Alison Van Uytvanck

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Alison Van Uytvanck
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Van Uytvanck at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceGrimbergen, Belgium
Born (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 27)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAnn Devries
Prize moneyUS$ 3,330,761
Official websitealisonvanuytvanck.be
Singles
Career record326–230 (58.6%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 37 (13 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 61 (25 October 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2021, 2022)
French OpenQF (2015)
Wimbledon4R (2018)
US Open2R (2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record58–63 (47.9%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 92 (24 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 116 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2020)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open3R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–9
Last updated on: 18:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC).

Alison Van Uytvanck (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈœy̯tfɑŋk]; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.

Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and two Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as twelve singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37.

Personal life[]

Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She also has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she has been coached by Ann Devries. Her tennis idol is Roger Federer, and she also admires compatriot Kim Clijsters.[1][2] Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen.[3][4]

Career[]

2011[]

In 2011, she won four ITF singles titles in Vale Do Lobo (Portugal), Dijon (France), Edinburgh and Sunderland. She also reached the final in Tessenderlo (Belgium) where she lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

She played at the Brussels Open where she entered as a qualifier by defeating Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–3, 6–2 (1st round of qualifying draw), Laura Siegemund, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 (2nd round of qualifying draw) and Hsieh Su-wei, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 (3rd round of qualifying draw). She faced Patty Schnyder in the first round of the main draw and defeated her 6–3, 2–6, 6–2. In her next match against a compatriot, Yanina Wickmayer, she ultimately lost 6–7(2), 4–6.[5]

She also qualified for the main draw at 's-Hertogenbosch, where she lost to Alexandra Dulgheru.

2012[]

In 2012, she won a fifth ITF singles title in Glasgow, and reached the final in Kaarst (Germany). In February, she debuted in the Fed Cup against Serbia, where she was chosen by coach Ann Devries over Kirsten Flipkens in the deciding doubles rubber. Partnering Yanina Wickmayer, they lost the match (and by extension, the tie) in 3 sets.[6]

She took part in the 2012 Brussels Open where she received a wildcard into the main draw. She defeated Ksenia Pervak in her first round match and then beat Chanelle Scheepers in three sets to advance to her first WTA quarterfinals, where she was defeated by top seed and world No. 3, Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets. Van Uytvanck went on, having more success on the ITF Circuit.

2013[]

In 2013, Van Uytvanck won her first WTA 125K challenger title by winning the Taipei Ladies Open in which she defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier in the semifinals, and compatriot Yanina Wickmayer in the final.

2014[]

She played in the main draw of all four of the Grand Slam tournaments and reached the second round at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

2015–16: French Open quarterfinals and injury[]

In 2015, she reached the quarterfinal of the French Open, which she lost in two sets to Timea Bacsinszky. She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 41 later that year, in October. However, a growth on her right ankle resulted in her missing a number of tournaments in the 2016 clay-court season, including the 2016 French Open, and her failure to defend her quarterfinalist points from 2015 caused her to fall out of the top 100 in June 2016.[7]

2017[]

After a long injury hiatus and a comeback, Van Uytvanck won her first WTA title of her career at Tournoi de Québec beating Timea Babos, in three sets.

2018[]

Van Uytvanck won her second WTA title in February at Hungarian Ladies Open defeating Dominika Cibulková in a long three-set battle in the final. She eliminated defending champion Garbine Muguruza in the second round of Wimbledon, losing just three games after dropping the first set 5–7. It was her first win over a top-10 opponent and arguably the best match performance of her career so far.[8] After a win over Anett Kontaveit in the third round, she lost in the fourth round to Daria Kasatkina.[9]

In August 2018, she reached a new career-high ranking of 37. She ended the year winning her first WTA Tour doubles title in Luxembourg, alongside Greet Minnen.

2019-2020[]

In February 2019, Van Uytvanck successfully defended her title in Budapest, defeating Markéta Vondroušová in the final.[10]

In September 2019, she won the 2019 Tashkent Open. She did not drop a set until the final, where she defeated fifth seed and 2008 champion, Sorana Cîrstea, in three sets.

In February 2020, she narrowly lost a semifinal at Lyon to 2020 Australian Open champion and top-ten player, Sofia Kenin, in three sets.

Equipment and apparel[]

Van Uytvanck previously played with the Prince O3 Tour racquet. She now plays with the Snauwaert Grinta 100 lite, a 100 square inch tennis racquet with 22 mm dual taper beam, 285 g weight. She has a contract with the South Korean sporting goods company Fila apparel.

Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11]

Singles[]

Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 8 2–8 13%
French Open A A A 1R QF A 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Wimbledon A A Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 4R 2R NH 1R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
US Open A A Q3 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 8 1–8 11%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 4–4 0–3 1–3 4–4 2–4 1–3 1–4 1–1 0 / 30 15–30 33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 2R NH A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Miami Open A A A Q1 2R 1R Q2 2R A NH A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Madrid Open A A A Q1 A A A 1R 1R NH Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A A 1R A Q2 2R A NH 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Open A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[b] A A A Q2 A A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A A A Q2 2R A A 1R A NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 1 3 17 18 13 8 23 20 11 16 2 Career total: 134
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 Career total: 5
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 Career total: 5
Overall Win–Loss 1–2 3–2 1–4 10–17 19–18 4–13 8–8 21–22 24–20 7–11 15–15 1–2 5 / 134 114–134 46%
Year-end ranking 297 220 129 80 42 124 75 50 47 63 $3,002,980

Doubles[]

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
French Open A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A 3R A A A 2R NH 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
US Open 1R 1R A A 1R A 1R 3R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–3 3–4 0–1 0 / 18 7–18 28%
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Career total: 3

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 5 (5 titles)[]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (5–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Grass
Clay
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2017 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Carpet (i) Hungary Tímea Babos 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open International Hard (i) Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Feb 2019 Hungarian Ladies Open (2) International Hard (i) Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Sep 2019 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Romania Sorana Cîrstea 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5–0 Oct 2021 Astana Open, Kazakhstan WTA 250 Hard (i) Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
International / WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 Diamond Games, Belgium Premier Hard (i) Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja 		4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2018 Luxembourg Open International Hard (i) Belgium Greet Minnen Belarus Vera Lapko
Luxembourg Mandy Minella 		7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 1–2 May 2021 Serbia Open WTA 250 Clay Belgium Greet Minnen Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Serbia Nina Stojanović 		0–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2021 Luxembourg Open (2) WTA 250 Hard (i) Belgium Greet Minnen New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann 		6–3, 6–3

WTA Challenger finals[]

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 WTA 125 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Aug 2019 WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany Clay Romania Patricia Maria Țig 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Dec 2021 WTA 125 Limoges, France Hard (i) Romania Ana Bogdan 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)[]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 WTA 125 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam France Caroline Garcia
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 		3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (4–3)
$10,000 tournaments (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2011 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2011 ITF Dijon, France 10,000 Hard France Claire Feuerstein 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Apr 2011 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium 25,000 Clay (i) Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–1 May 2011 ITF Edinburgh, Great Britain 10,000 Clay Poland Justyna Jegiołka 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Nov 2011 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–1 Jan 2012 ITF Glasgow, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson 6–3, 6–1
Loss 5–2 Jan 2012 ITF Kaarst, Germany 10,000 Hard (i) Germany Dinah Pfizenmaier 4–6, 4–6
Loss 5–3 Oct 2012 ITF Glasgow, Great Britain 25,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 6–3 Nov 2012 ITF Equeurdreville, France 25,000 Hard (i) France Julie Coin 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win 7–3 Jan 2013 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Croatia Ana Vrljić 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–4 Mar 2013 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam 2–6, 6–7(4)
Win 8–4 Apr 2013 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa 7–6(2), 6–3
Win 9–4 Sep 2013 ITF Shrewsbury, Great Britain 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–1
Loss 9–5 Sep 2013 ITF Loughborough, Great Britain 25,000 Hard (i) Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam 3–6, 0–6
Win 10–5 Jul 2016 ITF Stockton, United States 50,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Pivovarova 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 11–5 Oct 2016 ITF Las Vegas, United States 50,000 Hard United States Sofia Kenin 3–6, 7–6 (7–4) , 6–2
Loss 11–6 Jun 2017 ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 5–7, 6–7(3)
Loss 11–7 Oct 2017 ITF Poitiers, France 100,000 Hard (i) Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–7 Jun 2021 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Australia Arina Rodionova 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$50,000 tournaments (2–0)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 ITF Westende, Belgium 10,000 Hard Russia Irina Khromacheva Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
Netherlands Demi Schuurs 		6–3, 4–6 [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2012 ITF Dijon, France 10,000 Hard (i) Russia Yana Sizikova Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Greece Despina Papamichail 		5–7, 6–7(7)
Win 1–2 Mar 2013 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 50,000 Hard (i) Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam France Stéphanie Foretz
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–2 Jul 2016 ITF Stockton, United States 50,000 Hard Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková United States Robin Anderson
United States Maegan Manasse 		6–2, 6–3

Wins over top-10 players[]

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2018
1. Spain Garbiñe Muguruza No. 3 Wimbledon, UK Grass 2R 5–7, 6–2, 6–1

Notes[]

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ "Biography". Alison Van Uytvanck. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Alison Van Uytvanck". Samsung Open. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "WTA love match: Alison Van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen". Women's Tennis Blog. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Madeline (5 July 2019). "Lesbian Couple Makes History Playing Together at Wimbledon". Time. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ Alison Van Uytvanck in the Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved on 27 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Fed Cup Result Page".
  7. ^ "Alison van Uytvanck devrait jouer à Wimbledon mais se concentre sur l'US Open".
  8. ^ "Van Uytvanck on Muguruza upset: 'I was in the zone'". 5 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Kasatkina makes Van Uytvanck comeback to move into first Wimbledon QF". 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Van Uytvanck completes battling Budapest defence with comeback over Vondrousova". WTA Tennis. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Alison Van Uytvanck [BEL] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.

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