Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Born	(1985-03-23) March 23, 1985 Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 4,522,295
Singles
Career record	326-259
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 30 (July 11, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 77 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	4R (2013)
Wimbledon	4R (2008)
US Open	3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	292-161
Career titles	17 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (August 17, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 6 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2015)
French Open	W (2015)
Wimbledon	SF (2010)
US Open	QF (2007, 2009, 2010)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2012)
French Open	W (2015)
Wimbledon	SF (2015)
US Open	F (2015)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Bethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands (née Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. She lives in Miami, Florida, but trains in Phoenix, Arizona. Mattek has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and her best results on the WTA Tour to date are reaching the semifinals of the tournaments in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2005 and Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 2008 and the finals of the Bell Challenge in 2008 and 2010. In doubles, she has won fifteen WTA Tour titles most notably the 2015 Australian Open and French Open 2015. Mattek also plays for the New York Sportimes for World Team Tennis.

Tennis career

In 1999, Mattek played her first WTA Tour event in Philadelphia where she received a wildcard into the qualifying. She fell in the first round of qualifying to Nana Miyagi. It was the only tour match of the year for Mattek. Then in 2000, Mattek received a wildcard into qualifying at the Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne, Florida but fell in the first round to Anca Barna. Later in the year, Mattek played in her first Grand Slam event at the US Open. She was given a wildcard into the qualification rounds, but fell in the first round to Gisela Rivera.

In 2001, Mattek again received a wildcard into the qualifying at the Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, but lost in the second round of the qualifications to Sandra Cacic. Mattek received direct entry into the ITF event Boynton Beach due to a wildcard. She defeated top-seeded Elena Likhovtseva in the first round and Jennifer Hopkins in the second round, but lost in the quarterfinals against Åsa Carlsson. With these successes, she rose to World No. 343 in the rankings. Mattek received direct entry into the tournament at Amelia Island, Florida thanks to a wildcard. However, she lost to fellow American Jill Craybas in the first round. Mattek next played another ITF event in the Bronx as a wildcard, but lost in the first round to Sylvia Plischke. Mattek played her first main draw as a wildcard at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open but lost to Australia's Alicia Molik in the first round. Mattek ended the year ranked World No. 338.

Bethanie Mattek playing for the New York Sportimes during a World Team Tennis match in Mamaroneck on July 10, 2008

In 2008, Mattek reached a then career-high singles ranking of No. 38 on November 3, 2008, and a then career-high ranking of No. 24 in doubles. At the Grand Slam tournaments, she didn't qualify for the 2008 Australian Open, but reached the second round of the 2008 French Open and the second round of the 2008 US Open. Her best result was at Wimbledon in 2008 where she reached the fourth round, claiming her first top 10 win over 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli. She then lost in the Round of 16 to fellow American Serena Williams.

At the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles, Mattek made it to the semifinals before losing to tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta. Mattek later reached her first ever WTA tour final in November 2008 at the Bell Challenge in Canada before losing to the top seeded Nadia Petrova.

In 2009, she had to pull out of the Australian Open in January with a hip injury. She later made her season debut at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA and reached the second round before losing to Gisela Dulko. She also entered the doubles event with Mashona Washington, where she reached the third round. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to the 18th seed from Australia, Samantha Stosur.

2011

Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2011

In January 2011, Mattek-Sands got the biggest win of her career by defeating world no. 7 Francesca Schiavone. Mattek-Sands later teamed with John Isner for the USA and reached the Hopman Cup final, defeating the Belgian team of Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans.

Her good form continued into the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International, where she reached her third career WTA singles final, before losing to Jarmila Groth.

At the Australian Open, Mattek-Sands lost to qualifier Arantxa Rus in the first round. She reached the quarterfinals of the women's doubles with partner Meghann Shaughnessy, and made the semifinals of mixed doubles. Her next event was a Fed Cup tie against Belgium in Antwerp, where she lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the opening rubber, and later to Kim Clijsters.

At the indoor tournament in Paris, Mattek-Sands advanced to her second semifinal in her third WTA event of the season. She lost to eventual champion, Petra Kvitová. Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy then made it to the final of the doubles event without dropping a set and defeated the team of Dushevina/Makarova to win their first doubles title as a team. It was her ninth career WTA doubles title.

After her success in Paris, Mattek-Sands rushed off to Dubai, where she suffered an opening round loss to Peng Shuai. From Dubai, her next tournament was the 2011 Indian Wells Masters, where she made it to the second round before losing to 10th seeded Shahar Pe'er. Pairing with Meghann Shaughnessy, the American duo made it to the doubles finals before losing to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina in the finals. In her next tournament in Miami, Mattek-Sands made it to the second round before losing to world number one, Caroline Wozniacki.

After Miami, Mattek-Sands was off to Charleston for the start of the clay court season, where she made it to the second round before losing to Russia's Elena Vesnina. In doubles, Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy made the finals of Charleston, but were once again defeated by the team of Vesnina/Mirza. Mattek-Sands next entered a small clay event in Estoril where she was the 5th-seeded player in singles, but was then upset in the first round by Monica Niculescu.

At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, Mattek-Sands caused an upset in the first round when she defeated former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic after coming back from a set at love, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4. She eventually made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Li Na in three sets.

Mattek-Sands faced Italy's own Flavia Pennetta in her opening round match in Rome. She defeated Pennetta in three sets, before losing to Jarmila Gajdošová in the second round.

Mattek-Sands played in the French Open and made it to the third round before losing to the higher-seeded as well as her good friend, Jelena Janković.

At Wimbledon 2011, Mattek-Sands (then ranked 30th)^[1] was upset in the first round against then ranked 133rd^[2] Misaki Doi from Japan.

Mattek-Sands then had to withdraw from her heavily scheduled USO Series events due to a shoulder injury. She did try to play at the US Open, but lost to Polona Hercog in the first round. In the Women's Doubles competition, she acquired a new partner due to the retirement of Meghann Shaughnessy. She teamed up with Australia's Jarmila Gajdošová, and they reached the third round before they lost to the team of Huber/Raymond.

2012

Mattek-Sands started her year representing the USA in the 2012 Hopman Cup with Mardy Fish. She came up short in her singles matches against Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic and Denmark's world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, but beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in the third tie. After an early exit from the Hopman Cup, she played singles at the Moorilla Hobart International, where she was a finalist, and doubles with partner, Jarmila Gajdošová. In singles, she lost in the second round to Sorana Cîrstea, and in doubles, she reached the semifinals, before having to retire 1–3 due to a neck injury.

At the 2012 Australian Open, Mattek-Sands lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. In the doubles competition, she reached the third round with Jarmila Gajdošová, before losing to the Indian/Russian pairing of Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina. In the mixed doubles competition, she and Romanian partner, Horia Tecău finally had their breakthrough moment, defeating title favorites, Bhuphati/Mirza in the semifinals. They then went on to win the title by defeating the team of Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes in the final.

Mattek-Sands made it through the qualifying draw at the Paris Indoors Open GDF Suez tournament. In the main draw, she made it to the second round, before losing to Roberta Vinci in three sets.

Mattek-Sands started to play on the doubles circuit with Sania Mirza, with whom she had had success in the past. In only their second tournament as a team in 2012, the Indian-American duo won the Premier-level event in Brussels, Belgium. However, they could not hold on to the good form as they were upset in the first round at Roland Garros. They made it to the third round of Wimbledon, but were eliminated by the Williams sisters.

Mattek-Sands and Mirza were beaten in the first round of the WTA event in Carlsbad, California by Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan.^[3]

After reaching an ITF quarterfinal in Lexington, Kentucky, Mattek-Sands failed to win another main-draw match in singles. However, with Mirza in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of Montreal and the third round of the US Open, playing eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci to three sets.

2013

Mattek-Sands received a wildcard to play in Kuala Lumpur, and justified it, as she reached final ranked at number 197. She lost to Karolina Pliskova, despite winning first set 6–1. At home event in Charleston, she brushed aside fellow American and that year's Aussie Open semifinalist Sloane Stephens, 6–2, 6–0, before losing to Madison Keys in third round. At Premier event in Stuttgart, Bethanie reached semifinals as qualifier, stunning #7 Sara Errani (6–0, 4–6, 6–1) and Sabine Lisicki in second round and quarterfinals, respectively. There she lost to Li Na.

At the 2013 French Open, Mattek-Sands won against the sixth seeded Li Na in the second round, beating her in three sets. Mattek-Sands was placed 61 places lower than Li, the 2011 champion, in the WTA rankings. She subsequently reached the fourth round, where she lost to Maria Kirilenko, after 4–1 lead in first set.

After successful clay court season, she didn't continue in that style, losing in first or second round at all tournaments. At Wimbledon she lost in first round to Angelique Kerber and to Ekaterina Makarova in second round of US Open.

2014

At Sydney International, Bethanie qualified for tournament and then beat Eugenie Bouchard and #5 Agnieszka Radwanska. Both defeated players would go on to reach semifinals of first Slam of season, which made Bethanie's wins bigger. But in quarterfinals she retired against Madison Keys in first set due to lumbar spine injury. At Australian Open, she wasn't happy with draw, as she was the first opponent of third seed Maria Sharapova, losing in two sets. At the PTT Pattaya Open, Mattek-Sands lost in the first round to Karolína Plíšková. In Doha she beat again Bouchard, before losing to Monica Niculescu.

After losing in first round of Miami, Bethanie underwent hip surgery.^[4] She came back on court in September, when she played in Wuhan and lost in qualifying. She qualified for China Open, but lost in first round to another qualifier Mona Barthel in three sets. Soon the season was finished, after playing two more events without success.

2015-Australian Open & French Open Doubles Champion

In 2015, Mattek-Sands won the Australian Open and French Open women's doubles alongside Lucie Šafářová (Czech Republic). Matted-Sands also won the 2015 French Open Mixed doubles title with partner Mike Bryan (United States).

Fashion

Mattek has achieved extensive publicity as a result of her eccentric fashion sense on the court, and has led to her being dubbed in the press as the 'Lady Gaga of the tennis world'.^[5] Notable outfits include leopard print outfits at the 2004 US Open and 2007 US Open, a striped cowboy hat that garnered her a fine at the 2005 US Open, a "soccer theme" at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships that included £10 football socks, chandelier earrings, a tube top worn over a strappy vest top, tiny running shorts and a headband,^[6] pink knee-high socks at the 2006 JPMorgan Chase Open,^[7] and a loosely draped beige top, with a crocheted waist and split sleeves that resembled a toga and beige knee-high socks at the 2006 US Open.^[8][9] During the 2011 Pre-Wimbledon party in London, Mattek-Sands wore a fluorescent green dress, by designer Alex Noble, that featured tennis balls as components and a Mohican-style hat.^[10]

Personal life

On November 29, 2008 she married insurance executive Justin Sands in Naples, Florida; since then she has used the name Bethanie Mattek-Sands professionally.^[11] She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and her 140 pound boerboel named Ruger.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	2015	French Open	Clay	Lucie Šafářová	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Horia Tecău	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Winner	2015	French Open	Clay	Mike Bryan	Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	2015	US Open	Hard	Sam Querrey	Martina Hingis Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	Indian Wells	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	0–6, 5–7
Winner	2015	Toronto	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6-1, 6-2

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	November 2, 2008	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	September 19, 2010	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Tamira Paszek	6–7(6–8), 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	January 15, 2011	Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	March 3, 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Karolína Plíšková	6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	August 15, 2004	Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Abigail Spears	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	August 14, 2005	JPMorgan Chase Open, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	May 14, 2006	ECM Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	Marion Bartoli Shahar Pe'er	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	May 21, 2006	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	Zheng Jie Yan Zi	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	July 22, 2007	Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Poutchek	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Winner	3.	February 23, 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Iveta Benešová	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Martina Müller	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	April 13, 2008	Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	April 19, 2009	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay	Nadia Petrova	Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Winner	6.	May 3, 2009	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Nadia Petrova	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	7.	May 23, 2009	Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Raquel Kops-Jones	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	February 21, 2010	Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Meghann Shaughnessy	Michaëlla Krajicek Vania King	5–7, 2–6
Winner	8.	April 11, 2010	MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra, United States	Clay	Yan Zi	Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	June 13, 2010	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Liezel Huber	Cara Black Lisa Raymond	3–6, 2–3 ret
Runner-up	6.	August 28, 2010	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	7.	September 19, 2010	Challenge Bell, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	1–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	9.	February 13, 2011	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Meghann Shaughnessy	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	March 19, 2011	BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Elena Vesnina Sania Mirza	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	April 10. 2011	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	May 26, 2012	Brussels Open, Bruxelles, Belgium	Clay	Sania Mirza	Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	January 5. 2013	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Sania Mirza	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	12.	February 23, 2013	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sania Mirza	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	April 28, 2013	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Sania Mirza	Mona Barthel Sabine Lisicki	4–6, 5–7
Winner	13.	16 January 2015	Sydney International, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Sania Mirza	Abigail Spears Raquel Kops-Jones	6–3, 6–3
Winner	14.	30 January 2015	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	15.	April 26, 2015	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–3
Winner	16.	June 7, 2015	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Lucie Šafářová	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	17.	16 August 2015	Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.

Doubles

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2015 China Open.

Top 10 wins per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2008
1.	Marion Bartoli	No. 10	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	3rd Round	6–4, 6–1
2011
2.	Francesca Schiavone	No. 4	Madrid, Spain	Clay	3rd Round	7–6(7–5), 6–3
2013
3.	Sara Errani	No. 7	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	2nd Round	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
4.	Li Na	No. 6	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	2nd Round	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
2014
5.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 5	Sydney, Australia	Hard	2nd Round	7–5, 6–2
2015
6.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 7	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	2nd Round	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

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