Laura Robson

Laura Robson
Laura Robson at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon
Born (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30)
Melbourne, Australia
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Turned pro2008
RetiredMay 2022
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMartijn Bok (2007–2010)
Patrick Mouratoglou (2011)[2]
Luke Milligan (2011–2012)
Željko Krajan (2012–2013)[3]
Miles Maclagan (2013)[4]
Nick Saviano (2013)[5]
Jesse Witten (2013)[5]
Mauricio Hadad (2014–2016)[6]
Prize money$1,605,607
Singles
Career record176–166
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 27 (8 July 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2013)
French Open1R (2012, 2013, 2016)
Wimbledon4R (2013)
US Open4R (2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record75–67
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 82 (17 March 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2010)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2013, 2017)
US Open2R (2015)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup13–3
Hopman CupF (2010)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Mixed doubles

Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008.

In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou International Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year.

In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with Andy Murray, with whom she also reached the 2010 Hopman Cup final. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 82 (July 2013).[7]

Robson suffered from various injuries throughout the 2014 and 2015 seasons, notably to her left (and dominant) wrist for which she underwent surgery in April 2014, resulting in multiple prolonged absences from the WTA Tour. She dropped out of the world rankings in early 2015, returning at No. 906 in July 2015. After returning to full-time tennis in January 2016 post-injury, Robson struggled with form and did not return to the top 150 in singles tennis. In July 2018, she underwent hip surgery,[8] and she did not return to the WTA Tour afterwards.

On 16 May 2022, Robson announced her retirement from tennis, aged 28.[9]

  1. ^ "Player profile – Laura Robson". Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  2. ^ "BBC Sport – Laura Robson parts with coach Patrick Mouratoglou". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "BBC Sport – Laura Robson splits from coach Zeljko Krajan after nine months". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ Newbery, Piers. "BBC Sport – Laura Robson: Miles Maclagan to work with British number one". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Laura Robson swaps coach again and opts for experience with Colombian Mauricio Hadad". The Daily Telegraph. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
  6. ^ Fuller, Russell (10 March 2014). "Laura Robson adds Mauricio Hadad to her coaching team". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
  7. ^ Laura Robson at the Women's Tennis Association Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Times, 6 July 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Fuller, Russell (16 May 2022). "Former British number one Robson retires". BBC Sport.

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