Shelby Rogers
Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American tennis player from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She won the Girls National Championship at 17. Her best results as a professional came at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open where she reached the quarterfinals. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 48, while her highest doubles ranking is No. 101. She has won 6 singles titles and 2 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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Residence | Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
Born | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States | October 13, 1992
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Matt Manasse |
Prize money | US$2,847,139 |
Singles | |
Career record | 238–193 (55.2%) |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 48 (January 30, 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 55 (September 14, 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | QF (2016) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2017) |
US Open | QF (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 58–66 (46.8%) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 101 (January 9, 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 161 (September 28, 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2015) |
French Open | 2R (2019, 2020) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2016) |
US Open | 2R (2016, 2020) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2014) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2017), record: 2–1 |
Last updated on: 27 September 2020. |
Rogers is noted for her victories against the top-ranking players which include Simona Halep (#4) at the 2017 Australian Open and Serena Williams (#9) at the 2020 Top Seed Open.[1] Rogers also owns a spotless record over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, the wins coming at the 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open, the latter in which she saved four match points.[2][3] Both are also the only instances in her career where she made the second week, and quarterfinals at the majors.
Personal life
Rogers followed her sister, Sabra, into tennis at the age of six. She was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of eleven. Home-schooled during high school, Rogers was able to focus on her tennis and quickly started receiving scholarship offers from the top schools in the U.S.[4] In 2009, she decided to forgo college and become a professional tennis player. She is good friends with fellow American players CoCo Vandeweghe and Irina Falconi.
Career
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Early years
In 2010, Rogers won the USTA 18s Girls National Championship to earn a wildcard into the US Open, her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.[5] She lost to Peng Shuai in the first round in three sets.
Rogers earned another wild card into the main draw of the 2013 French Open three years later by winning the "Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge". With the wild card, she won her first career Grand Slam match, over Irena Pavlovic.
She reached her maiden WTA final the following year at the Gastein Ladies where she lost to Andrea Petkovic. She then scored her first career top 10 win after beating Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of the Rogers Cup, and then finished the year ranked inside the top 100 at No. 72.
2015
Rogers played in all four Grand Slam main draws for the first time in her career, reaching the third round at the US Open.
2016: French Open quarterfinals
Although she missed the Australian Open due to injury, Rogers began the year strongly by reaching her second career final on the WTA Tour, losing to Francesca Schiavone at the Rio Open on clay in February.
At the French Open, she continued her success on clay by becoming the first American other than Serena Williams to reach the quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 2006.[6] Along the way, she defeated three seeded players including No. 12 Petra Kvitová. With this run, she also rose to a career-high ranking inside the top 60.
2017
Rogers started out the year with a stunning upset, 6–3, 6–1, over world No. 4 Simona Halep in the first round of the Australian Open.[7][8]
2018
After battling a knee injury for some time, Rogers underwent knee surgery in May 2018.[9] She was out of play for the rest of the season.
2019
She returned to action at the Volvo Car Open in April and won her first match, defeating Evgeniya Rodina, 6–4, 6–2.[10] However, she lost her next match to Jelena Ostapenko in three sets despite having been 5–1 up in the third set and having match points.[11]
2020: US Open quarterfinals
Rogers enjoyed a successful campaign on American hardcourts in the summer. Firstly, she made the semifinals at the Top Seed Open after upsetting Serena Williams in the previous round. Then, at the US Open, she beat Irina Khromacheva, 11th seed Elena Rybakina, Madison Brengle, and sixth seed Petra Kvitová before losing to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals. She returned to the top 60 rankings after that.
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.[12]
Singles
Current after the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | 53% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | |
US Open | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | Q1 | QF | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | 59% | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 7–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0 / 22 | 21–22 | 49% | |
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 3R | A | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
China Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | Career total: 80 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 12–9 | 4–14 | 13–15 | 23–20 | 0–2 | 3–9 | 8–6 | 3–1 | 0 / 80 | 68–81 | 46% |
Year-end ranking | 341 | 434 | 217 | 123 | 72 | 146 | 60 | 59 | 780 | 174 | $2,929,862 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2014 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | International | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brasil | International | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Premier (0–0) |
International (0–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2015 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2010 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2012 | Yakima Regional Hospital Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2012 | Henderson Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2013 | Boar's Head Resort Open, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2013 | Lexington Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(3) |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 2013 | Coleman Vision Championships, United States | 75,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2015 | Henderson Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Sep 2019 | Central Coast Pro Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–4 | Oct 2019 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–4 | Feb 2020 | Dow Tennis Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
walkover |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2010 | ITF Mount Pleasant, United States | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2012 | Colorado International, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [12–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2013 | Boar's Head Resort Open, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2014 | Hardee's Pro Classic, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, [5–10] |
Win | 2–3 | Feb 2016 | Dow Tennis Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2016 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 0–6 |
Wins over top 10 players
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | SR Rank |
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No. 8 | Canadian Open, Canada | Hard | 2R | 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 | No. 113 |
2017 | |||||||
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No. 4 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 6–1 | No. 57 |
2020 | |||||||
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No. 9 | Top Seed Open, United States | Hard | QF | 1–6, 6–4, 7–6 | No. 116 |
References
- "Shelby Rogers ousts Serena in Lexington; Gauff and Brady join in semis". tennis.com. August 14, 2020. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/sports/tennis/shelby-rogers-ranked-no-108-defeats-petra-kvitova.html". May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016. External link in
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(help) - "Shelby Rogers Saves Four Match Points in Shock Win Over Petra Kvitova". tennis.com. September 6, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- "Tennis Recruiting".
- "Getting to Know: Shelby Rogers". US Open. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- "Shelby Rogers' emotional run to Paris quarters". ESPN. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- Rothenberg, Ben (January 15, 2017). "Shelby Rogers Ousts Fourth Seed Simona Halep at Australian Open". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- Garber, Greg (January 16, 2017). "Americans Shelby Rogers, Venus Williams advance in straight sets". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- Bilodeau, Kevin. "Shelby Rogers has knee surgery". Live 5 News.
- McGrogan, Ed. "SHELBY ROGERS' LONG ROAD BACK FROM INJURY BRINGS HER HOME, VICTORIOUS". Tennis.
- "Ostapenko outlasts Rogers in Charleston comeback win". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Player & Career overview".
External links
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