Abigail Spears

Abigail Spears

Spears at the 2009 U.S. Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Born	July 12, 1981 San Diego, California, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	October 2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,074,962
Singles
Career record	285–253
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (June 6, 2005)
Current ranking	No. 1284 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	457–323
Career titles	17 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 10 (March 2, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 20 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2014)
French Open	3R (2004)
Wimbledon	SF (2015)
US Open	QF (2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	F (2013, 2014)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Abigail Michal Spears (born July 12, 1981)^[1] is a professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

2000–2011

Spears turned professional in 2000.^[2] Spears reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open,^[3] and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 US Open.^[4][5] She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 US Open.

Spears also qualified for the US Open twice.^[6] Spears achieved a singles ranking of world no. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world no. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but she has won 12 WTA doubles titles.^[2] She has participated in the U.S. Open doubles draw 11 times between 1998 and 2010.^[6]

Spears resides in Colorado and plays right-handed.^[2][7]

2012

Spears and compatriot Raquel Kops-Jones were one of the most successful doubles team of the 2012 season, winning four titles at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals, and also the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	US Open	Hard	Santiago González	Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2014	US Open	Hard	Santiago González	Sania Mirza Bruno Soares	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Doha	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3-6, 1-6
Winner	2012	Tokyo	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6-1, 6-4
Winner	2014	Cincinnati	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6-1, 2-0 ret.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	November 7, 2004	Bell Challenge, Québec City, Canada	Hard	Martina Suchá	5–7, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 26 (17 titles, 9 runners-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–1)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–1)
Tier II / Premier (5–4)
Tier III, IV & V / International (10–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	January 5, 2003	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	August 15, 2004	Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	February 19, 2005	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki	3–6, 4-6
Winner	3.	July 24, 2005	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	May 10, 2009	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Raquel Kops-Jones	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	June 14, 2009	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Raquel Kops-Jones	Cara Black Liezel Huber	1–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	September 27, 2009	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	October 18, 2009	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	August 7, 2011	Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	0–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	September 18, 2011	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	5.	January 7, 2012	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–7^(2-7), 6–7^(2-7)
Runner-up	6.	February 19, 2012	Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	July 23, 2012	Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Vania King Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	September 23, 2012	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	9.	September 29, 2012	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	October 14, 2012	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson	6-1, 6-4
Winner	11.	July 29, 2013	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Julia Görges Darija Jurak	6–2, 7–6^(7-4)
Winner	12.	August 5, 2013	Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	September 22, 2013	KDB Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	8.	February 22, 2014	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	2-6, 7-5, [8-10]
Winner	13.	June 15, 2014	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Raquel Kops-Jones	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Winner	14.	August 18, 2014	Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6-1, 2-0 ret.
Runner-up	9.	January 16, 2015	Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	3-6, 3-6
Winner	15.	February 28, 2015	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Su-Wei Hsieh Sania Mirza	6-4, 6-4
Winner	16.	June 14, 2015	Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Raquel Kops-Jones	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Winner	15.	October 18, 2015	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2004	2005	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open		3R	0 / 1	2–1
French Open		1R	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon		1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Win-Loss	0–1	2–4	0 / 5	2–5

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	SF	QF	0 / 12	12–12
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10	5–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	QF	3R	3R	SF	0 / 13	16–13
US Open	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 17	8–17
Win-Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	0–3	0–1	4–2	1–4	0–4	3–4	6–4	4–4	7–4	8–4	0 / 52	41–52
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10	5–10
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	1R	0 / 7	6–7
Madrid	Not Held											1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	0 / 7	4–7
Beijing	Not Held		Not Tier I									A	A	QF	QF	QF	QF	1R	0 / 5	7–5

References

1. "Abigail Spears: Profile". University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
2. "Abigail Spears: Info". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
3. Dillman, Lisa (January 21, 2005). "Nerves Have Been Her Toughest Opponent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
4. "Abigail Spears: Stats". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
5. "Wimbledon 2005 Ladies' Doubles Championship" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. p. 3. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
6. "Women's Bios: Abigail Spears". US Open. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
7. Magee, Jerry (March 1, 2006). "Trials continue as slumping Spears' ranking plummets". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 13, 2010.

External links

• Abigail Spears at the Women's Tennis Association
• Abigail Spears at the International Tennis Federation