Samantha Stosur

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Samantha Stosur

Nickname	Sam
Country	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Australia
Date of birth	March 30, 1984
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Height	5' 7 3/4" (1.72 m)
Weight	143 lbs. (65 kg)
Turned Pro	1999
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$ 2,200,140
Singles
Career record:	192-158
Career titles:	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 27 (January 8, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2006)
French Open	2r (2005)
Wimbledon	2r (2006)
U.S. Open	2 (2004)
Doubles
Career record:	234-106
Career titles:	18 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (February 6, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: March 5, 2007.

Samantha Stosur (born March 30, 1984 in Brisbane, Australia) is a professional tennis player from Australia. She is currently world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the USA.

Contents 1 Career 2 Titles 2.1 Singles (4 ITF) 2.1.1 Finalist (3) 2.2 Doubles (19) 2.2.1 Doubles Finalist (4) 2.3 Mixed Doubles (1) 3 External links

[edit] Career

Sam first played professional tennis in 1999 on the ITF circuit. In 2000 she debuted on the Women's Tennis Association tour where she lost in the first round. In 2001 she won four straight ITF titles. In 2002 she lost at the first round at the Gold Coast event; In 2003 Sam won her first Women's Tennis Association singles match on home soil where she reached the third round of the Australian Open. She lost in the third round by 6-4 6-2. Sam qualified for a Women's Tennis Association event in Memphis. In 2004 she reached the semi-final of the Gold Coast event, beating everyone, before falling her last game. The next week she reached the second round of the Women's Tennis Association tournament in Hobart and then the second round of the Australian Open, she finally lost. She later successfully qualified for Women's Tennis Association events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham. She competed at the Athens Olympics where she lost in the first round of the tennis competition. She continued to play Women's Tennis Association qualifying events, successfully qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004. In 2005 she reached her first Women's Tennis Association tour final at the Gold Coast event. The next week she made her second final at Sydney and lost. She lost by 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the Australian Open. In 2005 she won seven Women's Tennis Association doubles titles with her partners. Sam finished the year ranked #96 in singles and #2 in doubles.

In 2006 she represented Australia along at the Hopman Cup and won all her singles matches. Then she lost in the first round of Sydney in three sets. During the 2006 Australian Open, she made it to the fourth round, the highest round she has made it to ever in a Grand Slam event. She won in the third round in three sets 7-5 4-6 6-3, then she lost by 6-1 7-6 in the round of sixteen. In February, 2006, Sam reached the quarter finals at the Tier I event in Tokyo, beating 2 players before falling her third game. In Indian Wells in March, 2006, she reached the second round, won the first round but lost her second round. In May 2006, Sam made the final in Prague but lost to 3rd round by 6-4 2-6 1-6. And this was her 3rd Women's Tennis Association final. At the Los Angeles Open in August 2006, Sam has won the second round for the first time in their 4 meetings career by 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. On the 28th of August 2006, and after reaching the semifinals at New Haven, Sam achieved a career high ranking of number 30. Sam finished off the year winning the doubles Sony Championships title in Madrid, ended the year ranked number 1 in doubles and a career high 29 in singles.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles (4 ITF)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Sep. 16, 2001	ITF/Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Nicole Kriz	6-0, 6-1
2.	Sep. 23, 2001	ITF/Osaka, Japan	Hard	Beti Sekulovski	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
3.	Sep. 30, 2001	ITF/Kyoto, Japan	Hard Indoors	Jin-Hee Kim	6-1, 7-5
4.	Oct. 21, 2001	ITF/Cairns, Australia	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	7-5, 6-4

[edit] Finalist (3)

• 2005: Gold Coast (lost to Patty Schnyder)
• 2005: Sydney (lost to Alicia Molik)
• 2006: Prague (lost to Shahar Peer)

[edit] Doubles (19)

Legend (Doubles)

Tier I (6)

Tier II (7)

Tier III (2)

Tier IV (0)

Grand Slam Title (2)

WTA Tour Championship (2)

ITF Circuit (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 15, 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Elena Dementieva and Ai Sugiyama	walkover
2.	April 10, 2005	Amelia Island, United States	Green Clay	Bryanne Stewart	Kveta Peschke and Patty Schnyder	6-4, 6-2
3.	August 27, 2005	New Haven, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko	6-2, 6-7, 6-1
4.	September 10, 2005	U.S. Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta	6-2, 5-7, 6-3
5.	October 2, 2005	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	7-5, 6-1
6.	October 16, 2005	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	6-2, 6-4
7.	November 13, 2005	WTA Tour Championships, United States	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	6-7, 7-5, 6-4
8.	February 5, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	6-2, 6-1
9.	February 25, 2006	Memphis, United States	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Wozniacki	7-6, 6-3
10.	March 18, 2006	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy	6-2, 7-5
11.	April 1, 2006	Miami, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber and Martina Navratilova	6-4, 7-5
12.	April 16, 2006	Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
13.	June 10, 2006	Roland Garros, Paris, France	Red Clay	Lisa Raymond	Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
14.	October 8, 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	6-3, 6-4
15.	October 29, 2006	Linz, Austria	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Corina Morariu and Katarina Srebotnik	6-3, 6-0
16.	November 5, 2006	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Woehr	6-2, 6-3
17.	November 12, 2006	WTA Tour Championships, Spain	Hard Indoors	Lisa Raymond	Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
18.	February 4, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Vania King and Rennae Stubbs	7-6, 3-6, 7-5
19.	March 17, 2007	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chuang	6-3, 7-5

[edit] Doubles Finalist (4)

• 2004: Québec City (with Els Callens)
• 2005: Philadelphia (with Lisa Raymond)
• 2006: New Haven (with Lisa Raymond)
• 2006: Australian Open (with Lisa Raymond)

[edit] Mixed Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 18, 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Scott Draper	Liezel Huber and Kevin Ullyett	6-2, 2-6, 7-6(6)

[edit] External links

• Samantha Stosur Official Website
• WTA Tour profile for Samantha Stosur
• Australian Open Profile