Clara Tauson

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Clara Tauson
File:Clara Tauson, winner of the 2019 Meitar Open.jpg
Tauson, the winner of the 2019 Meitar Open
Country (sports)  Denmark
Residence Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Born (2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 (age 21)
Copenhagen
Height 1.82 m[1]
Turned pro 2019
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Olivier Jeunehomme
Prize money US$ 820,377
Singles
Career record 129–36 (78.18%)
Career titles 2 WTA, 1 WTA 125K
Highest ranking No. 33 (7 February 2022)
Current ranking No. 54 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2022)
French Open 2R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2022)
US Open 2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record 7–6 (53.85%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 432 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking No. 432 (21 February 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 5–5 (50%)
Last updated on: 9 March 2022.

Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest Danish champion in tennis. Caroline Wozniacki held the previous record when she won at age 14.[2] Since 2019, the year she turned professional, she has attended Justine Henin's tennis academy in Belgium.[3] Her career-high rankings are world No. 33 in singles and No. 432 in doubles reached February 2022. She has had two WTA Tour victories both on hardcourt indoor. Former tennis player Michael Tauson is her uncle.[4]

As a junior, she played amateur tournaments from 2013 till 2019 and started professional tournaments in 2017. Her best amateur result was girls' 2019 Australian Open winner. The same year, she became the first Danish girl to top the junior world ranking.[5] On the professional ITF Circuit, she has won nine titles, the first at age 14. Her WTA Tour debut came in April 2019 and her debut in a senior level Grand Slam came at the 2020 French Open. She also represented Denmark in Fed Cup with a win–loss record of 5–5. She ended her junior years in top 200 on the WTA ranking.

In her first year as a senior, she won her two first WTA singles titles at the Lyon Open and at Luxembourg Open on top of one Challenger and two ITF tournament wins. At the same time she broke into top 50 on the WTA rankings.

Career

Overview

Clara Tauson's talent for tennis was discovered when she was six years old. At 10, she left her local school to attend one that would allow her to focus on tennis. In the beginning she was often compared to Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark's best player at the time. She did not find herself to be the same kind of player as Wozniacki, whom she saw as more of a baseline player.[6] Clara Tauson started playing junior tournaments in 2013 age 10. Her family financed her until 2017 when she started playing professional tournaments.[6] In 2019, she became a full time professional. She focuses on singles but has also played doubles tournaments and Fed Cup. Since 2019 she has attended Justine Henin's academy in Belgium.[7]

2009-2016: Early career and Danish champion

Tauson started playing tennis at age six.[8] In 2011 she won the U9 tournament at the Zealand championships and the club championship for the U10.[9] In 2014, she became triple Danish U12 champion, winning girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed doubles with Holger Rune.[10] She debuted on the Tennis Europe junior tour on 26 August 2013.[11] Her first tournament victory came in 2015.[12] In February 2016, Tauson debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit, the premier level for worldwide competition among U18 tennis players.[13] During the year she reached five finals, winning one.[14] In girls' doubles she reached four finals, winning one.[15] In August 2016, aged 13, she won the Danish Tennis Championship, beating Hannah Viller Møller in the final, and breaking the record of Caroline Wozniacki, who won it aged 14.[16] She was awarded Danish Junior Tennis Player of the Year for 2016 for her overall performance.[17]

2017-2020: Junior professionalism and top 200

File:Clara Tauson - Stockholm Ladies (2017-11-05).jpeg
Tauson wins her first ITF title in Stockholm, 2017

In 2017, Tauson made her debut for the Denmark Fed Cup team. She lost her doubles but Denmark won the match.[18] At the European Youth Olympic Festival in July, she won the tennis tournament as the top seed.[19][20] In September she made her Grand Slam debut at the junior competition of US Open but did not make it to the main draw.[21] The same month, she debuted on the professional ITF Women's Circuit.[22] In October, she entered the WTA world-rankings when she reached her first ITF final.[23] The following month, she took her first ITF title.[24] Her biggest victories in 2018 were the European Junior Championship in girls' singles and Osaka Mayor's Cup, her first Grade-A junior tournament win.[25][26] She got a sponsor contract with Japanese sports equipment producer Yonex.[27] At the end of the year, she won bronze at the ITF Junior Masters.[28]

She played her first Junior Grand Slam main draw at the 2019 Australian Open where she was top-seeded in girls' singles, and won the title—the first Danish girl to do so.[29] The next week, she also became the first Dane to top the girls' singles world ranking.[30] In April 2019, she entered her first WTA Tour tournament on a qualifier's wildcard.[31] She made it to the main draw and lost her first-round match.[32] In May, she played her last amateur tournament becoming a full time professional.[33] In February 2020, she helped bringing Denmark back to Europe/Africa Group I in Fed Cup.[34] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her career was put on a hold until August. In September, she broke in to the WTA top 200 for the first time in her career. This allowed her to enter the French Open qualifying. The French Open, which was postponed due to the pandemic, was her first senior level Grand Slam appearance. After winning her qualification matches, Tauson beat world No. 25, Jennifer Brady from the United States, in her first main-draw match before losing in the second round to Danielle Collins, another American.[35][36]

2021: First WTA titles and top 50

Following wins at two ITF tournaments, Tauson entered the Lyon Open as a qualifier at the end of February. There, she won her first WTA title, beating the top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova en route,[37] and fellow qualifier Viktorija Golubic in the final. With the win, Tauson entered the top 100 for the first time, becoming the second youngest player in the top 100 behind Coco Gauff. The next week, she qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg Throphy, before losing to eventual winner Daria Kasatkina in the first round.[38]

At the opening of the clay-court season in April, she was seeded for the first time on the WTA Tour at the Copa Colsanitas.[39] However, she lost to qualifier Daniela Seguel, in the first round.[40] Her next competition was the WTA Charleston 2 event. She reached the quarterfinals but had to retire against Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, because of a knee injury.[41][42] The injury prevented her from participating in the WTA 1000 Madrid Open. Instead, she participated in the Open de Saint-Malo in both singles and double. While she was eliminated early on in the singles, she managed to reach the semifinals in doubles with her partner Aliaksandra Sasnovich from Belarus.[43][44] In May, she entered the main draw of the French Open, losing to Viktoria Azarenka in the second round.

In July she entered her first Wimbledon tournament in both singles and doubles.[45] Later that month, she was, due to cancellations, offered a ticket to the Olympic tournament in Tokyo but declined because of an injury.[46] In the run-up to the US Open, Clara Tauson won the Chicago Challenger, defeating Emma Raducanu in the final.[47] At the US Open, she entered the main draw and won her first round match against Clara Burel from France while losing her second to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty.[48] Two weeks later, she won her second WTA title at the Luxembourg Open, beating the defending champion Jeļena Ostapenko in the final.[49] Even though an injury kept her out of tournaments for the next two weeks, the points earned helped her to climb into the top 50. She ended the season as runner-up in the Courmayeur Open.[50]

2022: Australian Open Debut and back injuries

Tauson made her Australian Open main draw debut as a senior, defeating Astra Sharma in the first round. She then upset 6th seed Anett Kontaveit in straight sets; this marked her first top 10 win. She lost the following round to later runner-up Danielle Collins in three close sets. From February till March Tauson played three WTA 1000 tournaments in a row: Qatar Total Open, Indian Wells and Miami Open. Qatar marked her WTA 1000 main draw debut. Here she defeated olympic champion Belinda Bencic in the first round before losing to third seed Paula Badosa in straight sets. In Indian Wells she entered in the second round as a seeded player and made it to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Iga Świątek in three sets. In Miami she retired in the first round against Zhang Shuai.

In Madrid she lost in the first round. Later she withdrew from what could have been her fifth WTA 1000 tournament, Italien Open, because of a back injury. [51] This also kept her out of French Open.[52] Likewise in Wimbledon, her next tournament, she had to withdraw in the first round.[53]

Playing Style

Tauson is a Power Baseliner. She is able to produce a high number of winners from her forehand and backhand side as well as overpower her opponents. She possesses a reliable serve and good movement on the court as well.

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A 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; 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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Billie Jean King Cup, Olympic Games and Grand Slam tournaments are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open A 2R 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A NH 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 0 / 6 5–6 45%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A NH A 3R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 12 7 Career total: 21
Titles 0 0 2 0 Career total: 2
Finals 0 0 3 0 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 19–10 6–7 2 / 21 26–19 58%
Win % 0% 50% 66% 46% Career total: 57.78%
Year-end ranking 267 152

WTA career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2021 Lyon Open, France WTA 250 Hard (i) Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Sep 2021 Luxembourg Open WTA 250 Hard (i) Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Oct 2021 Courmayeur Open, Italy WTA 250 Hard (i) Croatia Donna Vekić 6–7(3–7), 2–6

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 Chicago Challenger, United States Hard United Kingdom Emma Raducanu 6–1, 2–6, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$15,000 tournaments (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Sweden Jacqueline Awad 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 15,000 Hard (i) Russia Ekaterina Yashina 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Mar 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Netherlands Arianne Hartono 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–1 Mar 2019 Pingshan Open, China 60,000 Hard China Fangzhou Liu 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Mar 2019 ITF Xiamen, China 15,000 Hard China Guo Meiqi 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jun 2019 ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany 15,000 Clay Japan Yuki Naito 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 4–3 Jun 2019 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Belarus Olga Govortsova 1–6, 6–7(3)
Win 5–3 Sep 2019 Meitar Open, Israel 60,000 Hard Germany Katharina Hobgarski 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–3 Feb 2020 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 6–0
Win 7–3 Aug 2020 ITF Oeiras, Portugal 15,000 Clay Spain María Gutiérrez Carrasco 6–3, 6–2
Win 8–3 Jan 2021 ITF Fujairah, UAE 25,000 Hard Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Win 9–3 Feb 2021 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Simona Waltert 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Belgium Lara Salden France Myrtille Georges
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann		 6–7(2), 6–7(5)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Canada Leylah Fernandez 6–4, 6–3

Record against top 10 players

Tauson's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[54] Active players are in boldface.

Player Years Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 2021 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
Australia Ashleigh Barty 2021 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2021 US Open
Poland Iga Świątek 2019 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 6–7(7–9)) at 2019 Fed Cup
Number 2 ranked players
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 2021 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Number 3 ranked players
Spain Paula Badosa 2021 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–5, 6–1) at 2021 Lyon
Number 5 ranked players
Italy Sara Errani 2020 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2020 Prague
Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2022 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2022 Australian Open
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 2021 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–3, 4–6, 6–4) at 2021 Luxembourg
Number 7 ranked players
Tunisia Ons Jabeur 2020 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2020 Billie Jean King Cup
Number 10 ranked players
Russia Daria Kasatkina 2021 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 6–7(0–7)) at 2021 St. Petersburg
Total 2019–21 4–6 40% 3–4 1–1 0–1 updated 20 January 2021

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 Total
Wins 1 1
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score CTR
2022
1. Estonia Anett Kontaveit No. 7 Australian Open, Australia Hard 2R 6–2, 6–4 No. 39

Billie Jean King Cup / Fed Cup participation

Results for Tauson representing Denmark in Fed Cup.[55][56]
Result Date and place Round Surface Partner Against Opponent Score
Loss 2017, 20 Apr., Šiauliai, Lithuania Europe/Africa Group II Hard (i) Mai Grage Egypt Egypt Ola Zekry, Rana Ahmed 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2018, 18–21 Apr., Athens, Greece Europe/Africa Group II Clay (Single) Egypt Egypt Lamis Aziz 6–4, 6–2
Loss Greece Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 0–6
Win Promotional Play-off Israel Israel Vlada Ekshibarova 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2019, 6–9 Feb., Zielona Gora, Poland Europe/Africa Group I Hard (i) (Single) Russia Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss Poland Poland Iga Świątek 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 2020, 4–7 Feb., Helsinki, Finland Europe/Africa Group II Hard (i) (Single) Finland Finland Oona Orpana 6–4, 6–2
Win Portugal Portugal Francisca Jorge 6–1, 6–1
Win Egypt Egypt Mayar Sherif 6–1, 6–1
Loss Promotional Play-off Tunisia Tunisia Ons Jabeur 4–6, 4–6

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