Anne Keothavong

Anne Keothavong

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	London, England
Born	(1983-09-16) 16 September 1983 Hackney, London, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,303,091
Singles
Career record	418–314
Career titles	0 WTA (20 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 48 (23 February 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012)
US Open	3R (2008)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	106–159
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 94 (18 April 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	1R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
Last updated on: 17 December 2017.

Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. She announced her retirement on 24 July 2013. During her career she won a total of 20 International Tennis Federation singles titles, 8 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved 23 February 2009). She also reached the semifinals of six International tournaments on the main tour and the semifinals of one Premier tournament.

Anne was British Number 1 at the WTA year-end rankings 5 times and in 2009 became the first British player to make the WTA top 50 since 1993. In April 2001, aged 17, she became, until Katie Swan in 2016, the youngest player ever to play in the Fed Cup for Great Britain, and she is second (alongside Elena Baltacha) to Virginia Wade's record for most Fed Cup ties played for Great Britain with 39.

After her retirement Keothavong became a member of BT Sport's tennis coverage team, alongside Martina Navratilova and fellow British ex-number one Sam Smith.

In 2017, Keothavong became Fed Cup captain for Great Britain, leading the team to win all four ties played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, and remains captain for the 2018 Fed Cup.

Personal life

Anne Keothavong was born in Hackney in London, to parents who had fled from their wartorn home country of Laos in the 1970s. Her father, Somsak, encouraged her to play short tennis from an early age. Her mother's name is Vathana and she has two brothers: James, who is a tennis umpire, and Mark. She also has a sister, Lena. Keothavong married Andrew Bretherton on 28 February 2015.

At the age of seven, Keothavong took up tennis at Hackney Downs and Highbury Fields. Her preferred surface is hard, though she has also enjoyed success on clay, carpet and grass.

Her surname is often mispronounced, even by those in the tennis media world. The Lao language, converted to Latin alphabet by the French demands that the 'th' part of her surname should be pronounced as in French as a soft, aspirated 't' (as in Thomas), rather than a hard English 'th' (as in think).

Career

Junior (1996–2001)

Keothavong played her first match on the junior ITF tour in February 1996, at age 12, and her last in August 2001. In singles she won one title at the LTA Junior International Tournament – Bisham Abbey where she beat compatriot Elena Baltacha in the final. She also reached a total of three semifinals (one of which was at the 2001 Wimbledon girls' tournament where she was beaten by Dinara Safina, the future world no.1, who like Anne, went on to reach a higher ranking in seniors than in juniors) and ten quarterfinals.

In junior doubles she won one tournament, the 13th Salik Open and lost in the final of two others: the LTA International Junior Tournament – Bisham Abbey and the 11th Malaysian International Junior Championships. All three of these were in 1999 and all three were partnering Elena Baltacha.

1998–2001

Keothavong played her first professional match on the ITF circuit in April 1998, at age 14, when she fell in the first round of qualifying for the $10,000 tournament in Birmingham. That year she played only two more matches (in the qualifying tournaments for the $10,000 ITF events in Hatfield and Felixstowe) and lost both of them. She finished the year without a world ranking.

During May 1999, Keothavong played in a total of five ITF tournaments with her best result being in the $10,000 event in Sunderland where she won three matches to qualify and then reached the second round. In the other four events, she either lost in the first round or qualifying stages. Her final ranking of the year was world No.702.

In 2000, Keothavong played ten ITF tournaments, losing in the qualifying stages in one, round one in three others, the second round four times (once as a lucky loser) and the quarterfinal in the $50,000 tournament in Cardiff. The other tournament she entered was the qualifying event for Wimbledon in which she participated courtesy of a wild card. She beat Eva Martincová in round one of qualifying before losing to Yuka Yoshida. She improved her ranking to world No. 377.

2001 started well for Keothavong; in her first tournament of the year she won the title by beating compatriot Emily Webley-Smith in the quarterfinals and Elodie Le Bescond in the final. She then reached the quarterfinals of her next tournament, the $10,000 event in Tipton. In February she reached the semifinals in Sutton ($25,000) as a qualifier. She played in the Fed Cup for the first time in April and lost all three of her singles rubbers in straight sets. In June she was given wild cards into the qualifying draws for the DFS Classic (where she was beaten in the first round of qualifying) and the Britannic Asset Management International Championships (where she reached the second round of qualifying) and the main draw of Wimbledon. She faced Janet Lee in round one and lost. In September and October she reached three ITF quarterfinals (one $50,000, one $25,000 and one $10,000) and one semifinal ($25,000). Her world ranking at the end of 2001 was world No. 268.

2002

Keothavong's 2002 season started slowly; she played in thirteen ITF tournaments and did not pass the second round in any. In June, she was given a wild card into the qualifying draw for the DFS Classic where she lost in round one. She also attempted to qualify for the Britannic Asset Management International Championships and was again beaten in the first round. She next competed in the main draw of Wimbledon where in the first round, she lost to Virginie Razzano. Immediately after Wimbledon she headed to Felixstowe to participate in a $25,000 ITF tournament where she reached the quarterfinals. In August and September, she reached four consecutive ITF finals, winning three. She won the first in Bath beating Hannah Collin in the final. She was victorious in London when she defeated Yvonne Doyle but lost in the third final in Glasgow to Selima Sfar. In Sunderland, her fourth consecutive final of August and September, she won by again beating Hannah Collin. She competed in three more $25,000 ITF tournaments that year and reached the semifinals in two of them. Her final ranking of 2002 was world No.233.

2003

The first tournament of 2003 for Keothavong was the qualifying event for the Moorilla Hobart International where she lost to Tiffany Dabek in the first round. Keothavong then headed to the Australian Open in order to attempt to qualify and she again lost in the first round to Sandra Klösel. After this she headed to the ITF circuit and won the $25,000 event in Belfort by defeating Nathalie Viérin in the final. Two weeks later she reached the quarterfinals of a $25,000 ITF in Redbridge and the week after that lost in the final of yet another $25,000 ITF in Ostrava. In March she reached the quarterfinals of Redding ($25,000) and in April she headed to Portugal to represent Great Britain in the Fed Cup. She won two of her four singles rubbers. May saw Keothavong reach the second round of qualifying for the French Open. In her next tournament (Surbiton $25,000) she reached the semifinals but had to withdraw before the match. Keothavong did not compete again until mid-June when she was given a wild card into the main draw of the Hastings Direct International where she was defeated by Japanese veteran, Ai Sugiyama. A second consecutive wild card gave her entry into the main draw of Wimbledon where she had to withdraw during her first round match against Katarina Srebotnik with the score at 2–6 0–4. After Wimbledon she reached the final round of qualifying for the US Open and lost to Maureen Drake but had no more notable results that year. She finished the year with a singles ranking of world No. 177.

2004

2004 began well for Keothavong as she started off by qualifying for the tier V, Moorilla Hobart International, beating Kaia Kanepi along the way. In the first round she faced world No.69, Rita Grande, from Italy but was beaten. This was followed by an attempt to qualify for the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open. She was beaten in the first round of qualifying by Stephanie Gehrlein. In February she reached the quarterfinals of ITF events in Sunderland ($25,000) and St Paul ($50,000), beaten by Lisa Stanciute and Jill Craybas respectively. The next month she won the sixth ITF title of her career by beating Mashona Washington in the final of the $25,000 event in Redding. In late April and early May, she represented Britain in the Fed Cup and won all three of her singles rubbers, but lost her one and only doubles match with partner, Elena Baltacha, before going on to lose in the first round of qualifying for the French Open to Květa Peschke. In the run up to Wimbledon, Keothavong was given a wild card into the main draw of the DFS Classic where in the first round she faced, world No.60, Marta Marrero, who she managed to beat in three sets. Keothavong came up against world No.56, María Sánchez Lorenzo (the 16th seed) in the second round and lost in three sets. She headed to the main draw of the Hastings International Direct, a tier II event after whis and faced No.8 seed, Magdalena Maleeva and was again beaten in three sets. A wild card granted Keothavong entry to the main draw of Wimbledon for the fourth consecutive year where she won her first round match, beating Nicole Pratt, the world No.41, in a performance assisted by a rain delay when Keothavong was 3–1 down in the first set. The eventual champion, Maria Sharapova, beat her in the second round. After Wimbledon, Keothavong played in two $50,000 ITF event in the United States reaching the second round in one and the quarterfinals in the second, in Lexington where she had to withdraw due to sustaining serious ligament damage with the score at 5–7 3–5. She did not play again that year and finished the year with a ranking of world No. 175.

2005

Keothavong recovered well from her injury and returned to action ahead of schedule in March at the $10,000 ITF tournament in Sunderland where she suffered a three set, first round defeat by Verdiana Verardi. She then immediately reached three successive $10,000 ITF finals; the first in Bolton and the second two in Bath. She won the first two by beating Veronika Chvojková and Claire Peterzan respectively and lost the third to compatriot, Melanie South. The first of the two tournaments in Bath was also the only time Keothavong competed with her sister, Lena, in doubles on the ITF tour. They reached the quarterfinals together. In late April, Keothavong competed in the Fed Cup and helped Britain avoid relegation from the Africa/Europe Zone Group I by beating Caroline Wozniacki to help Britain beat Denmark. This meant that although they lost ties against Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia, they avoided a place in the relegation play-offs for another year. In May she reached the semifinals of a $25,000 ITF event in Monzón where she lost to Angelique Kerber. She was then given a wild card into the main draw of the DFS Classic where she lost to Laura Granville in the first round. This was followed by a wild card into the Hastings Direct International qualifying tournament where Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated her in the first round. After this, another wild card allowed Keothavong entry into the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships where she faced Mariana Díaz Oliva in the first round and lost in straight sets.

After Wimbledon, Keothavong competed on the ITF circuit for the rest of the year (except when she reached the second round of the tier III event, the Bell Challenge, where she lost to Sofia Arvidsson) and won two more titles. The first was in Nottingham, a $10,000 event, where she beat Karen Paterson in a three set final and the second was a $25,000 tournament in Lagos where she defeated Maša Zec Peškirič to win the title. She also reached one more $25,000 ITF final this year, also in Lagos, where she lost to Petra Cetkovská in three sets. Her year-end ranking for 2005 was world No. 239.

2006

Keothavong started her 2006 season by losing in the first round of qualifying for the Brisbane International (tier III), the final round of qualifying for the Moorilla Hobart International (tier IV) and the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open. In February, Keothavong returned to Britain and reached the final of the ITF tournament in Jersey where she beat Ana Vrljić to win the title. She then entered the $25,000 ITF tournament in Sunderland where she beat four compatriots; Melanie South, Rebecca Llewellyn, Sarah Coles and Katie O'Brien in straight sets to reach the final where she was beaten by Elise Tamaëla. Later in February, Keothavong reached the quarterfinals of an ITF tournament in Orange ($25,000) and one month later, in March, she reached another ITF final, again $25,000. In April she reached the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF event in Patras and competed for Great Britain in the Fed Cup where she won one of her three singles rubbers. She qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a tier III tournament, where she lost to Anna Smashnova in the first round.

Keothavong competed in four tournaments in June: a $25,000 event in Surbiton, the DFS Classic, the Hastings Direct Championships and Wimbledon. She was beaten by Laura Granville in the semifinals, Eleni Daniilidou in round one, Vera Dushevina in the first round and Karolina Šprem in the first round respectively. During her American hard court season, she reached the quarterfinals of a $50,000 ITF tournament in Lexington where she fell to Camille Pin of France. In August, Keothavong lost in the first round of qualifying for the US Open and followed this up with three consecutive first round losses in WTA events. She then returned to the ITF circuit playing $25,000 tournaments and won one more title, in Přerov. She also reached two semifinals (Glasgow and Opole) and a quarterfinal in Jersey. She ended the season with her world ranking at No. 168.

2007

The 2007 season began in the same way as the 2006 for Keothavong; she again started her year by falling in qualifying for the WTA events in the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian Open. In February she reached two consecutive ITF semifinals in Tipton ($25,000) and St. Paul ($50,000) before going on to lose in qualifying for the Cellular South Cup and in qualifying for Indian Wells in March. Keothavong again represented her country in the Fed Cup in April and won one of her three singles matches. In May she reached the semifinals of an ITF $25,000 in Antalya and lost in the second round of the French Open qualifying tournament to María Emilia Salerni. As in 2006, June saw Keothavong lose in the first round of the DFS Classic, the Hastings Direct International and Wimbledon after she was given a wild card into each of these events. Elena Baltacha was her conqueror in the Hastings Direct whereas Jelena Janković was the victor over Keothavong in Wimbledon.

After Wimbledon Keothavong reached two consecutive finals of $50,000 ITFs in Lexington and Vancouver, facing Stéphanie Dubois in the finals of both and winning once. Following this she lost in qualifying for the Rogers Cup, the US Open and Bali before going on to reach her first ever WTA Tour semifinal in the Sunfeast Open, a tier III tournament held in Kolkata. She did this by defeating Sara Errani in the first round, Sunitha Rao in round two and Tzipi Obziler in the quarterfinals. She lost to Mariya Koryttseva in the semifinals. In October she reached the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF in Rockhampton and her year-ending singles ranking was world No. 122.

2008

Keothavong's 2008 campaign began when Keothavong failed to qualify for the tier II tournament, the Medibank International. She then attempted to qualify for the Australian Open and won her first match against Jorgelina Cravero before losing her second to Monica Niculescu. February saw her join compatriots, Melanie South, Katie O'Brien and Elena Baltacha, to represent Britain in the Fed Cup. Despite Keothavong winning each of her three singles matches in the round robin stage, Britain was forced to fight relegation from the Europe/Africa Group I by playing Portugal. They won 2–0 thanks to yet another victory in singles from Keothavong and a singles victory from O'Brien. For the remainder of February, Keothavong competed on the ITF circuit and reached the quarterfinals of a $25,000 event in Stockholm and won a $25,000 title in Capriolo. In early April she lost in the final of a $50,000 ITF; this one in Patras where Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated her in straight sets. Continuing competition on the ITF tour, she won a $50,000 ITF in Jounieh, Lebanon, despite break outs of fighting between Shia and Hezbollah militia less than ten miles away in Beirut. This tournament win propelled Keothavong into the top 100 for the first time in her career and guaranteed her a place in the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time in her career; the first time a British woman had entered Wimbledon on merit since 1999. She then fell in the first round of qualifying for the French Open before reaching another $50,000 ITF final (in Surbiton).

In the run up to Wimbledon, Keothavong lost in the first round of the DFS Classic to Kateryna Bondarenko and in the first round of the Ordina Open to Sara Errani. In her first round match in Wimbledon, she faced American, Vania King, and lost the first set. She regrouped during a toilet break at the end of the first set and came back to win the match in three sets despite being 2–0 down in the deciding set. She then lost to the eventual champion, Venus Williams, in the second round. After Wimbledon Keothavong made a successful start to her American hard court season by winning three matches to qualify for the tier II event in Stanford. She then defeated Sania Mirza in the first round before giving Marion Bartoli a tough time in round two in a match which she eventually lost in three tight sets. In August she entered the US Open for the first time in her career and faced Alexa Glatch in round one. She won the match and then went on to beat Francesca Schiavone in the second round in three sets. However No.5 seed, Elena Dementieva, proved to much for Keothavong in the third round; Keothavong lost. After the US Open, Keothavong won two more ITF events: Barnstaple ($50,000) and Kraków ($100,000) and as a result, her year end ranking was world No.61.

2009

Keothavong began her 2009 season by launching her official website, www.annekeothavong.co.uk, before heading to the ASB Classic where she reached the semifinals. En route she defeated Mirjana Lučić, No.8 seed Carla Suárez Navarro and Ayumi Morita before falling in a three-hour, three set battle to Elena Vesnina. This was only the second time in her career that she reached the semifinals of a WTA Tour event. Keothavong then competed in the Moorilla Hobart International where she faced a tough draw in round one against world No.25, Ágnes Szávay. Nevertheless, Keothavong came through without too much difficulty, beating Szávay in two sets. She lost to Virginie Razzano in the second round. Keothavong then headed to the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time in her career where she came up against Anna Chakvetadze, who was the 17th seed. She lost in a controversial match where a mistake by the umpire allowed Chakvetadze to serve first in the final set, an advantage which should have gone to Keothavong. Keothavong was the fourth seed in her next tournament, the Cellular South Cup, and she followed up on this seeding by reaching the semifinals of a WTA event for the second time in 2009. She defeated Maria Elena Camerin, Michelle Larcher de Brito and No.5 seed Marina Erakovic on the way to being demolished by top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals. Despite this crushing defeat, a semifinal run was enough to help Keothavong make the hop from world No.52 to world No.48, her debut in the top 50. Keothavong then endured three consecutive first round defeats in the BNP Paribas Open, the Sony Ericsson Open (both Premier Mandatory tournaments) and a $100,000 ITF tournament in Tourhout, Belgium, where she was forced to retire due to a viral illness.

Following this, Keothavong began her clay court season by defeating Maret Ani to reach the second round of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem where she was defeated by Lourdes Domínguez Lino. This was followed by another first round defeat in a Premier event in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, this one at the hands of Carla Suárez Navarro. In the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open she beat Mariana Duque Marino in round one before losing to Lucie Šafářová in the second round. In her very next tournament she reached the fourth WTA Tour semifinal of her career and her third in 2009 in the Warsaw Open. She faced No.7 seed, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, in round one, American veteran Jill Craybas in the second round, qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru in the quarterfinals and was beaten by 8th seed Alona Bondarenko in the semifinals. Nevertheless, in reaching the semifinals she became the first British woman to reach the semifinals of a WTA clay court event since Jo Durie reached the semis of the 1983 French Open, 26 years before. She then came up against reigning World No.1, Dinara Safina, in the first round of the French Open and endured the dreaded "double bagel" when she was defeated, 0–6 0–6. Keothavong began her grass court season on home turf with a victory over Sofia Arvidsson in the first round of the Aegon Classic before losing to eventual semifinalist, Sania Mirza, in round two. She was then defeated in the first round of the Aegon International by world No.28, Sybille Bammer, but saw off a mugger in central London who tried to snatch her handbag before heading to Wimbledon, where she experienced a first round loss to world No.80, Patricia Mayr.

After this, Keothavong played the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, where she lost in the opening round of the singles to Elena Dementieva. Keothavong also played in the doubles with Ayumi Morita against Julie Coin and Marie-Ève Pelletier, trailing 4–6 5–3 when she attempted to run down a drop shot and, in trying to avoid a collision with the net post, suffered a serious knee injury, rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, a similar injury to the one she suffered in 2004 in her right knee. This injury ended Keothavong's year and as a result, her year-end ranking dropped to world No.84.

2010

After six months out of action due to her knee injury, Keothavong returned to competitive action in February 2010 at the Fed Cup. She faced Patricia Mayr of Austria in her first match back and was beaten in straight sets. She partnered Sarah Borwell to take on Mayr and Yvonne Meusburger in the doubles and again lost in straight sets. However Keothavong did manage to claim victory in her other two singles ties against players from Belarus and the Netherlands.

Keothavong then returned to the tour at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Michigan, USA in the 100k event. Keothavong battled past Croatia's Ivana Lisjak in 3 sets before only dropping 2 games in a drubbing of Daniilidou of Greece. She then faced Marta Domachowska of Poland and went down in 3 sets after she won the first.

At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Keothavong reached the semi finals, on her return to the main tour. By defeating Kristina Barrois, Michelle Larcher de Brito, and Karolina Šprem in 3 impressive wins, all in straight sets. She then fell in three sets to Sofia Arvidsson in the semifinals, after battling back from a set down lost she lost the decider.

Keothavong then competed in 2 Premier tournaments, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Keothavong crashed out in R1 in both tournaments. To Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in 3 sets after winning the first to continue her losing record against her in Indian Wells. And in sad circumstances in Miami as she lost in straight sets to Tamira Paszek and said afterwards "Frankly tennis didn’t seem that important today" after receiving news before the match that her grandmother had died.

Less than a week after her loss in Miami, Keothavong bounced back in a 75K event in Monzón, Spain. She reached the quarter finals after beating two Asian players, Yurika Sema of Japan in straight sets and Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in 3 after losing a tight first set. She bowed out to Maria Elena Camerin of Italy in straight sets.

Keothavong then moved on to Torhout, Belgium for a 50K event. She made it to the semifinals after taking out Shapatava of Georgia, Ukraine's Kristina Antoniychuk and Canada's Valérie Tétreault in straight sets. In the semi she faced another Canadian, Rebecca Marino, Keothavong lost.

At Wimbledon she was defeated in the first round by Anastasia Rodionova.

Keothavong entered the 2010 Luxembourg Open using a protected ranking and reached the semifinals after beating Virginie Razzano Patty Schnyder and Iveta Benešová but was beaten by Roberta Vinci, preventing Keothavong from making her first WTA tour final.

This year, Keothavong and Laura Robson, as members of Team Aegon, received the equivalent of £48,000 to provide them with personal coaches plus a £12,000 travel budget.

2011

Anne Keothavong at the 2011 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes

At the beginning of the year in Australia, Keothavong reached the second round of the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland losing to Kateryna Bondarenko 5–7, 3–6 and the second round of the 2011 Australian Open, where she qualified, losing to 30th seed Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 5–7, 0–6.

Keothavong then played several ITF Circuit events with limited success. She then entered the second Grand Slam event of the year, the 2011 French Open, but lost a closely fought match in the first round to Vesna Dolonts 6–3, 6–7(5), 4–6.

Keothavong then moved onto grass in her home country and won a round at the $100,000 ITF event in Nottingham before losing to Stéphanie Dubois. At Eastbourne, Keothavong entered the qualifying round, defeating 8th seed Alizé Cornet 6–4, 6–2 and Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–3 before losing in the final round to Mirjana Lučić 5–7, 1–6. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Keothavong defeated fellow Briton Naomi Broady in the first round 6–2, 6–4 before losing in the second round to No.8 seed and eventual champion Petra Kvitová.

Keothavong had little success during the US hard court series, but the majority of her successes for 2011 came during the European hard court series towards the end of the year. Keothavong qualified and reached the second round of the 2011 Generali Ladies Linz, losing a close match to No.3 seed Jelena Janković 6–3, 2–6, 1–6. Keothavong then qualified again and this time reached the semi-finals of the 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open, defeating Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–2 along the way before losing a close match to Monica Niculescu 5–7, 6–4, 3–6.

Keothavong then won back-to-back ITF events. She won the $75,000 event in Barnstaple, defeating Marta Domachowska in the final 6–1, 6–3 and she also won the doubles event with Eva Birnerová. She then won the singles title in the $50,000 event in Ismaning, defeating Yvonne Meusburger in the final 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 and again winning the doubles title as well, this time with Kiki Bertens.

2012

Anne Keothavong during her match against Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria in the 4th day of Fed Cup Group I 2012 Europe/ Africa in Eilat

Keothavong played her first event of the 2012 season at the 2012 ASB Classic in Auckland where she is the top seed in the qualifying tournament. She defeated Australian wildcard Emily Fanning 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, and followed this with a 6–3, 6–3 victory over Varvara Lepchenko of USA. In the third round Keothavong lost 6–1, 6–4 to Jamie Hampton of USA.

Keothavong went straight into the main draw at the 2012 Australian Open, but had to retire due to illness from her first round match after losing the first set to Mona Barthel.

Keothavong was selected for the GB Federation Cup Team to play in the Europe/Africa Group 1 match at Eilat, Israel on 1–4 February 2012. In the group stages she played singles, defeating opponents from Portugal, and Israel in the group stages but losing to the Netherlands. The team qualified for a play-off against Austria in which Keothavong beat Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 7–6 6–3 and Great Britain won 2–0 to secure a place in the World Group II play-off to be held in April 2012.

Keothavong lost in straight sets in the first round of the 2012 French Open.

In Wimbledon 2012, Keothavong lost her second round match against Sara Errani, 1–6, 1–6.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was knocked out in the first round by Caroline Wozniaki, and she and team-mate Elena Baltacha were also knocked out in the first round of the Women's doubles.

2013

Keothavong made a disappointing start to 2013, losing in the first round qualifier in the Australian Open to Grace Min. Despite this, she was still named in the Great Britain Fed Cup team alongside Laura Robson, Heather Watson and Johanna Konta to face Portugal, Hungary and Bosnia. Keothavong reached her first WTA final with doubles partner Valeria Savinykh, surprisingly reaching the doubles final of the Brasil Tennis Cup. They were, however, beaten by top seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova, 0–6, 4–6. She played her final match of her career at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Spanish teenager Garbiñe Muguruza by the scoreline of 4-6 0-6.

Retirement

On 24 July 2013, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.

In December 2016, Keothavang was selected as the new captain for the Great Britain Fed Cup team, replacing Judy Murray. She was involved in controversy in 2017 when Illie Nastase insulted her and the British team.

Playing style

Keothavong's greatest strength is her powerful forehand which she uses to try to dominate play from the baseline and she adds as much topspin as possible to increase the probability of the ball landing in court. As well as her forehand, she can rely on her first-serve to get her some easy points as she often has a high first-serve percentage and usually wins the majority of points on her first-serve. She rarely has a match where she serves no aces at all, and in her second round match at the 2008 US Open she served a total of seven aces.

WTA career finals

Doubles (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) WTA Tour Championships (0/0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0/0) Premier (0/0) International (0/1)

Finals by surface Hard (0/1) Clay (0/0) Grass (0/0) Carpet (0/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2 March 2013	International	Florianópolis, Brasil	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	0–6, 4–6

ITF career finals

Singles (20–10)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (1/0) $75,000 tournaments (1/0) $50,000 tournaments (5/3) $25,000 tournaments (6/6) $10,000 tournaments (7/1)

Finals by surface Hard (16/9) Clay (1/0) Grass (0/1) Carpet (3/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	22 January 2001	ITF $10,000	Jersey, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Élodie Le Bescond	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5 August 2002	ITF $10,000	Bath, Great Britain	Hard	Hannah Collin	6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	12 August 2002	ITF $10,000	London, Great Britain	Hard	Yvonne Doyle	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	16 September 2002	ITF $25,000	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Selima Sfar	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(8–10)
Winner	23 September 2002	ITF $10,000	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Hannah Collin	6–0, 6–1
Winner	27 January 2003	ITF $25,000	Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Nathalie Viérin	5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Runner-up	24 February 2003	ITF $25,000	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Zuzana Ondrášková	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Winner	22 March 2004	ITF $25,000	Redding, California, United States	Hard	Mashona Washington	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	16 March 2005	ITF $10,000	Bolton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Veronika Chvojková	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	30 March 2005	ITF $10,000	Bath, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Clare Peterzan	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	6 April 2005	ITF $10,000	Bath, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Melanie South	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	30 August 2005	ITF $10,000	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Karen Paterson	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	10 October 2005	ITF $25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	17 October 2005	ITF $25,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	1 February 2006	ITF $25,000	Jersey, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8 February 2006	ITF $25,000	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Elise Tamaela	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Runner-up	21 March 2006	ITF $25,000	Redding, California, United States	Hard	Diana Ospina	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	15 November 2006	ITF $25,000	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Angelique Kerber	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	24 July 2007	ITF $50,000	Lexington, Kentucky, United States	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	31 July 2007	ITF $50,000	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	7–5, 6–1
Winner	18 February 2008	ITF $25,000	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Vesna Manasieva	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	31 March 2008	ITF $50,000	Patras, Greece	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5 May 2008	ITF $50,000	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	2 June 2008	ITF $50,000	Surbiton, Great Britain	Grass	Marina Erakovic	4–6, 2–6
Winner	7 October 2008	ITF $50,000	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3 November 2008	ITF $100,000	Kraków, Poland	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	10 September 2010	ITF $25,000	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Elena Bovina	4–6, 1–4 ret.
Winner	29 October 2011	ITF $75,000	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Marta Domachowska	6–1, 6–3
Winner	6 November 2011	ITF $50,000	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet	Yvonne Meusburger	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	30 March 2013	ITF $50,000	Crossy-Beaubourg, France	Hard	Sandra Záhlavová	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Doubles (8–2)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (0/0) $75,000 tournaments (1/0) $50,000 tournaments (2/0) $25,000 tournaments (4/2) $10,000 tournaments (1/0)

Finals by surface Hard (6/2) Clay (1/0) Grass (0/0) Carpet (1/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Winner	15 May 2005	ITF $25,000	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Amanda Janes	Julia Babilon Adriana Barna	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1 September 2005	ITF $10,000	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Clare Peterzan	Lindsay Cox Rebecca Fong	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	22 September 2005	ITF $25,000	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Karen Paterson	Elena Baltacha Margit Rüütel	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 2–6
Runner-up	14 February 2006	ITF $25,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Surina De Beer	Timea Bacsinszky Aurélie Védy	4–6, 4–6
Winner	31 January 2007	ITF $25,000	London, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Claire Curran	Andrea Hlaváčková Katarína Kachlíková	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	14 April 2007	ITF $25,000	Gran Canaria, Spain	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Marta Marrero Carla Suárez Navarro	W/O
Winner	1 November 2010	ITF $50,000	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	5–7, 6–1, [10–6]
Winner	26 September 2011	ITF $25,000	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Ekaterina Ivanova Ksenia Lykina	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	29 October 2011	ITF $75,000	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Eva Birnerová	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	7–5, 6–1
Winner	6 November 2011	ITF $50,000	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet	Kiki Bertens	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	A	2R	1R	LQ	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Wimbledon	LQ	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 13	4–13	33%
US Open	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	LQ	LQ	3R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	2–4	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	0–3	2–4	1–4	0–1	0 / 24	7–24	24%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A														0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A							LQ		1R	1R	LQ	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami	A							LQ	A	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Madrid	Not Held									2R	A				0 / 1	1–1	50%
Beijing	Not Tier I									A					0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I									A			NP5		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Rome	A									1R	LQ	A			0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	Not Tier I									A		LQ	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Canadian Open	A							LQ	1R	A		LQ	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Tokyo	A								LQ	A					0 / 0	0–0	0%
Career statistics
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Year End Ranking	377	277	233	177	175	239	168	122	61	84	123	73	137	NR	$1,303,091

Doubles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Career
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0–2
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1–12
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	0–3
Year-end ranking	430	507	664	253	362	256	158	151	115	146	153	N/A	N/A

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0

Fed Cup

Europe/Africa Group I
Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponents	Final match score	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
24–26 April 2001	Murcia	Clay	RR	Sweden	0–3	Singles	Sofia Arvidsson	0–6, 2–6 (L)
				Romania	1–2	Singles	Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6, 2–6 (L)
				Belarus	1–2	Singles	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	4–6, 1–6 (L)
21–26 April 2003	Estoril	Clay	RR	Ireland	2–1	Singles	Kelly Liggan	0–6, 6–2, 0–6 (L)
				Poland	2–1	Singles	Joanna Sakowicz-Kostecka	6–3, 6–3 (W)
				Hungary	0–3	Singles	Melinda Czink	6–7(1–7), 6–7(3–7) (L)
			PO (Relegation)	Netherlands	1–2	Singles	Miriam Oremans	6–4, 6–3 (W)
Europe/Africa Group II
26 Apr – 1 May 2004	Marsa	Hard	RR	Egypt	3–0	Singles	Yomna Farid	6–0, 6–1 (W)
				Romania	2–1	Singles	Simona-Iulia Matei	3–6, 6–3, 6–0 (W)
			PO (Promotion)	Ireland	2–0	Singles	Kelly Liggan	6–2, 3–6, 2–2 r. (W)
Europe/Africa Group I
20–23 April 2005	Antalya	Clay	RR	Slovenia	0–3	Singles	Tina Pisnik	3–6, 3–6 (L)
				Denmark	2–1	Singles	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 4–6, 6–2 (W)
				Serbia and Montenegro	1–2	Singles	Dragana Zarić	7–5, 3–6, 0–6 (L)
18–22 April 2006	Plovdiv	Clay	RR	Ukraine	3–0	Singles	Olena Antypina	6–7, 6–2, 6–0 (W)
				Bulgaria	2–1	Singles	Tsvetana Pironkova	1–6, 1–6 (L)
				Hungary	2–1	Singles	Melinda Czink	6–1, 3–6, 2–6 (L)
			PO (1st–4th)	Slovakia	1–2	Singles	Daniela Hantuchová	2–6, 1–6 (L)
18–21 April 2007	Plovdiv	Clay	RR	Bulgaria	3–0	Singles	Tsvetana Pironkova	5–7, 6–4, 6–3 (W)
				Luxembourg	1–2	Singles	Anne Kremer	3–6, 3–6 (L)
			PO (9th–12th)	Sweden	0–3	Singles	Sofia Arvidsson	3–6, 5–7 (L)
30 Jan – 2 Feb 2008	Budapest	Carpet (i)	RR	Switzerland	1–2	Singles	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–1, 6–4 (W)
				Hungary	1–2	Singles	Gréta Arn	7–6(7–5), 7–5 (W)
				Denmark	1–2	Singles	Hanne Skak Jansen	4–6, 6–4, 6–2 (W)
						Doubles (with Elena Baltacha)	Dyrberg/Wozniacki	3–6, 2–6 (L)
			PO (Relegation)	Portugal	2–0	Singles	Ana Catarina Nogueira	6–1, 7–6(7–1) (W)
04–07 Feb 2009	Tallinn	Carpet (i)	RR	Hungary	3–0	Singles	Agney Szávay	6–3, 6–2 (W)
				Netherlands	3–0	Singles	Arantxa Rus	6–4, 6–4 (W)
						Doubles (with Sarah Borwell)	Thijssen/Wong	6–4, 6–0 (W)
				Luxembourg	3–0	Singles	Mandy Minella	6–1, 6–2 (W)
			PO (Promotion)	Poland	1–2	Singles	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) (L)
						Doubles (with Sarah Borwell)	Jans-Ignacik/Rosolska	5–7, 3–6 (L)
04–05 Feb 2010	Lisbon	Hard (i)	RR	Austria	0–3	Singles	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	2–6, 2–6 (L)
						Doubles (with Sarah Borwell)	Mayr-Achleitner/Meusburger	4–6, 4–6 (L)
				Belarus	2–1	Singles	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	7–6(10–8), 6–1 (W)
			PO (5th–8th)	Netherlands	1–2	Singles	Chayenne Ewijk	7–6(7–5), 6–3 (W)
02–04 Feb 2011	Eilat	Hard	RR	Switzerland	1–2	Singles	Patty Schnyder	1–6, 2–6 (L)
				Denmark	2–1	Singles	Caroline Wozniacki	0–6, 2–6 (L)
01–04 Feb 2012	Eilat	Hard	RR	Portugal	3–0	Singles	Maria João Koehler	6–3, 6–4 (W)
				Netherlands	2–1	Singles	Bibiane Schoofs	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6 (L)
				Israel	3–0	Singles	Julia Glushko	6–2, 6–1 (W)
			PO (Promotional)	Austria	2–0	Singles	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	7–6(7–5), 6–3 (W)
World Group II (Play Offs)
21–22 April 2012	Borås	Hard (i)	PO (Promotional)	Sweden	1–4	Singles	Sofia Arvidsson	1–6, 4–6 (L)
						Singles	Johanna Larsson	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 4–6 (L)
Europe/Africa Group I
7 February 2013	Eilat	Hard	RR	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Singles	Dea Herdželaš	6–4, 6–2 (W)

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