Tímea Babos

Tímea Babos

Babos at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name	Tímea Babos
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Sopron, Hungary
Born	10 May 1993 Sopron, Hungary
Height	1.79 m
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,153,509
Singles
Career record	230–145
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	39 (4 April 2016)
Current ranking	42 (2 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	1R (2012, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2012, 2015)
US Open	1R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	186–88
Career titles	10 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	8 (22 June 2015)
Current ranking	12 (2 May 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2014)
French Open	2R (2012, 2015)
Wimbledon	F (2014)
US Open	3R (2015)
Tour Finals	RR (2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
French Open	SF (2014)
Wimbledon	F (2015)
US Open	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–8
Medal record Representing a mixed-NOCs team Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore girls' doubles
Last updated on: 25 April 2016.

Tímea Babos (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtiːmɛɒ ˈbɒboʃ]; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian tennis player.

Babos, who was born in Sopron, has won one singles and 10 doubles titles on the WTA tour, one singles and one doubles WTA 125K series titles, as well as 12 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 4 April 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 39. On 22 June 2015, she peaked at world number 8 in the doubles rankings.

An accomplished junior player, Babos's greatest success has come in doubles, having reached the final of the women's doubles 2014 Wimbledon Championships with Kristina Mladenovic of France and the final of the mixed doubles 2015 Wimbledon Championships with Alexander Peya of Austria.

Tennis career

2010

At the 2010 Australian Open she competed in the girls singles junior event. Babos was the first seed. In the first round, she beat Australian Ashling Sumner. In the second round, she defeated Sandra Zaniewska. In the third round, she beat Anna Arina Marenko. Then she faced Kristýna Plíšková and lost in three sets. Babos also competed in the girls' doubles event and also was seeded first along with Gabriela Dabrowski. In the final, they lost to Jana Čepelová and Chantal Škamlová.^[1]

Tímea Babos in action during the 2009 US Open girls' junior event

In May, Babos won the 2010 French Open girls' doubles event with Sloane Stephens.^[2] The duo didn't lose a set in the entire tournament.^[2] In the final, they beat Lara Arruabarrena and María Teresa Torró Flor of Spain.^[2]

Babos and Stephens won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, beating Elina Svitolina and Irina Khromacheva in the final.^[3]

Two days after winning this title, she participated her first WTA event in Budapest, losing to third seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.

In her last junior tournament, the 2010 US Open, she lost in the second round in singles, but won doubles with Stephens, becoming the first junior doubles team to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year.

2011

Babos continued to mainly participate on the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. She started the year at her second WTA tournament in Monterrey via wild card, but lost in the first round of qualifying to 138th ranked Aleksandra Wozniak. She then suffered early round exits at her next five ITF tournaments, not getting past the second round of any of them. Babos broke the streak by winning her sixth ITF title at a $25,000 tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan. She defeated Diana Isaeva, Tamara Čurović, eighth seeded Ekaterina Yashina, third seeded Veronika Kapshay, and finally, second seeded Tadeja Majerič, all in straight sets. Despite her success, her ranking fell out of the top 300 from 261 to 301.

Babos used the tournament as a springboard for the rest of the year, as her results improved dramatically afterwards compared to the beginning of her season. She reached the semifinals of another $25,000 tournament in Kristinehamn, falling to second seeded Alexandra Cadanțu in three sets, before winning her seventh ITF title and second of the year at a $25,000 tournament in Stuttgart as the seventh seed. It was not as easy as Astana, but she won after being pushed to three sets in three matches, including the final. Babos then continued to her home country at the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix where she won her first WTA tour main draw match. She defeated Anna Remondina before falling to eventual champion and top-seeded Roberta Vinci in three close sets. Following Budapest, she broke into the top 200 for the first time, jumping from 231st to 177th. She then proceeded to end her clay court season with a semifinal appearance in La Coruña.

Babos continued her hard court season where she hit her second bad streak of the year, reaching only one quarterfinal in eight tournaments. She entered a $50,000 tournament in Saguenay, Quebec, ranked 181st. There she won her biggest title to date as the third seed. Her first three matches were all in straight sets, before defeating top-seeded Mirjana Lučić, and finally, struggling to a win over fifth seeded American Julia Boserup. Babos then reached the semifinals in a $50,000 tournament in Toronto and a $25,000 tournament in Bratislava. She ended the season with her ninth ITF title in a $25,000 tournament in Helsinki, winning the tournament without dropping a set. Babos finished the year with a 41–19 record, ranked 153rd, having won four ITF tournaments.

In doubles, Babos accumulated similar success in doubles with different partners. She won a $25,000 tournament in Irapuato, Mexico, with Johanna Konta, a $25,000 tournament in Bath, Somerset, with Anne Kremer, a $25,000 tournament in La Coruña with Victoria Larrière, and a $50,000 tournament in Saguenay, Quebec. She also reached the final of four other ITF tournaments. Babos finished the year with a 34–13 record, ranked 161st, and winning four tournaments from eight final appearances.

2012

Babos began the 2012 season at an ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China. She reached the final of the $50,000 event just to fall short against first seeded Kimiko Date-Krumm in straight sets. She entered the qualifiers of the 2012 Australian Open as the 21st seed two weeks later, where after a first round win over Margalita Chakhnashvili she fell to Irena Pavlovic of France.

Babos's next tournament was the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá. With only one WTA main draw win under her belt before the event, she caused some surprise to reach the semifinals without dropping a single set. In her semifinal she was eventually beaten by Alexandra Panova, who finished runner-up of the tournament.^[4]

Babos surpassed this achievement in the following week by winning her first WTA title at the 2012 Monterrey Open. Babos knocked out, among others, number two seed Sara Errani, and number three seed Sorana Cîrstea en route to the final, where she met Alexandra Cadanțu. Babos continued to play on the level she showed throughout the tournament and won the clash without facing a single break point during the match.^[4] Following this success, Babos rose from number 107 to number 68 in the following week's WTA rankings to make her top-100 debut.^[5]

At the 2012 US Open, Babos was upset in the first round by British qualifier Johanna Konta in straight sets.^[6]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Women's Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 3–6

Mixed Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Martina Hingis	1–6, 1–6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles (2–2)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Western & Southern Open	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 0–2, ret.
Winner	2015	Dubai Tennis Championships	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2015	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2016	Miami Open	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 4–6

WTA finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 February 2012	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	2 May 2015	Marrakech Grand Prix, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Elina Svitolina	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)

Doubles (10–6)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–2) Premier (1–1) International (7–2)

Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (4–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 June 2012	Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Hsieh Su-wei	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), [10–8]
Runner-up	1.	12 January 2013	Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Mandy Minella	Garbiñe Muguruza María Teresa Torró Flor	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	2.	23 February 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mandy Minella	Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	7 April 2013	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Eva Birnerová Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	28 April 2013	Marrakech Grand Prix, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Mandy Minella	Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	14 September 2013	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mandy Minella Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	10 January 2014	Sydney International, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	2 February 2014	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	6 April 2014	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	7.	20 April 2014	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	5 July 2014	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	17 August 2014	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 0–2, ret.
Winner	8.	21 February 2015	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–2
Winner	9.	1 May 2015	Marrakech Grand Prix, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Laura Siegemund Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	10.	17 May 2015	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	21 March 2016	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Singles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 November 2015	OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Misaki Doi	7–5, 6–3

Doubles (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 August 2013	Suzhou Ladies Open, Suzhou, China	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Han Xinyun Eri Hozumi	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	3 November 2014	Open GDF Suez de Limoges, Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Kateřina Siniaková Renata Voráčová	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]

ITF finals

Singles (12–7)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (9–4) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 April 2009	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Svenja Weidemann	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	4 May 2009	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Naomi Broady	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(10–8)
Runner-up	2.	6 July 2009	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Smith	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	2.	2 November 2009	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Matea Mezak	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	3.	9 November 2009	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Matea Mezak	2–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	3 May 2010	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tara Moore	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	7 June 2010	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	12 July 2010	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Katie O'Brien	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	29 November 2010	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	13 June 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	6–0, 6–2
Winner	7.	3 July 2011	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Korina Perkovic	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	30 October 2011	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Julia Boserup	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Winner	9.	27 November 2011	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	2 January 2012	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	3–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	6 May 2013	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	29 July 2013	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Elina Svitolina	6–3, 2–6, 6–7^(9–11)
Runner-up	7.	28 October 2013	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Victoria Duval	5–7, ret.
Winner	11.	28 April 2014	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Ekaterina Bychkova	6–1, 6–2
Winner	12.	20 October 2014	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Océane Dodin	6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles (9–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (8–5) Clay (1–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 April 2009	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Stephanie Cornish	Elixane Lechemia Alizé Lim	w/o
Runner-up	1.	9 November 2009	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Malou Ejdesgaard	Kiki Bertens Daniëlle Harmsen	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1 February 2010	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Anna Arina Marenko	Jessica Moore Arina Rodionova	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	3 May 2010	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tara Moore	Amanda Elliott Jocelyn Rae	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Winner	2.	12 July 2010	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Emma Laine	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1 November 2010	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	Daniella Dominikovic Jessica Moore	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	3.	15 November 2010	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	22 November 2010	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	29 November 2010	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	13 March 2011	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Johanna Konta	Macall Harkins Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	25 March 2011	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anne Kremer	Marta Domachowska Katarzyna Piter	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	5.	26 June 2011	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	24 July 2011	La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Victoria Larrière	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	18 September 2011	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Magda Linette	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova	4–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	30 October 2011	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Jessica Pegula	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	6 November 2011	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Jessica Pegula	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [4–10]
Runner-up	8.	27 November 2011	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Irina Buryachok	Janette Husárová Emma Laine	7–5, 5–7, [9–11]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	Q2	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–4
French Open	1R	Q2	Q3	1R	N/A	0–2
Wimbledon	2R	1R	1R	2R	N/A	2–4
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	N/A	0–4
Win–Loss	1–3	0–3	0–3	1–4	1–1	3–14

Doubles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	4–4
French Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	N/A	2–4
Wimbledon	1R	1R	F	SF	N/A	9–4
US Open	1R	2R	1R	3R	N/A	3–4
Win–Loss	1–3	1–4	7–4	8–4	1–1	18–16

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2009	French Open	Clay	Heather Watson	Elena Bogdan Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Jana Čepelová Chantal Škamlová	6–7^(1–7), 2–6
Winner	2010	French Open	Clay	Sloane Stephens	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Sloane Stephens	Irina Khromacheva Elina Svitolina	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–2
Winner	2010	US Open	Hard	Sloane Stephens	An-Sophie Mestach Silvia Njirić	w/o

References

1. Hemmings, Mark (2 February 2010). "Teen Gosling tennis star Babos sure of success in 2010". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
2. "Zut alors! Hertfordshire Gosling girl wins 2010 French Open Grand Slam". Gosling Sports. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
3. Burke, Michael (4 July 2010). "Stephens/Babos fight back to win girls' doubles". Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
4. "Babos captures first WTA title in Monterrey". Women's Tennis Association. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
5. Oddo, Chris. "Heroes and Zeros: Big Servers, Break Dancers and a Ninja". Tennis Now. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
6. Mitchell, Kevin (28 August 2012). "US Open 2012: Britain's Johanna Konta beats Timea Babos on debut". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Tímea Babos at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tímea Babos at the International Tennis Federation
• Tímea Babos at the Fed Cup