Rebecca Marino

Rebecca Marino

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born	(1990-12-16) December 16, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$337,823
Official website	www.rebeccamarino.ca
Singles
Career record	132–86
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 38 (July 11, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 39 (August 15, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	40–53
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 210 (June 21, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 567 (August 15, 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
Last updated on: August 15, 2011.

Rebecca Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player.

Early life

Rebecca was born in Toronto to a family of Italian descent (her paternal grandparents were born in Caltanissetta) but she moved to Vancouver at age 2 and grew up there. In 2009, she moved to Montreal to train at the National Training Centre. She started playing tennis at age 10.

Tennis career

2005–09

She played the first event of her career in Vancouver in 2005. In 2006, she played first Tour qualifying at the Rogers Cup in Montreal as a wild card. She reached the second round at the 2009 Bell Challenge after a 6–4, 6–3 win in the first round over Lauren Albanese. Marino lost 2–6, 3–6 in the next round against Julia Görges. She also won the same year her first singles title in Trecastagni on the ITF Circuit and two doubles titles on the same circuit.

2010

Rebecca played the first Grand Slam of her career at the US Open. After winning three qualifying matches to enter the main draw, she beat Ksenia Pervak to set up a second round clash with World No. 4 Venus Williams. Marino lost 7–6, 6–3 after a thrilling first set. Her next tournament was in Quebec City at the Bell Challenge where she beat fellow Canadian Heidi El Tabakh in the first round 7–6, 7–6. Marino upset first seeded and World No. 14 Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1 in the second round, which was her first career win against a Top 20 player. She lost her quarter-final match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–4, 7–6. She then stayed in the province of Quebec and played a 50K Challenger in Saguenay the following week. Marino didn't disappoint her Quebecer fans as she made it to final and defeated the American Alison Riske in three tough sets of 6–4, 6–7(4), 7–6(5) to win the tournament. She won her second straight 50K Challenger in Kansas City by defeating Edina Gallovits 6–7, 6–0, 6–2 in the final. One week later, Marino won her third straight 50K Challenger in Troy where she defeated Ashley Weinhold 6–1, 6–2. She lost in the semi-final of the 50K Challenger in Toronto against Alizé Lim of France 7–6, 4–6, 6–0, stopping her winning streak at 18.

2011

At the Australian Open, she defeated Junri Namigata 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the first round. She lost in the second round against 6th seed Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 5–7, 9–7. In February, Marino reached her first WTA tour final at the event in Memphis, where she faced Magdaléna Rybáriková. She was forced to retire from the match after losing the first set 6–2 because of an abdominal strain. Marino qualified for the BNP Paribas Open, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Following her first round exit, Marino took part in the inaugural The Bahamas Women's Open a $100,000+H event part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. As the fourth seed, she defeated qualifier Sophie Ferguson in the first round, Pauline Parmentier, and another qualifier, Heather Watson to reach the semi-finals, where she lost against fifth seeded Angelique Kerber by the score of 7–6, 6–4. At the French Open, she won her first round match 6–3, 6–3 over Kateryna Bondarenko and her second round match against María José Martínez Sánchez by the score of 2–6, 6–3, 6–3. She lost 6–0, 6–4 against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, her best Grand Slam result so far. The next month, she reached the second round for her fourth straight Grand Slam at Wimbledon where she lost 7–6, 6–2 to Roberta Vinci.

WTA Tour finals

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	February 19, 2011	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–2, ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	May 25, 2008	Landisville, United States	Hard	Kristie Ahn	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	August 17, 2008	London, Great Britain	Hard	Anna Smith	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	1.	August 24, 2008	Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Alice Moroni	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	3.	March 22, 2009	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Elena Bovina	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	July 5, 2009	Boston, United States	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	April 10, 2010	Torhout, Belgium	Hard	Mona Barthel	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	September 25, 2010	Saguenay, Canada	Hard	Alison Riske	6–4, 6–7(4), 7–6(5)
Winner	3.	October 10, 2010	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Edina Gallovits	6–7(4), 6–0, 6–2
Winner	4.	October 17, 2010	Troy, United States	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	April 26, 2008	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Lena Litvak	Augustina Lepore Frederica Piedade	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	July 27, 2008	Evansville, United States	Hard	Ellah Nze	Courtney Dolehide Kirsten Flower	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	October 12, 2008	Southlake, United States	Hard	Beatrice Capra	Mary Gambale Elizabeth Lumpkin	3–6, 6–4, 10–6
Runner–up	2.	February 7, 2009	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Raquel Kops-Jones Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	September 27, 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame	6–3, 6–1
Runner–up	4.	May 14, 2010	Caserta, Italy	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Irena Pavlovic	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	5.	September 25, 2010	Saguenay, Canada	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Jorgelina Cravero Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam 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. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	LQ	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50.00
French Open	A	LQ	3R	0 / 1	2–1	66.67
Wimbledon	A	LQ	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50.00
US Open	LQ	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50.00
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	4–3	0 / 4	5–4	55.56

External links

• Official website
• Rebecca Marino at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebecca Marino at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Rebecca Marino on Twitter