Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur

Stosur during the 2009 French Open.
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in))
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,748,823
Singles
Career record	278–212
Career titles	2 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 10 (March 22, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 10 (April 19, 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2006, 2010)
French Open	SF (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	2R (2004, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	321–143
Career titles	22 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (6 February 2006)
Current ranking	No. 5 (5 April 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2006)
French Open	W (2006)
Wimbledon	F (2008, 2009)
US Open	W (2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2005, 2006)
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005)
Wimbledon	W (2008)
Last updated on: 5 April, 2010.

Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 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. As of April 19, 2010, Stosur is ranked No. 10 in singles and No. 5 in doubles by the WTA. She has scored notable wins against former no.1s Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina and Amelie Mauresmo.

Biography

Samantha Stosur is the daughter of Tony and Diane and has two brothers, Dominic and Daniel. At the age of six her house in Gold Coast was destroyed by a flood, causing her family to move to Adelaide. There she started playing tennis, when she was given a racquet for Christmas at the age of eight. While her parents worked long hours at the cafe they had started up, Stosur played at local courts with older brother Daniel, who later encouraged their parents to take her to tennis lessons.

She went away on her first overseas trip at the age of 13, competing in the World Youth Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At 14 she joined the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) under Geoff Masters and in 2001, when she was 16, Stosur joined the Australian Institute of Sport tennis program.

Tennis career

Early career

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

In 2003 Stosur won her first WTA singles matches, reaching the third round of the Australian Open. She lost in the third round to No. 7 seed, Daniela Hantuchová. She also qualified for a WTA event in Memphis.

In 2004 Stosur reached the semifinals of the Gold Coast event, before falling to Ai Sugiyama. The next week she reached the second round of the WTA tournament in Hobart, then the second round of the Australian Open. She later qualified for WTA events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham. Stosur competed at the Athens Olympics, where she lost in the first round. She continued to play WTA qualifying events, qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004. At the end of the 2004 season, Stosur reached the doubles final in Quebéc City, partnered with Els Callens from Belgium.

2005

In 2005 Stosur reached her first WTA tour final at her home event in Gold Coast, losing to Patty Schnyder. She was runner-up at the Sydney event, defeating by walkover the world's No 1 ranked player Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinal and Elena Dementieva in the semifinal before losing to fellow Australian Alicia Molik, and won her first doubles title partnering Australian Bryanne Stewart at the same tournament. Stosur lost to World no. 2 Amélie Mauresmo in the first round of the Australian Open, but won the mixed doubles title with Scott Draper over Liezel Huber and Kevin Ullyett.

In July she teamed up with American Lisa Raymond, winning seven WTA doubles titles until the end of the year, including the U.S. Open, the Kremlin Cup and the WTA Tour Championships. Stosur finished the year ranked #46 in singles and #2 in doubles.

2006

In 2006 Stosur represented Australia alongside Todd Reid at the Hopman Cup, winning all of her singles matches. She then lost in the first round at Sydney, in three sets, to Czech Nicole Vaidišová.

At the Australian Open, Stosur made it to the fourth round in singles, falling to Martina Hingis. She and Lisa Raymond also made it to the Women's Doubles final, being defeated by Chinese duo Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.

In doubles, after losing at the Australian Open, Stosur and Raymond won 18 straight matches, winning titles in Tokyo, Memphis, Indian Wells and Miami. They also won in Charleston, at the French Open and the WTA Tour Championships.

On 28 August, Stosur achieved a career-high ranking of number 30, after reaching the semifinals at New Haven, where she lost to Lindsay Davenport in two tiebreakers. She finished off the year winning the doubles title at the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid, ranked #1 in doubles and a career-high #29 in singles.

2007

Stosur and Lisa Raymond successfully defended their doubles titles in Tokyo, Indian Wells and Miami. The pair also won the German Open in Berlin. In singles, Stosur reached three quarterfinals, at Gold Coast, Tokyo and Memphis. In Rome, she defeated #1 seed Amélie Mauresmo in the second round, saving 2 match points, before losing to Patty Schnyder in the following round.

After the French Open, Stosur started showing symptoms of what would only after months be diagnosed as Lyme disease, an infection transmitted by the bite of ticks. By then her form had slumped. She lost in the second round at Wimbledon, withdrew from many tournaments on the US hardcourt circuit and lost in the first round of the U.S. Open, where she was seeded 29th, to the then ranked #96 Alizé Cornet of France. Stosur did not play any more tournaments in 2007.

2008

Stosur returned playing two ITF tournaments before the 2008 Rome Masters, in May, where she was defeated in the second round by Venus Williams. The tournament also saw the return of the doubles team of Stosur and Lisa Raymond with a second round loss. Less than a month later they were defeated in the third round of the 2008 French Open, where Stosur reached the second round of singles losing to Petra Kvitová.

Stosur showed great promise at Wimbledon; while only making the second round in Singles, losing to Nicole Vaidišová, she made the finals of both the Ladies and Mixed Doubles. She and Lisa Raymond lost the final to Venus and Serena Williams. The Williams sisters had just previously played against each other in the final of the Ladies Singles. With mixed doubles partner Bob Bryan, they defeated Mike Bryan and Katarina Srebotnik to win the title.

At the Beijing Olympics, Stosur was defeated in the second round of the singles tournament by no. 4 seed Serena Williams. In the doubles, Stosur (formerly ranked no. 1) partnered Rennae Stubbs, ranked no. 5 in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Doubles Rankings at the time; however, the pair were unseeded as the ITF determined the seedings for the doubles competition based on both singles and doubles rankings standings. The pair lost in the second round to the Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, who were then ranked no. 2 in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships.

At the US Open, Stosur lost in the first round of singles to seventh seed Venus Williams. She and Mahesh Bhupathi were eliminated in the second round of the mixed doubles competition by Rennae Stubbs and Robert Lindstedt. Raymond and Stosur were runners-up at the women's doubles event, losing to the top ranked team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

By the end of the year Stosur was ranked #52 on the WTA singles rankings, 110 spots above her ranking in June. In spite of missing the first four and a half months of the tour, Raymond and Stosur finished off the season as the seventh best team at the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships, with Stosur ranked no. 14 in doubles, 156 positions higher than she was when she returned playing on the ITF circuit.

2009

Stosur (left) with doubles partner Rennae Stubbs at 2009 Australian Open

Having upset 9th seed Ai Sugiyama in her first tournament of the year, Stosur fell to Lucie Safarova in the second round of the Brisbane International. At the Medibank International, she was defeated by No. 1 seed Serena Williams 6–3, 6–7(4), 7–5 before previously having 3 match points to take the match. Seeded 4th in doubles, the pair of Stosur and Rennae Stubbs lost to Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei in the first round of the tournament. Stosur won her opening two singles matches of the Australian Open, but subsequently fell to world No. 4 Elena Dementieva 7–6(6), 6–4. She also won through to the third round in doubles partnering Stubbs, defeating the Radwańska sisters 6–1, 6–4. However, they then lost to eventual champions Venus and Serena Williams, 6–4, 6–2.

In the Fed Cup Asia/Oceanic Zone competition, Stosur won four matches against various opponents from South Korea, Thailand and Chinese Taipei. The Australian team, which also included Casey Dellacqua and Jelena Dokic, advanced to the World Group II play-offs, winning all of its twelve rubbers.

At the Dubai Tennis Championships, Stosur was defeated in the second round by Zheng Jie. Together with Stubbs, she was ousted in the semifinals of the doubles competition by the world No.1 team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6–4, 6–4.

In Indian Wells, Stosur was eliminated in the second round by Agnieszka Radwanska 3–6, 6–3, 7–5. In doubles, Stosur lost to Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka in the second round 6–2, 3–6, 10–7. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Stosur defeated No. 2 seed Dinara Safina in the third round 6–1, 6–4. Safina would have reached the No. 1 ranking had she won the match. She lost to Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–0. She reached the same round in doubles, losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Patty Schnyder 6–7(5), 6–2, 10–8. Due to her results, Stosur's singles ranking rose from 43 to 31.

At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach Stosur was eliminated in the first round by no.2 seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki (6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1). She then played for the Australian Fed Cup team in Mildura, Australia against Switzerland in their World Group II playoff on 25–26 April. Stosur won the opening rubber of the tie in straight sets then sealed the victory for Australia in the third rubber with a tight 3-set victory, improving her 2009 Fed Cup singles record to 6–0. With this result the Australian team advances to the World Group II in 2010.

On to the clay season, Stosur was eliminated in the first round of the Rome Masters by qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, and was also defeated on her first match in doubles. She then competed at the Madrid Masters where she upset no.10 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the first round, but fell to Anna Chakvetadze in the second round (1–6, 6–2, 7–6(4)). Stosur and Stubbs made it to the semifinals but were defeated by world no.1's Cara Black and Liezel Huber (7–5, 7–6(1)).

At the 2009 French Open, Stosur and Stubbs fell in the third round to 16th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. In singles, Stosur defeated Francesca Schiavone (6–4, 6–2) in the first round and Yanina Wickmayer (6–3, 4–6, 6–4) in the second. She then beat fourth seed Elena Dementieva in the third round (6–3, 4–6, 6–1) and Virginie Razzano of France (6–1, 6–2) for a place in the quarterfinals, where she defeated Sorana Cîrstea (6–1, 6–3) and advanced to her first ever Grand Slam semifinal against no. 7 seed and eventual champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova. After losing the first set 4–6, Stosur fought back a break of serve to win the second set 7–6(5) after trailing 2–5 in the tiebreaker, but lost in the final set 3–6. This made her the lowest seed in the tournament to reach the furthest. With this result Stosur cracked the top 20 on the WTA Rankings for the first time in her career.

Stosur started the grass season playing at the AEGON International. She beat Sabine Lisicki (6–2, 6–1) in the first round, but lost in the second to 6th seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki (1–6, 7–5, 1–6). Having beaten the world no.1 team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the semifinals, she was a runner-up in the doubles tournament, losing the final to Ai Sugiyama and Akgul Amanmuradova.

As the 18th seed at Wimbledon, Stosur beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2) in the first round. She came back from a set and a break down in the final set to defeat Tatjana Malek (4–6, 7–6(6), 6–4) in the second round, but lost in the third to 13th seed Ana Ivanovic (7–5, 6–2). In ladies' doubles, Stosur reached her second consecutive final, this time partnering Rennae Stubbs. The 3rd seeds beat 2nd seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in three sets (6–7, 6–4, 6–2) in the semifinals, but were defeated in the final by 4th seeds Venus Williams and Serena Williams in straight sets (7–6(4), 6–4). Stosur was also defending the mixed doubles title together with Bob Bryan, but the 2nd seeds were defeated in the quarterfinals by 9th seeds and eventual champions Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Mark Knowles .

Stosur started the US Open Series in Stanford, upsetting 6th seed Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets (6–4, 6–3) in the first round. She also defeated the 1st seed, world no. 2 Serena Williams (6–2, 3–6, 6–2) to make the semifinals, where she lost to 8th seed Marion Bartoli.

Stosur then competed at the LA Women's Tennis Championships as the no.13 seed. She defeated 6th seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round and 14th seed Jie Zheng in the quarterfinals. She beat Sorana Cîrstea in the semifinals to make it to her fifth WTA Tour final, where she lost to no.10 seed Flavia Pennetta. Her next tournament was Toronto, where she defeated no.6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round (6–4, 6–3) before being eliminated by 4th seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals (6–7(3), 6–1, 6–3). At the same tournament Stosur and Stubbs defeated world no.1's Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the semifinals (3–6, 6–3, 10–7) but lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez (2–6, 7–5, 11–9) in the final.

With these results Stosur improved her ranking to a career-high no.15 in singles just in time for the US Open, where she was seeded accordingly. She won a very sloppy first round match, making 58 unforced errors, against veteran Ai Sugiyama (6–4, 4–6, 6–4), but eventually lost to American Vania King in the second round (7–5, 6–4). Stosur entered the doubles event with compatriot Rennae Stubbs. Being the 3rd seeds, they cruised through to the semifinals without dropping a set, where they faced no.1 seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber. They won the first set, but lost the next two after a two-day rain interruption (5–7, 6–3, 6–1). As of the twenty-first of September Stosur has achieved a career high singles ranking of thirteenth

At the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open Stosur was crushed by Maria Sharapova in the second round 6–0, 6–1. Seeded 15th at the China Open, Stosur lost a three-setter to Alize Cornet. Stosur then played in Osaka as the third seed. She did not drop a set en route to the semifinals where she upset top seed Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 4–6, 6–4. Stosur captured her first ever title on the WTA tour by beating Francesca Schiavone in the finals 7–5, 6–1 in just over an hour. This win secures her a spot at the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions held in Bali. She also qualified at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships in the doubles event partnering compatriot Rennae Stubbs. They lost a hard fought semifinals match against no.1 seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–7(3) 8–10.

Stosur was one of only two players on tour who played at both year-end championships. The other one was María José Martínez Sánchez who was in Stosur's group at Bali for the round robin stage with Agnes Szavay. Stosur won her first match against Szavay in three sets, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 but lost her second to María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7(4), 5–7. This loss cause her the semifinals spot as Martínez Sánchez won both her round robin matches.

2010

After her success in 2009, Stosur has decided to focus on singles and take part in doubles less. Her partner prior to 2009 and whom she won most of her doubles titles with, Lisa Raymond, teamed up with her latest partner Rennae Stubbs for the 2010 Tour. However, she is partnered with Nadia Petrova and will take part in the major tournaments as a tactic to play in less doubles tournaments in hopes to reach the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, a similar strategy done by Serena and Venus Williams.

Alongside Lleyton Hewitt, Stosur represented Australia at the 2010 Hopman Cup which took place on January 2–9 in which the Australian Team were the top seeds at the competition. Their first tie which consists of three matches were against the team of Sorana Cîrstea & Victor Hănescu of Romania. After the loss of Stosur to Cîrstea in a three-setter, Hewitt won his match against Hănescu again in a tight three-setter, giving Australia a chance at winning the tie overall. However, even with 24 doubles titles between them, they disappointingly lost in the mixed doubles match 7–5 6–1. Their next tie was against USA and Stosur beat Melanie Oudin easily with a straight sets win 6–2, 6–4. Hewitt also won his singles match against John Isner sealing the tie. In the mixed doubles the Americans were to good, the Australians went down 2–6 6–1 10–5. To advance to the finals, they needed to win their tie against Spain 3–0. Although the results went the other way and Australia lost all their matches 0–3.

Her last preparation tournament prior to the Australian Open was the Sydney Medibank International which had a very strong field of players garnering nine of the top 10 players. Stosur lost to Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 6–1 in the first round. With these losses early in the year, some questioned whether she deserved to be ranked as high as she was. Stosur has mentioned that she was still getting used to being ranked high in the world and the pressures that come with her success.

Stosur was guaranteed a ranking of 13 for the 2010 Australian Open, which was the first time that an Australian was seeded in the top 16 of the women's draw since Alicia Molik was seeded 10th at the 2005 Australian Open. She beat Han Xinyun in the first round, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2; Kristina Barrois in the second, 7–5, 6–3 and Alberta Brianti in the third round 6–4, 6–1. Stosur was pitched against the World No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams where she lost 6–4 6–2. Despite the loss, she moved up to a career-high ranking of no.11. Although Stosur had ended her doubles partnership with Rennae Stubbs for the season, she decided to play at the Australian Open Doubles Event with big-serving Russian Nadia Petrova. They were seeded 5th but lost to another Russia-Australian duo, Vera Dushevina & Anastasia Rodionova in the first round.

She then traveled to Adelaide to represent Australia at the Fed Cup alongside Alicia Molik, Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs. They played their tie against Spain for a chance to advance to the World Group Play-Offs. Stosur won both of her singles match by beating María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 and Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 6–3. However, both Dellacqua and Molik lost their singles matches which left the tie to be decided by the doubles match. Stosur, partnering Rennae Stubbs, won their doubles matc 4-6h 6–4 6–2. Australia will now play the Ukrainian team of Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko in April for a chance to advance to the elite World Group.

Her next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships where she was seeded 9th. Stosur was stunned in the opening round 3–6, 6–2, 7–6, at the hands of veteran Tathiana Garbin. She had better success in the Doubles partnering Nadia Petrova. The pair was seeded 4th and reached the semifinals after having a bye, a walkover and a win against 5th seeds Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone 6–7, 7–5, 11–9.

Seeded 8th at the BNP Paribas Open, Stosur received a first round bye. She took advantage of her high seeding by making it to the semifinals without dropping a set. En route to her successful run, she defeated Julie Coin 6–1, 7–6, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–3, 6–0 and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6–3, 7–6. But her biggest win happened in the fourth round when she defeated 12th seed and defending champion Vera Zvonareva 6–2 7–6 which improved her head-to-head statistics against Zvonareva to 4–2 with Stosur winning those 4 victories consecutively. She lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Jelena Jankovic 6–2, 6–4 with Stosur making 47 unforced errors in the match. With her success, she reached a career high ranking of no. 10 making her only the third Australian woman to achieve this feat in 10 years when Jelena Dokic reached no. 4 in 2002 and Alicia Molik reaching no. 8 in 2005. In the doubles, Stosur was 3rd seed with Petrova. They had a comfortable route to the finals dropping only one set, where they lost 6-4, 2-6, 10-5 to Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik

Stosur's next tournament was the Miami Masters where she was seeded 9th thus having a bye in the first round. She battled from a 4–6, 3–5 deficit and was one game away from losing before she put up a comeback and won 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 against Carla Suarez Navarro. Her third round wasn't any easier winning in a similar scoreline 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 against Virginie Razzano. In her fourth round match, she was against Jelena Jankovic which was a rematch of the Indian Wells tournament semifinals last week. She comfortably won 6-1, 7-6. Her great run ended in the hands of the eventual champion Kim Clijsters losing in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 7-5. In the doubles draw Stosur and Petrova were seeded 3rd. They reached the finals without dropping a set. Along the way, they beat the teams of Errani/Peer 6-1 6-2, Govortsova/Kudryavtseva 6-0 7-5, Coin/King 6-3 6-2 and Chan/Zheng 6-1 7-5. However, in the finals it was a similar result to the Indian Wells finals with Stosur and Petrova losing in the big tiebreak 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 and this time to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta.

She stared her clay season at the Family Circle Cup where she was seeded 4th which gave her a bye in the first round. Her second round opponent was Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova and had an easy win 6-3, 7-5. She then defeated Vera Dushevina 6-1 3-6 6-1. She defeated Shuai Peng of China in the Quarterfinals 6-4, 6-1 and advanced to her first final of the year with 6-3, 7-6(2) win against 8th seed Daniela Hantuchova in the semifinals after trailing 5-2 in the 2nd set. In the finals, she crushed Vera Zvonareva 6-0, 6-3 which improved her head-to-head statistics against the Russian to 5 consecutive wins. With this win, she won her second WTA title and put her back inside the top 10 at No.10.

Playing style

An accomplished doubles player, Stosur has developed a serve-and-volley style of play. Her right-handed forehand groundstrokes, hit with heavy spin, are considered her best, as evidenced by her often choosing to hit inside-out forehands. She is also noted for her athleticism.

Due to its power, kick and variety, Stosur's serve is widely considered one of the best on the women's tour. Her first serve, however erratic, reaches more than 118 mph (190 km/h) on regular basis; at the 2009 Rogers Cup in Toronto she recorded an ace at 124 mph (199 km/h), her fastest reported service to date. Her second, a high bouncing kick serve, is usually highly rated by media and players alike.

Her favorite surface is the hard court.

Her first serve set in Bali, at 208 kilometres an hour, was the 3rd fastest serve ever hit by a woman.

In 2010, Stosur adopted Pat Rafter's signature backhand slice to add to her game and help her set up points.

Equipment, apparel and endorsements

As of 2009, Stosur's clothing sponsor is Lacoste. Her racquet is Babolat's Pure Storm model, and she endorses Oakley eyewear, particularly the Enduring model.

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (6)

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

Runner-ups (4)

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
2008	Wimbledon	Lisa Raymond	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2–6, 2–6
2008	US Open	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–7(6)
2009	Wimbledon	Rennae Stubbs	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–7(4), 4–6

Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (2)

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)
2008	Wimbledon	Bob Bryan	Katarina Srebotnik Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–4

WTA Tour finals (39)

Singles (7)

Wins (2)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam (0) Olympic Gold (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (0) Premier (1) Tier IV & V (0) International (1)

Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 1 Grass 0 Carpet 0

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	18 October 2009	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 6–1
2.	18 April 2010	Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Clay (green)	Vera Zvonareva	6–0, 6–3

Runner-ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	8 January 2005	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.	15 January 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5
3.	4 May 2006	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Shahar Pe'er	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
4.	28 September 2008	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
5.	9 August 2009	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (32)

Wins (22)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam (2) Olympic Gold (0) WTA Championships (2) Tier I (9) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (7) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (2) Premier (0) Tier IV & V (0) International (0)

Titles by surface Hard 15 Clay 4 Grass 1 Carpet 2

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

Runner-ups (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	7 November 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard Indoors	Els Callens	Carly Gullickson Maria Emilia Salerni	7–5, 7–5
2.	6 November 2005	Philadelphia, United States	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 7–6(4)
3.	27 January 2006	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3
4.	26 August 2006	New Haven, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
5.	5 July 2008	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 6–2
6.	7 September 2008	US Open, New York	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–3, 7–6(6)
7.	21 September 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Vania King Nadia Petrova	6–1, 6–4
8.	20 June 2009	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Ai Sugiyama Akgul Amanmuradova	6–4, 6–3
9.	4 July 2009	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Serena Williams Venus Williams	7–6(4), 6–4
10.	23 August 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Nuria Llagostera Vives Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
11.	20 March 2010	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
11.	4 April 2010	Miami, United States	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

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 Sevulovski	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 Melinda Dowse)
• 2001: Osaka (/w Melinda Dowse)
• 2001: Kyoto (/w Melinda 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	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career W/L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	A	3R	4R	12–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	SF		9–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R		5–7
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R		2–6
Grand Slam W/L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	1–4	4–4	4–4	2–3	10–4	3–1	28–27
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held		1–2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	2R	3R	A	2R	SF	10–6
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	A	QF	QF	9–5
Madrid	Not Held											2R		1–1
Beijing	Not Held						Not Tier I					1R		0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Held			Not Tier I								2R	1R	1–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R		5–5
Cincinnati	Not Held						Not Tier I					A		0–0
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF		3–1
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	2R		5–3
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	NM5		1–3
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	NM5		0–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	NM5		2–2
Doha	Not Held			Not Tier I							A	Not Held		0–0
San Diego	Not Tier I						A	1R	2R	A	Not Held		NM5	1–2
Zürich	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	Not Tier I	Not Held		1–1
Tier I/ Premier W-L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–6	8–8	6–6	1–1	10–6	0–0	31–28
Career Statistics
Runner-Up	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	N/A
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	N/A
Overall W/L1	0–2	1–3	6–7	36–11	24–27	20–24	41–28	23–25	33–26	17–18	27–16	31–17	17–5	283–212
Win %	0%	25%	46%	77%	47%	45%	59%	48%	56%	49%	64%	65%	77%	57%
Year End Ranking	Unknown		682	271	265	153	65	46	29	46	52	13		N/A

Doubles 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	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career W/L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	F	SF	A	2R	1R	0 / 8	13–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	W	SF	3R	3R		1 / 6	18–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	SF	3R	SF	F	F		0 / 7	22–7
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	W	SF	3R	F	SF		1 / 7	24–6
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	2 / 28	N/A
Grand Slam W/L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	6–4	13–3	17–3	14–4	12–3	13–4	0–1	N/A	77–26
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			0 / 2	1–2
WTA Tour Championships
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	A	SF		2 / 3	4–5
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	W	A	2R	F	2 / 5	14–3
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	W	A	QF	F	2 / 5	17–3
Madrid	Not Held										SF		0 / 1	2–1
Beijing	Not Held					Not Tier I					2R		0 / 1	0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Held		Not Tier I								SF	SF	0 / 2	4–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	2R	2R		0 / 5	5–5
Cincinnati	Not Held					Not Tier I					A		0 / 0	0–0
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F		0 / 1	3–1
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	F	1R		2 / 4	11–2
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	2R	A	Not Tier I		1 / 3	6–2
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	W	A	Not Tier I		1 / 2	5–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	1R	A	A	Not Tier I		1 / 2	4–1
Doha	Not Held		Not Tier I							A	Not Held		0 / 0	0–0
San Diego	Not Tier I					A	2R	SF	A	Not Held			0 / 2	2–2
Zürich	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	A	Not Tier I	Not Held		0 / 2	1–1
Tier I/ Premier SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 7	4 / 8	4 / 6	0 / 2	0 / 8	0 / 1	9 / 33	N/A
Tier I/ Premier W/L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	9–6	22–4	18–2	4–2	10–8	2–1	N/A	66–24
Career statistics
Runner-Up	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	10	N/A
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	5	0	0	0	22	N/A
Overall W/L1	0–1	1–4	31–5	47–21	19–22	21–20	46–18	60–13	37–7	23–12	26–16	2–2	N/A	313–141
Win %	0%	20%	86%	69%	46%	51%	72%	82%	84%	66%	66%	50%	N/A	69%
Year End Ranking	Unknown		291	131	141	53	2	1	5	14	8		N/A	N/A

• ¹ Includes ITF tournaments.

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles 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	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	W	SF	QF	A	A	1 / 3	16–2
French Open	SF	A	QF	A	A	0 / 2	9–2
Wimbledon	QF	QF	3R	W	QF	1 / 5	19–4
U.S. Open	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
SR	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 1	2 / 11	N/A
Win-Loss	16–2	9–2	6–3	8–1	2–1	N/A	41–9

Head-to-head record against other players

Stosur's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

• Serena Williams 1–3
• Dinara Safina 1–3
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–2
• Ana Ivanovic 1-1
• Caroline Wozniacki 2–2
• Venus Williams 0–3
• Martina Hingis 0-1
• Nicole Vaidisova 0-2
• Lindsay Davenport 1-1
• Victoria Azarenka 0–3
• Elena Dementieva 2-2
• Jelena Jankovic 1–3
• Agnieszka Radwanska 1–1
• Ai Sugiyama 2-1
• Li Na 1–0
• Flavia Pennetta 0–2
• Patty Schnyder 0-2
• Maria Sharapova 0–1
• Vera Zvonareva 5–2
• Marion Bartoli 1–1
• Kim Clijsters 0–3
• Amelie Mauresmo 2-1
• Nadia Petrova 0–3
• Alicia Molik 1–1
• Daniela Hantuchova 3–1
• Anna Chakvetadze 0-1

References

• Sports Illustrated column by doubles partner Lisa Raymond

External links

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