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Yanina Kostina-O'Neil, MD theeyecaregroup.com |
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989 in Lier, Belgium) is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 16. She is the highest-ranking Belgian player since November 9, 2009 (the year-end rankings). She previously held that position 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 every time she hits a ball.
[edit] PersonalWickmayer's mother died at an early age.[2] She currently has no coach. [edit] 2006Wickmayer obtained her first real successes: 3 singles ITF titles and 2 ITF doubles (see below). [edit] 2007Wickmayer 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] 2008In the 2008 Fed Cup tie versus Ukraine, Wickmayer sprung a surprise victory over reigning Australian Open women's doubles champion Kateryna Bondarenko.[3] 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] 2009Wickmayer 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 allegationsOn 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[4]. 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[5], 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 appealed the final decision, and her ban was lifted on December 16th, 2009 after the appeal was granted. [1] [edit] Career finals[edit] Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit] Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit] Career ITF finals[edit] Singles: 9
[edit] Doubles: 8
[edit] Performance timelineTo help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
[edit] References
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=GI32HKDQ1 [edit] External links
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