2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season

2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season

Muguruza at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
Full name	Garbiñe Muguruza
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$4,647,807 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	42–16 (72.4%)
Calendar titles	2
Current ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	6
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	4R
Wimbledon	W
US Open	4R
Other tournaments
Doubles
Season record	1–1 (50.0%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 465
Ranking change from previous year	78
Fed Cup
Fed Cup	1R (relegated to World Group II)
Last updated on: 18 September 2017.

The 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2017 Brisbane International, and ended on 26 October in Singapore. Muguruza entered the season as the number 7 ranked player and as the French Open defending champion.

Year in detail[]

Grass Court Series[]

Birmingham Classic[]

Despite falling out of top 10 following French Open, Muguruza started strong grass court campaign with semifinal showing at Birmingham Classic. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Alison Riske before winning against Coco Vandeweghe, the same player she lost convincingly at Australian Open, with Vandeweghe retiring after losing second set. In the semifinal she lost to Ashleigh Barty in three sets.

Aegon International[]

In Eastbourne Muguruza lost in shocking way to Barbora Strýcová with winning only one game and being broken six times. Match lasted only one hour.^[1]

Wimbledon Championships[]

At Wimbledon Muguruza was non-top 10 seed for the first time at Major since 2015 Wimbledon, at fourteen. But being now underdog again, Muguruza showed once again quality tennis worth of a Grand Slam title, and she captured her first Wimbledon title beating Ekaterina Alexandrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Sorana Cirstea, world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Magdaléna Rybáriková and five time champion Venus Williams, respectively. The only set she dropped was first set in match against Kerber. Muguruza's second Grand Slam titled propelled her again into top 10 at No. 7.

All matches[]

Singles matches[]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 2 – 7 January 2017
	1	1R	Samantha Stosur	21	Win	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
	2	2R	Daria Kasatkina	26	Win	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
	3	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova (5)	9	Win	7–5, 6–4
	4	SF	Alizé Cornet	41	Loss	1–4 ret.
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16 – 29 January 2017
	5	1R	Marina Erakovic	110	Win	7–5, 6–4
	6	2R	Samantha Crawford	162	Win	7–5, 6–4
	7	3R	Anastasija Sevastova (32)	33	Win	6–4, 6–2
	8	4R	Sorana Cîrstea	78	Win	6–2, 6–3
	9	QF	Coco Vandeweghe	35	Loss	4–6, 0–6
Fed Cup World Group First Round Ostrava, Czech Republic Fed Cup Hard, indoor 11 – 12 February 2017
	10	RR	Barbora Strýcová	17	Win	6–0, 3–6, 6–1
	11	RR	Karolína Plíšková	3	Loss	2–6, 2–6
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar Premier Hard, outdoor 13 – 19 February 2017
	12	1R	Çağla Büyükakçay (WC)	82	Win	6–3, 6–2
	13	2R	Zhang Shuai	31	Loss	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 5–7
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 20 – 26 February 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	14	2R	Kateryna Bondarenko	79	Loss	1–4 ret.
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 6 – 19 March 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	15	2R	Kirsten Flipkens	87	Win	6–2, 6–3
	16	3R	Kayla Day (WC)	175	Win	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	17	4R	Elina Svitolina (10)	10	Win	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–0
	18	QF	Karolína Plíšková (3)	3	Loss	6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Miami Open Miami, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 20 March – 2 April 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	19	2R	Christina Mchale	46	Win	0–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
	20	3R	Zhang Shuai (30)	33	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
	21	4R	Caroline Wozniacki (12)	14	Loss	6–7(1–7) ret.
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany Premier Clay, indoor 24 – 30 April 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	22	2R	Anett Kontaveit (Q)	73	Loss	6–2, 6–7(1–7), 1–6
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 8 – 14 May 2017
	23	1R	Timea Bacsinszky	28	Loss	1–6, 3–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 15 – 21 May 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	24	2R	Jeļena Ostapenko	50	Win	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
	25	3R	Julia Görges	45	Win	7–5, 6–4
	26	QF	Venus Williams (9)	12	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	27	SF	Elina Svitolina (8)	11	Loss	1–4 ret.
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 11 June 2017
	28	1R	Francesca Schiavone	78	Win	6–2, 6–4
	29	2R	Anett Kontaveit	53	Win	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
	30	3R	Yulia Putintseva (27)	29	Win	7–5, 6–2
	31	4R	Kristina Mladenovic (13)	14	Loss	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Premier Grass, outdoor 19 – 25 June 2017
	32	1R	Elizaveta Kulichkova (Q)	154	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
	33	2R	Alison Riske	45	Win	6–1, 6–4
	34	QF	Coco Vandeweghe	30	Win	4–6, 6–4 ret.
	35	SF	Ashleigh Barty	77	Loss	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Eastbourne International Birmingham, United Kingdom Premier Grass, outdoor 26 June – 2 July 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	36	2R	Barbora Strýcová	23	Loss	1–6, 0–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 3 – 16 July 2017
	37	1R	Ekaterina Alexandrova	75	Win	6–2, 6–4
	38	2R	Yanina Wickmayer	96	Win	6–2, 6–4
	39	3R	Sorana Cîrstea	63	Win	6–2, 6–2
	40	4R	Angelique Kerber (1)	1	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
	41	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova (7)	8	Win	6–3, 6–4
	42	SF	Magdaléna Rybáriková (PR)	87	Win	6–1, 6–1
	43	W	Venus Williams (10)	11	Win (1)	7–5, 6–0
Stanford Classic Stanford, United States Premier Hard, outdoor 31 July – 6 August 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	44	2R	Kayla Day	129	Win	6–2, 6–0
	45	QF	Ana Konjuh (5)	20	Win	6–1, 6–3
	46	SF	Madison Keys (3)	21	Loss	3–6, 2–6
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 7 – 13 August 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	47	2R	Kirsten Flipkens (Q)	82	Win	7–5, 6–2
	48	3R	Ashleigh Barty (Q)	58	Win	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
	49	QF	Elina Svitolina	5	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 14 – 20 August 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	50	2R	Beatriz Haddad Maia (Q)	80	Win	6–0, 7–5
	51	3R	Madison Keys (16)	17	Win	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
	52	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)	8	Win	6–2, 5–7, 7–5
	53	SF	Karolína Plíšková (1)	1	Win	6–3, 6–2
	54	W	Simona Halep (2)	2	Win (2)	6–1, 6–0
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 28 August – 10 September 2017
	55	1R	Varvara Lepchenko	64	Win	6–0, 6–3
	56	2R	Duan Yingying	92	Win	6–4, 6–0
	57	3R	Magdaléna Rybáriková (31)	32	Win	6–1, 6–1
	58	4R	Petra Kvitová (13)	14	Loss	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Premier Hard, outdoor 18 – 24 September 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	59	2R	Monica Puig	70	Win	6–4, 6–0
	60	QF	Caroline Garcia (9)	20	Win	6–2, 6–4
	61	SF	Caroline Wozniacki (3)	6	Loss	2–6, 0–6
Wuhan Open Wuhan, China Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 September – 1 October 2017
	–	1R	Bye
	62	2R	Lesia Tsurenko	50	Win	6–4, 6–4
	63	3R	Magda Linette (Q)	83	Win	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
	64	QF	Jeļena Ostapenko (8)	10	Loss	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
China Open Beijing, China Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 2 – 8 October 2017
	65	1R	Barbora Strýcová	29	Loss	1–6, 0–2 ret.
WTA Finals Singapore Year-End Championships Hard, indoor 23 – 29 October 2017
	66	RR	Jeļena Ostapenko (7)	7	Win	6–3, 6–4
	67	RR	Karolína Plíšková (3)	3	Loss	2–6, 2–6
	68	RR	Venus Williams (5)	5	Loss	5–7, 4–6

Doubles matches[]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Premier Grass, outdoor 19 – 25 June 2017 Partner: Dominika Cibulková
	1	1R	Nao Hibino / Alicja Rosolska	47 / 32	Win	6–2, 6–4
	2	QF	Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (4)	14 / 14	Loss	3–6, 1–6

Exhibition matches[]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Tie Break Tens Madrid, Spain Singles exhibition Clay, indoor 4 May 2017
	1	QF	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	Loss	[5–10]

Tournament schedule[]

Singles schedule[]

Muguruza's 2017 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2016 result	2016 points	2017 points	Outcome
2 January 2017– 7 January 2017	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Premier	Hard	2R	1	185	Semifinals retired against Alizé Cornet, 1–4
16 January 2017– 29 January 2017	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	3R	130	430	Quarterfinals lost to Coco Vandeweghe, 4–6, 0–6
11 February 2017– 12 February 2017	Fed Cup World Group First Round	Ostrava	Fed Cup	Hard (i)	WGII	—	—	Czech Republic def.  Spain, 3–2 Spain relegated to WG Play-offs
13 February 2017– 19 February 2017	Qatar Open	Doha	Premier 5	Hard	QF	190	55	Second Round lost to Zhang Shuai, 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 5–7
20 February 2017– 26 February 2017	Dubai Championships	Dubai	Premier 5	Hard	2R	1	1	Second Round retired against Kateryna Bondarenko, 1–4
6 March 2017– 19 March 2017	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	Premier Mandatory	Hard	2R	10	215	Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Plíšková, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
20 March 2017– 2 April 2017	Miami Open	Miami	Premier Mandatory	Hard	4R	120	120	Fourth Round retired against Caroline Wozniacki, 6–7(1–7)
24 April 2017– 30 April 2017	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart	Premier	Clay (i)	QF	100	1	Second Round lost to Anett Kontaveit, 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 1–6
8 May 2017– 14 May 2017	Madrid Open	Madrid	Premier Mandatory	Clay	2R	65	10	First Round lost to Timea Bacsinszky, 1–6, 3–6
15 May 2017– 21 May 2017	Italian Open	Rome	Premier 5	Clay	SF	350	350	Semifinals Retired against Elina Svitolina, 1–4
28 May 2017– 11 June 2017	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	W	2,000	240	Fourth Round lost to Kristina Mladenovic, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
19 June 2017– 25 June 2017	Birmingham Classic	Birmingham	Premier	Grass	—	—	185	Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
26 June 2017– 2 July 2017	Eastbourne International	Eastbourne	Premier	Grass	—	—	1	Second Round lost to Barbora Strýcová, 1–6, 0–6
3 July 2017– 16 July 2017	Wimbledon	London	Grand Slam	Grass	2R	70	2,000	Winner defeated Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–0
31 July 2017– 6 August 2017	Stanford Classic	Stanford	Premier	Hard	—	—	185	Semifinals lost to Madison Keys, 3–6, 2–6
7 August 2017– 13 August 2017	Canadian Open	Toronto	Premier 5	Hard	—	—	190	Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
14 August 2017– 20 August 2017	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati	Premier 5	Hard	SF	350	900	Winner defeated Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0
28 August 2017– 10 September 2017	US Open	New York	Grand Slam	Hard	2R	70	240	Fourth Round lost to Petra Kvitová, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
18 September 2017– 24 September 2017	Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Premier	Hard	QF	100
24 September 2017– 30 September 2017	Wuhan Open	Wuhan	Premier 5	Hard	1R	1
2 October 2017– 8 October 2017	China Open	Beijing	Premier Mandatory	Hard	3R	120
22 October 2017– 29 October 2017	WTA Finals	Singapore	WTA Finals	Hard (i)	RR	500
Total year-end points

Yearly records[]

Head-to-head matchups[]

(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)

Finals[]

Singles: 2 (2–0)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–0
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Simona Halep	6–1, 6–0

See also[]

• 2017 WTA Tour
• Garbiñe Muguruza career statistics

References[]