Rebecca Marino

Rebecca Marino

Rebecca Marino at the 2011 US Open.
Country	Canada
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born	(1990-12-16) December 16, 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2008 (Indefinite break since February 2013)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$461,519
Singles
Career record	150–107
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 38 (July 11, 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	41–62
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 210 (June 21, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2011)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
Last updated on: February 25, 2013.

Rebecca Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 and 2011. She decided in late February 2013 to take an indefinite break from tennis.^[1][2]

Early life

Rebecca was born in Toronto to a family of Italian descent (her paternal grandparents were born in Caltanissetta) but she moved to Vancouver at age 2 and grew up there. She started playing tennis at age 10.^[3] In 2009, she moved to Montreal to train at the National Training Centre.

Tennis career

2005–09

She played the first event of her career in Vancouver in 2005. In 2006, she played first round qualifying at the Rogers Cup in Montreal as a wildcard. Marino won in 2008 her first singles title in Trecastagni on the ITF Circuit and two doubles titles on the same circuit.^[3] She reached the second round for the second straight year at the 2009 Challenge Bell after a 6–4, 6–3 win in the first round over Lauren Albanese. Marino lost 2–6, 3–6 in the next round against Julia Görges.

2010

Rebecca played the first Grand Slam of her career at the US Open. After winning three qualifying matches to enter the main draw, she beat Ksenia Pervak to set up a second round clash with World No. 4 Venus Williams. Marino lost 6–7^(3–7), 3–6 after a thrilling first set. Her next tournament was in Quebec City at the Challenge Bell where she beat fellow Canadian Heidi El Tabakh in the first round 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–3). Marino upset first seeded and World No. 14 Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–1 in the second round, which was her first career win against a Top 20 player. She lost her quarter-final match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 6–7^(4–7). She then stayed in the province of Quebec and played a 50K Challenger in Saguenay the following week. Marino didn't disappoint her Quebecer fans as she made it to the final and defeated American Alison Riske in three tough sets of 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5) to win the tournament. She won her second straight 50K Challenger in Kansas City by defeating Edina Gallovits 6–7^(4–7), 6–0, 6–2 in the final. One week later, Marino won her third straight 50K Challenger in Troy where she defeated Ashley Weinhold 6–1, 6–2. She lost in the semifinals of the 50K Challenger in Toronto against Alizé Lim of France 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 0–6, stopping her winning streak at 18.

2011

Rebecca Marino at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships

At the Australian Open, she defeated Junri Namigata 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the first round. She lost in the second round against 6th seed Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 7–5, 7–9. In February, Marino reached her first WTA tour final at the event in Memphis, where she faced Magdaléna Rybáriková. She was forced to retire from the match after losing the first set 2–6 because of an abdominal strain. Marino qualified for the BNP Paribas Open, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6. Following her first round exit, Marino took part in the inaugural Bahamas Women's Open a $100,000+H event part of the ITF Circuit. As the fourth seed, she defeated qualifier Sophie Ferguson in the first round, Pauline Parmentier, and another qualifier, Heather Watson to reach the semifinals, where she lost against fifth seeded Angelique Kerber by the score of 6–7^(2–7), 4–6. At the French Open, she won her first round match 6–3, 6–3 over Kateryna Bondarenko and her second round match against María José Martínez Sánchez by the score of 2–6, 6–3, 6–3. She lost 0–6, 4–6 against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, her best Grand Slam result so far. The next month, she reached the second round for her fourth straight Grand Slam at Wimbledon where she lost 6–7^(3–7), 2–6 to Roberta Vinci. At the US Open, Marino lost for the first time of her career in the first round of a Grand Slam to Gisela Dulko 3–6, 3–6. She reached the quarterfinals of the Challenge Bell for the second year in a row, after beating fellow Canadians Stéphanie Dubois and Aleksandra Wozniak in the first and second round respectively, but lost to Michaëlla Krajicek 1–6, 3–6. At the last tournament of her season, the BGL Luxembourg Open, she surprised the second seed and No. 15 player in the world Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round. That was the second win of her career over a Top 20 player. She lost her second round match against qualifier Bibiane Schoofs 6–1, 1–6, 5–7.

2012–13

Marino lost in the first round of the 2012 Australian Open 4–6, 2–6 to Gréta Arn. She took a break from tennis to deal with mental and physical fatigue from February to late August.^[4] Marino made a comeback the second week of September at the $25,000 ITF in Redding. In only her fifth tournament since coming back, she defeated fellow Canadian Sharon Fichman 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2 to win the $25,000 ITF in Rock Hill.^[5] She then lost a week later in the first round of the $50,000 ITF Challenger in Saguenay 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8) to Maria Sanchez, stopping her winning streak at 8 matches. At the $50,000 ITF in Toronto, Marino was forced to retire in her second round match after suffering an abdominal strain.^[6] She was supposed to end her season at the $75,000 ITF in Phoenix, but had to withdraw following her injury.

At the 2013 Australian Open, her first Grand Slam since coming back, Marino made it to the main draw with her protected ranking of 115, but lost 3–6, 0–6 to Peng Shuai in the opening round.^[7] After playing some ITF and WTA tournaments, she decided in late February to take a second break from tennis with no timetable for her return.^[1][2]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	February 19, 2011	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2–6, ret.

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	May 25, 2008	Landisville, United States	Hard	Kristie Ahn	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner–up	2.	August 17, 2008	London, Great Britain	Hard	Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	1.	August 24, 2008	Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Alice Moroni	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	3.	March 22, 2009	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Elena Bovina	2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	July 5, 2009	Boston, United States	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	5.	April 10, 2010	Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Mona Barthel	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	September 25, 2010	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	3.	October 10, 2010	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Edina Gallovits-Hall	6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2
Winner	4.	October 17, 2010	Troy, United States	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	October 21, 2012	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Sharon Fichman	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	April 26, 2008	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Lena Litvak	Augustina Lepore Frederica Piedade	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	July 27, 2008	Evansville, United States	Hard	Ellah Nze	Courtney Dolehide Kirsten Flower	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	October 12, 2008	Southlake, United States	Hard	Beatrice Capra	Mary Gambale Elizabeth Lumpkin	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner–up	2.	February 7, 2009	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	Raquel Kops-Jones Renata Voráčová	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	3.	September 27, 2009	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Dubois	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame	3–6, 1–6
Runner–up	4.	May 14, 2010	Caserta, Italy	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Irena Pavlovic	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	5.	September 25, 2010	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Heidi El Tabakh	Jorgelina Cravero Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	3–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Awards

2010 – Tennis Canada female player of the year
2011 – Tennis Canada female player of the year

References

External links

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