CiCi Bellis
Bellis at the 2013 US Open | |
Full name | Catherine Cartan Bellis |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born |
San Francisco, United States | April 8, 1999
Height | 1.68 m |
Prize money | $163,474 |
Singles | |
Career record | 50–27 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | 152 (July 27, 2015) |
Current ranking | 257 (May 2, 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | Q1 (2015) |
US Open | 2R (2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 12–9 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | 329 (March 7, 2016) |
Current ranking | 329 (May 2, 2016) |
Last updated on: May 2, 2016. |
Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American tennis player.
Bellis has won three singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On July 27, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 152. On March 7, 2016, she peaked at world number 329 in the doubles rankings.
Bellis was ranked the number one junior tennis player in the world in September 2014,[1] and was declared 2014 ITF Junior World Champion.
In August 2014, Bellis won the USTA Girls 18's National Championships, defeating Tornado Alicia Black in straight sets to secure a main draw wild card for the 2014 US Open.[2] She was the youngest winner at 15 years, 4 months of that event since Lindsay Davenport in 1991.[3]
On August 26, 2014, Bellis defeated that year's Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulková (ranked 13th at the time) at the 2014 US Open, becoming the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Anna Kournikova won aged 15 in 1996.[4] She was the youngest American to win a match at the US Open since Mary Joe Fernández in 1986, the youngest woman in the main draw of a Grand Slam since Alizé Cornet at the 2005 French Open and youngest in the main draw of the US Open since 2004.[3] Bellis was unable to win a second match, however, losing in three sets to the 20-year-old Kazakhstani Zarina Diyas in round two.[5]
ITF finals (5–1)
Singles (3–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | October 6, 2014 | Rock Hill, United States | Hard | Lauren Embree | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | October 13, 2014 | Florence, United States | Hard | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | February 23, 2015 | Rancho Santa Fe, United States | Hard | Maria Sanchez | 6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1. | February 15, 2016 | Surprise, United States | Hard | Jamie Loeb | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (2–0)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | March 10, 2014 | Orlando, United States | Clay | Alexis Nelson | Sally Peers Natalie Pluskota |
6–2, 0–6, [11–9] |
Winner | 2. | February 1, 2016 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | Ingrid Neel | Naomi Broady Shelby Rogers |
6–2, 6–4 |
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 0–0 |
French Open | A | Q1 | N/A | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | N/A | 0–0 |
US Open | 2R | Q3 | N/A | 1–1 |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2014 | French Open | Clay | Markéta Vondroušová | Ioana Ducu Ioana Loredana Roșca |
1–6, 7–5, [9–11] |
References
- ↑ CiCi Bellis at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
- ↑ Walz, Nicholas J. (August 9, 2014). "Bellis wins Girls' 18 Nationals, earns 2014 US Open wild card". USTA. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- 1 2 Nguyen, Courtney (August 26, 2014). "What you need to know about Catherine 'CiCi' Bellis". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Newbery, Piers (August 26, 2014). "US Open 2014: CiCi Bellis, 15, stuns Dominika Cibulkova". BBC Sport. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Newbery, Piers (August 29, 2014). "CiCi Bellis's US Open run captures American imagination". BBC Sport. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
External links
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Awards | ||
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Preceded by Belinda Bencic |
ITF Junior World Champion 2014 |
Succeeded by Dalma Gálfi |