Alison Riske
Riske at the 2016 US Open | |
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Atlanta, United States |
Born | (1990-07-03) July 3, 1990 Pittsburgh, United States |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Yves Boulais Billy Heiser[1] |
Prize money | US$3,172,601 |
Singles | |
Career record | 335–264 (55.93%) |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 36 (15 May 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 48 (7 January 2019) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2014, 2017) |
French Open | 2R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2013, 2014, 2017) |
US Open | 4R (2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 66–102 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 78 (October 20, 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 310 (January 7, 2019) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2019) |
French Open | 3R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
US Open | 2R (2013) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 0–2 |
Last updated on: 7 May 2018. |
Alison Riske (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She has won one WTA title, six singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour. She reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2014, the third round at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2014 and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number 36 on May 15, 2017 and she won her first WTA tour title on October 12, 2014, when she won the Tianjin Open.
Contents
1 Early life and career
2 Professional career
2.1 2009–11: Early career
2.2 2013: Breakthrough year, 4th round appearance at US Open
2.3 2014: Cracking the Top 50 and first WTA title
2.4 2016: Three WTA Finals
3 WTA career finals
3.1 Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)
4 Other finals
4.1 ITF Circuit singles finals: 12 (8–4)
4.2 ITF Circuit doubles finals: 4 (1–3)
5 Singles performance timeline
6 Doubles performance timeline
7 Wins over Top 10 players
8 References
9 External links
Early life and career
The daughter of Al and Carol Riske,[2] she first played tennis at the age of 3 years old after her dad took her out to hit.[3] Her father worked in the Secret Service and later as an FBI investigator, while her mother was a school teacher, but both are now retired.[4] Her sister, Sarah, is also a tennis player who played for Vanderbilt and had a brief professional career,[3] reaching as high as No. 372.[5] Her brother, Dan, played college tennis for West Liberty State,[6] and is now an accountant.[4]
Educated by the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School,[6] she played the fall of 2006 for
Peters Township High School, where she led the girls' tennis team to the Pennsylvania State championship, and won the championship in singles.[2] The following year, she won the USTA National Collegiate Clay Court Championship to earn a spot in the US Open qualifying draw, where she won her first match over Sorana Cîrstea before losing to Julie Ditty. She also won the ITA Summer Claycourt Championship and finished second at the USTA National Hardcourts that year. In early 2008, she earned the No. 1 ranking in her country in Girls 18s competition.[7] She got her first taste of the professional circuit later that year, when she served as a hitting partner for the United States Fed Cup team in their semifinal against Russia.[8]
In her early career, Riske was coached by Janice Irwin, coach of the girls' tennis team at nearby Upper St. Clair High School.[9] She later began working with Yves Boulais, the husband of former professional Patricia Hy-Boulais, alongside her sister, Sarah. She briefly trained at the USTA training center in Boca Raton, Florida as well as Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She trained with Yves Boulais at the end of 2012.
Professional career
2009–11: Early career
Riske came into 2009 ranked 895 in the world.[10] A senior in the class of 2009, she had signed a letter of intent to play college tennis at Vanderbilt University.[7]
In May 2009, Riske began a run on the ITF Women's circuit. As a qualifier, she reached the semifinals of a pro tournament in Indian Harbour Beach. In June she reached the finals of a tournament in Hilton Head, and again as a qualifier reached the semifinals of a tournament in Boston. Her form continued as she reached another semifinal, this time in Atlanta.
By the time of the US Open, Riske's ranking had improved to 344, over 500 places from when she started the year. She was granted a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of the US Open, but fell in three sets to Yulia Fedossova. Before the US Open, Riske made the decision to give up her scholarship to Vanderbilt and turn professional largely in part due to her breakthrough year.[11] Riske continued her form to the end of the year where she broke through at an ITF tournament in Troy, Alabama. Again as a qualifier, she defeated compatriot Christina McHale to take the title there.
She finished the year ranked at No. 232.[10]
Riske began 2010, her first full season as a professional, by reaching the semifinals of an ITF event in Rancho Mirage. She played in several qualifying tournaments for WTA events with little success until June, when she qualified for the Aegon Classic, a grass court event, and went on to have her professional breakthrough, earning wins over Aleksandra Wozniak, Anna Chakvetadze and Yanina Wickmayer before losing in three sets to Maria Sharapova in the semifinals. This led to her being offered a main draw wildcard to Wimbledon,[4] her Grand Slam debut, where she lost in a rematch against Wickmayer in the first round.
In October 2010, Riske completed an impressive run of winning an ITF 75k, 50K and 50K in three straight weeks.
In 2011, Riske reached the finals of 50k in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. A few weeks later she had success on grass reaching the semis of Nottingham and quarter finals of a WTA event Aegon Classic. Riske completed 2011 with a successful run in Europe winning a 50k in Joué-lès-Tours and Limoges and finishing the year ranked 136.
2013: Breakthrough year, 4th round appearance at US Open
At the 2013 US Open, Riske caused a big upset when she defeated former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the third round.[12] She lost in the following round to former world number five Daniela Hantuchová.
2014: Cracking the Top 50 and first WTA title
Riske reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Hobart International, beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Casey Dellacqua. In the 2014 Australian Open, Riske upset #23 seed Elena Vesnina, and made it to the third round before losing to #9 seed Angelique Kerber. At the WTA Premier Birmingham, she reached the third round after beating Lyudmyla Kichenok in the first round and her twin sister Nadiia Kichenok in the second round.
At the inaugural Tianjin Open in October, Riske was seeded sixth and defeated Çağla Büyükakçay, Olga Govortsova, Varvara Lepchenko and Zheng Saisai en route to the final, without dropping a set. She proceeded to win her maiden WTA title, defeating 17-year-old Swiss Belinda Bencic. After the match, Riske said: "It's a huge accomplishment for me to win my first WTA title and I was here [in China] by myself, which made it even more special, just to know that I was able to do it by myself. I hope I can keep up the momentum and try to compete every week as best as I can."[13][14][15]
2016: Three WTA Finals
Riske reached the finals of the Shenzhen Open in January before losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska.
WTA career finals
Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2014 | Tianjin Open, China | International | Hard | Belinda Bencic | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2016 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2016 | Nottingham Open, UK | International | Grass | Karolína Plíšková | 6–7(8–10), 5–7 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2016 | Tianjin Open, China | International | Hard | Peng Shuai | 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2017 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Kateřina Siniaková | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–5 | May 2018 | Nuremberg Cup, Germany | International | Clay | Johanna Larsson | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 1–6 | Jan 2019 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Aryna Sabalenka | 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
Other finals
ITF Circuit singles finals: 12 (8–4)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner–up | 1. | June 1, 2009 | Hilton Head, United States | Hard | Alexandra Mueller | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | October 5, 2009 | Troy, United States | Hard | Christina McHale | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner–up | 2. | September 20, 2010 | Saguenay, Canada | Hard | Rebecca Marino | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 2. | October 4, 2010 | Barnstaple, Great Britain | Hard | Johanna Larsson | 6–2, 6–0 |
Winner | 3. | October 11, 2010 | Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard | Vesna Manasieva | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 4. | October 18, 2010 | Saint Raphaël, France | Hard | Urszula Radwańska | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner–up | 3. | May 8, 2011 | Indian Harbour Beach, United States | Clay | Melinda Czink | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | October 16, 2011 | Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 6. | November 6, 2011 | Nantes, France | Hard | Iryna Brémond | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 4. | July 21, 2013 | Portland, United States | Hard | Kurumi Nara | 3–6 6–3 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | June 4, 2016 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | Tara Moore | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | June 10, 2018 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | Conny Perrin | 6–2, 6–2 |
ITF Circuit doubles finals: 4 (1–3)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | June 1, 2009 | Hilton Head, United States | Hard | Jacqueline Cako | Natalie Pluskota Caitlin Whoriskey | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
Runner–up | 1. | July 20, 2009 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Jacqueline Cako | Chang Kai-chen Tetiana Luzhanska | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner–up | 2. | February 13, 2011 | Midland, United States | Hard | Irina Falconi | Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili | Walkover |
Runner–up | 3. | April 24, 2011 | Dothan, United States | Clay | Heidi El Tabakh | Valeria Solovieva Lenka Wienerová | 3–6, 4–6 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 4–7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1–5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 7–8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3–7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 15–27 |
Doubles performance timeline
Current through 2015 US Open.
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | W–L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R | 1R | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 3R | 1R | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 0-4 | 7–10 |
Wins over Top 10 players
Season | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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2013 | ||||||
1. | Petra Kvitová | No. 10 | US Open, USA | Hard | 3rd Round | 6–3, 6–0 |
2015 | ||||||
2. | Carla Suárez Navarro | No. 10 | Stanford, USA | Hard | 2nd Round | 6–4, 6–4 |
2016 | ||||||
3. | Svetlana Kuznetsova | No. 8 | Tianjin, China | Hard | Semifinals | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
2017 | ||||||
4. | Agnieszka Radwańska | No. 3 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | Quarterfinals | 6–2, 3–6, 6–0 |
2018 | ||||||
5. | Caroline Garcia | No. 7 | Miami, USA | Hard | 2nd Round | 6–3, 6–1 |
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External links
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