| Full name | Johanna Konta |
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| Country | Australia/ United Kingdom |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Born | May 17, 1991 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | $22,638 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 50–34 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 239 (April 18, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 335 (June 07, 2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 5–8 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 464 (March 21, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 528 (June 07, 2011) |
| Last updated on: 07 June 2011. | |
Johanna Konta is a professional Australian/British tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 239. She is reportedly in the process of becoming a British citizen, but the ITF still mark her as Australian.[1]
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The second singles title of Johanna's career came at the W.O.W. Challenger in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. A 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 victory over Heidi El Tabakh netted her the victory and a brand new BlackBerry.[2]
Konta won the biggest title of her career so far on the green clay courts of the 2010 RBC Bank Women's Challenger in Raleigh, North Carolina. In a close encounter, the Anglo-Australian defeated Lindsay Lee-Waters 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 to take the title. Johanna won her second ITF singles title of the year at the $10K tournament in Westende in Belgium. In the final she defeated Nicky Van Dyck for the loss of just one game.[3]
In June 2011, Konta qualified for her first WTA tour event at the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open in Copenhagen. In the first round she fell to 4th seed Lucie Safarova 4–6 7–5 6–3 in a match that lasted over two and half hours.[4] Johanna won her 5th ITF singles title at the AEGON GB Pro-Series event in Woking in July. In the final against Laura Robson, Konta was 6–4 1–1 up when her opponent retired.[5] After a patchy few months interrupted by injury, Konta got back to winning ways at the $10K event in Madrid, besting Lucy Brown 6–2 6–1 in the final.[6]
Johanna formerly trained at the Roddick Lavalle Academy in Texas.[7] In January 2011, Johanna started training at the Weybridge Tennis Academy in England under the guidance of coach Justin Sherring.[8]
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 11 May 2008 | Mostar $10,000 | Red Clay | Janina Toljan | 6–3 3–6 6–4 |
| 2. | 28 June 2009 | Waterloo $25,000 | Green Clay | Heidi El Tabakh | 6–2 3–6 6–3 |
| 3. | 16 May 2010 | Raleigh $50,000 | Green Clay | Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6–2 5–7 6–4 |
| 4. | 22 August 2010 | Westende $10,000 | Hard | Nicky Van Dyck | 6–1 6–0 |
| 5. | 16 July 2011 | Woking $25,000 | Hard | Laura Robson | 6–4 1–1 ret. |
| 6. | 12 September 2011 | Madrid $10,000 | Hard | Lucy Brown | 6–2 6–1 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | 13 March 2011 | Irapuato $25,000 | Hard | Timea Babos | Macall Harkins Nicole Rotmann |
6–3 6–4 |