Sílvia Soler Espinosa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.

Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Soler Espinosa at the 2014 Madrid Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1987-11-19) 19 November 1987 Elche, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,108,331
Singles
Career record	418–386
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (21 May 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	3R (2011, 2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	129–148
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 39 (28 April 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013, 2014)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–11

Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsilβja soˈleɾ espiˈnosa]; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player.

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11.

Personal life and background

Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols.

Tennis career

Junior years

In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at the International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. In September 2003, she won her first singles title at Torneo ITF Junior "Ciudad de Castro Urdiales". Later that year, she achieved her junior highest-ranking in singles at No. 158. On the Junior Circuit, she won three titles in singles, and two titles in doubles.

ITF Women's Circuit

Soler Espinosa debuted on ITF Circuit in May 2003 at Almeria, Spain, where she was defeated Lauren Cheung in the first round. In 2007, she won her first ITF single title, at a $25k event in Sintra, Portugal. There, she defeated Dutch player Romana Janshen in two tiebreakers. In 2011, she played and won her first major ITF final, at the 2011 Allianz Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. On the ITF Circuit, she won five singles and two doubles titles.

WTA Tour

In April 2009, Silver Espinosa made her first WTA Tour main-draw appearance at Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella, Spain. She lost in the first round to Kaia Kanepi. Silvia failed to qualify at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

2011: First Grand Slam main draw; entering top 100

Soler Espinosa had her first Grand Slam main-draw appearance at the French Open, and recorded her first major match win. In the second round, she was stopped by Chinese player Li Na. At Wimbledon, she failed to qualify in the final round. At the US Open, she won two main-draw matches, before she was stopped by Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight sets. On 19 September, she entered the top 100, reaching world No. 90.

2012: Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 main-draw debut & Olympic Games

Silvia started season at the Sydney International, where she failed in qualifying. After that, she lost in the first round of the Australian Open. In February, she recorded two losses against Russian Fed Cup team, losing to Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively.

In March 2012, she made her first Premier Mandatory appearance, at the Indian Wells Open. She lost in the second round against Roberta Vinci. In Miami, she went one step further, and advanced to round three, in which she was stopped by Agnieszka Radwańska.

In April 2012, she again played with Fed Cup team and scored of 1–1 against Slovakia.

In May, Soler Espinosa made her first match win at the Madrid Open. She was stopped by Li Na in the second round. She also made the second round at the Italian Open.

At Wimbledon, she reached the second round but then was stopped by Vera Zvonareva, in three sets. Soler Espinosa also reached the second round of the Swedish Open in Båstad, before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

In August 2012, Silvia made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, playing for Spain, but she was defeated in the first round by Heather Watson.

Second year in row, she made third round at the US Open.

2013: Grand Slam QF and Premier Mandatory SF in doubles

In doubles, she reached quarterfinals at the Australian Open, together with Carla Suárez Navarro. They were stopped by Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Together with Suárez Navarro, Silvia made another great result, reaching semifinals at the Madrid Open.

In doubles, she reached No. 59, on 8 July 2013.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 4	1–4
French Open	A	Q1	Q2	2R	A	2R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	A	A		0 / 5	5–5
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q1	Q3	2R	2R	2R	2R	Q1	A	Q1	A	NH	0 / 4	4–4
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q2	3R	3R	1R	1R	Q2	A	Q1	Q2	A		0 / 4	4–4
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–3	2–4	3–4	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 17	14–17
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	NH			1R	NH			A	NH			P	0 / 1	0–1
Premier Mandatory & 5
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 4	3–4
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	P	0 / 4	3–4
Madrid Open	NH	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	Q2	1R	A	P	0 / 5	1–5
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Open	NMS	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
China Open	NMS	A	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	0–2
Career statistics
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Year-end ranking	187	183	170	82	83	82	68	142	128	223	177	656		$2,108,331

Doubles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Australian Open	2R	QF	QF	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	9–5
French Open	A	1R	1R	QF	A	A	A	A		3–3
Wimbledon	A	3R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	NH	2–3
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A		1–4
Win–loss	2–2	5–4	3–4	5–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	15–15

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Legend Grand Slam Premier M & Premier 5 Premier International (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Monica Puig	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Irina Falconi	2–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Legend Grand Slam Premier M & Premier 5 Premier (1–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2014	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	International	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7(1–7), 6–2, [3–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2014	Connecticut Open, United States	Premier	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2018	Bol Open, Croatia	Hard	Barbora Štefková	Mariana Duque-Mariño Wang Yafan	3–6, 5–7

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2007	ITF Sintra, Portugal	25,000	Clay (i)	Romana Janshen	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2008	ITF Vigo, Spain	25,000	Hard	Neuza Silva	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2009	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Agustina Lepore	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2009	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Irina Buryachok	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jun 2010	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sarah Gronert	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–3	Aug 2010	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Magda Linette	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win	4–3	Sep 2011	Sofia Cup, Bulgaria	100,000	Clay	Romina Oprandi	2–6, 6–6 ret.
Loss	4–4	Sep 2011	Open de Saint-Malo, France	100,000+H	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Jun 2015	Open Montpellier, France	50,000+H	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jun 2016	ITF Rome, Italy	50,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2006	ITF Torrent, Spain	25,000	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	Ekaterina Makarova Gabriela Velasco Andreu	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2006	ITF Gorizia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves	Soledad Esperón Chanelle Scheepers	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Mar 2008	ITF La Palma, Spain	25,000	Hard	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–4	Oct 2009	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss	0–5	Jul 2016	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	75,000	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	0–6	May 2017	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Montserrat González	Chang Kai-chen Han Xinyun	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–6	Jun 2017	ITF Barcelona, Spain	60,000	Clay	Montserrat González	Julia Glushko Priscilla Hon	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–6	Apr 2018	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	60,000	Clay	Irina Bara	Jessica Pegula Maria Sanchez	6–4, 6–2

External links

• Sílvia Soler Espinosa at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa at the International Tennis Federation
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa at the Billie Jean King Cup