Sharon Walraven
_2011.jpg) Walraven competing at the 2011 US Open | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 19, 1970 Schaesberg, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Official website | www.sharonwalraven.nl | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 527–238 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (11 April 2005) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2005) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (2010) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | F (2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |  Silver Medal (2000) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 354–145 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (4 July 2005) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2011, 2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Masters Doubles | W (2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |  Gold Medal (2008) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 19 Augst January 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||
Sharon Walraven (born 19 June 1970, Schaesberg) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She became paraplegic at age 23 after complications following a fall while she was ice-skating.[1] She has won seven Grand Slams doubles titles partnering compatriot Esther Vergeer. At the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing she won the Gold medal in the women's doubles competition. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney she won a Silver medal in the women's singles competition. Walraven has a highest ranking of No.2 in singles and No.1 in doubles.
With Vergeer, Walraven achieved the Grand Slam in 2011, defeating Griffioen and van Koot in all four finals. During the finals the pair recovered from being 5-2 down in the final set at Wimbledon and 6-1 down in the second set tiebreak at the US Open to win.[2][3][4][5] The pair were also victorious in the Masters.[6]
2012 saw Walraven win a singles title in Trofeo della Mole.[7] However Walraven also lost finals in Sardina,[8] Olot[9] and Gauteng.[10] In doubles competition Walraven won the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open with Vergeer.[11] Through out the rest of the year she won the Japan Open with Buis,[12] and titles in Olot and Sardina with Ellerbrock.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).Walraven was runner up at the Pensacola Open with Vergeer,[13] in Atlanta with Sevenans<refhttp://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/scheffers,-griffioen,-wagner-clinch-atlanta-open-titles.aspx</ref> and made the finals in Gauteng and Johannesburg with Kruger.[10][14] Walraven helped her nation win a 25th World Team Cup final.[15]
Grand Slam titles
- Australian Open: singles 2005, doubles 2011, 2012
- French Open: doubles 2011
- Wimbledon: doubles 2010, 2011
- US Open: doubles 2010, 2011
References
- ^ "Biografie". Sharon Walraven. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Kunieda-Scheffers win Australian Open men's doubles". ITF Tennis. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Dutch doubles delight at Wimbledon". ITF Tennis. 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Dutch Delight on French Open Final's Day". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Wagner and Norfolk to contest quad singles final". ITF Tennis. 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Egberink, Jeremiasz win Invacare Doubles Masters". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/fernandez,-walraven-win-trofeo-della-mole.aspx
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/gerard,-ellerbrock,-hunter-claim-titles-at-sardinia-open.aspx
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/olsson-and-ellerbrock-win-singles-titles-in-olot.aspx
- ^ a b http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/weekes,-montjane,-sithole-win-gauteng-titles.aspx
- ^ http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-27/201201271327651543968.html
- ^ "Wagner clinches Japan Open quad title". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Houdet, Vergeer, Gershony lift Pensacola titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/articles/mccarroll,-ellerbrock,-lapthorne-win-in-south-africa.aspx
- ^ "Dutch win 25th World Team Cup women's title". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
External links
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Dutch female tennis players
- Wheelchair tennis players
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Australian Open champions
- French Open champions
- US Open (tennis) champions
- Wimbledon champions
- People from Landgraaf