Yanina Wickmayer

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Yanina Wickmayer


nickname =
country = BEL
residence = Deurne, Belgium
datebirth = birth date and age|1989|10|20
placebirth = Lier, Antwerp, Belgium
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|66|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 2004
retired =
plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney = $190,927
singlesrecord = 112–49
singlestitles = 0 (8 ITF)
highestsinglesranking = No. 62 (25 August 2008)
AustralianOpenresult =
FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2008)
Wimbledonresult = 1R (2008)
USOpenresult = 1R (2008)
doublesrecord = 42–23
doublestitles = 0 (7 ITF)
highestdoublesranking = No. 126 (26 November2007)
grandslamsdoublesresults = yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2008)
WimbledonDoublesresult =
USOpenDoublesresult =
updated = 29 September2008

Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October1989 in Lier, Belgium) is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 62. She is currently the highest ranked Belgian player after Justine Henin retired.

Personal

Wickmayer's mother and brother died at an early age. She has currently no coach.

2006

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

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.

2008

In the 2008 Fed Cup tie versus Ukraine, Wickmayer sprung a surprise victory over reigning Australian Open women's doubles champion Kateryna Bondarenko. [ [http://www.fedcup.com/news/matchreport.asp?articleid=11276 Wickmayer pulls Belgium level] Fed Cup website] She won her first $75,000 doubles title at Torhout Belgium.

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.

ITF titles

ingles (8)

Doubles (7)

References

External links

* [http://www.yaninawickmayer.be/ Official website] nl
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