Yanina Wickmayer

Country	Belgium
Residence	village of Deurne, part of Diest; Belgium[1]
Date of birth	20 October 1989 (1989-10-20) (age 20)
Place of birth	Lier, Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$830,392
Singles
Career record	168-74
Career titles	2 WTA (9 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 16 (November 9, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 16 (November 9, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009)
US Open	SF (2009)
Doubles
Career record	61–34
Career titles	0 (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 85 (July 6, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989 in Lier, Belgium) is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 16. She was the highest-ranked Belgian player from 14 May 2008, when Justine Henin retired, until 14 September 2009, when she lost this position to Kim Clijsters, who won the US Open. Wickmayer has advanced to the semifinals of one Grand Slam. She is best known for her "woopie"-scream everytime she hits a ball.

On November 5, 2009, the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) convicted Wickmayer and fellow Belgian tennis player Xavier Malisse to a 1 year suspension from professional tennis, starting immediately, for failure to comply to its and WADA's whereabouts policy. Wickmayer is currently considering appealing the conviction at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport.^{[2] [3]}

Contents 1 Personal 2 2006 3 2007 4 2008 5 2009 5.1 Doping allegations 6 Career finals 6.1 Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) 6.2 Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) 7 Career ITF finals 7.1 Singles: 9 7.2 Doubles: 8 8 Performance timeline 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Personal

Wickmayer's mother died at an early age.^[4] She currently has no coach.

[edit] 2006

Wickmayer obtained her first real successes: 3 singles ITF titles and 2 ITF doubles (see below).

[edit] 2007

Wickmayer continued her success on the ITF circuit by winning several tournaments in Asia during the fall season (see external links). It was around this time that Wickmayer surpassed Caroline Maes as the number two Belgian female tennis player. At the start of the year, Wickmayer was number 534 in the world but by November 2007 was around number 170. Wickmayer has now won 8 singles titles and 7 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

She was also selected by team captain Sabine Appelmans to represent the Belgium Fed Cup team at the 2007 Fed Cup. She lost to Venus Williams 6–1, 6–2 in her World Group match before winning one rubber and losing the other against Chinese opposition.

[edit] 2008

In the 2008 Fed Cup tie versus Ukraine, Wickmayer sprung a surprise victory over reigning Australian Open women's doubles champion Kateryna Bondarenko.^[5]

Wickmayer qualified in singles for the French Open, but lost 2-6, 5-7 in the first round to Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan.

She reached the final of the DFS Classic, but lost 6-7, 6-3, 6-7 to Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.

At Wimbledon she lost in the first round to Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-2.

[edit] 2009

Wickmayer started the year with first round losses in both Brisbane and the Australian Open. She won her first tour match of the year at Indian Wells, defeating Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3, 6-2. She lost to Daniela Hantuchova in the second round, despite holding two match points. She then lost her first round matches in Miami, and Charleston.

Wickmayer won her first ever WTA Tour singles title, in Estoril. She beat 3rd seed Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, en route to the final, where she defeated Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-2. At the 2009 French Open, she was beaten by Samantha Stosur in the second round 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Wickmayer lost to a newly returned Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals at the 2009 AEGON Classic in Birmingham, UK 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. At the 2009 Ordina Open, Wickmayer reached both the singles final and the doubles final, losing to Tamarine Tanasugarnin the singles final. The doubles final was a close contest, she lost in three sets to an Italian pairing. At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to Elena Vesnina.

During the summer hard court season, Wickmayer reached the third round in Los Angeles, losing to Vera Zvonareva. She was defeated in the early rounds of her three other summer tournaments.

At the 2009 U.S. Open, Wickmayer defeated a seeded Virginie Razzano in the first round. In the second round she recovered from a set down to beat Shuai Peng in three sets. In the third round Wickmayer dispatched Italian Sara Errani 6-3, 6-4. In the fourth round Wickmayer defeated Petra Kvitova 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals where she beat Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5, 6-4 to reach the semifinals before losing to Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3. With this semifinal finish, Yanina reached a career high no. 22.

Wickmayer fell in the first round in Beijing, to Alisa Kleybanova. She has qualified for the year-end championships in Bali. Her next tournament was in Linz. She won through to the semis, where she upset top seed Flavia Pennetta, for her biggest career win. She beat Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3, 6-4, and as a result made it into the Top 20 for the first time. One week later at the 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open she won through to the semi-finals, where she was edged by Timea Bacsinszky 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Her last tournament of the year was at the year-end championships in Bali. Drawn into Group C, she defeated Kimiko Date Krumm in her first match in straight sets: 7-6(5), 6-3. She will not next face Anabel Medina Garrigues in an attempt to advance to the semifinals, because of her one year banning...

[edit] Doping allegations

On 2009-10-01, it was announced that Wickmayer and fellow Belgian tennis professional Xavier Malisse were to defend themselves before the Flemish anti-doping tribunal for failing to properly fill out their whereabouts. Wickmayer replied in a press release that the failure to follow procedure was due to her not being able to log on to the relevant website, not being able to contact the right people when needed, and not being in the country when written admonitions arrived by mail^[6]. At the tribunal on 2009-10-22, the prosecution did not ask for a ban, but rather for a "principal restraint" of the facts that they were being accused of^[7], and as such it was expected that this would not cause any problems for both sporters.

However, on 2009-10-05, the decision of the tribunal was announced, an effective one-year ban for both players. Wickmayer as well as Malisse announced that they would go on to appeal against the decision^[8]

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Wins (2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Premier Mandatory (0)
Premier 5 (0)
Premier (0)
International (2)

No.	Date	Official Tournament Name	Tournament Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	8 May, 2009	Estoril Open	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	7–5, 6–2
2.	18 October, 2009	Generali Ladies Linz	Linz, Austria	Hard	Petra Kvitova	6–3, 6–4

Runner-ups (2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (1)

No.	Date	Official Tournament Name	Tournament Location	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	9 June, 2008	DFS Classic	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Kateryna Bondarenko	7–6(7), 3–6, 7–6(4)
2.	20 June, 2009	Ordina Open	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 7–5

[edit] Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Runner-ups (1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Premier Mandatory (0)
Premier 5 (0)
Premier (0)
International (1)

No.	Date	Official Tournament Name	Tournament Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	19 June, 2009	Ordina Open	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Michaëlla Krajicek	Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta	6–4, 5–7, [13–11]

[edit] Career ITF finals

[edit] Singles: 9

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	20 August 2006	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Kristina Steiert	6–4, 6–1
2.	19 November 2006	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Estefania Craciun	6–1, 6–0
3.	26 November 2006	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–1, 6–7(4), 6–0
4.	29 July 2007	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Julie Coin	6–2, 7–6(3)
5.	28 October 2007	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
6.	11 November 2007	Taizou, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	6–2, 6–2
7.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	7–5, 6–4
8.	11 May 2008	Indian Harbour Beach, USA	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 7–5
9.	22 February 2009	Surprise, USA	Hard	Julia Vakulenko	6–7(0), 6–3, 4–3, retired

[edit] Doubles: 8

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	11 November 2006	Itajaí, Brazil	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Fernanda Hermenegildo Monika Kochanova	6–3, 6–3
2.	26 November 2006	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Florencia Molinero Veronika Spiegel	7–5, 6–4
3.	18 May 2007	Trivandrum, India	Clay	Lauren Albanese	Nicole Clerico Agnes Szatmari	3–6, 7–5, 6–0
4.	8 July 2007	Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Darija Jurak Carmen Klaschka	6–3, 6–2
5.	28 July 2007	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Petra Cetkovská Sandra Zahlavová	Walk over
6.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	6–4, 6–1
7.	6 April 2008	Torhout, Belgium	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6-4, 4-6, [10-8]
8.	April 2009	Torhout, Belgium	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Julia Goerges Sandra Klemenschits	6-4, 6-0

[edit] Performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the final, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	LQ	1R	0-1
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	0–2
US Open	A	A	1R	SF	5-2
Grand Slam Strike Rate	0/0	0/0	0/3	0/3	0/3
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	0-3	6-4	6-7
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	2R	1-2
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	1R	0-1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Cincinnati	Not Tier I			2R	1–1
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	1R	0-1
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	NM5	1–1
Zurich	A	A	LQ	NH	0-0
Career Statistics
Year End Ranking	534	221	69

[edit] References

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=GI32HKDQ1

[edit] External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• Yanina Wickmayer profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Yanina Wickmayer at the International Tennis Federation
• Yanina Wickmayer at the Fed Cup
• Yanina Wickmayer at the Tennistalk (rus)