Sofia Kenin

Early years

Kenin began playing a few low-level tournaments on the ITF pro circuit in 2013 and won her first two professional matches at the age of 14. She made her grand slam debut at the 2015 US Open with her USTA junior national champion wild card. She lost in the first round to Mariana Duque-Mariño.^[9] In 2016, Kenin won her first two ITF titles at Wesley Chapel in Florida and at Sacramento in California. The second title helped her win the US Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open for the second time.^[10]

Kenin started 2017 ranked outside of the Top 200, but would see her ranking steadily rise throughout the year as she played exclusively on the pro circuit. She broke into the Top 150 in August after a string of successful results during the summer, including winning the ITF $60K tournament at Stockton and reaching the final at another event at that level in Lexington. These ITF performances helped her clinch the US Open Wild Card Challenge for the second straight year.^[11] At the 2017 US Open, Kenin advanced beyond the first round of a grand slam for the first time, defeating her compatriots Lauren Davis and Sachia Vickery before losing to 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the third round.^[12] These were also her first two match wins on the WTA tour. Kenin's success at the US Open helped convince her to turn pro in September, forgoing a scholarship to attend the University of Miami.^[13] She finished the year ranked 108, on the doorstep of the Top 100.

2018: Top 100 debut

Kenin continued her steady climb up the WTA rankings in the first half of 2018. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the ASB Classic in Auckland.^[14] She first broke into the Top 100 by reaching the second round of the Indian Wells Masters as a qualifier.^[14][15] Kenin followed this up with an even better performance at the next Premier Mandatory event the following week. At the Miami Open, she defeated No. 11 Daria Kasatkina to make it to the third round, again as a qualifier.^[16]

In Mallorca, Kenin qualified to the main draw and then reached her first semifinals at WTA level, defeating the top seed Caroline Garcia in quarterfinals.^[17] In semifinals she lost to Tatjana Maria.^[18]

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2015	Gainesville, United States	$10,000	Clay	Katerina Stewart	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2016	Wesley Chapel, United States	$25,000	Clay	Jesika Malečková	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2016	Sacramento, United States	$50,000	Hard	Grace Min	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Oct 2016	Las Vegas, United States	$60,000	Hard	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	2–3	Jan 2017	Orlando, United States	$25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2017	Stockton, United States	$60,000	Hard	Ashley Kratzer	6–0, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Aug 2017	Lexington, United States	$60,000	Hard	Grace Min	4–6, 1–6
Win	4–4	Jul 2018	Berkeley, United States	$60,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2015	Gainesville, United States	$10,000	Clay	Marie Norris	Ingrid Neel Fanny Stollár	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2017	Wesley Chapel, United States	$25,000	Clay	Elizabeth Halbauer	Chanel Simmonds Renata Zarazúa	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–3	Feb 2017	Surprise, United States	$25,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Mariana Duque-Mariño Nadia Podoroska	6–4, 0–6, [5–10]
Win	1–3	Jul 2017	Stockton, United States	$60,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Tammi Patterson Chanel Simmonds	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	2–3	Nov 2017	Waco, United States	$80,000	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend	7–5, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss	2–4	Apr 2018	Dothan, United States	$80,000	Clay	Jamie Loeb	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	4–6, 6–2, [9–11]

Girls' Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2015	US Open	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	5–7, 4–6