Timea Bacsinszky

Timea Bacsinszky

Bacsinszky in 2008
Full name	Timea Bacsinszky
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
Born	(1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 Lausanne, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	October 2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,990,845
Singles
Career record	322–169
Career titles	3 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	21 (27 April 2015)
Current ranking	24 (25 May 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	SF (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2009, 2014)
US Open	3R (2008)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	136–77
Career titles	4 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	36 (31 January 2011)
Current ranking	147 (23 March 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2011)
French Open	2R (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	3R (2010)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	23–16
Last updated on: 23 March 2015.

Timea Bacsinszky (born 8 June 1989 in Lausanne) is a Swiss professional tennis player.

Bacsinszky has won three singles and four doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 23 March 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 23. On 31 January 2011, she peaked at world number 36 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Bacsinszky has a win–loss record of 23–16.

Personal life

Bacsinszky, who first picked up a racket at age 3, was pushed hard to succeed in youth tennis by her father Igor, a tennis coach from Romania. She has stated that she resented him for this and remains estranged from him, even though she still developed a passion for competitive tennis. Her mother, Suzanne, is a dentist from Hungary. She has one brother, Daniel (music teacher), and two sisters, Sophie (musician and student) and Melinda. Her parents divorced some time ago.

Career

2004–10

During Bacsinszky's junior career, she reached the semifinals of the 2004 Australian Open, losing to Shahar Pe'er, the 2004 French Open, losing to Mădălina Gojnea, and the 2005 Australian Open, losing to Hungarian Ágnes Szávay.

Her breakthrough professional tournament was the 2006 Zurich Open, qualifying and then defeating former Grand Slam champion Anastasia Myskina and Italian Francesca Schiavone. Her fairytale run was ended by former world no. 1 Maria Sharapova.

Bacsinszky, however, did not enjoy as much success after the quarterfinal appearance in Zürich, winning only two WTA Tour matches, against Olga Savchuk in Fes and Zheng Jie at the 2007 French Open.

Bacsinszky had an excellent start to 2008 by reaching the semifinals of the Tier II Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where she won three qualifying matches before beating several players in the main draw, including third seed Daniela Hantuchová in a retirement, and then won the first set against world no. 1 Justine Henin, before losing the next two.

In 2009, she won her first WTA Tour singles title over Sabine Lisicki in straight sets at the Luxembourg Open.

Bacsinszky had a good run at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, where she gained direct entry, ranked no. 54 in the world. In the first round, she beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and in the second round gained the biggest win of her career by defeating eighth seed and world no. 11 Li Na. She faced Polona Hercog in the third round, but lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth round.

2011–12

In March and April 2011, after the Sony Ericsson Open and the Fed Cup, Bacsinszky suffered a serious foot injury, which required surgery and took her out of action for ten months.

She made a return at the Fed Cup in February 2012, where she lost her play-off match to Samantha Stosur. She then used her protected ranking to enter the WTA International tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, where she was beaten by Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round.

She flew to Indian Wells where she again used her protected ranking to enter. She defeated Anne Keothavong, before retiring in her secound-round match with Svetlana Kuznetsova due to a forearm injury. She also lost early in her next two tournaments in Fes and Rome.

In June, she reached the semifinal of an ITF $25,000 tournament in Lenzerheide, where she was overpowered by Chiara Scholl. In July, she won her first title since her return at the $15,000 ITF event in Rovereto, Italy, defeating Anne Schäfer in the final.

Bacsinszky announced that she would not compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics for personal reasons, even though she could have used her special ranking to be directly accepted into the women's singles event. She was replaced by Austria's Tamira Paszek.

2013-2014

After struggling on the lower tiers of the WTA Tour, Bacsinszky unofficially left the tour and pursued internships in anticipation of hotel management school. She also took jobs in restaurants, bars and kitchens. In May 2013, Bacsinszky received an automated email stating she had made the cut to compete in the qualifying tournament at Roland Garros. With no practice and after having asked off work, she drove from Lausanne to the tournament to compete. While losing in the first round of qualifying, Bacsinszky felt her passion for the game reignited. After the tournament, she called Dimitri Zavialoff to set up a coaching relationship and began regular practice again.

At the 2014 Wuhan Open, Bacsinszky caused an upset when she defeated world No. 4 Maria Sharapova in the third round before losing to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Partnering Kristina Barrois, she claimed her fourth doubles title at the 2014 BGL Luxembourg Open.

2015

Bacsinszky commenced her season at the 2015 Shenzhen Open, upsetting No. 4 Petra Kvitova in the semifinal before losing to No. 3 Simona Halep in her third career WTA final. She went on to reach the third round of the 2015 Australian Open, losing to Garbine Muguruza. She then won back-to-back titles at the 2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel and 2015 Monterrey Open, beating Caroline Garcia in both finals. As a result, she entered the world's top 30 for the first time in her career with a ranking of No. 26. She continued this good form at the Indian Wells Premier Mandatory event, defeating No. 8 Ekaterina Makarova en route to the quarterfinals before losing to No. 1 Serena Williams, thereby ending her win streak at a career-best 15 matches.

In the 2015 French Open, she progressed to the Semifinal of a grand slam, by defeating World Number 93 Alison Van Uytvanck in two sets.

WTA finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	25 October 2009	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Sabine Lisicki	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	25 July 2010	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Julia Görges	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	10 January 2015	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Simona Halep	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	28 February 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Caroline Garcia	6–3, 6–0
Winner	3.	9 March 2015	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Caroline Garcia	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 April 2010	Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Winner	1.	11 July 2010	Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	18 July 2010	Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Monica Niculescu Ágnes Szávay	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	2.	25 July 2010	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Lucie Hradecká Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(7–2), 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	3.	24 October 2010	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Tathiana Garbin	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	19 October 2014	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Lucie Hradecká Barbora Krejčíková	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Bacsinszky at the 2014 Wimbledon qualifying tournament

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	A	Q3	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	3R	3–3
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	A	A	Q1	2R		5–5
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	Q2	2R		3–5
US Open	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	2R		4–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–3	5–4	3–3	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	2–1	15–19

Doubles

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	1R	2–3
French Open	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A		1–2
Wimbledon	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	Q2		1–2
US Open	1R	1R	3R	A	A	A	1R		2–4
Win–Loss	1–3	0–1	4–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	6–11

Wins over Top 10's per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2008
1.	Daniela Hantuchová	No. 8	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Quarterfinals	6–2, 4–6, 4–1, retired
2010
2.	Victoria Azarenka	No. 10	Beijing, China	Hard	2nd Round	4–6, 3–2, retired
2014
3.	Maria Sharapova	No. 4	Wuhan, China	Hard	3rd Round	7–6(7–3), 7–5
2015
4.	Petra Kvitová	No. 4	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Semifinals	6–4, 6–4
5.	Ekaterina Makarova	No. 8	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	3rd Round	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
6.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 9	Fed Cup, Zielona Góra, Poland	Hard (i)	RR (WG PO)	6–1, 6–1
7.	Petra Kvitová	No. 4	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4th Round	2–6, 6–0, 6–3

External links

• Timea Bacsinszky at the Women's Tennis Association
• Timea Bacsinszky at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website