Kiki Bertens

Kiki Bertens

Kiki Bertens at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 Wateringen, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Christiaan de Jong (2012–2015) Raemon Sluiter (2015–present)
Prize money	$2,131,442
Official website	www.kikibertens.nl
Singles
Career record	284–165
Career titles	2 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (18 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 22 (17 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	SF (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2012, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	110–57
Career titles	4 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (6 June 2016)[1]
Current ranking	No. 42 (17 October 2016)[1]
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2015)
French Open	QF (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	3R (2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	SF (2016), record 21–3
Last updated on: 11 June 2016.

Kiki Bertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkiki ˈbɛrtəns]; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 21, which she reached in July 2016. Her career high in doubles is 36, achieved in June 2016.

Career

2012: First WTA title

Bertens started the year at the Australian Open, playing the qualifications. She played in the first round against top seed Vesna Dolonts and won the first ten games before Dolonts retired. In the second round Bertens lost to Olga Savchuk in a close three-set match.^[2] The next week, in an ITF 25K event in Andrezieux-Boutheon, Bertens retired with a thigh injury in the first round against Corinna Dentoni.^[3]

She played in the Fed Cup for the Dutch team, competing in Group 1 of Europe/Africa. She partnered with Demi Schuurs in the doubles match against the Portuguese team of Bárbara Luz and Margarida Moura and won in two sets. Bertens won her singles rubber against Estonia's Eva Paalma and with Michaëlla Krajicek double-bageled Anett Kontaveit and Tatjana Vorobjova.^[4] Late February she played the qualifications for WTA tournament of Acapulco. She played Mexican wildcard Ana Paula de la Peña in the first round and won but lost in the second qualification round to Sesil Karatantcheva.^[5]

At an ITF 25K event in Irapuato, Mexico, Bertens won her second ITF singles title, beating Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, bringing her to a new career high in singles ranking. The following week, she made it to the quarterfinals of the 25K tournament in Poza Rica, but her winning streak was ended by Jana Čepelová. At the 25K tournament in Bath the week afterwards, Bertens won the title, defeating Annika Beck in the final in three sets, her fourth three-set match in a row. Bertens failed to qualify for the WTA tournament in Copenhagen, going down to Johanna Konta.

At the qualifying for the WTA tournament in Fes, she beat Moroccan wildcard Intissar Rassif without losing a game. She reached her first WTA final in this tournament, defeating Urszula Radwańska, no. 6 seed Chanelle Scheepers, Garbiñe Muguruza, and no. 5 seed Simona Halep along the way. Before the tournament she never won a WTA singles match in the main tournament. In the final she defeated Laura Pous Tió, winning the last eight games.^[6][7] She became the first Dutch female player since Michaëlla Krajicek in 2006 to win a WTA singles tournament.^[8]

At the French Open, Bertens was seeded No. 1 in qualifying and defeated Annika Beck in the first qualifying round, saving a matchpoint in the third set. She defeated Olga Puchkova in the second round and outclassed Mădălina Gojnea in the final qualifying round. This meant Bertens' first main draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round she lost in three sets to Christina McHale.

Bertens debuted at Wimbledon in her first round match against the Czech no. 19 seed Lucie Šafářová and won in two sets, her first win at a Grand Slam event. In the second round she lost to Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets. Bertens then made a brief appearance at the ITF tournament in Biella, but lost to homeplayer Nastassja Burnett in the first round. This was followed by first round losses in Palermo and Båstad to Alexandra Cadanțu and Polona Hercog respectively.

Bertens returned to form during the American hardcourt circuit. In Montreal, she qualified by defeating Vladimíra Uhlířová, Zhang Shuai, saving two matchpoints, and Alexa Glatch. In the main draw, Bertens caused an upset, defeating former world no. 3 and world number 22 Nadia Petrova, coming back from a 3–6, 1–4 deficit. In the second round Caroline Wozniacki proved too strong, and Bertens lost in straight sets. As well as in Montreal, Bertens managed to qualify for the main draw in Cincinnati, defeating Aravane Rezaï and Yulia Putintseva. However, in the main draw she succumbed to fellow qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva. Her next tournament was in Dallas, where she retired with a shoulder injury against Polona Hercog.

At the US Open, Bertens managed to get revenge on Christina McHale, knocking out the American in the first round but suffered a three-sets loss to Russian Olga Puchkova in the second round and said afterwards she was nervous during the match. At the WTA tournament in Seoul, Bertens defeated Vania King and Sílvia Soler Espinosa from Spain to reach the quarterfinals. She faced Estonian Kaia Kanepi next and lost in straight sets. After a second round appearance in Linz she ended her season with a first round loss in Luxembourg due to fatigue.

2013

Bertens at the 2013 French Open

Bertens started the year ranked No. 63. Her first tournament was the 2013 ASB Classic. In the 1st round, she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-5. ^[9] In the 2nd round, she beat Heather Watson 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. ^[10]

2014

Bertens at the 2014 French Open

At the 2014 French Open she reached the fourth round as a qualifier in which she was defeated in three sets by Andrea Petkovic.^[11]

2015

In 2015 she changed coaches from Christiaan de Jong to Raemon Sluiter.

2016: Fed Cup semis, second WTA title and first Grand Slam semifinal

Bertens started her year in Auckland, where she entered the main draw as a qualifier. She lost in the first round to Barbora Strycova. At the Hobart International, she reached the quarterfinal, losing there to Dominika Cibulkova. She lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Laura Siegemund.

Bertens then earned two important wins in Netherlands' Fed Cup tie against Russia, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. They ended up beating the 2015 finalists.^[12] After that, Bertens had early defeats in Acapulco (losing to Naomi Osaka in the first round) and in Monterrey (losing in the last round of the qualifying to Pauline Parmentier). After entering Indian Wells' main draw as a qualifier, she lost in the first round to Coco Vandeweghe. Prior to the Miami Open, she played at the San Antonio Open where she reached the round of 16. Then, in Miami, she once again reached the main draw through qualifying and earned wins over Saisai Zheng and No.25 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before retiring in the third set in her third-round match against Angelique Kerber.

Playing for Netherlands at the Fed Cup semis against France, Bertens kept her winning streak by beating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, both in straight sets; nonetheless, it was not enough as France won the tie in the doubles decider. After that, she started her clay season with a semifinals run in Rabat, only losing to Marina Erakovic.

At Nuremberg, Bertens won her second WTA singles title after defeating Mariana Duque Mariño in the final in straight sets.^[13] In the second round she had defeated top-seeded Roberta Vinci which was her first win against a top-10 player. It was her first title since 2012.^[14] She also won the doubles title alongside Johanna Larsson.

At the French Open, Bertens avenged her Miami loss by upsetting No.3 seed Angelique Kerber in three sets. She then beat Camila Giorgi, No.29 seed Daria Kasatkina, No.15 seed Madison Keys and No.8 seed Timea Bacsinszky en route to her first Grand Slam semifinal.^[15] In her semifinal match against the No. 1 seed Serena Williams, Kiki played with a left calf injury^[16] which made it difficult for her to move forward to Williams drop shots. Bertens never took advantage of a medical time out or took trainer treatment. Despite having two set points and being up by a break in both sets, she lost in straight sets. However, she entered the top 30 for the first time in her career.

Prior to Wimbledon, Bertens was scheduled to play at the Ricoh Open; however, due to the same injury that harmed her left calf, she was forced to pull out of the tournament. After a few weeks of recovery, Bertens kicked off her campaign at the third Grand Slam of the year and defeated Jelena Ostapenko and Mona Barthel to reach the third round of the tournament for the first time. She then lost to Simona Halep.

Her next tournament was the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, where she reached the final. She lost one set to Tamira Paszek en route. In the final, Bertens lost in three sets to Viktorija Golubic. Despite the defeat, she climbed to No.21 in the rankings.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 April 2012	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	7–5, 6–0
Winner	2.	21 May 2016	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, Germany	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	17 July 2016	Ladies Championship Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Viktorija Golubic	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	17 January 2015	Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Vitalia Diatchenko Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	19 July 2015	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Tatjana Maria Olga Savchuk	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	27 September 2015	Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	2.	27 February 2016	Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	0–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	21 May 2016	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, Germany	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	16 October 2016	Linz Open, Linz, Austria	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	5.	22 October 2016	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Monica Niculescu Patricia Maria Țig	4-6, 7-5, [11-9]

ITF finals (18–6)

Singles (7–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 June 2009	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Natalie Piquion	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	1 September 2009	Almere, Netherlands	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	28 September 2009	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Nanuli Pipiya	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	28 February 2010	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Claudia Giovine	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	8 June 2010	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	21 June 2010	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	9 August 2010	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	14 August 2011	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Elitsa Kostova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	5 March 2012	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	19 March 2012	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Annika Beck	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	000000002015-08-03-00003 August 2015	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Myrtille Georges	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (11–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 July 2009	Bree, Belgium	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2.	7 August 2009	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Nicole Thijssen	Patricia Chirea Valentina Sulpizio	6–2, 7–5
Winner	3.	31 August 2009	Almere, Netherlands	Clay	Nicole Thijssen	Daniëlle Harmsen Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 6–2 [10–4]
Winner	4.	28 September 2009	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marcella Koek	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz Sylwia Zagorska	6–4, 0–6, [10–4]
Winner	5.	14 November 2009	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Daniëlle Harmsen	Tímea Babos Malou Ejdesgaard	7–5, 7–5
Winner	6.	15 March 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Fatma Al-Nabhani Andrea Koch Benvenuto	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	27 September 2010	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Richèl Hogenkamp	Yuliya Beygelzimer Kristina Mladenovic	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	17 January 2011	Andrezieux, France	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	Darija Jurak Valeria Savinykh	3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winner	8.	1 August 2011	Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Nicole Rottmann	Gioia Barbieri Anastasia Grymalska	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	26 September 2011	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Elyne Boeykens	Rocio De La Torre-Sanchez Georgina Garcia Perez	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	000000002011-11-06-00006 November 2011	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet	Anne Keothavong	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	6–3, 6–3
Winner	10.	5 May 2014	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	11.	27 July 2015	Sobota, Poland	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	Cornelia Lister Jeļena Ostapenko	7–6(7–2), 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	KB Rank
2016
1.	Roberta Vinci	No. 7	Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	2nd Round	6–4, 7–6(7–4)	89
2.	Angelique Kerber	No. 3	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	1st Round	6–2, 3–6, 6–3	58
3.	Timea Bacsinszky	No. 9	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Quarterfinals	7–5, 6–2	58

References

External links

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• Kiki Bertens at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Kiki Bertens at the Fed Cup
  

Women's Tennis Association: Top Dutch female singles tennis players as of 21 November 2016
1. Kiki Bertens (22 ) 2. Richèl Hogenkamp (132 ) 3. Cindy Burger (138 ) 4. Arantxa Rus (176 ) 5. Lesley Kerkhove (208 )
6. Quirine Lemoine (253 ) 7. Michaëlla Krajicek (271 ) 8. Indy de Vroome (301 ) 9. Bibiane Schoofs (488 ) 10. Chayenne Ewijk (507 )