[99], Konta's final event of the season was the Linz Open. 16 spot. She defeated Anna Remondina before falling to eventual champion and top-seeded Roberta Vinci in three close sets. [77], The draw for Wimbledon paired Konta, who entered with a wild card, with former champion Maria Sharapova. 1. [207] Konta's end-of-season ranking was world number nine. [272][273] A dramatic cut in her LTA funding for 2015 encouraged Konta to move her training base to Gijon in northern Spain, where Esteban Carril and Jose-Manuel Garcia oversaw an increasingly rapid rise up the rankings. She also lost to Julia Görges in the opening round of the Beijing. At Eastbourne Konta reached the third round before losing to Ons Jabeur. She was drawn to face Sevastova in the opening round in a re-match of their US Open meeting of a few weeks prior, Konta gaining revenge for the defeat in New York. Find out how the Chain Bridge in Budapest got its name! [266] In January 2011, she started training at the Weybridge Tennis Academy in England under the guidance of coach Justin Sherring. [219], After the Fed Cup Konta returned to clay court action. 1 doubles players, WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984, (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)), current No. Then she faced Kristýna Plíšková and lost in three sets. [106] Konta backed up her win by beating Zheng Saisai[107] and Denisa Allertová,[108] setting up a fourth-round clash with 21st seed Ekaterina Makarova. [4] Following this success, Babos rose from No. Hungary is a nation rich with contributions in many fields, rivaling many European nations with far greater populations. [163] Her end-of-season ranking was number ten. Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. [189] Konta subsequently lost to Simona Halep as Romania won by three rubbers to two. At the Australian Open she competed in the girls' singles junior event. [61] In the play-off, Konta suffered a heavy defeat against Olga Govortsova, a match that team captain Judy Murray said 'was a catalyst for change' for Konta's success in the later part of the season. [248], Konta came to Roland Garros having not won a main draw match at the venue in four previous attempts. Tímea Babos (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtiːmɛɒ ˈbɒboʃ]; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Konta's two victories took her winning run in Fed Cup singles play up to 11 matches. [227] She followed this by reaching the third round in Canadian Open before losing to Elina Svitolina and then losing in the first round of Cincinnati to Aryna Sabalenka. [206] As a result, on 9 October her ranking had fallen to number ten. [264] In 2017, she became the first UK ambassador of Nature Valley cereal bars as part of their British Tennis partnership. [5] When her nationality became the subject of debate at the 2016 Australian Open after she was labelled a plastic Brit, Konta said it was "a compliment for you guys to be interested in my Australian roots", but that she was "very pleased to be representing Great Britain ... where I grew up essentially". In September 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. Her first event on the surface was at Stuttgart, where she was eliminated in the second round by Anastasija Sevastova. She also mentioned that she feels capable of achieving big things with different partners, as she won in Singapore and at the Australian Open with two different partners. [33], In April, Konta played in the Fed Cup World Group II play-off against Argentina. [15] When she was 14, she attended the Sánchez-Casal Tennis Academy in Barcelona for 15 months, during which time her parents settled in Eastbourne, England. She broke through onto the tennis scene in 2007 as one of the upcoming stars but was forced to end her career in 2013 following a series of successful years due to experiencing back problems. She thinks that the people at home are delighted and supporting, even though Hungary is not a typical tennis country. [1] She also appointed Andrew Fitzpatrick as her hitting partner, and as a deputy coach when Fissette is absent. 1 in doubles rankings for the first time. 45 in the doubles, after winning two other titles at a 125k tournament in Suzhou (partnering Michaëlla Krajicek) and in Tashkent (partnering Yaroslava Shvedova). Born in 1927, Ferenc Puskás is easily the biggest athlete that Hungary ever gave and one of the greatest football superstars of all time. 1 title right now. [14], Babos and Mladenovic also reached final in Madrid, where they lost to Makarova and Vesnina. [50], Konta then moved into the grass-court season by playing at the Aegon Classic as a wild card. [10] In doubles, Babos partnered with Kristina Mladenovic to win the Women's Doubles crown, defeating second seeds Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina in the final. At Wimbledon, they reached quarterfinals, where they lost to Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears. She was within one victory of breaking into the top ten, but missed out on the landmark after suffering a surprise defeat to Kristína Kučová. [221] Konta lost in the first round of the French Open to No. 8 and recent Grand Slam semifinalist Ekaterina Makarova, who was the fourth seed for the event, in the second round. She also mentioned that so far, she has always managed to achieve every goal she and her coach set for her, let that be the WTA finals in Singapore, the Australian Open or the World No. James Legrow March 4, 2015 at 9:11 pm. [57], Konta then suffered opening-round defeats at Quebec City, and in the qualifying in Luxembourg. Konta advanced to the final after defeating Madrid Open champion Bertens; in the final she was beaten by Karolína Plíšková in straight sets. [156] Konta remained at the venue as an alternate,[157] but was unused. [268][269] In December 2012, the Lawn Tennis Association announced that Konta was one of 21 players set to receive the LTA's funding next season, which is supported through Team Aegon. He was born in 1896 in Backa Palanka in Serbia and died in 1980 in Sweden. Britain's ties in Europe/Africa Group 1 took place in Bath after the LTA were awarded co-hosting rights. She entered a $50k tournament in Saguenay, ranked 181st. Then she faced Kristýna Plíšková and lost in three sets. [208], For being the first woman since 1978 to reach the Wimbledon semifinal and the first to win a Premier Mandatory title, Konta was nominated for the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, placing 11th of the 12 nominees on the public's vote. She finally broke her 'curse' by beating Antonia Lottner in the first round,[249] and went on to advance to the semifinals. Her first event was in Acapulco where she defeated Laura Siegemund in the first round, followed by victory over Varvara Flink before losing in the quarterfinals to Donna Vekić. This category contains only the following file. Konta then beat Denisa Allertová, before exiting in the fourth round to 18th seed Karolína Plíšková. Britain were therefore promoted to World Group II for 2020. [151], Konta attempted to consolidate her Tour Finals place in Hong Kong, but an abdominal strain forced her to pull out of her second-round match. [177] Konta was then beaten in the last-eight by the eventual champion, Serena Williams. [253], Konta started her grass-court campaign with a win over Anett Kontaveit in the first round of the Birmingham Classic. She switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after she became a British citizen in May 2012.[5]. Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine.

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