Coco Vandeweghe

Coco Vandeweghe

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Born	December 6, 1991 New York City, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Craig Kardon
Prize money	US$ 2,505,906
Singles
Career record	221–180 (55.11%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (June 20, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 36 (November 29, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	2R (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon	QF (2015)
US Open	2R (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	71–60
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 19 (May 9 2016)
Current ranking	No. 21 (3 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2016)
French Open	1R (2011, 2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	SF (2015, 2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2016)
French Open	QF (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	F (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–3
Last updated on: 4 April 2016.

Colleen "Coco" Vandeweghe (/ˈvɑːndɛweɪ/ VAN-de-WAY) (born December 6, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. She was the Junior US Open champion in 2008. Vandeweghe has also won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in Den Bosch.

Biography

Vandeweghe was born in New York City. She is the granddaughter of 1952 Miss America Colleen Kay Hutchins and former New York Knick Ernie Vandeweghe, the niece of basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe and the daughter of former olympic swimmer Tauna Vandeweghe. She first started playing tennis with her older brother, Beau, at the age of 11, the last sport she played in her early life before turning pro in April 2008. Self-described as a "total California girl", CoCo spends most of her off-season at the beach with her family.^[1]

Playing style

Vandeweghe is known to have one of the strongest serves on the tour. In 2014 she hit 306 aces, the third highest on the tour. She plays very aggressively, and likes to take the ball early and on the rise on both sides. Her groundstrokes are heavy and are delivered flat and powerful. Vandeweghe is efficient at the net and enjoys moving forward to avoid extended rallies. Because of her consistent serve, she has a solid mental game. Overall fitness and movement are cited as her weaknesses. Vandeweghe's favorite shot is her forehand down the line, and her preferred surfaces are hard and grass courts. She is currently coached by Craig Kardon, who coached several WTA players such as Ana Ivanovic, Lindsay Davenport, Lisa Raymond and Martina Navratilova.

Career

Junior

She received a wildcard into the 2008 US Open girls' singles. She defeated 13th seed Elena Chernyakova in the first round. She defeated fellow wildcard Kristie Ahn in the second round and Katarzyna Piter in the third round. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Belgian Tamaryn Hendler. She defeated 12th seed Kristina Mladenovic in the semifinals^[2] and went on to win the final against Gabriela Paz Franco.^[3] She won the tournament without dropping a set.^[4]

WTA

2007–2009

Vandeweghe playedat the 2007 Acura Classic as a wildcard, where she lost to Elena Bovina in the first round.^[5]

In 2008, she lost to Sabine Lisicki in the first round in Miami and to Marta Domachowska in Los Angeles. In the 2008 US Open, where she had won the girls' singles title, she received a wildcard for the women's singles main draw. She lost to Jelena Janković in the first round.^[5]

In 2009, Vandeweghe obtained an invitation from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play the 2009 JB Group Classic with her compatriot Venus Williams and Argentine Gisela Dulko in January, and then she was granted a wildcard to the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open. She lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round. In her second WTA tournament of the year in Los Angeles, she recorded her first WTA-level win. She defeated Tathiana Garbin before losing to Flavia Pennetta,. Coco gained a wildcard for qualifying at the 2009 US Open. She lost in the first round of qualifying.

2010

In 2010, Vandeweghe received a wildcard to the Australian Open, but she lost to Sandra Záhlavová in the first round. In the following months, Vandeweghe won two ITF tournaments in a row. She then cracked into the top 200 on the WTA list.

She qualified for the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open, beating Gisela Dulko. She went on to defeat Vera Zvonareva for her first top-10 victory. Despite high expectations at the 2010 US Open, Vandeweghe was defeated by Sabine Lisicki in the first round. Ranked No. 172 in the world, Vandeweghe travelled to Japan to compete at the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. She qualified by defeating Tathiana Garbin and Jarmila Groth. In the first round of the main draw, she defeated world no. 37 Klára Zakopalová and went on to make the quarterfinals, where she lost to Victoria Azarenka.

2011

Vandeweghe began 2011 at the Brisbane International, where was defeated in the first round of qualifying. Next up was the Medibank International Sydney, where she was again defeated in the first round of qualifying. Vandeweghe came through the qualifying rounds at the Australian Open; however, she was defeated in the first round of the main draw by Alizé Cornet. She reached the quarterfinals at the Memphis Tennis Championships, which resulted in her breaking into the WTA top 100 for the first time in her career. Vandeweghe reached the second round in both Indian Wells (as a wildcard), and the US Open.

2012

Vandeweghe made it to the first WTA-level semifinal of her career in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford after posting a win over Poland's Urszula Radwańska.^[6] In the Semifinal, she defeated fifth-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer to book a place in her first WTA final against top-seeded Serena Williams,^[7] where she lost in straight sets.^[8][9]

2013

Vandeweghe posted a win against Marion Bartoli in the first round at the Monterrey Open and later reached the second rounds at Stanford, Carlsbad and the US Open after qualifying for each.

2014: First WTA title

Vandeweghe had impressive results in 2014, including first-round wins at both the French Open and Wimbledon. She reached the Round of 16 after qualifying in Miami, beating Samantha Stosur along the way. She won her first WTA tournament, again as a qualifier, at the Topshelf Open grass tournament in The Netherlands, beating Zheng Jie in the final. After qualifying for the Rogers Cup in Montreal, she beat the ninth seed, Ana Ivanovic, and the seventh seed, Jelena Janković, to reach the quarterfinals.

2015: Steady ranking

She made her best Grand Slam result at 2015 Australian Open, where she made the third round for the first time after victories over Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur, falling to Madison Brengle.

In 2015, just three days before the French Open, CoCo and coach Maciej Synowka parted ways, having worked with each other for over a year. Vandeweghe is now coached by Craig Kardon, who has previously worked with star players like Martina Navratilova, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, and Ana Ivanovic.

She upgraded her best Grand Slam result at Wimbledon, where she made the quarterfinals after victories over Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Karolína Plíšková, Samantha Stosur, and Lucie Šafářová before falling in three sets to Maria Sharapova.

She made her first Grand Slam semifinals in doubles with Anna-Lena Grönefeld at the US Open.

2016: First WTA doubles title and second WTA singles title

CoCo Vandeweghe got off to a rough start in 2016. She commenced her season at the 2016 ASB Classic where she was the seventh seed but lost to her compatriot and good friend Irina Falconi in the first round 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, despite being up a break in the final set. An alternate for Sydney, Vandeweghe lost in the first round to Jelena Jankovic 3-6, 4-6. She then travelled to Melbourne to compete at the 2016 Australian Open. She drew her countrywoman Madison Brengle in the first round, again losing 3-6, 4-6. However, Vandeweghe enjoyed some success in women's doubles, where she and her partner, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, reached the quarterfinals and losing to world number ones Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis in three sets. CoCo teamed up with Romania's Horia Tecău in the mixed doubles event where they made the final, falling just short to Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares. After the Australian Open, CoCo participated at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where she scored her first win of 2016, knocking out the 6th seed Karolína Plíšková. She went on to reach the quarterfinals of Dubai, with another strong win over Kristina Mladenovic, before losing to Elina Svitolina three sets. At the 2016 Qatar Total Open, Vandeweghe made it to the third round, with straight set wins over Kirsten Flipkens and Belinda Bencic, obtaining her first top ten victory of 2016. In March, Vandeweghe made the third round at Indian Wells, beating Kiki Bertens and Svetlana Kuznetsova before losing to Jelena Jankovic for the second time in 2016. In doubles, CoCo teamed up with fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, where they unprecedentedly claimed the doubles title. En route to the title, they beat Dabrowski/Martínez Sánchez, the 2nd seeds Chan/Chan, the 8th seeds Spears/Atawo, the third seeds Babos/Shvedova in the semifinals, and Görges/Plíšková in the final. It was Vandeweghe's first doubles title. After Indian Wells, CoCo participated at the 2016 Miami Open, where she also reached the third round after defeating Samantha Crawford and world #6 Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Monica Niculescu in straight sets. Vandeweghe travelled to Brisbane, where she represented USA at Fed Cup. Her decisive win over Samantha Stosur meant that USA will return to World Group stages in 2017. After Fed Cup, Vandeweghe lost in the first rounds of Madrid and Rome. At the 2016 French Open, she won her first clay court match of the season, beating Naomi Broady in three sets. In her round two match, she faced Irina-Camelia Begu where she lost in 3 hours and 37 minutes despite serving for the match. In mixed doubles, CoCo paired up with Bob Bryan. They reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to French duo Kristina Mladenovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Vandeweghe found form in the grass court season. She won her second WTA title at the 2016 Ricoh Open. She beat Indy de Vroome, Nao Hibino, Evgeniya Rodina, Madison Brengle and finally Kristina Mladenovic, 7-5, 7-5, to win the title. It was her second title overall, and second title at Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, having won the tournament in 2014. She then played at the 2016 Aegon Classic, where she beat world #3 and top seed Agnieszka Radwańska, Christina McHale and Yanina Wickmayer, before losing to Barbora Strýcová and thus ending her 8 match winning streak. After this tournament, her ranking rose to a career high of #30. At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, Vandeweghe was seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time. She made the second week for the second straight year. She beat Bondarenko, Babos, Vinci before losing to eventual quarterfinalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 4th round. Her win over Vinci was her 4th top 10 victory in 2016.

CoCo struggled for the remainder of the 2016 season, registering just two more wins; over Nicole Gibbs in Stanford at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, where she was the 4th seed, and over Sara Errani in Cincinnati.

Team Tennis

Vandeweghe has played in the World TeamTennis pro league for four seasons. She is currently a roster player for the Philadelphia Freedoms after previously playing for the Boston Lobsters.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Horia Tecău	Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–4, [5-10]
Runner-up	2016	US Open	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2016	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

WTA career finals

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

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–1) International (2–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (2–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	July 15, 2012	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Serena Williams	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	June 21, 2014	Topshelf Open, 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	June 12, 2016	Ricoh Open, 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2)	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	March 20, 2016	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	1.	August 21 2016	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Martina Hingis	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	5–7, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	3R	1R	2–5
French Open	A	A	A	1R	LQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	2–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	QF	4R	8–6
US Open	1R	LQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	4–8
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–4	0–2	1–4	3–3	7–4	4–4	16–24

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open								1R	QF	2–2
French Open				1R				1R	2R	1–3
Wimbledon								3R	A	2–1
US Open	1R		2R			2R	2R	SF		7–5
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	6–4	3-2	12–11

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2010
1.	Vera Zvonareva	No. 9	San Diego, US	Hard	2nd Round	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
2014
2.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 10	Montreal, Canada	Hard	2nd Round	6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(9–7), 6–4
3.	Jelena Janković	No. 9	Montreal, Canada	Hard	3rd Round	7–6^(10–8), 2–6, 7–5
2015
4.	Lucie Šafářová	No. 6	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	4th Round	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–4)
2016
5.	Belinda Bencic	No. 7	Doha, UAE	Hard	2nd Round	6–4, 6–2
6.	Carla Suárez Navarro	No. 6	Miami, US	Hard	2nd Round	6–4, 6–2
7.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 3	Birmingham, UK	Grass	1st Round	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
8.	Roberta Vinci	No. 7	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	3rd Round	6–3, 6–4

References

1. Waldstein, David. Coco Vandeweghe, Kiki's niece, wins U.S. Open girls' title. NJ.com (September 7, 2008). Retrieved on September 7, 2011.
2. Pilhofer, Aron (2008-09-06). "Two American Juniors Make Finals". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
3. "Coco Vandeweghe". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
4. US Open Junior Tennis Championships 2008. ITF Tennis
5. "Profile at www.itftennis.com". Retrieved 9 April 2009.
6. "Yanina Wickmayer beats error-prone Marion Bartoli to advance in Stanford". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 14 July 2012.
7. "Serena Williams to face Coco Vandeweghe in Stanford final". bbc.co.uk. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
8. "Serena Williams tops Coco Vandeweghe for Stanford title – ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
9. "Serena Williams wins at Stanford in final Olympic tuneup". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 16 July 2012.

External links

• Coco Vandeweghe at the Women's Tennis Association
• Coco VANDEWEGHE at the International Tennis Federation
• Coco VANDEWEGHE at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Coco VANDEWEGHE at the Fed Cup