Nicole Gibbs

Nicole Gibbs

Gibbs at the 2010 US Open
Full name	Nicole Gibbs
Country	United States
Born	(1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 Cincinnati, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Prize money	$186,678
Singles
Career record	107–73
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	166 (July 29, 2013)
Current ranking	185 (February 3, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013, 2014)
French Open	—
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
US Open	1R (2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	25–32
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	402 (July 12, 2010)
Current ranking	409 (February 3, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2011)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: February 3, 2014.

Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993 in Cincinnati) is an American tennis player.

Gibbs has won three singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On July 29, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 166. On July 12, 2010, she peaked at world number 402 in the doubles rankings.

Gibbs graduated in 2010 from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and currently attends Stanford University.

Career

Gibbs has played in a number of WTA Premier qualifiers, the 2009 LA Open and the 2010 and 2011 Stanford Open qualifiers, where she won a round each year, the 2012 Western & Southern Open losing in the first round, and the 2012 New Haven Open at Yale where she won three rounds to qualify and then won a round in the main draw before losing in round two to Petra Kvitová. She has also played in qualifying for the US Open on three occasions (2009, 2010, 2011), winning a round in 2010.

In addition to qualifying for the main draw in New Haven, Gibbs played in the three WTA Premier event main draws in 2012, the Stanford Open, winning one round before losing to newly crowned Wimbledon champion Serena Williams,^[1] and the US Open where she lost in the first round to Alizé Cornet.

Gibbs played the 2010 US Open – Mixed Doubles with Sam Querrey as her partner and the 2011 US Open – Women's Doubles with Lauren Davis. She was a hitting partner as part of the 2009 United States Fed Cup team in Italy.

Gibbs is currently a junior at Stanford University and plays as number one in singles and doubles for the Stanford Women's team.

Sophomore Nicole Gibbs was named 2012 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for tennis. Her selection by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards program recognized Gibbs as the country's top junior female player in her sport.

A 2012 All-American in both singles and doubles, Gibbs pulled off a historic sweep of the year's NCAA singles and doubles titles. Gibbs joined Stanford's Linda Gates (1985) and UCLA's Keri Phebus (1995) as only the third player in NCAA history to capture both NCAA titles in the same season. Traditionally, the winner of the NCAA title is offered a wild card into the US Open, if American.

Gibbs defeated teammate Mallory Burdette in the first all-Stanford singles final since 2011, claiming the 15th collegiate singles crown (13 NCAA, 2 AIAW) in school history. One hour later, Gibbs and Burdette shook off physical and emotional fatigue to claim the doubles championship with victory over Georgia's Nadja Gilchrist and Chelsey Gullickson.

The championship matches represented a historic day for the Stanford women's tennis program. It was the first time in NCAA men's or women's tennis history that teammates squared off in the singles final before later pairing up in the doubles title match.

The 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year, Gibbs was also named an All-Pac-12 First Team selection. She finished the year 41–5 overall and 21–2 in duals while playing all her matches at the number one spot. Closing out the year on a 17-match winning streak, Gibbs pocketed two other singles titles along the way, winning the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in October and Pac-12 Championships in April. Gibbs was ousted from the Mercury Insurance Open, where she lost to Varvara Lepchenko.^[2]

Gibbs and Burdette posted a 35–5 record overall and were 18–2 in duals. Playing together for the first time, the duo opened the season by claiming the title at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in October.

The Honda Sports Award is presented annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. As a Honda prize recipient, Gibbs becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Honda Cup. Gibbs was chosen by a vote of coaches from 1,000 NCAA member schools. Finalists included Burdette (Stanford), Beatrice Capra (Duke) and Allie Will (Florida).

ITF finals (4–4)

Singles (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	November 26, 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	June 27, 2011	Buffalo, United States	Clay	Lauren Davis	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	July 2, 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Julie Coin	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	February 11, 2013	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Madison Brengle	1–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	July 8, 2013	Yakima, United States	Hard	Ivana Lisjak	6–1, 6–4

Doubles (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 10, 2010	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Kristie Ahn	Alexandra Mueller Ahsha Rolle	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	July 2, 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Lauren Embree	Marie-Ève Pelletier Shelby Rogers	3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Runner-up	2.	April 22, 2013	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Shelby Rogers	Nicola Slater Coco Vandeweghe	3–6, 6–7(4–7)

References

External links

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