Samantha stosur biography
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Sam Stosur Biography And Detailed Game Analysis
Sam Stosur is a professional tennis player from Australia. She won her first major at the 2011 US Open and is now ranked inside the Top10 on the WTA Tour. Her game is built around a big serve and her heavy topspin forehand!
Stosur In One Of Her Best Matches
Big Serves And Heavy Forehands!
Biography
Stosur was born in 1984 in Brisbane, Australia and started playing Tennis at the age of 8. She progressed quickly and competed in international junior competition already at the age of 13.
She turned pro in 1999, but it took her until 2003 to win her first match on the WTA Tour. Previously, she competed in smaller professional events. In contrast to many of the other star players on the women’s tour, Stosur developed slowly and only reached the Top30 in 2006 at the age of 22.
Sam has improved steadily over the years, which led her to enter the Top10 for the first time in 2010 at the age of 26.
Her biggest triumph s • Sport: Tennis With over two decades in professional tennis to her name, Sam Stosur will enter Tokyo 2020 as the most experienced member of the Australian tennis grupp. After joining the WTA Circuit at 15-years-old, the now 37-year-old has 9 singles and 26 doubles titles under her belt. Sam began playing tennis at eight-years-old after her family moved to Adelaide, often taking to the courts with her older brother. At fourteen, she was recruited to the Queensland Academy of Sport after representing Australia the previous year at the World Youth Cup in Indonesia. Soon after, she joined the Australian • Australian tennis player (born 1984) Stosur at the 2019 Wimbledon ChampionshipsSamantha Stosur
Fast Facts
Event: Women's singles and doubles
Olympic History: Athen 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
Highlights: 2011 US Open Champion, Three time Grand Slam Women’s Doubles Champion, Two time Mixed Doubles Grand Slam Champion
Coach: Rennae Stubbs
Year Born: 1984
State Born: QLDAbout Sam
Samantha Stosur
Country (sports) Australia Residence Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Born (1984-03-30) 30 March 1984 (age 40)
Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 1999 Retired May 2022 (singles)
January 2023 (doubles)Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$20,069,776[1] Official website samstosur.com Career record 607–457 Career titles 9 Highest ranking No. 4 (21 February 2011) Australian Open 4R (2006, 2010) French Open F (2010) Wimbledon 3R (2009, 2013, 2015) US Open W (2011) Tour Finals SF (2010, 2011) Olympic Games 3R (2016) Career record 450–258 Career titles 28 Highest ranking No. 1 (6 February 2006) Australian Open W (2019) French Op