Casey Dellacqua
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Perth, Western Australia |
Born | Perth, Australia | 11 February 1985
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,142,453 |
Singles | |
Career record | 230 - 140 |
Career titles | 19 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 39 (28 July 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 133 (12 December 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2008) |
French Open | 3R (2008) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2008) |
US Open | 2R (2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 184 - 105 |
Career titles | 21 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (11 May 2009) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2009) |
French Open | F (2008) |
Wimbledon | SF (2008) |
US Open | 2R (2007) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2007, 2012) |
French Open | W (2011) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2008) |
US Open | 2R (2008) |
Last updated on: 3 October 2011. |
Casey Dellacqua (born 11 February 1985) is an Australian professional tennis player who currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. She was previously coached by former Australian player Nicole Pratt, before the two decided to part ways prior to the 2009 Australian Open. She won her first Grand Slam title in the 2011 French Open – Mixed Doubles, partnering with American Scott Lipsky.
She is of Italian descent through her father and Irish through her mother.[1]
Early life
Dellacqua attended Woodvale Primary School from kindergarten to year 7, and then attended Woodvale Senior High School before moving to Canberra to train with the Australian Institute of Sport at the age of sixteen. Throughout her early life Dellacqua was an active member of local tennis clubs and teams.
Career
2007
In 2007, she won singles tournaments in 2007 Melbourne, Perth, Kalgoorlie, and The Bronx, in New York.
2008
Dellacqua began the year by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and upset 15th-seeded Patty Schnyder and former champion and World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo but eventually lost to third seed Jelena Janković. The performance meant she surpassed Alicia Molik to become the highest ranked Australian female tennis player.
The French Open again showed Dellacqua's improved ability as she defeated the 9th-seeded Marion Bartoli and Nathalie Dechy in the first two rounds but she was knocked out in straights sets by Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round. The doubles proved to be a highlight for Dellacqua as she teamed with Italian Francesca Schiavone to reach the final despite being unseeded. The pair lost to Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 in a match that lasted two-and-a-half hours.
For the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, Dellacqua faced the 12th-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder, who Dellacqua had already beaten earlier this year in the second round of the Australian Open. Although she lost the first set to her again, Dellacqua had a convincing win against Schnyder 4–6, 6–3, 6–1. In Dellacqua's second round match against French player Pauline Parmentier, Dellacqua won a tight match 1–6, 6–2, 6–3. Dellacqua faced Nicole Vaidišová in the third round but lost the match 6–2, 6–4. In the women's doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with Nathalie Dechy of France who she already partnered with at the 2008 International Women's Open at Eastbourne. They started by defeating British wildcards Anna Fitzpatrick and Anna Elizabeth Hawkins 6–1, 6–0 in the first round. They had an easy second round match easily beating Tatiana Perebiynis and Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 6–2. They won their third round match over American qualifiers Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6–4, 7–6(9). They won a tight quarterfinal match against Spaniards Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–6(6), 6–4. Their Wimbledon run ended when they lost to Venus Williams and Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3. In the mixed doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky. Dellacqua and Lipsky won their first round match against Marta Domachowska and Fernando Verdasco 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the second round, they upset seventh-seeds Mark Knowles and Zi Yan 6–3, 3–6, 6–4. They eventually lost to 9th-seeded Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dellacqua represented Australia in the singles event along with Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur. Dellacqua had an easy first round match against Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–4. In the second round, she lost to 12th-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–2. In the women's doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with fellow Australian Molik. In their first round match, they lost to the Italian team of Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4.
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Dellacqua had a bad start at the US Open after losing both of her first round matches in singles and women's doubles. In the singles, she was beaten by a French qualifier Julie Coin 7–6, 7–6. In the doubles event, Dellacqua entered the competition seeded 9th with Nathalie Dechy, one of the defending champions of the event. They lost to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska of Poland 1–6, 6–2, 6–3. In the mixed doubles event, she played alongside fellow Australian Jordan Kerr. They lost in the second round against Jonas Björkman and Nadia Petrova.
2009
Casey Dellacqua started her year in a disappointing performance at the 2009 Hopman Cup. Representing Australia alongside Lleyton Hewitt, she only won one of her matches, defeating American Meghann Shaughnessy
She then participated at the Medibank International in Sydney where she lost her first round singles match against Italian's Sara Errani. She found better success in the doubles event where she partnered with Natalie Dechy who she had played with in previous doubles matches last year. They had not lost a set coming into the semi-finals, where they beat the third seeds Květa Peschke and Lisa Raymond. They then reached the finals winning against the world number 1's and top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber. However, Dellacqua and Dechy lost to Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei 6–0, 6–1.
In the first round of the Australian Open, Dellacqua lost to 19th seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchová 7–6, 6–4. She was singled out for criticism by Australian coach Roger Rasheed for carrying excess weight and not being in match condition.[2] She found better success in the doubles event, partnering with Francesca Schiavone with whom she reached the finals at last year's French Open. Coming to the event seeded they won their first round match against Petra Cetkovská and Carla Suárez Navarro. They then beat Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova. They had a walkover in their third round match against Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta. In the Quarter-final, Dellacqua and Schiavone managed to win after having a bad first set against Patty Schnyder and Anna-Lena Grönefeld 0–6, 7–5, 6–1. They lost their semi-final against Venus Williams and Serena Williams in just 58 minutes, 0–6 2–6. Reaching the semi-final was the furthest Dellacqua has gone at the Australian Open. After the first Grand Slam of the year, Dellacqua and coach Nicole Pratt decided to go separate ways.
Dellaqua underwent shoulder surgery in February 2009 and was off the court until mid-2009.[3] On her website, Casey stated that the surgery and rehab went really well. She had stated in an interview that she would return to the WTA tour at the start of the 2010 Season. In December 2009, Dellacqua competed in the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff and won a wildcard entry into the main draw. She went undefeated in the round robin stage of the tournament, and in the elimination rounds. In the quarterfinals she played 2nd seeded Queenslander Shannon Golds, scraping through in three sets, 3–6 6–3 7–5. In the semifinals she faced sixth seed, Sally Peers, winning in straight sets. She overcame Victorian Olivia Rogowska in the final, saving three match points and eventually coming back to win, 1–6 7–6 (11–9) 6–3.
2010
She received a wildcard to the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to Sesil Karatantcheva 2–6, 6–0, 6–7 (1).
She received a wildcard to the Medibank International tournament in Sydney, but lost in the first round to Vera Dushevina 2–6, 2–6.
In the first round of the Australian Open, she defeated Anastasiya Yakimova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. She faced a tougher opponent in her second round match against Karolina Šprem, but eventually won through in straight sets 7–6, 7–6. Casey was eliminated in the third round by sixth seed Venus Williams 6–1, 7–6.
After representing Australia at the Fed Cup with Samantha Stosur, Alicia Molik and Rennae Stubbs, Dellacqua entered a $25,000 ITF tournament in Mildura, which she won in both singles and doubles (with Jessica Moore).
Her next tournament was a $25,000 ITF tournament in Sydney. She was defeated in the second round in singles, but won the doubles title with compatriot Jessica Moore.
Dellacqua's next tournament will be Wimbledon, where she'll use her protected ranking to gain direct entry into the main draw. Dellacqua was beaten in the opening round 6–1, 6–0, by Bojana Jovanovski.
Dellacqua will be taking the rest of the tour year off and will most likely miss the 2011 Australian Open due to another surgery.
2011: Grand Slam championship
Dellacqua has won a few singles and doubles titles on the ITF and is playing her first WTA maindraw since the 2010 Wimbledon, in Estoril as a player under protected ranking. Her first round opponent was Zhang Shuai, whom she defeated 6–2 6–1. Dellacqua lost to fellow Australian Jarmila Gajdošová in the second round 6–2, 6–4. Dellacqua lost in the first round of qualifying for the Madrid Open to fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6–4, 6–2, She is also into the semi-finals in doubles partnering Renae Stubbs.
After failing to qualify in the Rome Masters, Dellacqua's next tournament was the 2011 Brussels Open. In this tournament, Dellacqua used her protected ranking to avoid qualifying for a spot in the main draw. This move paid off as Dellacqua caused an upset to world no. 20 and fifth seed Shahar Pe'er 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 in the first round. This is Dellacqua's sixth victory against a top 20 player in her career.
Dellacqua received a wildcard into Roland Garros. She lost in the first round to Tsvetana Pironkova. In women's doubles, Dellacqua partnered with Australian Rennae Stubbs and reached to the third round, where they lost to fourth seeds, Liezel Huber and Stubbs's last year doubles partner Lisa Raymond.
Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky for the 2011 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship, however. They caused a major upset, winning the championship by defeating defending champions Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić 7–6 (6), 4–6, 10–7, despite being unseeded.[4] The winners split a check of $145,000.[4] This was Dellacqua's second time in a grand slam final, but her first win in a grand slam (singles or doubles).
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2008 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Mixed Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2011 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(6), 4–6, [10–7] |
WTA Tour Finals
Doubles 2 (0-2)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0/1) | |
Olympic Gold (0/0) | |
WTA Championships (0/0) | |
Tier I (0/0) | Premier Mandatory (0/0) |
Tier II (0/0) | Premier 5 (0/0) |
Tier III (0/0) | Premier (0/1) |
Tier IV & V (0/0) | International (0/0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 June 2008 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 16 January 2009 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit Finals
Singles titles (19)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 2 November 2003 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 2-6, 7-5 |
2. | 7 March 2004 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
6-3, 3-6, 6-2 |
3. | 25 September 2005 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
1-6, 6-3, 6-0 |
4. | 2 October 2005 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-1, 6-4 |
5. | 13 November 2005 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 7-5 |
6. | 12 November 2006 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-1, 6-4 |
7. | 19 November 2006 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-4, 6-2 |
8. | 18 February 2007 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6-3, 6-1 |
9. | 18 March 2007 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-1 |
10. | 25 March 2007 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-4 |
11. | 19 August 2007 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
7-5, 2-0 retired |
12. | 21 February 2010 | ![]() |
Grass | ![]() |
7-5, 6-0 |
13. | 10 April 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
6-2, 6-3 |
14. | 18 September 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-4, 7-6(3) |
15. | 25 September 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-1, 6-2 |
16. | 9 October 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-1 |
17. | 16 October 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-2 |
18. | 20 November 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
7-5, 7-6(6) |
19. | 18 December 2010 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-2 |
Singles Performance Timeline
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W-L | |||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | A | 5-8 | |||||||
French Open | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | 3R | A | A | 1R | 2-4 | |||||||
Wimbledon | LQ | A | A | LQ | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | LQ | 5-6 | |||||||
US Open | A | A | A | LQ | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1-4 |
Women's Doubles Performance Timeline
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W-L | ||||||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 6-8 | ||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | 3R | 7-2 | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | 1R | 1R | 4-3 | ||||||||||
US Open | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1-4 |
References
- ^ Irish Times, 25 June 2008
- ^ Women Players Carrying "Excess Baggage", Says Top Coach Yahoo Sports, 21 January 2009
- ^ Dellacqua to Undergo Surgery WTATour.com, 26 February 2009
- ^ a b "2011 French Open: Scott Lipsky, Casey Dellacqua win mixed doubles; Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan lose in doubles semifinals". ESPN. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- April 2008: Dellacqua Supports C.F Day
- March 2008: Casey Dellacqua within reach of place in tennis top 50
- March 2008: Casey Dellacqua advances to fourth round of Pacific Life Open
- March 2008: GIANT SLAYER DELLACQUA CONTINUES SEASON ONSLAUGHT
- March 2008: Casey Dellacqua and Mariya Koryttseva – two of tennis's brightest prospects
- Feb 2008 – Dellacqua Through to Pattaya Round 2
- Jan 2008: Jankovic defeats Dellacqua Aus Open 4r
- Jan 2008: After 4r AO Loss
- Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua Australian Open 2008 Tennis
- Jan 2008: Jelena Jankovic moves into Australian Open quarterfinals, beats Casey Dellacqua
- Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua defeats Amelie Mauresmo at Australian Open
- Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua Stuns Amelie Mauresmo, Becomes New Australian Number One
- Jan 2008: Casey Dellacqua: last local girl standing at the Australian Open
- Dec 2007 The Age – Dellacqua Interview
- Aug 2007: Aussie Dellacqua to face off with Sharapova
- Jan 2007: Aussie Watch – Casey Dellacqua
- Dec 2006 The Age – Dellacqua Interview
External links
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- Casey Dellacqua – official website
- Casey Dellacqua at the Women's Tennis Association
- Playing history
Video
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Australian female tennis players
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Australian sportspeople of Italian descent
- Olympic tennis players of Australia
- Sportswomen from Perth, Western Australia
- Tennis people from Western Australia
- Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Hopman Cup competitors
- French Open champions