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Colleen Vandeweghe, known as CoCo Vandeweghe, is an American tennis player born in New York City on December 6, 1991. She is a right-handed athlete who stands 185 cm tall and weighs 70 kg. Vandeweghe has resided in Rancho Santa Fe and represents the United States in international competition, including membership on the United States Billie Jean King Cup team. Her professional career began in 2008, the same year she participated in the US Open girls' singles event.
Vandeweghe has achieved a career-high ranking of 15 and has earned $8,225,494 in prize money. Her professional records include 341 wins and 288 losses in singles, and 128 wins and 111 losses in doubles. She also competed in tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Vandeweghe is related to Ernie Vandeweghe, Colleen Kay Hutchins, Kiki VanDeWeghe, and Mel Hutchins.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- United States
- Residence
- Rancho Santa Fe, California , U.S.
- Born
- ( 1991-12-06 ) December 6, 1991 (age 34) , New York City, U.S.
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Coach
- Craig Kardon
- Prize money
- US$8,225,494
- Career record
- 341–288
- Highest ranking
- No. 9 (January 15, 2018)
- Australian open
- SF ( 2017 )
- French open
- 2R ( 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
- Wimbledon
- QF ( 2015 , 2017 )
- Us open
- SF ( 2017 )
- Tour finals
- SF ( 2018 )
- Fed cup
- W ( 2017 ), record 13–8
- Hopman cup
- F ( 2017 )
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- WTA Tour Womens
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- United States Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Vandeweghe WMQ22 (13) (52191110986) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 185
- Residence
- Rancho Santa Fe
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- Commons category
- CoCo Vandeweghe
- date of birth
- 1991-12-06
- singles record
- 341–288
- doubles record
- 128–111
- ranking
- 15
- prize money
- 8225494
- relative
- Mel Hutchins
- name in native language
- Colleen Vandeweghe
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- social media followers
- 69766
- birth name
- Colleen Mullarkey
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Encyclopedic overview
CoCo Vandeweghe (/ˈvændəweɪ/ VAN-də-way; born Colleen Mullarkey, December 6, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. A former junior US Open champion and top 10 singles player, she won two WTA Tour titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. In doubles, Vandeweghe won one major title at the 2018 US Open with partner Ashleigh Barty.
In addition, she reached two major singles semifinals and the final of the WTA Elite Trophy to enter the top 10, reaching her career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in January 2018. In addition, Vandeweghe twice reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in both 2015 and 2017. Despite being predominantly a singles player, she also excelled at doubles. In 2016, she partnered with Martina Hingis in much of the second half of the season and reached the semifinals of the US Open, a performance that lifted her to a then-career-high ranking of No. 18 in the world. In 2018, Vandeweghe won her first Grand Slam title, partnering Ashleigh Barty at the US Open. Later on, they reached the semifinals at the 2018 WTA Finals, lifting Vandeweghe to a new career-high ranking of No. 14. She is also a two-time Grand Slam finalist in mixed doubles, reaching the final at the 2016 Australian Open with Horia Tecău and the 2016 US Open with compatriot Rajeev Ram.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CoCo Vandeweghe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.