A German, a Czech and a Bracelet (and other RG Qualifying Tales)

A look back at the Roland Garros qualifying rounds in Melbourne...

Around the grounds ??#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/l84LL14QNa

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 18, 2022

*TOP Q-PLAYERS*
1. Jule Niemeier, GER (22, #103) ...after falling the final round of qualifying in two (WI/AO) of the last three majors, the #2-seed finally leads the next generation of German stars into her first slam MD. Doing her best Iga impression, Niemeier dropped just seven total games through three matches.

The Jule of Paris!

Well. The competition is over.

Jule Niemeier is the clear winner of Roland Garros qualifying for 2022, dropping just 7 games over three matches.

The German obliterates Moyuka Uchijima, 6-0, 6-1 in just 51 minutes to reach her first grand slam main draw. pic.twitter.com/2ofGpEkjRs

— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) May 19, 2022

=============================================== 2. Aleksandra Krunic, SRB (29, #117) ...the #13-seeded Bracelet qualified for her second straight RG, going three sets twice and staging a comeback from 6-3/4-1 in her second match vs. Grace Min, with the Bannerette serving for the match in the 2nd and taking a break lead in the 3rd after a love break in game #5. Krunic, whose last slam MD win came in Paris in '19, finished off her run with a straight sets win over #20 Reka-Luca Jani (who'd been seeking her first slam MD appearance in eleven years, but still cleared the hurdle as a LL).

Clean Up Krunic

For the second straight year, Aleksandra Krunic comes through qualifying at Roland Garros.

The Serbian, who stepped away from the tour briefly in 2020 to focus on her mental health, downs Reka Luca Jani, 7-5, 6-3 to make the main draw in Paris for the 5th time. pic.twitter.com/mbwNBBP87d

— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) May 19, 2022

=============================================== 3. Olga Danilovic, SRB (21, #174) ...Danilovic didn't sweep through qualifying in reaching her third slam MD since the start of last year (she posted 1st Rd. AO/US wins in '21), but kept up a winning level of fight through *all* three rounds, a run befitting a player who won her only tour singles title as a lucky loser in Moscow in 2018. In the Q1, the Serb rallied from 3-1 down in the 3rd to defeat #23 seed Rebeka Masarova, then came back from a break down in the 3rd to knock off Simona Waltert in her next match. With a MD spot on the line, once again her staged a comeback, taking out #10 Viktoriya Tomova after falling down a break (4-3) in the 3rd.

.@danilovic_olga on her way into the main draw in Paris pic.twitter.com/ptJtHkgv3O

— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) May 20, 2022

=============================================== 4. Hailey Baptiste, USA (20, #125) ...Backspin's 2022 AO qualifying Player of the Week makes it two straight majors (and two RG in a row) with successful Q-runs. The Bannerette trailied Aussie Olivia Gadecki 3-0 in the 3rd set in her opening match. Down 5-4 on serve, Baptiste held in a deuce game and swept the final three games. It proved to be the first of back-to-back-to-back three-set wins, the final two coming over Julia Grabher and Nastasja Schunk. Baptiste reached the 2nd Round last year in Paris (def. Anna Blinkova), as well as at this year's AO (def. Caroline Garcia).

First, we love this photo of Hailey Baptiste.

Second, we love that Hailey Baptiste is going back to the main draw of Roland Garros!

The American wraps this year's qualifying event in Paris, besting German Nastasja Schunk, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to qualify for the 2nd year in a row! ?? pic.twitter.com/Yev0otYt6q

— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) May 20, 2022

=============================================== 5. Fernanda Contreras, MEX (24, #224) ...just two years after Renata Zarazua (at RG) became the first Mexican woman in a slam singles MD in twenty years, Contreras authored her own breakthrough in Paris, reaching the MD in her first slam qualifying attempt. The former Vanderbilt player went the distance in all three of her qualifying matches, defeating Caty McNally (10-8 TB), Ipek Oz and Joanne Züger in three sets.

Absolute scenes on Court 7 as Mexico’s Fernanda Contreras Gomez qualifies for her first-ever Grand Slam main draw. pic.twitter.com/AvaLauCbG4

— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) May 20, 2022

=============================================== HM- Linda Noskova, CZE (17, #185) ...leading the new Crush of Czechs' charge into the majors, posting an opening round win over #11-seeded Anna Blinkova and then moving on from there, the teenager will be the youngest player in the women's MD. Noskova takes the big step of her maiden slam MD appearance one year after winning the RG girls singles crown.

First into the main draw ??

Reigning girls' singles champion Linda Noskova flies past Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 6-2 #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/GBUDGHYzMR

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 19, 2022

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*OTHER RG QUALIFIERS*
Irina Bara, ROU (27/#114) - Bara has now qualified at three straight RG, where three of her four career slam MP appearances have taken place. The other was at this year's AO as a lucky loser.

Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE (23/#150) - the Swede fell in the Q3 in her only other slam qualifying attempt this January in Melbourne, but she breezed through in Paris without dropping a set and will make her slam MD debut.

Ysaline Bonaventure, BEL (27/#170) - the Belgian completes the career slam set with her first RG MD appearance, though this one only came after rallying from 5-3 down in the 3rd in the opening Q-round vs. Despina Papamichail.

Cristina Bucsa, ESP (24/#127) - Bucsa qualifies at a third straight slam, and will once again seek her maiden MD victory in a major.

Valentini Grammatikopoulou, GRE (25/#188) - the "other" Greek in the women's draw made the U.S. Open 2nd Round as a qualifier last summer, and will get the chance to do the same with her RG debut.

Rebecca Marino, CAN (31/#116) - dropping just 12 total games in three matches, Marino successfully made it through qualifying at her third consecutive slam. This will be her first RG MD appearance since 2011.

Oksana Selekhmeteva, RUS (19/#198) - the teenager won the girls' doubles (w/ Alex Eala) last spring at Roland Garros, and will now make her slam MD women's singles debut.

Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (32/#121) - with her training Ukraine-based, Tsurenko was recently "stranded" abroad when the war started in her homeland. With a history of moderate success in Paris (4r '18, 3r '19), she qualified for her second straight major in '22.

Donna Vekic, CRO (25/#101) - having made a Round of 16 run in Paris three years ago, Vekic will now play in her 21st consecutive slam MD. She had to traverse two three-setters to reach this one, including winning (from 5-3 down in the 3rd vs. #3-seeded Louisa Chirico) while cramping down the stretch in the Q2.

Zhu Lin, CHN (28/#99) - #3-seeded Zhu didn't drop a set through qualifying, but still has yet to win a MD match in Paris (0-2), the only major where she's yet to do so.



*ROLAND GARROS "Q-PLAYER OF THE WEEK" WINNERS*
2006 Julia Vakulenko, UKR
2007 Timea Bacsinszky, SUI & Raluca Olaru, ROU
2008 Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez, ESP & Yanina Wickmayer, BEL
2009 Yaroslava Shvedova, KAZ
2010 Kaia Kanepi, EST
2011 Sloane Stephens, USA
2012 Kiki Bertens, NED
2013 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, SVK
2014 Grace Min, USA
2015 Veronica Cepede Royg, PAR
2016 Viktorija Golubic, SUI
2017 Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
2018 Francesca Schiavone, ITA
2019 Elena Rybakina, KAZ
2020 Mayar Sherif, EGY
2021 Varvara Lepchenko, USA
2022 Jule Niemeier, GER
[2022 slams]
AO: Hailey Baptiste, USA
RG: Jule Niemeier, GER

=MULTI-SLAM QUALIFIERS IN 2022=
2 - Hailey Baptiste, USA (AO-RG)
2 - Cristina Bucsa, ESP (AO-RG)
2 - Rebecca Marino, CAN (AO-RG)
2 - Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (AO-RG)

*YOUNGEST 2022 SLAM...*
=WC=
AO - Diane Parry, FRA (19)
RG - Elsa Jacquemot, FRA (19)
AO - Wang Xiyu, CHN (20)
RG - Carole Monnet, FRA (20)
RG - Katie Volynets, USA (20)

=Q=
RG - Linda Noskova, CZE (17)
AO - Zheng Qinwen, CHN (19)
RG - Oksana Selekhmeteva, RUS (19)
AO - Hailey Baptiste, USA (20)
RG - Hailey Baptiste, USA (20)
AO - Katie Volynets, USA (20)

=PR=
RG - Bianca Andreescu, CAN (21)-Q

=OLDEST 2022 SLAM...=
=WC=
AO - Samantha Stosur, AUS (37)
RG - Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (32)
RG - Rebecca Marino, CAN (31)
AO - Robin Anderson, USA (28)
RG - Dasha Saville, AUS (28)

=Q=
AO - Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (32)
AO - Rebecca Marino, CAN (31)
AO - Stefanie Voegele, SUI (31)
RG - Aleksandra Krunic, SRB (29)

=LL=
RG - Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU (34)
RG - Reka-Luca Jani, HUN (30)
AO - Nao Hibino, JPN (27)
RG - Viktoriya Tomova, HUN (27)
AO - Irina Bara, ROU (26)

=PR=
AO - Kirsten Flipkens, BEL (36)
RG - Tatjana Maria, GER (34)
AO - Tatjana Maria, GER (34)

=MAKING SLAM MD DEBUTS=
=AUTOMATIC ENTRY MD=
AO - Anna Bondar, HUN
AO - Jaqueline Cristian, ROU
AO - Panna Udvardy, HUN

=WC=
AO - Robin Anderson, USA
RG - Leolia Jeanjean, FRA
RG - Carole Monnet, FRA

=Q=
AO - Emina Bektas, USA
AO - Lucia Bronzetti, ITA
AO - Arianne Hartono, NED
AO - Jang Su-jeong, KOR
AO - Zheng Qinwen, CHN
RG - Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE
RG - Fernanda Contreras, MEX
RG - Jule Niemeier, GER
RG - Linda Noskova, CZE
RG - Oksana Selekhmeteva, RUS

=LOW-RANKED 2022 SLAM QUALIFIERS=
#224 - Fernanda Contreras, MEX (RG)
#216 - Emina Bektas, USA (AO)
#212 - Jang Su-jeong, KOR (AO)
#200 - Caroline Dolehide, USA (AO)
#198 - Oksana Selekhmeteva, RUS (RG)
#191 - Arianne Hartono, NED (AO)
#188 - Valentini Grammatikopulou, GRE (RG)
#185 - Linda Noskova, CZE (RG)
#178 - Katie Volynets, USA (AO)

=LL=
#134 - Irina Bara, ROU (AO)
#128 - Reka-Luca Jani, HUN (RG)
#125 - Nao Hibino, JPN (AO)
#118 - Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU (RG)
#113 - Viktoriya Tomova, BUL (RG)

*RG LUCKY LOSERS (as of Friday)* Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU (34/#118) - the Romanian reached the Round of 16 in Paris in her '18 debut and is 4-3 overall in the MD

Reka-Luca Jani, HUN (30/#128) - after her 13th consecutive failed slam qualifying attempt (2012-22), including at the last seven majors, the veteran Hungarian slips into her first slam MD since the 2011 U.S. Open

Viktoriya Tomova, BUL (27/#113) - a qualifier at this year's AO, Tomova now makes her RG debut. She's 1-5 in slam MD.



*RG WILD CARDS* Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, FRA (23) - her first slam MD since 2017 in Paris

Fiona Ferro, FRA (25) - reached the RG Round of 16 in '20, but has struggled since reaching the Top 40 last March. Currently #139.

Elsa Jacquemot, FRA (19) - the '20 RG girls champ gets her third straight WC in Paris

Leolia Jeanjean, FRA (26) - makes her slam MD debut a month after winning her biggest career title ($25K)

Carole Monnet, FRA (20) - the Ukraine-born Pastry, adopted by French parents at age 2, makes her slam MD debut in her home major

Dasha Saville, AUS (28) - since 4th/QF results in Indian Wells and Miami, Saville's comeback has seen lose three straight three-setters on clay by scores of 7-5, 7-6 and 7-6 in the 3rd. Her second '22 slam WC.

Harmony Tan, FRA (24) - her fourth straight RG wild card. Tan posted her maiden slam MD win last year in Paris.

Katie Volynets, USA (20) - Volynets has been a qualifier (WI/AO) or wild card (US/RG) at the last four majors. She won her second career $100K crown last month, but is 0-4 in opening round matches in slams.



RG Q1 - Olga Danilovic def. #23 Rebeka Masaova 3-6/7-6(7)/6-4 ...Danilovic's successful Q-run started with her comeback her from 3-1 down in the 3rd set. Masarova was the 2016 RG girls' champ, defeating Amanda Anisimova in the final.

Anisimova has since reached the semis in Paris (2019), but Masarova has yet to make her MD RG debut. This was the Spaniard's first ever women's qualifying match in the event. =============================================== RG Q1 - #17 Hailey Baptiste def. Olivia Gadecki 5-7/6-3/7-5 ...after missing the AO due to not being vaccinated, Aussie Gadecki finally makes her '22 slam debut. She let Baptiste 3-0 in the 3rd. =============================================== RG Q1 - Nastasja Schunk def. #16 Laura Pigossi 7-5/3-6/6-3 ...Pigossi, 27, reached the Bogota final this spring as a qualifier, but falls out in her first match in her attempt to reach her maiden slam MD. Schunk was a Wimbledon girls finalist last year. =============================================== RG Q2 - Anastasia Kulikova def. #1 Anastasia Potapova 5-7/7-6(5)/6-3 ...Istanbul champ Potapova is currently ranked #78, but her win came after the RG MD deadline date. Playing with an injured knee, the Hordette fell to the Russian-born Finn in Kulikova's first career slam qualifying attempt.

Game ??

Anastasia Kulikova eliminates top seeded qualifier Anastasia Potapova 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/VVt3AhxIKp

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 18, 2022

=============================================== RG Q2 - Viktoria Kuzmova def. Linda Fruhvirtova 7-5/3-6/7-5 ...Fruhvirtova fails in her attempt to be the first of the Crush to reach a slam MD (Noskova got the honors). =============================================== RG Q2 - #10 Viktoriya Tomova def. Marina Melnikova 2-6/7-5/6-0 ...Tomova lost a round late, but reached the MD as lucky loser, so her comeback here from 6-2/5-1 down ultimately paid off. =============================================== RG Q2 - #14 Lesia Tsurenko def. Sara Errani 6-1/6-2 ...Errani had a RU-SF-QF-QF run in Paris from 2012-15, but has since gone 2-4 in the MD in Paris and had a pair of Q2 defeats. =============================================== RG Q3 - #21 Cristina Bucsa def. Laura Siegemund 4-6/6-3/6-1 ...a quarterfinalist in Paris two years ago, Siegemund has since fallen in the 1st Round and come up a set short in the final round of qualifying. She hasn't won a MD slam match since that '20 run in Paris. ===============================================

*ROLAND GARROS #1 SEEDS*
2010 Serena Williams (QF)
2011 Caroline Wozniacki (3rd Rd.)
2012 Victoria Azarenka (4th Rd.)
2013 Serena Williams (W)
2014 Serena Williams (2nd Rd.)
2015 Serena Williams (W)
2016 Serena Williams (RU)
2017 Angelique Kerber (1st Rd.)
2018 Simona Halep (W)
2019 Naomi Osaka (3rd Rd.)
2020 Simona Halep (4th Rd.)
2021 Ash Barty (2nd Rd.)
2022 Iga Swiatek

*RG FINALS - active*
4...Serena Williams (3-1)
3...Simona Halep (1-2)
2...Svetlana Kuznetsova (1-1)
1...Barbora Krejcikova (1-0)
1...Garbine Muguruza (1-0)
1...Alona Ostapenko (1-0)
1...Iga Swiatek (1-0)
1...Sara Errani (0-1)
1...Sofia Kenin (0-1)
1...Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (0-1)
1...Sloane Stephens (0-1)
1...Samantha Stosur (0-1)
1...Marketa Vondrousova (0-1)
1...Venus Williams (0-1)
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ALSO: Barty (1-0)

*RECENT RG SEMIFINALISTS*
2010 Schiavone (W)/Stosur (RU); Dementieva/Jankovic
2011 Li (W)/Schiavone (RU); Bartoli/Sharapova
2012 Sharapova (W)/Errani (RU); Kvitova/Stosur
2013 S.Williams (W)/Sharapova (RU); Azarenka/Errani
2014 Sharapova (W)/Halep (RU); Bouchard/Petkovic
2015 S.Williams (W)/Safarova (RU); Bacsinszky/Ivanovic
2016 Muguruza (W)/S.Williams (RU); Bertens/Stosur
2017 Ostapenko (W)/Halep (RU); Ka.Pliskova/Bacsinszky
2018 Halep (W)/Stephens (RU); Muguruza/Keys
2019 Barty (W)/Vondrousova (RU); Anisimova/Konta
2020 Swiatek (W)/Kenin (RU); Podoroska/Kvitova
2021 Krejcikova (W)/Pavlyuchenkova (RU); Sakkari/Zidansek

*UNSEEDED RG FINALISTS IN OPEN ERA*
1971 Helen Gourlay, AUS
1976 Renata Tomanova, TCH
1977 Florenta Mihal, ROU
1983 Mima Jausovec, YUG
2017 Alona Ostapenko, LAT (W)
2019 Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
2020 Iga Swiatek, POL (W)
2021 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (W)

*LOW-RANKED RG CHAMPION IN OPEN ERA*
#54 - Iga Swiatek, 2020
#47 - Alona Ostapenko, 2017
#33 - Barbora Krejcikova, 2021
#18 - Sue Barker, 1976
#17 - Virginia Ruzici, 1978
#17 - Francesca Schiavone, 2010

*LOW-SEEDED RG SEMIFINALISTS - since 2010*
un....Kiki Bertens, 2016
un....Alona Ostapenko, 2017 (W)
un....Amanda Anisimova, 2019
un....Marketa Vondrousova, 2019 (RU)
un....Iga Swiatek, 2020 (W)
un....Tamara Zidansek, 2021
un....Barbora Krejcikova, 2021 (W)
Q.....Nadia Podoroska, 2020
#31...Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 2021 (RU)
#30...Timea Bacsinszky, 2017
#28...Andrea Petkovic, 2014
#23...Timea Bacsinszky, 2015
#21...Samantha Stosur, 2016
#21...Sara Errani, 2012 (RU)
#18...Genie Bouchard, 2014
#17...Maria Sakkari, 2021
#17...Francesca Schiavone, 2010 (W)
#13...Madison Keys, 2018
#13...Lucie Safarova, 2015 (RU)

*EARLIEST EXIT BY RG #1 SEED*
2017 1st Rd. - Angelique Kerber (lost to Ekaterina Makarova)
2004 2nd Rd. - Justine Henin (lost to Tathiana Garbin)
2014 2nd Rd. - Serena Williams (lost to Garbine Muguruza)
2021 2nd Rd. - Ash Barty (lost to Magda Linette; ret.)

*RECENT ROLAND GARROS GIRLS FINALS*
2007 Alize Cornet/FRA d. Mariana Duque-Marino/COL
2008 Simona Halep/ROU d. Elena Bogdan/ROU
2009 Kristina Mladenovic/FRA d. Dasha Gavrilova/RUS
2010 Elina Svitolina/UKR d. Ons Jabeur/TUN
2011 Ons Jabeur/TUN d. Monica Puig/PUR
2012 Annika Beck/GER d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova/SVK
2013 Belinda Bencic/SUI d. Antonia Lottner/GER
2014 Dasha Kasatkina/RUS d. Ivana Jorovic/SRB
2015 Paula Badosa/ESP d. Anna Kalinskaya/RUS
2016 Rebeka Masarova/SUI d. Amanda Anisimova/USA
2017 Whitney Osuigwe/USA d. Claire Liu/USA
2018 Coco Gauff/USA d. Caty McNally/USA
2019 Leylah Fernandez/CAN d. Emma Navarro/USA
2020 Elsa Jacquemot/FRA d. Alina Charaeva/RUS
2021 Linda Noskova/CZE d. Erika Andreeva/RUS

*BEST RG GIRLS/WOMEN'S RESULTS*
[won Girls & Women's titles]
Sue Barker (1974 Jr. Champion; 1976 Women's Champion)
Jennifer Capriati (1989 Jr. Champion; 2001 Women's Champion)
Simona Halep (2008 Jr. Champion; 2018 Women's Champion)
Justine Henin (1997 Jr. Champion; 2003, '05-'07 Women's Champion)
Mima Jausovec (1973 Jr. Champion; 1977 Women's Champion)
Hana Mandlikova (1978 Jr. Champion; 1981 Women's Champion)
[others]
Renata Tomanova (1972 Jr. Champion; 1976 Women's RU)
Martina Hingis (1993-94 Jr. Champion; 1997/99 Women's RU)
Natasha Zvereva (1998 Jr. Champion; 1988 Women's RU)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (2001 Jr. RU; 2009 Women's Champion)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2006 Jr. RU; 2021 Women's RU)

*FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS AT ROLAND GARROS*
[Open Era]
1971 Evonne Goolagong, AUS
1974 Chris Evert, USA
1976 Sue Barker, GBR
1977 Mima Jausovec, SLO
1978 Virginia Ruzici, ROU
1987 Steffi Graf, GER
1989 Arantxa Sanchez, ESP
1990 Monica Seles, YUG
1997 Iva Majoli, CRO
2003 Justine Henin, BEL
2004 Anastasia Myskina, RUS
2008 Ana Ivanovic, SRB
2010 Francesca Schiavone, ITA
2011 Li Na, CHN
2016 Garbine Muguruza, ESP
2017 Alona Ostapenko, LAT
2018 Simona Halep, ROU
2019 Ash Barty, AUS
2020 Iga Swiatek, POL
2021 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
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NOTE: Ann Haydon-Jones won first at '61 RG before Open era
NOTE: 6 con. RG w/ 1st-time champions (twice first WTA title)
NOTE: 2 con. unseeded winners, and 3 of 5

*ROLAND GARROS CHAMPIONS...*
[youngest]
16y,6m - Monica Seles, 1990
17y,5m - Arantxa Sanchez, 1989
17y,11m - Steffi Graf, 1987
[oldest]
33y,10m - Zsuzi Kormoczy, 1958
33y,8m - Serena Williams, 2015*
31y,8m - Serena Williams, 2013*
31y,6m - Nelly Landry, 1948
31y,5m - Chris Evert, 1986*
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*-Open era

*RECENT RG CHAMPIONS*
[Women's Doubles]
2015 Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie Safarova, USA/CZE
2016 Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic, FRA/FRA
2017 Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie Safarova, USA/CZE
2018 Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
2019 Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic, HUN/FRA
2020 Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic, HUN/FRA
2021 Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
[Mixed Doubles]
2015 Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mike Bryan, USA/USA
2016 Martina Hingis & Leander Paes, SUI/IND
2017 Gaby Dabrowski & Rohan Bopanna, CAN/IND
2018 Latisha Chan & Ivan Dodig, TPE/CRO
2019 Latisha Chan & Ivan Dodig, TPE/CRO
2020 DNP
2021 Desirae Krawczyk & Joe Salisburg, USA/GBR
[Girl's Doubles]
2015 Miriam Kolodziejova & Marketa Vondrouosva, CZE/CZE
2016 Paula Arias Manjon & Olga Danilovic, ESP/SRB
2017 Bianca Andreescu & Carson Branstine, CAN/CAN
2018 Caty McNally & Iga Swiatek, USA/POL
2019 Chloe Beck & Emma Navarro, USA/USA
2020 Eleonora Alvisi & Lisa Pigato, ITA/ITA
2021 Alex Eala & Oksana Selekhmeteva, PHI/RUS

*RG WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS*
2007 Esther Vergeer, NED
2008 Esther Vergeer, NED
2009 Esther Vergeer, NED
2010 Esther Vergeer, NED
2011 Esther Vergeer, NED
2012 Esther Vergeer, NED
2013 Sabine Ellerbrock, GER
2014 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2015 Jiske Griffioen, NED
2016 Marjolein Buis, NED
2017 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2018 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2019 Diede de Groot, NED
2020 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2021 Diede de Groot, NED
[doubles]
2007 Maaike Smit/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2008 Jiske Griffioen/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2009 Korie Homan/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2010 Daniela Di Toro/Aniek van Koot, AUS/NED
2011 Esther Vergeer/Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2012 Marjolein Buis/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2013 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2014 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2015 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2016 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2017 Marjolein Buis/Yui Kamiji, NED/JPN
2018 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED
2019 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED
2020 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED
2021 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED

*FRENCH WOMEN IN RG ROUND OF 16*
[since last French finalist in '94]
1994 Mary Pierce (RU), Julie Halard, Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
1995 Mary Pierce
1996 -
1997 Mary Pierce
1998 Sandrine Testud
1999 Julie Halard-Decugis
2000 Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
2001 Sandrine Testud
2002 Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
2003 Amelie Mauresmo
2004 Amelie Mauresmo
2005 Mary Pierce
2006 Amelie Mauresmo
2007 Marion Bartoli
2008 -
2009 Virginie Razzano, Aravane Rezai
2010 -
2011 Marion Bartoli
2012 -
2013 -
2014 Pauline Parmentier
2015 Alize Cornet
2016 -
2017 Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic
2018 Caroline Garcia
2019 -
2020 Fiona Ferro, Caroline Garcia
2021 -

**RECENT WOMEN'S SLAM WINNERS**
2019 AO: Naomi Osaka, JPN
2019 RG: Ash Barty, AUS*
2019 WI: Simona Halep, ROU
2019 US: Bianca Andreescu, CAN*
2020 AO: Sofia Kenin, USA*
2020 US: Naomi Osaka, JPN
2020 RG: Iga Swiatek, POL*
2021 AO: Naomi Osaka, JPN (3)
2021 RG: Barbora Krejcikova, CZE*
2021 WI: Ash Barty, AUS
2021 US: Emma Raducanu, GBR*
2022 AO: Ash Barty, AUS (3)
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* - first-time slam champ

**AGE OF 2020s SLAM WINNERS**
18 = Emma Raducanu, GBR (2021 US)
19 = Iga Swiatek, POL (2020 RG)
21 = Sofia Kenin, USA (2020 AO)
22 = Naomi Osaka, JPN (2020 US)
23 = Naomi Osaka, JPN (2021 AO)
25 = Ash Barty, AUS (2021 WI)
25 = Ash Barty, AUS (2022 AO)
25 = Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (2021 RG)

**ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS - FIRST SLAM FINAL**
1997 U.S. Open - Venus Williams
1999 U.S. Open - Serena Williams (W)
2004 U.S. Open - Svetlana Kuznetsova (W)
2010 Roland Garros - Samantha Stosur
2010 Wimbledon - Vera Zvonareva
2011 Wimbledon - Petra Kvitova (W)
2012 Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka (W)
2012 Roland Garros - Sara Errani
2013 Wimbledon - Sabine Lisicki
2014 Roland Garros - Simona Halep
2014 Wimbledon - Genie Bouchard
2015 Wimbledon - Garbine Muguruza
2016 Australian Open - Angelique Kerber (W)
2016 U.S. Open - Karolina Pliskova
2017 Roland Garros - Alona Ostapenko (W)
2017 U.S. Open - Sloane Stephens (W)
2017 U.S. Open - Madison Keys
2018 U.S. Open - Naomi Osaka (W)
2019 Roland Garros - Marketa Vondrousova
2019 U.S. Open - Bianca Andreescu (W)
2020 Australian Open - Sofia Kenin (W)
2020 Roland Garros - Iga Swiatek (W)
2021 Australian Open - Jennifer Brady
2021 Roland Garros - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2021 Roland Garros - Barbora Krejcikova (W)
2021 U.S. Open - Leylah Fernandez
2021 U.S. Open - Emma Raducanu (W)
2022 Australian Open - Danielle Collins
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ALSO: Barty ('19 RG - W)

**ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS - WON IN FIRST SLAM FINAL**
1999 U.S. Open - Serena Williams
2011 Wimbledon - Petra Kvitova
2012 Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka
2016 Australian Open - Angelique Kerber
2017 Roland Garros - Alona Ostapenko
2017 U.S. Open - Sloane Stephens
2018 U.S. Open - Naomi Osaka
2019 U.S. Open - Bianca Andreescu
2020 Australian Open - Sofia Kenin
2020 Roland Garros - Iga Swiatek
2021 Roland Garros - Barbora Krejcikova
2021 U.S. Open - Emma Raducanu
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ALSO: Barty ('19 RG)

**RECENT WC SLAM SINGLES FINALS**
2018 AO - #2 Diede de Groot/NED def. #1 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2018 RG - #1 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. #2 Diede de Groot/NED
2018 WI - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. Aniek Van Koot/NED
2018 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 AO - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 RG - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 WI - Aniek Van Koot/NED def. #1 Diede de Groot/NED
2019 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2020 AO - #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. Aniek Van Koot/NED
2020 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2020 RG - #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. Momoko Ohtani/JPN
2021 AO - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2021 RG - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2021 WI - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. KG Montjane/RSA
2021 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2022 AO - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. Aniek Van Koot/NED

**SLAM TITLES AFTER AGE 30**
10..Serena Williams, USA (age 30-35)*
3...Martina Navratilova, USA (age 30-33)
3...Margaret Court, AUS (age 30-31)
2...Billie Jean King, USA (age 30 & 31)
2...Chris Evert, USA (age 30 & 31)
1...Flavia Pennetta, ITA (age 33)
1...Virginia Wade. GBR (age 31)
1...Ann Haydon Jones, GBR (age 30)
1...Angelique Kerber, GER (age 30)*
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*-active

**OLDEST WOMEN'S SINGLES SLAM CHAMPIONS - OPEN ERA**
Serena Williams (35y/125) - 2017 Australian
Serena Williams (34/283) - 2016 Wimbledon
Serena Williams (33/285) - 2015 Wimbledon
Martina Navratilova (33/263) - 1990 Wimbledon
Serena Williams (33/254) - 2015 Roland Garros
Flavia Pennetta (33/201) - 2015 U.S. Open
Serena Williams (33/127) - 2015 Australian

**OLDEST WOMEN'S SINGLES SLAM FINALISTS**
Serena Williams (37,347d) - lost '19 US to Andreescu
Serena Williams (37,291d) - lost '19 WI to Halep
Martina Navratilova (37y,258d) — lost '94 WI to C.Martinez
Venus Williams (37,28d) - lost '17 WI to Muguruza
Serena Williams (36/347) - lost '18 US to Osaka
Serena Williams (36/291) - lost '18 WI to Kerber
Venus Williams (36/226) — lost '17 AO to S.Williams
Serena Williams (35/125) — '17 AO, def. V.Williams

**OLDEST FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS**
33y,199d - Flavia Pennetta, 2015 U.S. Open
29y,346d - Francesca Schiavone, 2010 Roland Garros
29y,275d - Jana Novotna, 1998 Wimbledon
29y,154d - Kerry Melville-Reid, 1977 Australian Open
29y,98d - Li Na, 2011 Roland Garros
28y,277d - Marion Bartoli, 2013 Wimbledon
28y,12d - Angelique Kerber, 2016 Australian Open
27y,200d - Caroline Wozniacki, 2018 Australian Open
26y,255d - Simona Halep, 2018 Roland Garros
26y,207d - Amelie Mauresmo, 2006 Australian Open
26y,165d - Samantha Stosur, 2011 U.S. Open

**MOST SLAMS BEFORE FIRST TITLE**
49 - Flavia Pennetta (2015 U.S. Open)
47 - Marion Bartoli (2013 Wimbledon)
45 - Jana Novotna (1998 Wimbledon)
43 - Caroline Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open)
39 - Francesca Schiavone (2010 Roland Garros)
34 - Samantha Stosur (2011 U.S. Open)
33 - Angelique Kerber (2016 Australian Open)
32 - Simona Halep (2018 Roland Garros)
32 - Amelie Mauresmo (2006 Australian Open)

**RECENT FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS AND RESULT AT NEXT MAJOR**
2016 Angelique Kerber (AO): Roland Garros 1st
2016 Garbine Muguruza (RG): Wimbledon 2nd
2017 Alona Ostapenko (RG): Wimbledon QF
2017 Sloane Stephens (US): Australian 1st
2018 Caroline Wozniacki (AO): Roland Garros 4th
2018 Simona Halep (RG): Wimbledon 3rd
2018 Naomi Osaka (US): Australian W
2019 Ash Barty (RG): Wimbledon 4th
2019 Bianca Andreescu (US): DNP 2020/2021 AO 2nd
2020 Sofia Kenin (AO): U.S. Open 5th
2020 Iga Swiatek (RG): Australian 4th
2021 Barbora Krejcikova (RG): Wimbledon 4th
2021 Emma Raducanu (US): Australian 2nd

**TEEN SLAM CHAMPS - since 1997**
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (AO)*
1997 Iva Majoli, 19 (RG)*
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (WI)
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (US)
1998 Martina Hingis, 17 (AO)
1999 Martina Hingis, 18 (AO)
1999 Serena Williams, 17 (US)*
2004 Maria Sharapova, 17 (WI)*
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 19 (US)*
2006 Maria Sharapova, 19 (US)
2019 Bianca Andreescu, 19 (AO)*
2020 Iga Swiatek, 19 (RG)*
2021 Emma Raducanu, 18 (US)*
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* - first-time slam winner

**RECENT YOUNG SLAM FINALS**
37 - 2001 US - Raducanu (18) d. L.Fernandez (19)
40 - 2003 RG - Henin (21) d. Clijsters (19)
40 - 2008 AO - Sharapova (20) d. Ivanovic (20)
40 - 2020 RG - Swiatek (19) d. Kenin (21)
**RECENT ALL-TEEN SLAM FINALS**
1997 RG - Majoli (19) d. Hingis (16)
1997 US - Hingis (16) d. V.Wiliams (17)
1999 US - S.Williams (17) d. Hingis (18)
2021 US - Raducanu (18) d. Fernandez (19)

**BIGGEST AGE DIFFERENCE IN SLAM FINAL**
18y,263 - Andreescu (19) d. S.Williams (37) = '19 U.S.
17y,45d - Seles (17) d. Navratilova (34) = '91 U.S.
16y,20d - Osaka (20) d. S.Williams (36) = '18 U.S.
15y,180d - Martinez (22) d. Navratilova (37) = '94 WI
14y,175d - Graf (18) d. Evert (33) = '88 AO
13y,113d - Muguruza (23) d. V.Williams (37) = '17 WI

**LOW RANKED IN SLAM FINAL - Open era**
NR - Evonne Goolagong, 1977 Australian (W)
NR - Kim Clijsters, 2009 US Open (W)
NR - Justine Henin, 2010 Australian
#181 - Serena Williams, 2018 Wimbledon
#150 - Emma Raducanu, 2021 US Open (W)
#111 - Chris O'Neil, 1978 Australian (W)
#83 - Sloane Stephens, 2017 US Open (W)
#81 - Serena Williams, 2007 Australian (W)
#78 - Betsy Nagelson, 1978 Australian
#73 - Leylah Fernandez, 2021 US Open
#68 - Barbara Jordan, 1979 Australian (W)
#66 - Venus Williams, 1997 US Open
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LOW-RANKED RG WINNER: #54 Iga Swiatek, 2020

**FIRST-TIME SLAM SEMIFINALISTS SINCE 2017**
=2017=
AO: CoCo Vandeweghe/USA
RG: Alona Ostapenko/LAT (W)
WI: Magdalena Rybarikova/SVK
US: -
=2018=
AO: Elise Mertens/BEL
RG: -
WI: Julia Goerges/GER
US: Naomi Osaka/JPN (W), Anastasija Sevastova/LAT
=2019=
AO: Danielle Collins/USA
RG: A.Anisimova/USA, A.Barty/AUS (W), M.Vondrousova/CZE (RU)
WI: Barbora Strycova/CZE, Elina Svitolina/UKR
US: Bianca Andreescu/USA (W), Belinda Bencic/SUI
=2020=
AO: Sofia Kenin/USA (W)
US: Jennifer Brady/USA
RG: Nadia Podoroska/ARG, Iga Swiatek/POL (W)
=2021=
AO: Jennifer Brady/USA (RU)
RG: Krejcikova/CZE (W), Pavlyuchenkova/RUS (RU), Sakkari/GRE, Zidansek/SLO
WI: Aryna Sabalenka/BLR
US: Leylah Fernandez/CAN (RU), Emma Raducanu/GBR (W)
=2022=
AO: -
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NOTE: at least one in 32 of last 35 slams, 33 of 37

**CAREER SLAM #1 SEEDS - active**
20...Serena Williams
6...Simona Halep
3...Victoria Azarenka
3...Angelique Kerber
2...Naomi Osaka
2...Karolina Pliskova
1...Iga Swiatek (2022)
1...Venus Williams
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ALSO: Barty-7

**CAREER SLAM MD APPEARANCES - WOMEN**
90 - Venus Williams *
79 - Serena Williams *
72 - Svetlana Kuznetsova *
71 - Francesca Schiavone
71 - Amy Frazier
67 - Martina Navratilova
64 - Alize Cornet (active to RG '22) *
64 - Conchita Martinez
63 - Ai Sugiyama

**CONSECUTIVE SLAM MD APPEARANCES - WOMEN**
62 - Ai Sugiyama
61 - Alize Cornet (active through RG '22)
61 - Francesca Schiavone
56 - Jelena Jankovic
54 - Nathalie Dechy
54 - Elena Likhovtseva

**SLAMS WITHOUT SERENA or VENUS WILLIAMS IN MD**
AO: (pre-debut year: 1997) - 2022
RG: (pre-debut year: 1996) - 2011,2022
WI: (pre-debut year: 1996) - none
US: (pre-debut year: 1996) - 2003,2021

**WON TITLE AT FIRST SLAM SEEDED #1**
[since end of Evert/Navratilova era]
1991 Monica Seles (Roland Garros)
2002 Jennifer Capriati (Australian Open)
2002 Serena Williams (U.S. Open)
2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne (Australian Open)
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NOTE: Swiatek first career slam #1 seed at '22 RG

**EARLIEST EXIT BY SLAM #1**
[pre-Open era]
1962 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Margaret Court (lost to Billie Jean Moffitt)
[Open era]
1979 Australian Open 1st Rd. - Virginia Ruzici (lost to Mary Sawyer)
1994 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Steffi Graf (lost to Lori McNeil)
1999 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Martina Hingis (lost to Jelena Dokic)
2001 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Martina Hingis (lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
2017 Roland Garros 1st Rd. - Angelique Kerber (lost to Ekaterina Makarova)
2018 US Open 1st Rd. - Simona Halep (lost to Kaia Kanepi)

**RECENT SLAM JUNIOR CHAMPS**
[2017]
AO: Marta Kostyuk, UKR
RG: Whitney Osuigwe, USA
WI: Claire Liu, USA
US: Amanda Anisimova, USA
[2018]
AO: Liang En-shuo, TPE
RG: Coco Gauff, USA
WI: Iga Swiatek, POL
US: Wang Xiyu, CHN
[2019]
AO: Clara Tauson, DEN
RG: Leylah Annie Fernandez, CAN
WI: Daria Snigur, UKR
US: Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, COL
[2020]
AO: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, AND
US: DNP
RG: Elsa Jacquemot, FRA
[2021]
RG: Linda Noskova, CZE
WI: Ane Mintegi del Olmo, ESP
US: Robin Montgomery, USA
[2022]
AO: Petra Marcinko, CRO

All for now.