US 6.5 - Lists-a-Palooza (Bubble Edition)
*2020 U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL 16*
[by ranking]
#4 Sofia Kenin
#8 Serena Williams
#9 Naomi Osaka
#12 Petra Kvitova
#15 Petra Martic
#18 Elise Mertens
#21 Anett Kontaveit
#22 Maria Sakkari
#23 Angelique Kerber
#26 Karolina Muchova
#27 Victoria Azarenka
#35 Yulia Putintseva
#41 Jennifer Brady
$56 Alize Cornet
#93 Shelby Rogers
NR - Tsvetana Pironkova (PR; #123 when last played following '17 Wimbledon)
[by age]
38 - Serena Williams
32 - Angelique Kerber, Tsvetana Pironkova
31 - Victoria Azarenka
30 - Alize Cornet, Petra Kvitova
29 - Petra Martic
27 - Shelby Rogers
25 - Jennifer Brady, Yulia Putintseva, Maria Sakkari
25 - Anett Kontaveit
24 - Elise Mertens, Karolina Muchova
22 - Naomi Osaka
21 - Sofia Kenin
[by nation]
4...USA (Brady,Kenin,Rogers,S.Williams)
2...CZE (Kvitova,Muchova)
1...BEL (Mertens)
1...BLR (Azarenka)
1...BUL (Pironkova)
1...CRO (Martic)
1...EST (Kontaveit)
1...FRA (Cornet)
1...GER (Kerber)
1...GRE (Sakkari)
1...JPN (Osaka)
1...KAZ (Putintseva)
[by career slam Round-of-16's]
62 - Serena Williams
24 - Victoria Azarenka
21 - Angelique Kerber
20 - Petra Kvitova
8 - Petra Martic
7 - Elise Mertens
6 - Tsvetana Pironkova
5 - Alize Cornet, Anett Kontaveit, Naomi Osaka
3 - Jennifer Brady, Sofia Kenin, Yulia Putintseva
2 - Karolina Muchova, Shelby Rogers, Maria Sakkari
[w/ consecutive slam Round of 16's]
4 - Elise Mertens
2 - Sofia Kenin
2 - Angelique Kerber
2 - Anett Kontaveit
2 - Petra Kvitova
2 - Maria Sakkari
[w/ multiple career US Round of 16's]
19 - Serena Williams
6 - Victoria Azarenka
6 - Petra Kvitova
5 - Angelique Kerber
3 - Elise Mertens
3 - Naomi Osaka
2 - Jennifer Brady, Anett Kontaveit, Petra Martic, Tsvetana Pironkova
[w/ consecutive US Round of 16's]
3 - Elise Mertens
3 - Naomi Osaka
3 - Serena Williams (2018-20; also in last 19 app.)
2 - Petra Martic
[WTA career slam Round of 16's - active]
62...Serena Williams
50...Venus Williams
32...Svetlana Kuznetsova
25...Kim Clijsters
24...Victoria Azarenka
[22...Jelena Jankovic]
21...Angelique Kerber
20...Petra Kvitova
17...Simona Halep
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - youngest]
15 - Coco Gauff (AO)
18 - Iga Swiatek (AO)
21 - Sofia Kenin (AO)
21 - Sofia Kenin (US)
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - oldest]
38 - Serena Williams (US)
32 - Tsvetana Pironkova (US)
32 - Angelique Kerber (US)
32 - Angelique Kerber (AO)
31 - Victoria Azarenka (US)
30 - Alize Cornet (US)
30 - Petra Kvitova (US)
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - unseeded]
AO - Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, Iga Swiatek, Garbine Muguruza
US - Victoria Azarenka, Alize Cornet, Tsvetana Pironkova (PR), Shelby Rogers
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - 1st-time GS 4th Rd.]
AO - Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur
US - none
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - lowest-ranked]
NR - Tsvetana Pironkova (US)-PR
#93 - Shelby Rogers (US)
#78 - Ons Jabeur (AO)
#67 - Coco Gauff (AO)
#56 - Iga Swiatek (AO)
#56 - Alize Cornet (US)
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - by nation]
7 - USA (3 AO + 4 US)
3 - CZE (1+2)
2 - BEL (1+1)
2 - EST (1+1)
2 - GER (1+1)
2 - GRE (1+1)
1 - AUS (1+0)
1 - BLR (0+1)
1 - BUL (0+1)
1 - CHN (1+0)
1 - CRO (0+1)
1 - ESP (1+0)
1 - FRA (0+1)
1 - JPN (0+1)
1 - KAZ (0+1)
1 - NED (1+0)
1 - POL (1+0)
1 - ROU (1+0)
1 - RUS (1+0)
1 - TUN (1+0)
[2020 slam Rd. of 16's - by region]
14 (8) - W.Europe/Scand. (BEL-BUL-CRO-CZE-ESP-FRA-GER-NED-POL-ROU)
7 (4) - North America/Atlantic (USA)
5 (2) - Eastern Europe/Russia (BLR-EST-RUS)
4 (2) - Asia/Oceania (AUS-CHN-JPN-KAZ)
3 (1) - Africa/Middle East/Mediterranean (GRE-TUN)
0 (-) - South America (none)
LIKE ON NIGHT 6:
When you get into the second week ??@vika7 I #USOpen pic.twitter.com/hNCFpwEv4e
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2020
2020-for-ya ON NIGHT 6:
Alizé Cornet: has never made a Slam QF in 57 main draw appearances
— Jason (@Hurleytennis) September 6, 2020
Tsvetana Pironkova: playing her first event in, you know, over three years
They'll play each other for a spot in the US Open quarterfinals.
The US Open was the last Slam at which Alize Cornet had yet to reach the Round of 16.
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) September 6, 2020
The French veteran has yet to reach a major quarterfinal. Will face Tsvetana PIronkova for a spot. #USOpen
Cornet’s Slam chart: pic.twitter.com/zV5XukOdSC
US Open R16:
— Diego Barbiani (@Diego_Barbiani) September 6, 2020
Alize Cornet vs Tsvetana Pironkova
Last time they played each other was in R64 in Indian Wells 2011, Cornet won 7-5 3-6 6-2
Big opportunity for both here
LIKE ON NIGHT 6:
Sealed with the backhand ??@SofiaKenin is through to Round 4 after defeating Jabeur 7-6, 6-3.#USOpen pic.twitter.com/LaIE98P9WT
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2020
LIKE ON NIGHT 6:
(It was the closest I have been to fourth round in New York)
— Barbora Strycova (@BaraStrycova) September 5, 2020
**CAREER SLAM ROUND OF 16's, by slam # completed = active**
5th - Genie Bouchard - 2014 US Open
6th - Venus Williams - 1998 Wimbledon
8th - Serena Williams - 2000 Wimbledon
10th - Kim Clijsters - 2001 US Open
10th - Sloane Stephens - 2013 US Open
11th - Svetlana Kuznetsova - 2005 Australian
11th - Petra Kvitova - 2011 Australian
11th - Vera Zvonareva - 2004 US Open
12th - Elise Mertens - 2019 Wimbledon
15th - Victoria Azarenka - 2009 Wimbledon
16th - Madison Keys - 2016 Roland Garros
17th - Simona Halep - 2014 Wimbledon
20th - Ash Barty - 2019 Wimbledon
20th - Garbine Muguruza - 2017 US Open
20th - Carla Suarez-Navarro - 2013 US Open
21st - Angelique Kerber - 2013 Australian
22nd - Johanna Konta - 2019 Roland Garros
22nd - Elina Svitolina - 2018 Australian
25th - Karolina Pliskova - 2018 Wimbledon
32nd - Petra Martic - 2019 US Open
37th - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - 2017 Australian
42nd - Julia Goerges - 2018 Wimbledon
57th - ALIZE CORNET - 2020 US OPEN
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ALSO: 15th - Jelena Jankovic - 2007 Roland Garros
posted by Todd.Spiker @ 10:50 PM
4 Comments:
Does Cornet wear the same earrings for every match?
Stephens/Williams should be a rivalry, but isn't.
Feels like I am piling on, but since you posted about her:
Live ranking
Former Wimbledon finalist Bouchard- 281
Former Wimbledon semi finalist Pironkova- 254
More shocking- Clijsters 2009 or Stephens 2017?
If Pironkova wins one more round, maybe comparison to Dokic in Australia?
Stat of the Day- 11- Members of the sweet sixteen with a hardcourt title.
As usual, listed are most recent title or best result. Notes after.
2014- Pironkova- Sydney
2016- Cornet- Hobart
2018- Kerber- Sydney
2019- Kvitova- Sydney
2019- Mertens- Qatar
2019- Muchova- Korea
2019- Osaka- China
2020- Williams- Auckland
2020- Kenin- Lyon
2020- Brady- Lexington
2020- Azarenka- Cincinnati
2018- Sakkari- San Jose- F/2015 ITF Heraklion
2018- Kontaveit- Wuhan- F/2017 ITF Andrezieux-Boutheon- W
2018- Putintseva- Guangzhou- F/2012 ITF Launceton- W
2019- Martic- Zhengzhou- F/2018 125K Chicago
2020- Rogers- Lexington- SF/2020 ITF Midland- W
Rogers is the outlier, as the only one without a WTA title. Has reached 2 finals on clay.
Putintseva/Martic is the only matchup in which both players only have titles on clay.
Before Rogers reached SF in Lexington, it had been 6 years since she did so- 2014 Quebec City.
Sydney is the most recent title on hard for 3 women, but does not exist anymore.
You might think that Serena has more titles that the other 15 women. She doesn't, but Kvitova & Azarenka have more combined(48), than the rest(41) not including Serena.
Kerber reached 8 finals in 2016, but only 5 since.
All of Osaka's 8 finals have been on hard.
Counting all surfaces, Kontaveit has reached a final in each of the last 4 years.
Kvitova has lost her last 3 finals on hard.
Kenin has won her last 3 finals on hard, and has reached all 6 of her finals in the last 20 months.
Azarenka reached 15 of her 38 career finals in 2012-13.
Azarenka's last 10 finals, and 15 of last 16 have been on hard.
14 of 16 women can improve their ranking with a win. Only Mertens and Williams were QF last year.
Yeah, Serena/Sloane seemed like one back at the start (remember all the "she's my good friend," "I don't know that girl," then blame the media for saying Serena's your friend when *you* told the story?), but Williams has never seemed to ever want (or need) to get involved w/ such things. Even with Sharapova, she left it mostly to her fans to do it and rarely ever said anything herself.
Speaking of Bouchard, while she *has* done better recently, it's a little annoying to subscribe to Google emails about "tennis news" and 60% of the articles offered up each day seem to be stories about her.
Interesting, though, that *she* actually got to the Round of 16 at all four majors quicker (in 5 slams) than any other active player, even faster than Venus or Serena.
Hmm, Clijsters or Stephens is a hard one. I go back and fourth. I *might* put Pennetta winning in '15 over both of them. Probably Sloane just because earlier that summer she seemed like she'd be an afterthought until the following season as she got her game back into shape.
I mean, her weekly '17 rankings over the court of just over a month: (sheesh)
Sep 11, 2017...17
Aug 28, 2017...83
Aug 21, 2017...84
Aug 14, 2017...151
Aug 7, 2017...934
Longer term, Clijsters winning back-to-back US and then a AO, too, was quite something.
Schadenfreude or karma? Djokovic out means there will be a first. Either Auger-Aliassime wins, which gives the men their first slam winner born in the 2000's or someone else does, and we get the first from the 90's.
Ha! You read my mind. (As Diane can attest.) ;)
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