Kiki Bertens
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| Country (sports) |  Netherlands |
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| Born | 10 December 1991 Wateringen |
| Turned pro | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $43,009 |
| Official website | http://www.kikibertens.nl |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 97–52 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA |
| Highest ranking | 92 (April 30, 2012) |
| Current ranking | 92 (April 30, 2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 40–15 |
| Highest ranking | 189 (April 9, 2012) |
| Current ranking | 190 (April 30, 2012) |
Kiki Bertens (born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 92, which she reached on 30 April 2012. Her career high in doubles is 189, achieved on 9 April 2012.[1] She currently is the third best ranked Dutch player on the WTA ranking.[2]
Career
2012
Bertens started the year at the Australian Open, playing the qualifications. She played in the first round against top seed Vesna Dolonts. She won the first 10 games before Dolonts retired, leaving her with a 6–0, 4–0 win. She faced Ukraine's Olga Savchuk in the second round losing an close match with 4–6, 7–6, 3–6.[3]
The next week, in an ITF 25K event in Andrezieux-Boutheon, Kiki retired with a thigh injury in the first round against Italian Corinna Dentoni.[4]
She then played in the Fed Cup for the Dutch team, competing in Group 1 of Europe/Africa. She partnered with Demi Schuurs in the match against the Portugese team of Barbara Luz and Margarida Moura 6-6, 6-0. She won her singles rubber against Estonia's Eva Paalma, 6–2, 6–2, and together with Michaella Krajicek she double-bageled Anett Kontaveit and Tatjana Vorobjova in the doubles match.[5]
Late February she played the qualifications for WTA tournament of Acapulco. She played Mexican wildcard Ana Paula de la Peña in the first round and won, 6–1, 6–0. She lost in the second qualification round to Sesil Karatantcheva, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7.[6]
At an ITF 25K event in Irapuato, Mexico, Bertens won her second ITF title, beating Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, in the final, bringing her to a new career high in singles ranking. In the week following her victory, she made it to the quarterfinals of the 25K tournament in Poza Rica, but her winning streak was ended by Jana Cepelova, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7.
At the 25K tournament in Bath the week afterwards, Bertens won the title, defeating Annika Beck in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. This was her fourth three-set match in a row.
Bertens failed to qualify for the WTA tournament in Copenhagen, going down to Johanna Konta, 2–6, 1–6.
At the qualifying for the WTA tournament in Fes, she beat Moroccan wildcard Intissar Rassif, 6–0, 6–0. In the second round, she beat sixth seed Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. She reached her first WTA final in this tournament, defeating Urszula Radwańska, no. 5 seed Chanelle Scheepers, Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco, and Simona Halep along the way. Before the tournament she never won a WTA singles match in the main tournament. She defeated Laura Pous Tió by a score of 7–5, 6–0, winning the last 8 games. She is the first Dutch woman since Michaella Krajicek in 2006 to win a WTA tournament. [7]
WTA Career Finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 28 April 2012 |  Fes, Morocco
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Clay |  Laura Pous Tió
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7–5, 6–0 |
References
- ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~13772,00.html
- ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/page/RankingsNSingles/0,,12781~0~129,00.html
- ^ http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/players/overview/wta314584.html
- ^ http://www.knltb.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=5403
- ^ http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100094532
- ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Activity/0,,12781~13772,00.html#playerProfileTop
- ^ http://www.tennisalternative.com/kiki-bertens-wins-fes-sandra-zaniewska-wins-tunis-itf-25k-2012-rn1269.html
External links
- Kiki Bertens at the Women's Tennis Association
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Template:ITF junior profile
Women's Tennis Association: Top Dutch female singles tennis players | |
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