Abigail Spears































































































































Abigail Spears

Spears 2009 US Open 01.jpg
Spears at the 2009 U.S. Open

Country (sports)
 United States
Residence
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Born
(1981-07-12) July 12, 1981 (age 37)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro October 2000
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Larry Willens
Prize money
US$2,564,833
Singles
Career record 285–254
Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 66 (June 6, 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2005)
French Open 1R (2005)
Wimbledon 1R (2005)
US Open 1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record 502–353
Career titles 21 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking No. 10 (March 2, 2015)
Current ranking No. 18 (3 July 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2014)
French Open 3R (2004)
Wimbledon SF (2015, 2016, 2018)
US Open QF (2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open
W (2017)
French Open QF (2018)
Wimbledon
QF (2018)
US Open F (2013, 2014)
Last updated on: 12 July 2017.

Abigail Michal Spears (born July 12, 1981)[1] is a professional tennis player from the United States. Spears resides in Colorado and plays right-handed.[2][3]




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 2000–2011


    • 1.2 2012


    • 1.3 2017 - Slam Breakthrough




  • 2 Significant finals


    • 2.1 Grand Slam finals


      • 2.1.1 Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 runners-up, 1 title)




    • 2.2 Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals


      • 2.2.1 Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)






  • 3 WTA career finals


    • 3.1 Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


    • 3.2 Doubles: 31 (21 titles, 10 runners-up)




  • 4 Grand Slam performance timelines


    • 4.1 Singles


    • 4.2 Doubles




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Biography



2000–2011


Spears turned professional in 2000.[2] Spears reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open,[4] and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 US Open.[5][6] She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 US Open.


Spears also qualified in singles for the US Open twice.[7] Spears achieved a singles ranking of world no. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world no. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but as of the end of January 2017, she has won 18 WTA doubles titles.[2] She participated in the U.S. Open doubles draw 11 times between 1998 and 2010.[7]



2012


Spears and compatriot Raquel Kops-Jones were one of the most successful doubles team of the 2012 season, winning four titles at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals and also the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.



2017 - Slam Breakthrough


2017 will be Spears' farewell year on tour.[8] At the Australian Open, Spears partnered with Juan Sebastian Cabal to win the mixed doubles tournament. In the final, they defeated the second seeded team of Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig 6-2, 6-4. The American-Colombian duo recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the second set to reel off five straight games to clinch the title. It was a revenge match for Spears, having lost to Mirza the last time Spears made it to a Slam final, losing 9-11 in the super tiebreak to Mirza and Bruno Soares at the 2014 US Open.



Significant finals



Grand Slam finals



Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 runners-up, 1 title)







































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up

2013

US Open
Hard

Mexico Santiago González

Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up

2014

US Open
Hard

Mexico Santiago González

India Sania Mirza
Brazil Bruno Soares
1–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Winner

2017

Australian Open
Hard

Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal

India Sania Mirza
Croatia Ivan Dodig
6–2, 6–4


Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals



Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)







































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up

2012

Doha
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
3–6, 1–6
Winner

2012

Tokyo
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–4
Winner

2014

Cincinnati
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–1, 2–0 ret.


WTA career finals



Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)









Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)




















Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
1.
November 7, 2004

Bell Challenge, Québec City, Canada
Hard

Slovakia Martina Suchá
5–7, 6–3, 2–6


Doubles: 31 (21 titles, 10 runners-up)









Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–1)
Tier II / Premier (8–5)
Tier III, IV & V / International (11–4)


































































































































































































































































































































Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
January 5, 2003

ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand
Hard

United States Teryn Ashley

Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Win
2.
August 15, 2004

Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada
Hard

United States Bethanie Mattek

Belgium Els Callens
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–3, 6–3
Loss
1.
February 19, 2005

Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States
Hard

United States Laura Granville

Japan Yuka Yoshida
Japan Miho Saeki
3–6, 4–6
Win
3.
July 24, 2005

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States
Hard

United States Laura Granville

Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Argentina María Emilia Salerni
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win
4.
May 10, 2009

Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal
Clay

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Canada Sharon Fichman
Hungary Katalin Marosi
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss
2.
June 14, 2009

Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain
Grass

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
1–6, 4–6
Win
5.
September 27, 2009

Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea
Hard

Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan

United States Carly Gullickson
Australia Nicole Kriz
6–3, 6–4
Loss
3.
October 18, 2009

HP Open, Osaka, Japan
Hard

South Africa Chanelle Scheepers

United States Lisa Raymond
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 4–6
Loss
4.
August 7, 2011

Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
0–6, 2–6
Win
6.
September 18, 2011

Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United States Jamie Hampton
Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss
5.
January 7, 2012

Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–7(2-7), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up
6.
February 19, 2012

Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
3–6, 1–6
Win
7.
July 23, 2012

Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United States Vania King
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–2, 6–4
Win
8.
September 23, 2012

Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
United States Vania King
2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win
9.
September 29, 2012

Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–4
Win
10.
October 14, 2012

HP Open, Osaka, Japan
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
United Kingdom Heather Watson
6–1, 6–4
Win
11.
July 29, 2013

Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Germany Julia Görges
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win
12.
August 5, 2013

Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up
7.
September 22, 2013

KDB Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
China Xu Yifan
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up
8.
February 22, 2014

Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win
13.
June 15, 2014

Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Grass

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Casey Dellacqua
7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win
14.
August 18, 2014

Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–1, 2–0 ret.
Runner-up
9.
January 16, 2015

Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
India Sania Mirza
3–6, 3–6
Win
15.
February 28, 2015

Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–4
Win
16.
June 14, 2015

Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain
Grass

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Anna Smith
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win
17.
October 18, 2015

Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria
Hard

United States Raquel Kops-Jones

Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–3, 7–5
Win
18.
July 23, 2016

Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States
Hard

United States Raquel Atawo

Croatia Darija Jurak
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
6–3, 6–4
Win
19.
February 18, 2017

Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar
Hard

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

Ukraine Olga Savchuk
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up
10.
April 30, 2017

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany
Clay (i)

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

United States Raquel Atawo
Latvia Jelena Ostapenko
4–6, 4–6
Win
20.
August 6, 2017

Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States
Hard

United States Coco Vandeweghe

France Alizé Cornet
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6–2, 6–3
Win
21.
June 17, 2018

Nature Valley Open, Nottingham, Great Britain
Grass

Poland Alicja Rosolska

Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
United Kingdom Heather Watson
6–3, 7–6(7–5)


Grand Slam performance timelines



Singles














































Tournament 2004 2005 SR W–L

Grand Slam Tournaments

Australian Open


3R
0 / 1
2–1

French Open


1R
0 / 1
0–1

Wimbledon


1R
0 / 1
0–1

US Open

1R

1R
0 / 2
0–2
Win-Loss
0–1
2–4
0 / 5
2–5


Doubles






















































































































































































































































Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L

Grand Slam Tournaments

Australian Open
A
A
A
A

2R

1R

1R

1R

1R
A
A

2R

1R

3R

1R

2R

SF

QF

2R

1R

2R
0 / 15
14–15

French Open
A
A
A
A

1R

2R

3R
A
A
A
A

1R

1R

1R

2R

1R

2R

1R

2R

2R

1R
0 / 13
7–13

Wimbledon
A
A
A
A

1R

1R

1R

3R

1R
A

3R

1R

1R

2R

QF

3R

3R

SF

SF

1R

SF
0 / 16
24–16

US Open

1R

1R
A

1R

2R

2R

1R

1R

1R

1R

QF

1R

1R

1R

3R

2R

1R

3R

1R

1R

1R
0 / 20
10–20
Win-Loss
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–1
2–4
2–4
2–4
2–3
0–3
0–1
5–2
1–4
0–4
3–4
6–4
4–4
7–4
9–4
6–4
1–4
5-4
0 / 64
55–64

WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments

Indian Wells
A
A
A
A
A

1R

1R

2R
A
A
A

2R

2R

2R

1R

1R

2R

1R

QF

1R

1R
0 / 13
7–13

Key Biscayne
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

QF

2R

1R

1R

1R

SF

1R

1R

1R

1R
0 / 10
6–10

Madrid
Not Held

1R

1R

1R

1R

QF

QF

2R

1R

1R

QF
0 / 10
7–10

Beijing
Not Held
Not Tier I
A
A

QF

QF

QF

QF

1R

1R

1R

0 / 7
8–7


References





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  8. ^ "Spears, Cabal win mixed doubles, continue 30s theme in Oz". USA Today. Melbourne. The Associated Press. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017. Spears was striving to win her first Grand Slam title in her farewell year. She plans to retire at the end of this season after a career in which she was twice runner-up in mixed doubles finals with Mexican Santiago Gonzalez at the U.S. Open in 2013 and 2014.




External links




  • Abigail Spears at the Women's Tennis Association Edit this at Wikidata


  • Abigail Spears at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata











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