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'''Aleksandra Wozniak''' (born September 7, 1987 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth highest-ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eleven ITF tournaments. At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and the first Québécoise in history to have accomplished such a feat. As a junior, she reached a career-high ITF ranking of No. 3 on January 31, 2005 and won the Grade A tournament Abierto Juvenil Mexicano in 2005. Also in 2005, she reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open in singles. Wozniak was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada five times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012). |
'''Aleksandra Wozniak''' (born September 7, 1987 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth highest-ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eleven ITF tournaments. At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and the first Québécoise in history to have accomplished such a feat. As a junior, she reached a career-high ITF ranking of No. 3 on January 31, 2005 and won the Grade A tournament Abierto Juvenil Mexicano in 2005. Also in 2005, she reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open in singles. Wozniak was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada five times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012) and received the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as the Canadian female athlete of the year in 2009. She retired on December 19, 2018. |
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At the 2009 French Open, Wozniak became Canada's first representative in the fourth round of the French Open women's draw in 17 years, and the first Canadian woman to survive into the second week at the French Open since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992. Wozniak was also the first Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since [[Maureen Drake]] qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open. In 2012, Wozniak qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in London, but lost to American Venus Williams in the second round. At the 2012 [[Rogers Cup]], she reached the quarterfinals at a Premier 5 tournament for the first time of her career, where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki. She became the first Canadian in 20 years (since [[Patricia Hy-Boulais]] in 1992) to reach the quarterfinals there. In doubles, she lost in the first round with [[Stéphanie Dubois]]. In 2014, Wozniak had to end her season prematurely to have shoulder surgery and only returned to competition eleven months after. |
At the 2009 French Open, Wozniak became Canada's first representative in the fourth round of the French Open women's draw in 17 years, and the first Canadian woman to survive into the second week at the French Open since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992. Wozniak was also the first Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since [[Maureen Drake]] qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open. In 2012, Wozniak qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in London, but lost to American Venus Williams in the second round. At the 2012 [[Rogers Cup]], she reached the quarterfinals at a Premier 5 tournament for the first time of her career, where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki. She became the first Canadian in 20 years (since [[Patricia Hy-Boulais]] in 1992) to reach the quarterfinals there. In doubles, she lost in the first round with [[Stéphanie Dubois]]. In 2014, Wozniak had to end her season prematurely to have shoulder surgery and only returned to competition eleven months after. |
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Revision as of 19:38, 19 December 2018
Biography
Aleksandra Wozniak (born September 7, 1987 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth highest-ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eleven ITF tournaments. At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and the first Québécoise in history to have accomplished such a feat. As a junior, she reached a career-high ITF ranking of No. 3 on January 31, 2005 and won the Grade A tournament Abierto Juvenil Mexicano in 2005. Also in 2005, she reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open in singles. Wozniak was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada five times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012) and received the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as the Canadian female athlete of the year in 2009. She retired on December 19, 2018.
At the 2009 French Open, Wozniak became Canada's first representative in the fourth round of the French Open women's draw in 17 years, and the first Canadian woman to survive into the second week at the French Open since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992. Wozniak was also the first Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since Maureen Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open. In 2012, Wozniak qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in London, but lost to American Venus Williams in the second round. At the 2012 Rogers Cup, she reached the quarterfinals at a Premier 5 tournament for the first time of her career, where she lost to Caroline Wozniacki. She became the first Canadian in 20 years (since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992) to reach the quarterfinals there. In doubles, she lost in the first round with Stéphanie Dubois. In 2014, Wozniak had to end her season prematurely to have shoulder surgery and only returned to competition eleven months after.
Wozniak won her first Fed Cup match in 2004, defeating Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and boasts a 40–12 record through April 2016. Her 40 total victories are a Canadian Fed Cup record, as are her 32 wins in singles. She has appeared in 36 ties during her career in the Fed Cup, also a record.
Wozniak's family immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1983, before she was born. She speaks Polish, English and French fluently. She has an elder sister Dorota who also played tennis. She started playing tennis at the age of three. She was inspired to pick up a racquet by her sister and Monica Seles, her idol growing up, and was coached by her father Antoni.
WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2007 | Morocco Open, Morocco | Tier IV | Clay | Milagros Sequera (VEN) | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2008 | Stanford Classic, United States | Tier II | Hard | Marion Bartoli (FRA) | 7–5, 6–3 |
loss | 1–2 | Apr 2009 | Amelia Island Championships, United States | International | Clay | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | 1–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runners-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2002 | Lachine, Canada | $10,000 | Hard | Beier Ko (CAN) | 6–0, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2005 | Hamilton, Canada | $25,000 | Clay | María José Argeri (ARG) | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2005 | Pelham, United States | $25,000 | Clay | Soledad Esperón (ARG) | 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Oct 2005 | Victoria, Mexico | $25,000 | Hard | Olga Blahotová (CZE) | 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | $25,000 | Hard | María José Argeri (ARG) | 4–6, 0–4 retired |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2005 | Toronto, Canada | $25,000 | Hard (i) | Olena Antypina (UKR) | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | Jul 2006 | Hamilton, Canada (2) | $25,000 | Clay | Valérie Tétreault (CAN) | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | Oct 2006 | Ashland, United States | $50,000 | Hard | Ágnes Szávay (HUN) | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
Win | 7–2 | Nov 2006 | Pittsburgh, United States | $75,000 | Hard (i) | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | 6–2, retired |
Loss | 7–3 | Mar 2008 | Redding, United States | $25,000 | Hard | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE) | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Win | 8–3 | Aug 2011 | Vancouver, Canada | $100,000 | Hard | Jamie Hampton (USA) | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 9–3 | Mar 2012 | Nassau, Bahamas | $100,000 | Hard | Alizé Cornet (FRA) | 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 10–3 | Jul 2017 | Gatineau, Canada | $25,000 | Hard | Ellen Perez (AUS) | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 11–3 | Oct 2017 | Stillwater, United States | $25,000 | Hard | Marie Bouzková (CZE) | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2002 | Toronto, Canada | $10,000 | Hard | Diana Srebrovic (CAN) | Lauren Cheung (AUS) Christina Horiatopoulos (AUS) |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2006 | Hamilton, Canada | $25,000 | Clay | Soledad Esperón (ARG) | Nicole Kriz (AUS) Story Tweedie-Yates (USA) |
4–6, 1–6 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 18–27 | 40% |
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Doha / Dubai1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 3R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | A | 4R | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
Miami | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
Madrid | Not Held | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Canada | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 11 | 6–11 | 35% |
Cincinnati | Not Tier I | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
Tokyo / Wuhan2 | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
Beijing | Not Tier I | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 8–8 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 34 | 21–34 | 38% |
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Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||||
Fed Cup | A | A | A | PO | AZ1 | WG2 | WG2 | AZ1 | WG2 | WG2 | WG2 | AZ1 | A | PO | A | WG2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 32–11 | 74% |
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 252 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Hardcourt Win–Loss | 0–0 | 11–3 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 19–5 | 34–15 | 16–18 | 29–14 | 13–14 | 3–9 | 19–10 | 23–10 | 2–6 | 14–11 | 4–4 | 21–14 | 21–12 | 1–2 | 1 / 158 | 235–151 | 61% |
Clay Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 25–7 | 7–6 | 5–3 | 6–5 | 10–7 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 8–6 | 0–0 | 8–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0 / 60 | 90–60 | 60% |
Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 18 | 24–18 | 57% |
Carpet Win–Loss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 16 | 14–17 | 45% |
Overall Win–Loss | 2–1 | 11–3 | 2–4 | 11–6 | 44–13 | 43–24 | 22–29 | 40–22 | 30–25 | 14–18 | 28–14 | 35–19 | 2–7 | 29–17 | 4–5 | 21–18 | 23–18 | 2–3 | 1 / 252 | 363–246 | 60% |
Win % | 67% | 79% | 33% | 65% | 79% | 64% | 43% | 65% | 55% | 44% | 67% | 65% | 22% | 63% | 44% | 54% | 56% | 40% | 59.61% | ||
Year-End Ranking | – | 569 | 878 | 491 | 190 | 91 | 130 | 34 | 35 | 126 | 105 | 43 | 280 | 132 | 844 | 299 | 300 | 1042 | – |
Notes
- 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. Since 2015, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.
- 2 In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0 / 13 | 5–13 | 28% |
Record against top-20 players
Wozniak's win-loss record (11–37, 23%) against players who were ranked world No. 20 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
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Wins over top-10 opponents
Wozniak has a 4–21 (16%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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1. | Serena Williams (USA) | 5 | Stanford, United States | Hard | SF | 6–2, 3–1 retired | 85 | |
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2. | Nadia Petrova (RUS) | 10 | Ponte Vedra Beach, United States | Clay | SF | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | 35 | |
3. | Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) | 5 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | 1R | 6–0, 6–3 | 23 | |
4. | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 2R | 5–0 retired | 35 |
Career prize money
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2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,135 | n/a | |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 277,473 | 60 | |
2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 443,283 | 51 | |
2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218,732 | 85 | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112,437 | n/a | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336,002 | 65 | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104,542 | n/a | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206,579 | 123 | |
2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,841 | 1010 | |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,559 | 228 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,669 | 337 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 688 | 1864 | |
Career | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2,028,797 | 221 |
*As of December 17, 2017