Rebecca Marino
Birthdate December 16, 1990
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6’0” (1,83m)
Style of play Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Turned pro 2008
Best WTA singles ranking No. 38 (July 11, 2011)
Best WTA doubles ranking No. 156 (March 21, 2022)
Profile on CdnTennis.ca

Biography

Rebecca Marino (born December 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 38 on July 11, 2011 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 156 on March 21, 2022.

Marino played the first Grand Slam of her career at the 2010 US Open in August. 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. She lost after a close first set which ended in a tiebreak. After the match, Venus said: "It seemed like every time I had an opening she came up with a big serve, so I guess I know what it is like now playing myself." The next month, she won three straight ITF 50K titles, respectively in Saguenay, Kansas City and Troy. Her winning streak was stopped at 18 with a loss in the semifinals at the ITF 50K in Toronto. In 2011, she reached her first WTA final at the event in Memphis. Also in 2011, she reached the third round of the French Open, her best Grand Slam result so far. She decided in late February 2013 to take an indefinite break from tennis. During her break, she studied English literature at the University of British Columbia and was part of the rowing team. She was also a certified Club Pro 1 coach at the UBC Tennis Centre. Marino started training again during the first week of September 2017 and decided to return to competition in October 2017, after being away from the game for nearly five years. She was scheduled to play the ITF 60K in Saguenay but her comeback was delayed of three months due to ITF administrative regulations. She was eligible to return at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, an ITF 15K in Antalya, not losing a set along the way. The next week, she won her second straight title at the ITF 15K in Antalya, without losing a set once again. Again in Antalya the week after, she captured her third ITF 15K in a row. Playing her fourth straight tournament in Antalya, her first on clay, Marino lost in the quarterfinals, ending her winning streak at 19 matches. Marino was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 and 2011.

Marino was born in Toronto to Joe Marino, owner of the construction firm Marino General Contracting, and Catherine Hungerford. The family moved to Vancouver before she turned two. Her father is of Italian descent. Marino's uncle, George Hungerford, won gold for Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics in rowing. She has a younger brother named Steven, who also competed in rowing at the University of California. At five, Marino's mother signed her up for badminton. Before long, a tennis coach convinced her to switch racquets and she started playing tennis at age 10. At only 14, she won Vancouver’s premier amateur tennis tournament, the Stanley Park Open, becoming the tournament’s youngest champion in 75 years. From August 2008 to April 2009, she trained in Davos, Switzerland with German coach Nina Nittinger. Later in 2009, she moved to Montréal to train at the National Training Centre, and was a member from 2009 to 2011.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
WTA Finals (0–0)
WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA Premier / WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA International / WTA 250 (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, United States International Hard (i) Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK) 2–6, retired

WTA 125 Series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Charleston, United States 125 Series Clay Liang En-shuo (TPE) Erin Routliffe (NZL)
Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runners-up)

Legend
ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $75,000 / ITF $80,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $50,000 / ITF $60,000 tournaments (5–3)
ITF $40,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (4–4)
ITF $15,000 tournaments (3–0)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 Landisville, United States $10,000 Hard Kristie Ahn (USA) 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2008 London, Great Britain $10,000 Hard Anna Smith (GBR) 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–2 Aug 2008 Trecastagni, Italy $10,000 Hard Alice Moroni (ITA) 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–3 Mar 2009 Tenerife, Spain $25,000 Hard Elena Bovina (RUS) 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2009 Boston, United States $50,000 Hard Michaëlla Krajicek (NED) 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Apr 2010 Torhout, Belgium $50,000 Hard (i) Mona Barthel (GER) 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–5 Sep 2010 Saguenay, Canada $50,000 Hard (i) Alison Riske (USA) 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–5 Oct 2010 Kansas City, United States $50,000 Hard Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–5 Oct 2010 Troy, United States $50,000 Hard Ashley Weinhold (USA) 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–5 Oct 2012 Rock Hill, United States $25,000 Hard Sharon Fichman (CAN) 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 6–5 Feb 2018 Antalya, Turkey $15,000 Hard Cristina Ene (ROU) 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–5 Feb 2018 Antalya, Turkey $15,000 Hard Nina Stadler (SUI) 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–5 Feb 2018 Antalya, Turkey $15,000 Hard Gaia Sanesi (ITA) 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Apr 2018 Osaka, Japan $25,000 Hard Destanee Aiava (AUS) 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 9–6 Jul 2018 Winnipeg, Canada $25,000 Hard Julia Glushko (ISR) 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–6 Sep 2018 Lubbock, United States $25,000 Hard Robin Anderson (USA) 6–4, 6–1
Loss 10–7 Apr 2019 Kashiwa, Japan $25,000 Hard Daria Snigur (UKR) 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–7 May 2019 Kurume, Japan $60,000 Carpet Yuki Naito (JPN) 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win 12–7 Jul 2021 Evansville, United States $25,000 Hard Mayo Hibi (JPN) 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss 12–8 Feb 2022 Cancún, Mexico $25,000 Hard Linda Fruhvirtová (CZE) 3–6, 4–6
Win 13–8 Mar 2022 Arcadia, United States $60,000 Hard Alycia Parks (USA) 7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss 13–9 Mar 2022 Irapuato, Mexico $60,000 Hard Zhu Lin (CHN) 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runners-up)

Legend
ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $75,000 / ITF $80,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $50,000 / ITF $60,000 tournaments (0–4)
ITF $40,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–2)
ITF $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 Toluca, Mexico $10,000 Hard Lena Litvak (USA) Augustina Lepore (ARG)
Frederica Piedade (POR)
4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2008 Evansville, United States $10,000 Hard Ellah Nze (USA) Courtney Dolehide (USA)
Kirsten Flower (USA)
7–5, 6–3
Win 2–1 Oct 2008 Southlake, United States $10,000 Hard Beatrice Capra (USA) Mary Gambale (USA)
Elizabeth Lumpkin (USA)
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 2–2 Feb 2009 Sutton, Great Britain $25,000 Hard (i) Katie O'Brien (GBR) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)
Renata Voráčová (CZE)
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2009 Saguenay, Canada $50,000 Hard (i) Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Séverine Brémond Beltrame (FRA)
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 May 2010 Caserta, Italy $25,000 Hard Nicole Clerico (ITA) Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR)
Irena Pavlovic (FRA)
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 2010 Saguenay, Canada $50,000 Hard (i) Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Jorgelina Cravero (ARG)
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2019 Gatineau, Canada $25,000 Hard Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN) Hsu Chieh-yu (TPE)
Marcela Zacarías (MEX)
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 3–6 Apr 2021 Bellinzona, Switzerland $60,000 Clay Yuki Naito (JPN) Anna Danilina (KAZ)
Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Oct 2021 Rancho Santa Fe, United States $60,000 Hard Liang En-shuo (TPE) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)
Tereza Mihalíková (SVK)
3–6, 6–4, [6–10]

Singles performance timeline

This table is current as of October 9, 2023.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ... 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 2R 1R 1R A Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open A A A A A Q1 3R A A A Q2 A Q1 1R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 2R A A A A NH A 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A A A Q2 2R 1R A A A A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–4 0–4 0 / 17 8–17 32%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did Not Qualify Did Not Qualify NH Did Not Qualify 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Elite Trophy Not Held Did Not Qualify Did Not Qualify Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Tier I / WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 tournaments
Doha / Dubai1 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A NH Q2 A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A A A A A A Q1 A A A A NH A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Not Held A A A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada A Q1 A A Q1 Q3 1R A A Q2 A NH 3R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Cincinnati Not Tier I A A 1R A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Not Held A A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing Not Tier I A A 1R A A A A Not Held Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–4 0 / 11 4–11 27%
Former WTA Tier I / WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 tournaments
Guadalajara Not Held Not Held 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Tokyo A A A A A A 1R A A Not Premier 5 Not 1000 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Berlin A A A A Not Held Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
Charleston A A A A Not Premier 5 Not Premier 5 Not 1000 0 / 0 0–0
Moscow A A A A Not Premier 5 Not Premier 5 Not 1000 0 / 0 0–0
Zurich A A A NTI Not Held Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
San Diego A A A Not Held Not Premier 5 Not Premier 5 Not 1000 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Olympic Games Not Held A Not Held A NH Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0
Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup A A A A A A WG2 A A A PO A RR QR 0 / 1 4–7 36%
Career statistics
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ... 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 3 6 14 22 25 24 11 6 17 12 0 20 24 24 209
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hardcourt Win–Loss 1–1 2–3 4–5 20–10 25–17 37–15 18–18 12–10 3–6 44–9 10–9 0–0 20–13 39–16 15–19 0 / 158 250–151 62%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 7–4 1–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 5–8 5–3 1–2 0 / 27 25–29 46%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–5 3–6 0 / 16 14–19 42%
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 8–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 22–7 76%
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 2–3 4–6 25–13 36–23 42–22 25–25 12–10 3–6 49–12 19–13 0–0 25–21 49–24 19–27 0 / 209 311–206 60%
Win % 50% 40% 40% 66% 61% 66% 50% 55% 33% 80% 59% 54% 67% 41% 60.15%
Year-end ranking 954 340 182 101 63 428 186 286 311 144 64

Notes

  • 1 The first WTA 1000 event of the year (then a WTA Premier 5) has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open beginning in 2009. Dubai was classified as a WTA Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. From 2015 to 2020, the two tournaments alternated between WTA Premier 5 and Premier status every year.
  • NB The tournament in Cincinnati (then a WTA Premier 5) was played in New York City, the French Open was played in September and after the US Open, the Italian Open was also played in September and after the tournament in New York City/Cincinnati (then a WTA Premier 5), and the 2020 Olympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
  • NB The WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells was played in October and after the tournament in Cincinnati due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 ... 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A A A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 1R A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon 1R A A A A NH A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 6 0–6 0%

Notes

  • NB The French Open was played in September and after the US Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Mixed doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 ... 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon 1R A A A A NH A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

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