Diede de Groot

Diede de Groot
Born (1996-12-19) December 19, 1996
Woerden, Netherlands
Singles
Career record 203–53
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (2018)
French Open F (2018)
Wimbledon W (2017, 2018)
US Open W (2018)
Other tournaments
Masters W (2017)
Doubles
Career record 128-45
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (2017, 2018)
French Open W (2018)
Wimbledon W (2018)
US Open W (2017, 2018)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles W (2016, 2017)
Paralympic Games Silver Medal (2016)
Team competitions
World Team Cup Champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)

Diede de Groot (born 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. De Groot won eight Grand Slam tournaments including back to back women's singles events at Wimbledon from 2017 to 2018. Apart from her Grand Slam wins, De Groot won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

De Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at the age of seven.[1] She started playing on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as a junior player.[2] During her time with the ITF, De Groot won the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles. The following year, she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles.[3]

De Groot made her first Grand Slam at the 2017 Australian Open.[4] After appearing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.[5] At her last Grand Slam appearance of 2017, de Groot was a finalist at the 2017 US Open. At the start of 2018, she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open.[6] De Groot won her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open.[7]

In doubles, De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships.[5] After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open.[8] De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018.[9] She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji.[10]

Outside of the Grand Slam tournaments, De Groot competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in singles and doubles competitions. While De Groot did not medal in singles, she won a silver medal in women's doubles.[3] In Masters competitions, De Groot won the 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters in women's singles.[11] Competing in doubles, she won the 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters with Lucy Shuker and the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters alongside Marjolein Buis.[12] She has also appeared at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in consecutive years from 2011 to 2018. At the World Team Cup, De Groot started aa a junior in 2011 before competing a world team competitor in 2012.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rossingh, Danielle (14 July 2018). "De Groot back on top". Wimbeldon. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Diede DE GROOT". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Diede de Groot – Wheelchair tennis". Paralympics. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Winters, Max (6 January 2017). "De Groot and Davidson set for Grand Slam debuts as 2017 Australian Open entries are confirmed". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Diede de Groot". US Open. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Pearce, Linda. "De Groot sets up all-Dutch women's final". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Liam (9 September 2018). "Alcott, Hewett and De Groot earn wheelchair singles titles at US Open". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Diede De Groot". Wimbledon. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Stevenson, Gemma-Louise (16 July 2018). "Diede De Groot becomes first female player to win Wimbledon wheelchair singles and doubles titles in same year". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "US Open 2018: Diede de Groot edges closer to title". nternational Paralympic Committee. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "De Groot the latest Dutch player to win NEC Masters women's title". NEC Wheelchair Masters. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Buis and de Groot claim UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters glory on home soil". BNP Paribas World Team Cup. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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