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CiCi Bellis
Bellis at the 2013 US Open
Full nameCatherine Cartan Bellis
Country (sports) United States
Born (1999-04-08) April 8, 1999 (age 25)
San Francisco, United States
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Prize money$121,271
Singles
Career record34–17
Career titles3 ITF
Highest ranking152 (July 27, 2015)
Current ranking161 (August 31, 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2015)
US Open2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record5–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking810 (February 2, 2015)
Current ranking1234 (August 31, 2015)
Last updated on: August 31, 2015.

Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American tennis player.

Bellis has won three singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On July 27, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 152. On February 2, 2015, she peaked at world number 810 in the doubles rankings.

Bellis was ranked the number one junior tennis player in the world in September 2014,[1] and was declared 2014 ITF Junior World Champion.

In August 2014, Bellis won the USTA Girls 18's National Championships, defeating Tornado Alicia Black in straight sets to secure a main draw wild card for the 2014 US Open.[2] She was the youngest winner at 15 years, 4 months of that event since Lindsay Davenport in 1991.[3]

On August 26, 2014, Bellis defeated that year's Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulková (ranked 13th at the time) at the 2014 US Open, becoming the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Anna Kournikova won aged 15 in 1996.[4] She was the youngest American to win a match at the US Open since Mary Joe Fernández in 1986, the youngest woman in the main draw of a Grand Slam since Alizé Cornet at the 2005 French Open and youngest in the main draw of the US Open since 2004.[3] Bellis was unable to win a second match, however, losing in three sets to the 20-year-old Kazakhstani Zarina Diyas in round two.[5]

ITF finals (4–0)

Singles (3–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. October 6, 2014 Rock Hill, United States Hard United States Lauren Embree 6–4, 6–0
Winner 2. October 13, 2014 Florence, United States Hard Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure 6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. February 23, 2015 Rancho Santa Fe, United States Hard United States Maria Sanchez 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (1–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. March 10, 2014 Orlando, United States Clay United States Alexis Nelson Australia Sally Peers
United States Natalie Pluskota
6–2, 0–6, [11–9]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament 2014 2015 W–L
Australian Open A A 0–0
French Open A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A A 0–0
US Open 2R Q3 1–1
Win–Loss 1–1 0–0 1–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2014 French Open Clay Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová Romania Ioana Ducu
Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca
1–6, 7–5, [9–11]

References

  1. ^ Template:ITF junior profile
  2. ^ Walz, Nicholas J. (August 9, 2014). "Bellis wins Girls' 18 Nationals, earns 2014 US Open wild card". USTA. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Nguyen, Courtney (August 26, 2014). "What you need to know about Catherine 'CiCi' Bellis". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Newbery, Piers (August 26, 2014). "US Open 2014: CiCi Bellis, 15, stuns Dominika Cibulkova". BBC Sport. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Newbery, Piers (August 29, 2014). "CiCi Bellis's US Open run captures American imagination". BBC Sport. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
Awards
Preceded by ITF Junior World Champion
2014
Succeeded by
incumbent