round loss at Roland Garros.[111] After early losses at the Nottingham Open and the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, Konta reached the semifinal in Eastbourne, the site of her breakout performance in 2015. Her run included a victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the third round,[112] but was ended in the last four by Karolína Plíšková.[113]

Konta at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

Konta was the first home player to be seeded in the Ladies singles at Wimbledon in over 30 years as she took the No. 16 spot.[114] She recorded her first ever win at the venue by beating Monica Puig in a rain-affected opening round match,[115] but went out at the next stage to former finalist Eugenie Bouchard.[116] Following Wimbledon, Konta changed surface to hard courts to play the Stanford Classic. In the semifinals she beat Dominika Cibulková,[117] who had led the WTA in match wins at the time.[118] Konta then defeated two-time former champion Venus Williams in the final to claim her first WTA title.[119] Konta continued her good form in the following week as she reached the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open,[120] the Women's portion of which was held in Montreal. She was within one victory of breaking into the top ten, but missed out on the landmark after suffering a surprise defeat to Kristína Kučová.[121]

The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics was Konta's next event, as she represented Britain in singles and women's doubles and mixed doubles. She was seeded tenth in singles, easing past Stephanie Vogt (Liechtenstein) and Caroline Garcia (France) in the first and second rounds respectively. Konta reached the quarterfinals after she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) in the third round,[122] but was knocked out in the last-eight by Angelique Kerber (Germany).[123] Konta partnered Heather Watson in doubles, reaching the second round before exiting to Chinese Taipei (Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan).[124] She teamed up with Jamie Murray in the mixed, losing in the opening round to the eventual gold medallists (the United States pairing of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock).[125]

After Rio, the WTA Tour resumed with the Cincinnati Open. Konta reached the third round before going out to Agnieszka Radwańska.[126] She moved on to the US Open recording victories in the opening two rounds over Bethanie Mattek-Sands[127] and Tsvetana Pironkova. The win over Pironkova came despite a health scare towards the end of the second set, Konta collapsing on court and requiring medical attention before she could continue.[128] Konta took just 52 minutes to beat 24th seed Belinda Bencic in the third round,[129] matching her run to the last-16 from the previous year. She was eliminated at that stage by Anastasija Sevastova.[130]

The final weeks of the season saw Konta with the opportunity of breaking into the top ten and qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time.[131] Her first event on the Far Eastern leg of the WTA Tour was the Wuhan Open. A repeat of her Australian Open quarterfinal victory over Zhang Shuai[132] took Konta to the third round. There she defeated Carla Suárez Navarro[133] to record her fifth top ten win of 2016 and set up a last-eight meeting with Petra Kvitová,[134] where she was knocked out of the competition.[135] The following week saw Konta in Beijing for the China Open. She was drawn to face Anastasija Sevastova in the opening round in a re-match of their US Open meeting of a few weeks prior, Konta gaining revenge for the defeat in New York.[136] Victory over Tímea Babos at the next stage set up a third round clash with Karolína Plíšková,[137] which Konta won,[138] reversing a previous 0-5 head-to-head record against the Czech.[139] Konta progressed to the semifinal by beating Chinese number one Zhang Shuai for the second successive week.[140] She defeated Madison Keys in the last four to reach her first WTA Premier Mandatory final. Victory over Keys saw Konta enter the top ten for the first time in her career, the first British woman to achieve this since Jo Durie in 1984. It also lifted her into a qualifying place for the WTA Finals.[141] Konta was beaten in the final by Agnieszka Radwańska.[142]

Konta attempted to consolidate her Tour Finals place in Hong Kong, but an abdominal strain forced her to pull out of her second round match.[143] She slipped outside the qualifying spots when Dominika Cibulková won the tournament in Linz, which secured the last place for the Slovak.[144] However the subsequent withdrawal of Serena Williams gave Konta another chance.[145] She had already travelled to Singapore to practice,[146] only to be pipped for the final place less than 24 hours before the start of the event when Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title in Moscow.[147] Konta remained at the venue as an alternate,[148] but was unused. Following her eventual absence from the WTA Finals' lineup, Konta entered the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, China. She was placed in the Azalea Group alongside Sam Stosur and Caroline Garcia. Konta opened with a win over Stosur that guaranteed she would finish the season ranked inside the WTA's top ten, the first Briton to achieve this since 1983.[149] She then beat Garcia to top the group and progress to a semifinal against Elina Svitolina,[150] which Svitolina won to end Konta's season.[151]

Konta led the 2016 WTA Tour in points won behind second serve, and sat third for top ten wins, Hardcourt match wins and tie-breaks won. She also featured in the top ten of a number of other statistical categories.[152] Konta was nominated as one of the WTA's Most Improved Players for the second successive year,[153] winning the award comfortably on this occasion with over 80% of the vote.[154] Her end-of-season ranking was number ten.[155][156]

After the conclusion of the season Konta announced that she was parting company with her coaching team of Esteban Carril and Jose-Manuel Garcia, despite her 'stellar year'.[157]

2017

Konta started working with Belgian coach Wim Fissette during pre-season training.[158] Their professional relationship began positively as Konta reached the semifinals of her first event of the new campaign in Shenzhen with wins over Çağla Büyükakçay, Vania King and Kristýna Plíšková, before being beaten in the last four by eventual champion, Kateřina Siniaková.[159] She also reached the semifinals the following week in Sydney, victories against Arina Rodionova, Daria Gavrilova and Daria Kasatkina seeting up a meeting with Eugenie Bouchard in the semifinals.[160]

Coaching

Konta initially trained at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, before her parents decided to settle in Britain in 2005,[161] and at the Roddick Lavalle Academy in Texas.[162] In January 2011, she started training at the Weybridge Tennis Academy in England under the guidance of coach Justin Sherring.[163]

She trained at the National Tennis Academy in Roehampton with LTA-supplied coaches Louis Cayer and, from mid-2012, Julien Picot.[164][165] In December 2012, the Lawn Tennis Association announced that Konta was one of 21 players set to receive the LTA’s funding next season, which is supported through Team Aegon.[166]

At the start of 2014, she split from Picot for personal reasons.[167]

In August 2014, at the time when the LTA decided to close the National Tennis Centre as a base for elite players, Konta began working with Spanish coach Esteban Carril.[167]

At the end of 2014, Konta began receiving help from mental coach Juan Coto, a friend of Carril's based in London.[168][169]

A dramatic cut in her LTA funding for 2015 encouraged Konta to move her training base to Gijon in northern Spain, where Esteban Carril and Jose-Manuel Garcia oversaw at first a steady, and then spectacular, rise up the rankings. Supporters of the LTA's austerity drive argued this was a benefit of their tough love policy,[170][171] though Konta disagreed that that was the case.[172]

Konta split with Carril and Garcia in December 2016.[157]

Prior to the 2017 season, Konta recruited Belgian Wim Fissette to be her main coach.[1] She also appointed Andrew Fitzpatrick as her hitting partner, and as a deputy coach when Fissette is absent.[173]

Career statistics

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-1)
Premier (1–0)
International (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 24 July 2016 Stanford Classic, United States Hard United States Venus Williams 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 9 October 2016 China Open, China Hard Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 4–6, 2–6

ITF finals (15–6)

Singles (11–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 5 May 2008 10,000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Austria Janina Toljan 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2 February 2009 25,000 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Katie O'Brien 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 22 June 2009 25,000 Waterloo, Canada Clay Canada Heidi El Tabakh 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 10 May 2010 50,000 Raleigh, United States Clay United States Lindsay Lee-Waters 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Winner 16 August 2010 10,000 Westende, Belgium Hard Belgium Nicky Van Dyck 6–1, 6–0
Winner 11 July 2011 25,000 Woking, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Laura Robson 6–4, 1–1, ret.
Winner 5 September 2011 10,000 Madrid, Spain Hard United Kingdom Lucy Brown 6–2, 6–1
Winner 6 February 2012 25,000 Rancho Mirage, United States Hard Slovakia Lenka Wienerová 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 29 July 2012 50,000 Lexington, United States Hard Israel Julia Glushko 3–6, 0–6
Winner 22 July 2013 25,000 Winnipeg, Canada Hard United Kingdom Samantha Murray 6–3, 6–1
Winner 29 July 2013 100,000 Vancouver, Canada Hard Canada Sharon Fichman 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6 April 2015 25,000 Jackson, United States Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 3–6, 4–6
Winner 20 July 2015 50,000 Granby, Canada Hard France Stéphanie Foretz 6–2, 6–4
Winner 17 August 2015 100,000 Vancouver, Canada Hard Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (4–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 7 March 2011 25,000 Irapuato, Mexico Hard Hungary Tímea Babos United States Macall Harkins
Austria Nicole Rottmann 		6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 19 September 2011 75,000 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) United Kingdom Amanda Elliott Portugal Maria João Koehler
Hungary Katalin Marosi 		6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up 12 May 2014 50,000 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Canada Sharon Fichman Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
Argentina María Irigoyen 		5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 16 February 2015 25,000 Surprise, United States Hard United States Maria Sanchez United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Kaitlyn Christian 		4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner 20 April 2015 50,000 Dothan, United States Clay United States Maria Sanchez Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová 		6–3, 6–4
Winner 4 May 2015 100,000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Laura Thorpe United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Anna Smith 		1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Winner 17 August 2015 100,000 Vancouver, Canada Hard United States Maria Sanchez Romania Raluca Olaru
United States Anna Tatishvili 		7–6(7–5), 6–4

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup
World Group II Play-offs 		WG2 P/O 20 April 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina Argentina Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea L 3–6, 2–6
2014 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I 		R/R 5 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary Latvia Latvia Hard (i) Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča W 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
7 February 2014 Romania Romania Romania Simona Halep L 1–6, 4–6
8 February 2014 Hungary Hungary Hungary Tímea Babos L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I 		R/R 4 February 2015 Budapest, Hungary Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Hard (i) Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann W 6–0, 6–0
5 February 2015 Turkey Turkey Turkey İpek Soylu L 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
6 February 2015 Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko W 6–3, 6–2
P/O 7 February 2015 Belarus Belarus Belarus Olga Govortsova L 0–6, 1–6

Doubles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I 		R/R 7 February 2013 Eilat, Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard United Kingdom Laura Robson Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Kajtazovič
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jelena Simić 		W 6–0, 6–0
9 February 2013 Hungary Hungary United Kingdom Laura Robson Hungary Réka-Luca Jani
Hungary Katalin Marosi 		L 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
2014 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I 		R/R 8 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hungary Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore Hungary Tímea Babos
Hungary Réka-Luca Jani 		L 7–5, 5–7, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 Q1 SF 0 / 1 5–1 83%
French Open A Q2 Q3 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
US Open 2R Q1 1R 4R 4R 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–3 9–4 0 / 12 13–12 52%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Absent Q2 Q2 4R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami Absent QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Madrid Absent 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Beijing Absent F 0 / 1 5–1 83%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Doha[1] Absent 0/ 0 0–0  – 
Rome Absent 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canada Absent QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Cincinnati Absent 3R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Tokyo / Wuhan[2] Absent QF QF 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Year-end ranking 153 112 150 47 10

Notes

  • 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status.
  • 2 In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Doubles

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A A 2R 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A 1R 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 3–5 38%
US Open A A A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 4–7 36%

Record against top 10 players

Konta's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.

Player Record W% Hardcourt Clay Grass Last match
Number 1 ranked players
United States Venus Williams 2–1 67% 2–1 0–0 0–0 Won (7–5, 5–7, 6–2) at 2016 Stanford
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2016 Miami
Serbia Jelena Janković 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (2–6, 5–7) at 2013 Wimbledon
Germany Angelique Kerber 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics
Russia Maria Sharapova 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Wimbledon
Number 2 ranked players
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 2–0 100% 1–0 0–0 1–0 Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–2) at 2015 US Open
Romania Simona Halep 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–5) at 2015 Wuhan
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (3–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 1–2 33% 0–2 0–0 1–0 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2016 Wuhan
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2016 Beijing
Number 4 ranked players
Australia Samantha Stosur 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2016 WTA Elite Trophy
Number 5 ranked players
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2016 Stanford
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 1–5 17% 1–1 0–1 0–3 Won (6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)) at 2016 Beijing
Canada Eugenie Bouchard 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (3–6, 6–1, 1–6) at 2016 Wimbledon
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–4, 5–7, 3–6) at 2011 Copenhagen
Number 6 ranked players
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (7–5, 7–6(8–6)) at 2016 Wuhan
Number 7 ranked players
Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (1–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2014 Albuquerque
Italy Roberta Vinci 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–0, 6–4) at 2016 Italian Open
Switzerland Belinda Bencic 2–2 50% 1–1 0–0 1–1 Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2016 US Open
United States Madison Keys 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won (7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–4) at 2016 Beijing
Number 8 ranked players
Russia Ekaterina Makarova 3–0 100% 1–0 0–0 2–0 Won (7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2016 Eastbourne
Number 9 ranked players
Germany Andrea Petkovic 2–0 100% 2–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2015 Wuhan
Total 22–21 51% 16–13 (55%) 1–1 (50%) 5–7 (42%)

Top 10 wins

Season 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Wins 0 0 0 3 7 10
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2015
1. Russia Ekaterina Makarova No. 8 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass 2nd Round 6–2, 6–4
2. Spain Garbiñe Muguruza No. 9 US Open, New York City, United States Hard 2nd Round 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–2
3. Romania Simona Halep No. 2 Wuhan, China Hard 3rd Round 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2016
4. United States Venus Williams No. 10 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 1st Round 6–4, 6–2
5. Italy Roberta Vinci No. 7 Italian Open, Rome, Italy Clay 2nd Round 6–0, 6–4
6. United States Venus Williams No. 7 Stanford, United States Hard Final 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
7. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova No. 10 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard 3rd Round 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
8. Spain Carla Suárez Navarro No. 8 Wuhan, China Hard 3rd Round 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
9. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 6 Beijing, China Hard 3rd Round 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
10. United States Madison Keys No. 9 Beijing, China Hard Semi-final 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–4

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