Victoria Duval

Victoria Duval

Victoria Duval playing at the 2012 US Open
Country	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	(1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 Miami, Florida, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$120,266
Singles
Career record	42–32
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (November 4, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 169 (November 25, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	10–4
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 408 (November 11, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 419 (November 25, 2013)
Last updated on: November 30, 2013.

Victoria Duval (born November 30, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She plays right-handed, with a two-handed backhand. Her career-high singles ranking is no. 191, achieved on September 9, 2013. Her career-high doubles ranking is no. 717 achieved on October 29, 2012. Her coach is Nick Bollettieri. Duval is an American of Haitian descent.

Early life

Duval was born in Miami and spent some of her childhood in Haiti, including time training at the JOTAC Tennis Academy in Port-au-Prince. While living in Port-au-Prince, Duval was robbed at gunpoint and held hostage at her aunt's house at the age of 7. Victoria's mother gave up her neonatal practice and moved Victoria and her two brothers to south Florida. Her father stayed behind to continue the gynecology and obstetrics practice he had helped build in Port-au-Prince.^[1][2]

To continue improving Vicky's tennis game, Nadine moved with her to Atlanta. It was here that she worked with coach Brian de Villiers, at the Racquet Club of the South. In January 2010, Vicky was training in Atlanta when a terrible earthquake struck Haiti and her father was trapped under collapsing walls outside his home for 11 hours. After he regained consciousness he was able to dig himself out of the rubble. His legs were broken, his left arm was crushed, he had seven fractured ribs puncturing his lungs, and an infection spreading throughout his body. He survived an emergency operation in his own backyard. A wealthy Atlanta family connected to the tennis club donated enough money to have him airlifted to a Fort Lauderdale hospital.^[1][3]

Career

2012

Duval kicked off her 2012 season in May with a 10K ITF tournament in Sumter, South Carolina. She reached the final of the tournament, losing only one set in the first round against second seed Elizabeth Ferris. Appearing in her first professional singles final, she was defeated by Louisa Chirico, 4–6, 3–6. The following week, she remained in South Carolina for another 10K event in Hilton Head Island, where she lost in the quarterfinals. Duval then took a break from the pro circuit to play the Under 18 USTA National Championships. Seeded 17th, she beat Monica Lin, 6–0, 6–1 in the first round. She went on to beat Alexandria Chatt, 6–0, 6–3 in the next round. With two more straight-set wins and two tougher tests, Duval made the final against Alexandra Kiick, whom she beat, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0, to claim the title. Due to her winning the nationals, she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the senior US Open. However, she lost to former world No. 1 and three-time champion Kim Clijsters, 3–6, 1–6, in the first round. Duval was also given a wildcard for the main draw of the junior tournament, where she beat Russian Varvara Flink, 7–5, 6–0, in the first round. In the second round, she drew third seed and junior 2012 Wimbledon champion Eugenie Bouchard, and defeated her 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, the biggest upset of the girls tournament to that point. She backed up this win by defeating Kathinka von Deichmann of Liechtenstein 6–2, 6–2 to advance to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time. In the quarterfinals, she upset ninth seed Anna Danilina 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. However, her run came to an end in the semifinals when she was defeated by twelfth seed Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–6^(7–4).

2013

After qualifying for the US Open, Duval won her first-round match by a score of 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 against Top 15 player and the 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur in what was a major upset.^[2] In the second round Duval lost to Daniela Hantuchová 2-6, 3-6.

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	May 27, 2012	Sumter, United States	Hard	Louisa Chirico	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	November 3, 2013	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	7–5, ret.

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	October 24, 2011	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	Hard	Allie Kiick	Chanel Simmonds Ajla Tomljanovic	3–6, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	October 26, 2013	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Françoise Abanda	Marta Domachowska Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	November 1, 2013	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Françoise Abanda	Melanie Oudin Jessica Pegula	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [11–9]

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A		0–0
French Open	A	A		0–0
Wimbledon	A	A		0–0
US Open	1R	2R		1–2
Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0-0	1-2

References

• ITF Profile
• WTA Profile