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British female tennis player

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Works
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  • League of Nations
  • Human Capital
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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1994

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Key facts

Country sports
United Kingdom
Residence
London
Born
( 1994-01-21 ) 21 January 1994 (age 32) , Melbourne , Australia
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Retired
May 2022
Plays
Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Martijn Bok (2007–2010), Patrick Mouratoglou (2011) , Luke Milligan (2011–2012), Željko Krajan (2012–2013) , Miles Maclagan (2013) , Nick Saviano (2013) , Jesse Witten (2013) , Mauricio Hadad (2014–2016)
Prize money
$1,605,607
Career record
176–166
Highest ranking
No. 27 (8 July 2013)
Australian open
3R ( 2013 )
French open
1R ( 2012 , 2013 , 2016 )
Wimbledon
4R ( 2013 )
Us open
4R ( 2012 )
Olympic games
2R ( 2012 )
Fed cup
13–3
Hopman cup
F ( 2010 )

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Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Encyclopedic overview

Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008.

In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou International Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with Andy Murray, with whom she also reached the 2010 Hopman Cup final. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 82 (July 2013).

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