They moved to France in 1992 when Dragan was signed by Dunkerque HGL. In a tense final, Mladenovic defeated Yulia Putintseva, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 to win the first WTA Tour singles title of her career. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki. Her forehand is the stronger wing, and is hit both flatly and with topspin. Meanwhile, in singles, the Frenchwoman received a bye into the second round, being seeded No. This time, Hlaváčková and Peng won the match, and Mladenovic missed the opportunity to become doubles world No. Day-session dazzlers: Nadal, Pliskova, Thiem & Keys roll in Melbourne. 3, Simona Halep, 2–6, 6–0, 7–6. Mladenovic became the first Frenchwoman to win a WTA Premier singles title since Marion Bartoli in June 2011. She played doubles in Montréal, losing in the first round with partner Tímea Babos. Kristina Mladenovic (en serbe : Кристина Младеновић), née le 14 mai 1993 à Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (Nord), est une joueuse de tennis française. [5][6] Mladenovic has a brother named Luka. Keys won in straight sets. 1 in the WTA doubles rankings. [33], At the Miami Open, Mladenovic lost her opening singles match to the Romanian qualifier Patricia Maria Țig. 3, Karolína Plíšková, 6–2, 6–4 in the second round. She later played doubles with Garcia in the fifth and decisive rubber against Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, which they lost 5–7, 5–7, enabling the Czechs to win the Fed Cup for the fifth time in six years. 14, reached her first career WTA Premier Mandatory singles final at the Mutua Madrid Open by defeating her doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals. [40] Mladenovic turned things around when she won the Australian Open women's doubles with Tímea Babos, thus winning her second career Grand Slam women's doubles title. [47] Mladenovic and Tímea Babos were the women's doubles top-seeds at that tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to the unseeded Japanese pair of Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya. In 2014 volgde een tweede titel in het gemengd dubbelspel en haar negende in het vrouwendubbelspel. [citation needed]. On the WTA Tour she tried to qualify for Open Gaz de France, but lost her first match to Petra Kvitová. In 2013 kwamen daar nog een verloren en vijf gewonnen dubbelspelfinales bij, alsmede een titel en een verloren grandslamfinale in het gemengd dubbelspel. 54, compared to world No. [35], Mladenovic, seeded No. In the women's singles, she was defeated in the second round by Madison Keys. 10) on 23 October 2017, at the start of the WTA Finals. [36], However, due to a consistent first half of the season which saw Mladenovic being constantly in the top eight of the Race to the WTA Finals, she eventually broke into the top-ten of the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career (at No. In het enkelspel behaalde zij één titel: op het WTA-toernooi van Taipei 2012. She lost in the third round to world No. She reached the singles final in Strasbourg, her first ever WTA Tour singles final, where she lost to Samantha Stosur. Haar favoriete ondergrond is gras. Seeded No. [citation needed]. In 2016 won zij, samen met landgenote Caroline Garcia, de dubbelspeltitels van Charleston, Stuttgart, Madrid en Roland Garros (haar eerste grandslamtitel). In doubles, Mladenovic and Garcia, once again the No. 345.2k Followers, 524 Following, 663 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Kristina Mladenovic (@kristinamladenovic93) [51], Mladenovic and Tímea Babos were the defending champions at the Australian Open. Mladenovic moved on to the Asian swing, starting at the Korea Open. [citation needed]. 1 Naomi Osaka in the second round. [56], Mladenovic reached the second round of the Wimbledon singles, but lost to Petra Kvitová. 42 in singles, and tied No. At the US Open, she reached the quarterfinals with wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Bojana Jovanovski, lucky loser Daria Kasatkina and Ekaterina Makarova before losing to eventual finalist Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals, and entered the top 30 of the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career. Kerber won the match, although Mladenovic captured the first set. Mattek-Sands and Šafářová won the final 6–4, 6–4. [27] Though she did end up losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the final, her success in February allowed Mladenovic to reach a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. [54], Mladenovic and Babos made the final of the 2019 French Open and in the process, Mladenovic became the number one doubles player in the world. [58], At the Fed Cup final against Australia, Mladenovic was essential in France winning their first title since 2003, winning all three of her rubbers. Kristina Mladenovic (Servisch: Кристина Младеновић, Kristina Mladenović) (Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, 14 mei 1993) is een professioneel tennisspeelster uit Frankrijk. Seeded No. [43] She then followed up her second round win by beating Kateřina Siniaková in the quarterfinals and Daria Kasatkina in the semifinals (who had beaten the 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki previously), to advance to her first WTA Tour singles final since the Madrid Open the previous year. Shortly before heading into the WTA Doubles Finals, Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia received the WTA Award for Best Doubles Team of the Year. At the Aegon Classic, she beat Eugenie Bouchard again 3–6, 6–4, 6–0, and then once again stunned a top-10 player by defeating world No. Kristina Mladenovic was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, in the Nord department of France. Haar mooiste overwinning boekte zij op het WTA-toernooi van Birmingham 2015 – daar versloeg zij de nummer drie van de wereld Simona Halep. In oktober 2016 bereikte zij de tweede plaats op de wereldranglijst in het dubbelspel. [12][13], At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Mladenovic won her first match on the WTA Tour, coming back from 2–5 in the final set to win the tiebreak against Stefanie Vögele. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). She also had success with Kuznetsova in the doubles, knocking out the fifth-seeded pair of Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals. [26] She then lost to Wang Qiang in the third round. [19] At the Bell Classic in Québec, Mladenovic reached her first WTA semifinal. [55] In the final, they defeated Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai and won their third Grand Slam title. [citation needed], Mladenovic began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in September 2007. 81. In the second round, she faced the 2012 finalist Sara Errani whom she defeated in straight sets. [50] Mladenovic and Babos won the Birmingham doubles title, defeating Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs in the final. 10. In 2018 won zij al meteen haar tweede grandslamtitel, op het Australian Open, met de Hongaarse Tímea Babos aan haar zijde. [citation needed], (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. At the Topshelf Open, Mladenovic lost to eventual finalist and good friend Belinda Bencic, despite having match point opportunities. In December, Garcia and Mladenovic were named the doubles ITF World Champions of 2016. [52], In Dubai, Mladenovic defeated world No. She advanced to the third round with a victory over Danka Kovinić but lost to Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck in straight sets while fighting for a spot in the last 16. Mladenovic then won her semifinal encounter with Christina McHale, reaching her second WTA Tour singles final of 2017. In oktober 2017 kwam zij voor het eerst binnen in de top-tien van de wereldranglijst in het enkelspel. Mladenovic is van Servische origine, waar haar ouders vandaan komen. In 2019 wonnen zij de finale van de Australische dames. Jan 20, 2020. by Tennis.com. [24], In June, Mladenovic reached her second career WTA Tour singles final at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. Mladenovic continued to shine, defeating Caroline Wozniacki 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 (Mladenovic had never beaten Wozniacki in three previous encounters)[32] before losing to eventual champion Elena Vesnina in the semifinals. Mladenovic claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup. [18] Mladenovic made it through to the third round of the US Open after defeating Pavlyuchenkova. [16] This was followed by a win in Stockholm the following week, defeating Arantxa Rus in the final. Her strong showing at both tournaments ensured her entry into the top 50 of the WTA singles rankings. 1 and defending champion, Serena Williams, 4–6, 6–7(10–12), after she had a set point at 9–8 in the tiebreak. [48] On 11 June (the day after the last day of the French Open), Mladenovic's WTA singles ranking fell to world No. 1, on 8 June 2009. At Wimbledon, she drew Zarina Diyas in the first round, but fell to the Kazakh in a rain delayed straight-set encounter. [9] Her highest junior ranking was No. She lost her singles second round and first round matches in Doha and Dubai respectively. The Frenchwoman was one of seven players placed under stricter quarantine in New York. Mladenovic started 2014 off strong, capturing her second mixed-doubles title at the Australian Open partnering again with Nestor. However, she and Nestor rebounded at the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, capturing her first grand slam title. 4, Simona Halep, in straight sets, setting up an encounter with Lauren Davis, which she won in straight sets as well,[31] reaching her first career WTA Premier Mandatory singles quarterfinals. Moreover, Mladenovic was nominated for February's WTA Shot of the Month, WTA Breakthrough Player of the Month, and WTA Player of the Month (winning the WTA Breakthrough Player of the Month). Mladenovic won the women's doubles event partnering Caroline Garcia, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final. [citation needed] In April, Mladenovic played for France in the Fed Cup semifinals. Then in the deciding doubles rubber, Mladenovic and Garcia defeated Halep and Niculescu. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 18 sep 2020 om 14:10. Arguably her worst moment came at the Pan Pacific Open, where she suffered a double bagel defeat in the first round against Wang Qiang. Babos and Mladenovic claim second Australian Open title in three years. She next competed at the Citi Open, where she stunned top seeded Lucie Šafářová, before defeating qualifier Taylor Townsend. Mladenovic had success in singles at the Hong Kong Tennis Open. Mladenovic had a disappointing run at the Australian Open in singles, losing in the first round to Ana Konjuh. During the 2016 Fed Cup final between France and the Czech Republic, Mladenovic lost the first rubber narrowly against Karolína Plíšková 3–6, 6–4, 14–16, a match that lasted 3 hours 48 minutes. After the Citi Open, Mladenovic lost in the final round of qualifying to Yanina Wickmayer in Montréal, and also the first round of qualifying in Cincinnati. Vier weken later won zij haar eerste Premier-titel, in Sint-Petersburg, waar zij als ongeplaatste speelster twee reekshoofden versloeg (Venus Williams,4 en Roberta Vinci,6). © 2020 Tennis Channel Network. However, her second serve is a lot weaker and she can serve a lot of double faults in a match. She lost her final match to CoCo Vandeweghe, 5–7, 5–7. This caused Mladenovic to lose all twelve of her remaining singles matches of 2018 after winning her first-round singles match at the Citi Open (she won only two sets in those twelve singles matches) at various hard-court tournaments (including the US Open) in North America, Asia and Europe. First, she defeated Ajla Tomljanović 6–1, 6–1, and then upset world No. She lost in the second round of the Diamond Games in Antwerp to Lucie Šafářová. Porrentruy, Switzerland. 1. [2][3] Her father is Dragan Mladenović, a former Yugoslav handball player, and her mother Dženita (née Helić) is a Serbian former volleyball player, of Bosnian origin. [41][42], Mladenovic next played in St. Petersburg as the defending singles champion. 26. Mladenovic began the year losing in the second round of the Australian Open to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. She advanced to both the girls' singles and doubles finals at the 2009 Junior Wimbledon, losing to Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the singles. Over the next four months, she struggled to get back into shape again and suffered a loss of confidence. On 15 May (the day after the Madrid final), Mladenovic reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. Jan 31, 2020. by AP. [53] She then lost her next match to Carla Suárez Navarro. Welcome to my official Facebook Fan page! She, along with Daniel Nestor, reached the final of the mixed doubles event. In the semifinals, the Frenchwoman defeated rising player Natalia Vikhlyantseva to reach the first WTA Premier singles final of her career. [citation needed], At the French Open, the 29th seeded Mladenovic lost in the singles first round to Andrea Petkovic. [citation needed], Mladenovic participated in the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed-doubles events of the London Summer Olympics. The unseeded Mladenovic was defeated in the singles third round of Wimbledon by the no. Although Mladenovic has enjoyed success in singles, including two Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances at the 2015 US Open and the 2017 French Open, her greatest achievements have all come in doubles. She then lost to Timea Bacsinszky. She lost to Kurumi Nara in the quarterfinals. Despite this, the Frenchwomen lost their opening match against Christina McHale and Peng Shuai. She won the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open mixed doubles titles alongside Daniel Nestor, the 2016 French Open women's doubles title with Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open, the 2019 French Open, and the 2020 Australian Open women's doubles titles with Tímea Babos. At Roland Garros, she upset Li Na (world No. All Rights Reserved, Mladenovic calls US Open conditions "atrocious" and fights for freedom, Madrid Virtual Pro Replays: Unbeaten Wozniacki, Andreescu march on, Babos and Mladenovic claim second Australian Open title in three years, Day-session dazzlers: Nadal, Pliskova, Thiem & Keys roll in Melbourne, Tennis couple Mladenovic and "super happy" Thiem score big wins. In doubles, Mladenovic (partnered with Garcia) reached the final, where the French team was defeated by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová. Her backhand is a solid shot, and she is capable of hitting her two-hander consistently and can earn winners from it, but she does also tend to use the backhand slice a lot to change the pace of the rally. She had a strong opening, defeating Annika Beck of Germany. On 23 October 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. Championne du monde junior en 2009, elle est réputée pour la puissance de son service. Mladenovic employs an all-court playing style, using variety along with her baseline play to win points. In de periode 2012–2019 maakte Mladenovic deel uit van het Franse Fed Cup-team – zij behaalde daar een winst/verlies-balans van 24–10. In May, Mladenovic reached the singles semifinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, but lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. She defeated the defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza in three sets to advance to her second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam tournament in her career. Bij de junioren won zij in 2009 de finale van Roland Garros. [23], At the Open GDF Suez, a Premier tournament, Mladenovic made the semifinals, including defeating Petra Kvitová. [28], Prior to the BNP Paribas Open, Mladenovic announced that her doubles partnership with Caroline Garcia would end because Garcia wanted to focus on her singles career. 1 doubles players, WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984, (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)), current No. [citation needed], In the Fed Cup World Group quarterfinals against Switzerland, Mladenovic won her first singles match against Belinda Bencic. [citation needed], Her form declined in the second half of the season. Teaming with Daniel Nestor, she made it to the final of the French Open in mixed doubles where they were defeated. [38] At the Australian Open, Mladenovic's poor form in singles continued, losing her first round match in straight sets to world No. In the round of 32 she was beaten by eventual semifinalist Andrea Petkovic. [citation needed]. [4] Her biggest junior achievement was at the 2009 Junior French Open girls' singles, where she beat Daria Gavrilova of Russia in two sets in the final. And because of big results in that half of the season, Mladenovic called the season "still the best of my career", when opening about her singles slump in the second half of the year. She has won one singles and 21 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 1 Frenchwoman once again (passing Caroline Garcia). At the Open GDF Suez, she defeated Australian Open quarterfinalist Simona Halep in the first round. In 2012 won zij drie dubbelspeltitels en een enkelspeltitel. She continued her strong performance with a three-set win over American Alison Riske in the second round. [4] She then stunned at the İstanbul Cup the third seed Klára Koukalová, but lost in the semifinals to No. Mladenovic has represented France at the Fed Cup since 2012. 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Get the latest Player Stats on Ekaterina Alexandrova including her videos, highlights, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website. In the final, she lost to third seeded Simona Halep in three sets. In Beijing, Mladenovic defeated Jelena Jankovic in the first round, before facing 8th seed Madison Keys. An unseeded player, she reached the semifinals after defeating doubles rival Mattek-Sands in the quarterfinals. Next, at the Wuhan Open, she faced world No. In the third round, Mladenovic continued her newfound success by defeating world No. Inhoud 1 Privé Mladenovic opened her grass-court season in Birmingham, but lost her opening match to Shahar Pe'er of Israel. The following week in Eastbourne, the unseeded Mladenovic again lost in the singles second round, to the No.