Английская Википедия:Françoise Abanda
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox tennis biography Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017, and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high combined junior rank of No. 4 on April 29, 2013.
Early life
Françoise started playing tennis at age seven, after her elder-by-three-years sister Élisabeth started playing two years earlier. She has been a member of Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since 2009. Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cecile Essono Ahibena, are from Cameroon. Her sister Élisabeth also played tennis professionally and studied at Barry University.
Tennis career
2011–12
In 2011, Abanda reached the third round of the junior US Open in singles. In May 2012, she was eliminated in the third round of the junior French Open in singles, and in the quarterfinals in doubles. She lost in the semifinals of the junior Wimbledon in June 2012 in both singles and doubles.[1] She played and won her first professional match at the $25k event in Granby in July, defeating world No. 331, Jennifer Elie, in the first round before losing to compatriot Eugenie Bouchard in the second.[2] She also reached the doubles semifinals. In August, she reached last round qualies at the Rogers Cup as a wildcard, with a win over world No. 104, Irina Falconi, in the second round.[3]
Abanda then won in September the G1 tournament in Repentigny, becoming only the second Québécoise (after Eugenie Bouchard in 2011), and fourth Canadian to win the title there.[4] She made it to the quarterfinals of the junior US Open in doubles at the beginning of September. Also in 2012, she won the GB1 Pan American Closed ITF Championships, with a win over fellow Canadian Carol Zhao in the final.[5] In October 2012, Abanda reached the doubles semifinals at the $50k event in Saguenay.[6] She reached a week later her second straight doubles semifinals, this time at the $50k Toronto Challenger.[7]
2013
Abanda made a first return following her shoulder's injury at an ITF tournament in March but lost in the first round. She made a second return in August at the US Open and reached the second round of the junior event. The following week, she was awarded a wildcard (with fellow Canadian Carol Zhao) in the doubles main draw at the Challenge Bell. This was the first WTA Tour main draw of her career, but lost to Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova in the quarterfinals.[8]
During the first two weeks of October, Abanda played two back-to-back ITFs in Mexico. In the first, a $15k held in Victoria, Abanda reached the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinals in doubles, with Victoria Rodríguez. The second, a $25k tournament held in Tampico, saw Abanda beat Ana Sofía Sánchez in straight sets in the first round but ultimately lost in the second round. In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals partnering with Indy de Vroome.[9][10] As a result, she broke the top 400 in doubles for the first time, at world No. 397.
In mid-October, Abanda made it to the quarterfinals in singles at the $25k in Rock Hill.[11] At the end of October, Abanda reached her first professional doubles final at the $50k Saguenay Challenger, but was defeated (with partner Victoria Duval) by Marta Domachowska and Andrea Hlaváčková. She also made it to the quarterfinals in singles.[12] A week later at the $50k Toronto Challenger, Abanda (with Duval again) won her first professional title with a win over Melanie Oudin and Jessica Pegula.[13] At the beginning of December and the last tournament of her season, Abanda reached the quarterfinals at the 25k event in Mérida.[14]
2014
In mid-January, Abanda won her first professional singles title with a victory over compatriot Heidi El Tabakh at the $25k tournament in Port St. Lucie.[15] In February, she qualified for the $100k event in Midland, but was defeated by Sofia Arvidsson in the second round.[16] In March, Abanda made it to the last round of qualifying at the Premier Mandatory Sony Open Tennis, where she was awarded a wildcard, before losing in three sets to Kimiko Date-Krumm.[17] She also reached in April the last round of qualifying at the WTA event in Bogotá.[18] In late April, Abanda made it through to the quarterfinals of the $50k Charlottesville Classic as a qualifier, but was eliminated by Montserrat González in three sets.[19] In May at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she reached her second WTA quarterfinal in doubles, but was eliminated by third seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan.[20] In the last week of May, Abanda made it to the semifinals of the $25k event in Maribor where she was eliminated by Yvonne Neuwirth.[21]
At the beginning of June at the French Open, Abanda reached her second junior Grand Slam semifinal, but was defeated by the top seed Ivana Jorović.[22] At Wimbledon a month later, she was eliminated by Markéta Vondroušová in the third round.[23] In July at the inaugural $25k in Gatineau, Abanda made it to her second professional singles final where she was eliminated by Stéphanie Foretz in three sets.[24] The next week, she reached the semifinals of the $25k Granby Challenger.[25] At the Citi Open at the end of July, Abanda was awarded a wildcard for the main draw but was defeated by Vania King in the first round.[26] In August, Abanda was awarded a wildcard for the Rogers Cup main draw in her hometown of Montreal but lost in three sets to world No. 12, Dominika Cibulková.[27] At the US Open in late August, she qualified for her first Grand Slam after losing only six games in the three rounds.[28] She lost to world No. 27, Sabine Lisicki, in the first round.[29] In September at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she was awarded a wildcard for the main draw where she was defeated by world No. 19 and childhood idol, Venus Williams.[30]
2015–16
In February 2015, Abanda was selected for the first time to represent Canada at the Fed Cup. She lost her two matches of the World Group first round tie against the defending champion the Czech Republic.[31] A week later, she reached the semifinals of the $25k event in Surprise.[32] In March 2015, she was awarded a wildcard for the Miami Open main draw, but was defeated by world No. 51, Kaia Kanepi, in the opening round.[33] In April 2015 at the Fed Cup World Group play-offs, Abanda scored her first win over a top-100 player when she upset world No. 33, Irina-Camelia Begu, in the first match against Romania.[34] She lost her second match in three sets to world No. 69, Alexandra Dulgheru.[35] In May 2015, she won her second professional doubles title after defeating Olga Ianchuk and Irina Khromacheva with partner Maria Sanchez at the $50k Charlottesville Classic.[36] At the Rogers Cup in August 2015, Abanda was awarded a wildcard for the main draw in singles but lost in the opening round to world No. 16, Andrea Petkovic, in three sets. She also advanced to the doubles second round with compatriot Heidi El Tabakh.[37]
In March 2016, Abanda won the second singles title of her career after defeating Lesley Kerkhove in straight sets at the $25k in Irapuato.[38] In July 2016, she started working with Canadian tennis coach Alain Humblet and received a wildcard into the Washington Open where she lost to Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round.[39] In August 2016, she advanced to the second round of the Premier-5 Rogers Cup with a win over world No. 66, Zheng Saisai, but was defeated by world No. 20, Elina Svitolina in the next round.[40] In September 2016, she reached the second round of the WTA tournament in Quebec City for the first time.[41] She captured in October 2016 her third singles title with a victory over Sachia Vickery at the $25k tournament in Redding.[42]
2017
In April at the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs against Kazakhstan, Abanda won her two singles matches, respectively over world No. 51, Yaroslava Shvedova and world No. 31, Yulia Putintseva. Canada went on to win the tie 3–2 and secured its place in the World Group II in 2018.[43] In May, Abanda qualified for the French Open for the first time in her career and defeated local Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in the opening round. She lost to world No. 12, Caroline Wozniacki, in her next match, without winning a single game.[44] At Wimbledon, she qualified for her second straight Grand Slam main draw and won her first-round match over world No. 94, Kurumi Nara. She was defeated by reigning French Open champion and world No. 13 Jeļena Ostapenko in the second round in three sets.[45] In August at the Premier 5 Western & Southern Open, she qualified for the main draw with wins over world No. 79, Misaki Doi, and world No. 60, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, respectively. In the first round, she defeated her third straight top-100 player, world No. 84 Magda Linette, but was defeated by world No. 37, Julia Görges, in her next match. In September at the Coupe Banque Nationale, Abanda reached her first WTA quarterfinal defeating Asia Muhammad and world No. 74, Varvara Lepchenko, respectively in the first two rounds, before falling to world No. 63, Tímea Babos.[46]
Performance timeline
Singles
Current through the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
US Open | A | A | 1R | A | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
Miami Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
Canadian Open | Q3 | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | NH | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage |
Wuhan Open | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage | |
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | Шаблон:Tennis win percentage | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 19 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 5–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 8 / 19 | ||
Year-end ranking | 606 | 563 | 193 | 384 | 164 | 123 | 224 | 350 | 306 | $538,435 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$80,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2014 | ITF Port St. Lucie, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Heidi El Tabakh | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Gatineau, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2016 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Lesley Kerkhove | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 3–1 | Oct 2016 | ITF Redding, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Шаблон:Flagicon Sachia Vickery | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2019 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Anna Bondar | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | W–L | Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2013 | Saguenay Challenger, Canada | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Duval | Шаблон:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Hlaváčková |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2013 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Duval | Шаблон:Flagicon Melanie Oudin Шаблон:Flagicon Jessica Pegula |
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [11–9] |
Win | 2–1 | May 2015 | Charlottesville Classic, U.S. | 50,000 | Clay | Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Sanchez | Шаблон:Flagicon Olga Ianchuk Шаблон:Flagicon Irina Khromacheva |
6–1, 6–3 |
Head-to-head record
Record against top-100 players
Abanda's win–loss record (12–23, 35%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[47]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
Шаблон:Div col
- Шаблон:Flagicon Yanina Wickmayer 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Varvara Lepchenko 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Yulia Putintseva 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Irina-Camelia Begu 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Yaroslava Shvedova 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Misaki Doi 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kurumi Nara 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Olga Govortsova 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Nao Hibino 1–0[nb 1]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Zheng Saisai 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Natalia Vikhlyantseva 1–0[nb 2]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Magda Linette 1–0
- Шаблон:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Venus Williams 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Elina Svitolina 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Jeļena Ostapenko 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Sabine Lisicki 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kaia Kanepi 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Tímea Babos 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandra Dulgheru 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Monica Niculescu 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kristina Mladenovic 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Vania King 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Tatjana Maria 0–1[nb 3]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Aliaksandra Sasnovich 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Jennifer Brady 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Evgeniya Rodina 0–1
- Шаблон:Flagicon Dominika Cibulková 0–2
- Шаблон:Flagicon Julia Görges 0–2
- * as of August 25, 2021
Notes
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