Shelby Rogers

Shelby Rogers

Country (sports)  United States
Residence Charleston, South Carolina, US
Born (1992-10-13) October 13, 1992
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, US
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $744,404
Singles
Career record 160–124
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 70 (September 15, 2014)
Current ranking No. 134 (February 8, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015)
French Open 2R (2013)
Wimbledon 1R (2015)
US Open 3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 40–41
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 147 (September 21, 2015)
Current ranking No. 185 (February 8, 2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 70, which she reached on September 15, 2014. Her career high in doubles is No. 147, which she reached on September 21, 2015. She played at her first Grand Slam event when she received a wildcard to play at the 2010 US Open, but was defeated by Peng Shuai in the first round in three sets. She has since reached the second round of the 2013 French Open and 2014 U.S. Open.

Career

Following her sister, Sabra, into tennis at the age of 6. Shelby was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of 11. Home-schooled during high school, Shelby was able to focus on her tennis and quickly started receiving scholarship offers from the top schools in the US.[1] In 2009 she decided to forgo college and become a professional tennis player.

Rogers currently trains at the USTA National Training Center in Boca Raton, Florida. Tennis idol is Steffi Graf.

2013

She failed to qualify for the Australian Open, losing in the qualifying first round. She received a wild card to the French Open. She then won her first Grand Slam match over Irena Pavlovic.

At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round of qualifying to An-Sophie Mestach.

She received a wild card into the US Open, but lost her first match to Caroline Garcia of France.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 13 July 2014 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Germany Andrea Petkovic 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 21 February 2016 Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Italy Francesca Schiavone 6–2, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 19 April 2015 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotà, Colombia Clay United States Irina Falconi Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

ITF career finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. May 4, 2010 Indian Harbour Beach, United States Clay Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 1. July 10, 2012 Yakima, United States Hard United States Samantha Crawford 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3
Runner-up 2. September 25, 2012 Las Vegas, United States Hard United States Lauren Davis 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. April 23, 2013 Charlottesville, United States Clay United States Allie Kiick 6–3, 7–5
Winner 3. July 28, 2013 Lexington, United States Hard France Julie Coin 6-4 7-6 (3)
Winner 4. September 16, 2013 Albuquerque, United States Hard United States Anna Tatishvili 6-2 6-3
Runner-up 2. September 28, 2015 Las Vegas, United States Hard Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek 3–6, 1–6

Doubles 7 (2–5)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. June 15, 2010 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard Slovenia Petra Rampre United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
6–4, 6–2
Winner 1. July 3, 2012 Denver, United States Hard Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier United States Lauren Embree
United States Nicole Gibbs
6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Runner-up 2. April 23, 2013 Charlottesville, United States Clay United States Nicole Gibbs United Kingdom Nicola Slater
United States Coco Vandeweghe
6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner–up 3. April 14, 2014 Dothan, United States Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska Estonia Anett Kontaveit
Belarus Ilona Kremen
1–6, 7–5, 5–10
Winner 2. June 5, 2015 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass United States Coco Vandeweghe United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Anna Smith
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Runner–up 4. February 7, 2016 Midland, United States Hard (i) United Kingdom Naomi Broady United States CiCi Bellis
United States Ingrid Neel
2–6, 4–6
Runner–up 5. April 30, 2016 Charlottesville, United States Clay Russia Alexandra Panova United States Asia Muhammad
United States Taylor Townsend
6–7(4–7), 0–6

Performance Timeline

Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016W–L
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q2 1R A 0–1
French Open A A A 2R 1R 1R 1–3
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q2 1R 0–1
US Open 1R A Q2 1R 2R 3R 3–4
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 0–0 4–9

Top 10 wins per season

Season2014
Wins1

Wins over top 10 players per season

# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2014
1. Canada Eugenie Bouchard No. 8 Montreal, Canada Hard 2nd Round 6–0, 2–6, 6–0

References

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