Coco Vandeweghe

Coco Vandeweghe

Country	United States
Residence	Rancho Santa Fe, California
Born	December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) (age 19) New York City
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2008
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$257,940[1]
Singles
Career record	86–68
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 89 (April 18, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 97 (September 12, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	14–21
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 216 (November 22, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	2R (2010)
Last updated on: January 17, 2011.

Coco Vandeweghe (born December 6, 1991 in New York City) is an American professional tennis player. She played on the junior circuit, where she reached a high ranking of junior world no. 15, but is gradually playing more senior tournaments^{[citation needed]}. She won the 2008 US Open Girls' singles championship.

She made her WTA debut in Los Angeles, and reached her senior singles career high of world no. 113 on October 4, 2010.^[2]

In May 2010 she won the LA Open Women's Singles championship.

She plays for the Boston Lobsters in the World TeamTennis pro league.

Early life

Coco first started playing tennis with her older brother, Beau.^[3]

Playing style

Coco has a massive serve. She has a great topspin/flat forehand that she uses to dictate play with. Coco's backhand has good power on it, and she slices on that side very well. Movement and overall fitness are seen as her weaknesses. She is coached by Robert Van't Hof.

Career

Junior

She received a wildcard into the 2008 US Open Girls' Singles tournament. She defeated 13th seed Elena Chernyakova in the first round. She defeated fellow wildcard Kristie Ahn in the second round and Katarzyna Piter in the third round. In the quarter finals, she defeated Belgian Tamaryn Hendler 6–2, 6–0. She defeated 12th seed Kristina Mladenovic in the semi finals^[4] and went on to win the final against Gabriela Paz-Franco 7–6(3), 6–1.^[5] She won the tournament without dropping a set.^[6]

WTA

2007-2009

Coco made her WTA debut in the 2007 Acura Classic as a wildcard. She lost to Elena Bovina, 3–6, 5–7, in the first round.^[2]

In 2008, she lost to Sabine Lisicki in the first round in Miami and to Marta Domachowska in Los Angeles. In the 2008 US Open, where she had won the girls' singles title, she received a wildcard for the women's singles main draw. She lost to Jelena Janković, 3–6, 1–6, in the first round.^[2]

In 2009, Vandeweghe obtained an invitation from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play the 2009 JB Group Classic with her compatriot Venus Williams and Argentine Gisela Dulko in January, and then she was granted a wildcard to the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open. She lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives, 0–6, 3–6, in the first round. In her second WTA tournament of the year in Los Angeles, she recorded her first WTA-level win^{[citation needed]}. She defeated Tathiana Garbin, 6–4, 6–4. She then lost to Flavia Pennetta, 6–1, 6–4. Coco gained a wildcard for qualifing at the 2009 US Open. She lost in the first round of qualifying.

2010

In 2010, Coco got a wildcard to the Australian Open, but she lost to Sandra Záhlavová, 0–6, 1–6, in the first round. Coco than played an ITF tournament in Rancho Mirage, retiring in the first round to Tadeja Majerič. She then again lost to Georgie Stopp in the first round at the ITF tournament in Laguna Niel. She then reached the second round at the tournament in Surprise, where she lost to Julia Boserup. At Indian Wells, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Arantxa Parra Santonja, 3-6, 1-6.

In the following months, Coco won two ITF tournament in a row. She then cracked into the top 200 on the WTA list.

She then successfully qualified for the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open. In the first round, Coco beat Gisela Dulko, 6–0, 3–0, when Dulko retired due to an ankle sprain, then went on to defeat Vera Zvonareva, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4, for her first top-10 victory, despite being a break down in both the second and third sets. In the quarterfinals, she led former US Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 5–2 in the first set, before falling 7–5, 6–2. Despite tremendous expectations at the 2010 US Open, Coco was defeated by Sabine Lisicki, 1-6, 0-6, in the first round. Ranked no. 172 in the world, Vandeweghe then travelled to Japan to compete at the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. She successfully qualified by defeating veteran Tathiana Garbin, 7–5, 6–4, and rising star Jarmila Groth, 6–4, 7–6(2). In the first round of the main draw, she defeated world no. 37 Klára Zakopalová, 6–4, 7–6(6). In the second round, she caused a massive upset by defeating world no. 18 and 14th seed Aravane Rezaï, 6–4, 6–4. In the third round, she handily defeated Julia Görges, 6–3, 6–0. She faced eighth seed Victoria Azarenka for a place in the semifinals, but lost 2–6, 1–6.

2011

Vandeweghe began 2011 at the Brisbane International. She was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Russia's Alexandra Panova, 6-7, 6-7. Next up was the Medibank International Sydney, where Coco was again defeated in the first round of qualifying, this time by Ekaterina Makarova. Coco came through the qualifying rounds at the Australian Open; however, she was defeated in the first round of the main draw by Alize Cornet, 2–6, 1–6.

Up next was Memphis Tennis Championships, where Vandeweghe made the main draw without having to qualify. She defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the first round, 6–3, 6–2. In the second round, she defeated fellow American Alexandra Stevenson, 6–2, 6–2. Unfortunately, Coco was defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual finalist Rebecca Marino, 1-6, 6-7. Even though she was beaten, Coco broke into the WTA top 100 for the first time in her career.

Vandeweghe then travelled to Indian Wells, where she gained a wildcard to the main draw. In the first round, she defeated Edina Gallovits-Hall, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. She lost to sixth seed and defending champion Jelena Janković in the second round, 2–6, 1–6.

At the US Open, she defeated Alberta Brianti in the first round, 7-5, 6-3, but lost to eventual champion Samantha Stosur in the second, 3-6, 4-6.

Team Tennis

She is a roster player for New England's Boston Lobsters of the World TeamTennis pro league.

Personal

She lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California.^[3] She is the daughter of Tauna Vandeweghe and Bobby Mullarkey, niece of basketball coach Kiki Vandeweghe^[3] and granddaughter of Miss America Colleen Kay Hutchins and basketball player Ernie Vandeweghe.

Singles Statistics

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	W-L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	0–1
US Open	1R	LQ	1R	2R	1–2

References

1. ^ Profile at sonyericssonwtatour.com. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Profile at www.itftennis.com". http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100086064&f=1. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Coco Vandeweghe, Kiki's niece, wins U.S. Open girls' title. NJ.com (September 7, 2008). Retrieved on September 7, 2011.
4. ^ Pilhofer, Aron (2008-09-06). "Two American Juniors Make Finals". The New York Times. http://usopen.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/two-us-juniors-make-finals/. Retrieved 2010-04-30. 
5. ^ "Coco Vandeweghe". The New York Times. http://usopen.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/coco-vandeweghe/. Retrieved 2010-04-30. 
6. ^ US Open Junior Tennis Championships 2008. ITF Tennis

External links

• Coco Vandeweghe at the Women's Tennis Association
• Coco Vandeweghe at the International Tennis Federation
• Coco Vandeweghe at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

Persondata
Name	Vandeweghe, Coco
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	December 6, 1991
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death
Place of death