Shelby Rogers

Shelby Rogers

Shelby Rogers at the 2013 French Open
Country	United States
Residence	Charleston, SC, USA
Born	(1992-10-13) October 13, 1992 Mount Pleasant, SC, USA
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$417,046
Singles
Career record	133–95
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 70 (September 15, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 80 (February 23, 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
French Open	2R (2013)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	29–33
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 175 (June 17, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 254 (February 23, 2014)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2014)
Last updated on: September 9, 2014.

Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 79, which she reached on September 8, 2014. Her career high in doubles is No. 175, which she reached on June 17, 2013. She played at her first Grand Slam event when she received a wildcard to play at the 2010 US Open, but was defeated by Peng Shuai in the first round in three sets. She has since reached the second round of the 2013 French Open and 2014 U.S. Open.

Career

Following her sister, Sabra, into tennis at the age of 6. Shelby was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of 11. Home-schooled during high school, Shelby was able to focus on her tennis and quickly started receiving scholarship offers from the top schools in the US.^[1] In 2009 she decided to forgo college and become a professional tennis player.

Rogers currently trains at the USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Florida. Tennis idol is Steffi Graf.

2013

She failed to qualify for the Australian Open, losing in the qualifying first round. She received a wild card to the French Open. She then won her first Grand Slam match over Irena Pavlovic.

At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round of qualifying to An-Sophie Mestach.

She received a wild card into the US Open, but lost her first match to Caroline Garcia of France.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	13 July 2014	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotà, Colombia	Clay	Irina Falconi	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF career finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 4, 2010	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1.	July 10, 2012	Yakima, United States	Hard	Samantha Crawford	6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	September 25, 2012	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Lauren Davis	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2
Winner	2.	April 23, 2013	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Allie Kiick	6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	July 28, 2013	Lexington, United States	Hard	Julie Coin	6-4 7-6 (3)
Winner	4.	September 16, 2013	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	6-2 6-3

Doubles 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 15, 2010	Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Petra Rampre	Kaitlyn Christian Caitlin Whoriskey	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	July 3, 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Lauren Embree Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	April 23, 2013	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Nicole Gibbs	Nicola Slater Coco Vandeweghe	6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner–up	3.	April 14, 2014	Dothan, United States	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	Anett Kontaveit Ilona Kremen	1–6 7–5 5–10

Singles performance timeline

Top 10 wins per season

Wins over top 10 players per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2014
1.	Eugenie Bouchard	No. 8	Montreal, Canada	Hard	2nd Round	6–0, 2–6, 6–0

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shelby Rogers.

• Shelby Rogers at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shelby Rogers at the International Tennis Federation
• Shelby Rogers at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile