Nicole Gibbs

Nicole Gibbs

Country (sports)  United States
Born (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993
Cincinnati, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Prize money $ 729,596
Singles
Career record 181–126
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 71 (April 4, 2016)
Current ranking No. 71 (April 4, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2015, 2016)
French Open 1R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015)
US Open 3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 39–44
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 143 (8 February 2016)
Current ranking No. 143 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open 2R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open 1R (2010)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993) is an American tennis player.

Gibbs has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 2 March 2015 she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 84. On 8 February 2016, she peaked at world no. 143 in the doubles rankings.

Gibbs graduated in 2010 from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and from Stanford University in 2014.

Career

College

Before graduating from Stanford University, Gibbs was the top player in both singles and doubles for the Stanford Women's team.

As a collegiate sophomore, Gibbs was named 2012 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for tennis. Her selection by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards program recognized Gibbs as the country's top junior female player in her sport.

A 2012 All-American in both singles and doubles, Gibbs, as a sophomore, pulled off a historic sweep of the year's NCAA singles and doubles titles. Gibbs joined Stanford's Linda Gates (1985) and UCLA's Keri Phebus (1995) as only the third player in NCAA history to capture both NCAA titles in the same season. Gibbs then repeated as NCAA singles champion the following year, before foregoing her senior year.[1] Traditionally, the winner of the NCAA title is offered a wild card into the US Open, if American.

Gibbs defeated teammate Mallory Burdette in the first all-Stanford singles final since 2011, claiming the 15th collegiate singles crown (13 NCAA, 2 AIAW) in school history. One hour later, Gibbs and Burdette shook off physical and emotional fatigue to claim the doubles championship with victory over Georgia's Nadja Gilchrist and Chelsey Gullickson.

The championship matches represented a historic day for the Stanford women's tennis program. It was the first time in NCAA men's or women's tennis history that teammates squared off in the singles final before later pairing up in the doubles title match.

The 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year, Gibbs was also named an All-Pac-12 First Team selection. She finished the year 41–5 overall and 21–2 in duals while playing all her matches at the number one spot. Closing out the year on a 17-match winning streak, Gibbs pocketed two other singles titles along the way, winning the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in October and Pac-12 Championships in April. Gibbs was ousted from the Mercury Insurance Open, where she lost to Varvara Lepchenko.[2]

The Honda Sports Award is presented annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. As a Honda prize recipient, Gibbs becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Honda Cup. Gibbs was chosen by a vote of coaches from 1,000 NCAA member schools. Finalists included Burdette (Stanford), Beatrice Capra (Duke) and Allie Will (Florida).

Professional

Gibbs has played in a number of WTA Premier qualifiers, the 2009 LA Open and the 2010 and 2011 Stanford Open qualifiers, where she won a round each year, the 2012 Western & Southern Open losing in the first round, and the 2012 New Haven Open at Yale where she won three rounds to qualify, and then won a round in the main draw before losing in the second to Petra Kvitová. She has also played in qualifying for the US Open on three occasions (2009, 2010, 2011), winning a round in 2010.

In addition to qualifying for the main draw in New Haven, Gibbs played in the three WTA Premier event main draws in 2012, the Stanford Open, winning one round before losing to newly crowned Wimbledon champion Serena Williams,[3] and the US Open where she lost in the first round to Alizé Cornet.

Gibbs played the 2010 US Open – Mixed Doubles with Sam Querrey as her partner and the 2011 US Open – Women's Doubles with Lauren Davis. She was a hitting partner as part of the 2009 United States Fed Cup team in Italy.

Gibbs won her first Grand Slam main-draw matches at the 2014 US Open. She upset 23rd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round,[4] before falling to another seed (Flavia Pennetta) in the third round. Gibbs won her first Australia Open main-draw match in 2015, reaching the second round.

In 2015 Nicole was drafted to the Austin Aces WTT team. Andy Roddick also played on that team.

WTA Career Finals

WTA 125K series finals

Singles (0–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 November 2015 Carlsbad, United States Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 3–6, 6–7(4–7)

ITF finals 7–8

Singles 4–6

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. November 26, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Bolivia María Fernanda Álvarez Terán 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 1. June 27, 2011 Buffalo, United States Clay United States Lauren Davis 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 2. July 2, 2012 Denver, United States Hard France Julie Coin 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. February 11, 2013 Rancho Santa Fe, United States Hard United States Madison Brengle 1–6, 4–6
Winner 3. July 8, 2013 Yakima, United States Hard Croatia Ivana Lisjak 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 3. March 17, 2014 Innisbrook, United States Clay United States Grace Min 5–7, 0–6
Winner 4. July 14, 2014 Carson, United States Hard United States Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. July 21, 2014 Lexington, United States Hard United States Madison Brengle 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 11 October 2015 Kirkland, United States Hard Luxembourg Mandy Minella 6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 8 November 2015 Waco, United States Hard Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 2–6, 1–6

Doubles 3–2

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. May 10, 2010 Raleigh, United States Clay United States Kristie Ahn United States Alexandra Mueller
United States Ahsha Rolle		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. July 2, 2012 Denver, United States Hard United States Lauren Embree Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
United States Shelby Rogers		 3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Runner-up 2. April 22, 2013 Charlottesville, United States Clay United States Shelby Rogers United Kingdom Nicola Slater
United States Coco Vandeweghe		 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 2. September 28, 2015 Las Vegas, United States Hard United States Julia Boserup Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
United States Sanaz Marand		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. November 7, 2015 Waco, United States Hard United States Vania King Israel Julia Glushko
Sweden Rebecca Peterson		 6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Australian Open A A A A Q2 Q2 2R 2R 2–2
French Open A A A A A Q1 1R 0–1
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 Q3 1R 0–1
US Open Q1 Q2 Q1 1R 1R 3R 2R 3–4
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 5–8

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A 0–0
US Open 1R A A 1R 2R 1–3
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3

References

  1. ↑ "Gibbs captures NCAA singles title".
  2. ↑ "Radwanska upsets Hantuchova at Carlsbad". July 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Serena Williams moves into Stanford Classic third round". July 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "SCiCi Bellis loses in three sets, but fellow American Nicole Gibbs tops No. 23 seed". Washington Post. August 28, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

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