Tímea Babos

2010

At the Australian Open she competed in the girls singles junior event. Babos was the 1st seed. In the first round, she beat Australian Ashling Sumner. In the second round, she defeated Sandra Zaniewska. In the third round, she beat Anna Arina Marenko. Then she faced Kristýna Plíšková and lost in three sets. Babos also competed in the girls' doubles event and also was seeded 1st along with Gabriela Dabrowski. In the final, they lost to Jana Čepelová and Chantal Škamlová.^[1]

Tímea Babos in action during the 2009 US Open girls' junior event

In May, Babos won the French Open girls' doubles event with Sloane Stephens.^[2] The duo didn't lose a set in the entire tournament.^[2] In the final, they beat Lara Arruabarrena and María Teresa Torró Flor of Spain.^[2]

Babos and Stephens won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Elina Svitolina and Irina Khromacheva in the final.^[3]

Two days after winning this title, she participated her first WTA event in Budapest, losing to 3rd seed Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.

In her last junior tournament, the US Open, she lost in the second round in singles, but won doubles with Stephens, becoming the first junior doubles team to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year.

2011

Babos continued to mainly participate on the ITF Women's Circuit. She started the year at her second WTA tournament in Monterrey via wildcard, but lost in the first round of qualifying to 138th ranked Aleksandra Wozniak. She then suffered early round exits at her next five ITF tournaments, not getting past the second round of any of them. Babos broke the streak by winning her sixth ITF title at a $25,000 tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan. She defeated Diana Isaeva, Tamara Čurović, eighth seeded Ekaterina Yashina, third seeded Veronika Kapshay, and finally, second seeded Tadeja Majerič, all in straight sets. Despite her success, her ranking fell from 261 to 301.

Babos used the tournament as a springboard for the rest of the year, as her results improved dramatically afterwards compared to the beginning of her season. She reached the semifinals of another $25,000 tournament in Kristinehamn, falling to second seeded Alexandra Cadanțu in three sets, before winning her seventh ITF title and second of the year at a $25,000 tournament in Stuttgart as the 7th seed. It was not as easy as Astana, but she won after being pushed to three sets in three matches, including the final. Babos then continued to her home country at the Budapest Grand Prix where she won her first WTA tour main draw match. She defeated Anna Remondina before falling to eventual champion and top-seeded Roberta Vinci in three close sets. Following Budapest, she broke into the top 200 for the first time, jumping from 231st to 177th. She then proceeded to end her clay-court season with a semifinal appearance in La Coruña.

She continued her hard court season where she hit her second bad streak of the year, reaching only one quarterfinal in eight tournaments. She entered a $50,000 tournament in Saguenay, Quebec, ranked 181st. There she won her biggest title to date as the 3rd seed. Her first three matches were all in straight sets, before defeating top-seeded Mirjana Lučić, and finally, struggling to a win over fifth seeded American Julia Boserup. Babos then reached the semifinals in a $50,000 tournament in Toronto and a $25,000 tournament in Bratislava. She ended the season with her ninth ITF title in a $25,000 tournament in Helsinki, winning the tournament without dropping a set. Babos finished the year with a 41–19 record, ranked 153rd, having won four ITF tournaments.

In doubles, Babos accumulated similar success in doubles with different partners. She won a $25,000 tournament in Irapuato, Mexico, with Johanna Konta, a $25,000 tournament in Bath, Somerset, with Anne Kremer, a $25,000 tournament in La Coruña with Victoria Larrière, and a $50,000 tournament in Saguenay, Quebec. She also reached the final of four other ITF tournaments. Babos finished the year with a 34–13 record, ranked 161st, and winning four tournaments from eight final appearances.

2012

Babos began the season at an ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China. She reached the final of the $50,000 event just to fall short against 1st seeded Kimiko Date-Krumm in straight sets. She entered the qualifiers of the Australian Open as the 21st seed two weeks later, where after a first round win over Margalita Chakhnashvili she fell to Irena Pavlovic of France.

Her next tournament was the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá. With only one WTA main-draw win under her belt before the event, she caused some surprise to reach the semifinals without dropping a single set where she was beaten by Alexandra Panova, who finished runner-up of the tournament.^[4]

Babos surpassed this achievement in the following week by winning her first WTA title at the Monterrey Open. Babos knocked out, among others, 2nd seed Sara Errani and 3rd seed Sorana Cîrstea en route to the final, where she met Alexandra Cadanțu. Babos continued to play on the level she showed throughout the tournament and won the clash without facing a single break point during the match.^[4] Following this success, Babos rose from No. 107 to No. 68 in the following week's WTA rankings to make her top-100 debut.^[5]

At the US Open, Babos was upset in the first round by British qualifier Johanna Konta in straight sets.^[6]

2013

Babos' start of the season was marked by early exits in her tournaments, including the Australian Open, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. She reached the second round at the Qatar Open and the Copa Colsanitas (losing to Sara Errani and Mandy Minella, respectively) and the quartefinals at the Brasil Tennis Cup, losing there to eventual champion Monica Niculescu. At the latter, she had already fallen from the top 100.

After losing in the first round of Indian Wells to Johanna Larsson, Babos played in Monterrey, where she was the defending champion. She beat local wildcard Ana Sofía Sánchez before beating 4th seed Ana Ivanovic in three sets. She then lost to Niculescu, but managed to win the doubles title alongside Kimiko Date, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn and Eva Birnerová in the finals. After entering the Morocco Open (where she partnered Mandy Minella in the doubles and beat Petra Martić and Kristina Mladenovic to win the title) as a qualifier and winning an ITF $50,000 in Johannesburg, Babos suffered another sequence of early-round exits (except at the Budapest Open, where she reached the quarterfinals), including losses at the three remaining Grand Slams. Her last tournament was a $50,000 in Toronto, where she lost the final to Victoria Duval. Babos ended the year ranked No. 88 in the singles rankings and No. 45 in the doubles, after winning two other titles at a 125k tournament in Suzhou (partnering Michaëlla Krajicek) and in Tashkent (partnering Yaroslava Shvedova).

2018

Babos recorded her second top-10 win over 10th seed CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round of the Australian Open.^[7] After losing in the second round of singles to Carla Suarez Navarro, Babos partnered Kristina Mladenovic to win the women's doubles crown, defeating 2nd seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final.^[8] She also reached the mixed doubles final alongside Rohan Bopanna, where they lost in three sets.

In February, Babos won Taiwan Open, defeating Kateryna Kozlova in the final.^[9] She also reached final in Monterrey, where she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza.^[10]

Babos and Mladenovic reached final in Madrid, where they lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.^[11] At French Open Babos and Mladenovic lost in quarterfinals to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.^[12]

Babos and Mladenovic won doubles at 2018 Birmingham Classic, defeating Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs in the final. At Wimbledon Babos and Mladenovic reached quarterfinals, where they lost to Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears.^[13] After Wimbledon Babos became No. 1 in doubles rankings for the first time.^[14]

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Serena Williams Venus Williams	3–6, 4–6
Win	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2018	US Open	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)

Mixed Doubles: 2 (2 runners–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Martina Hingis	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić	6–2, 4–6, [9–11]

WTA Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Singapore	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]

Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Cincinnati	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 0–2 ret.
Win	2015	Dubai	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–2
Win	2015	Rome	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2016	Miami	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2017	Madrid	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2017	Beijing	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2018	Madrid	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2012	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	May 2015	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Elina Svitolina	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	1–2	Aug 2016	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brasil	International	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary	International	Hard (i)	Lucie Šafářová	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Sep 2017	Tournoi de Quebec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 2017	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Feb 2018	Taiwan Open, Taiwan	International	Hard (i)	Kateryna Kozlova	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–5	Apr 2018	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–3, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2012	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Hsieh Su-wei	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Jan 2013	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Mandy Minella	Garbiñe Muguruza María Teresa Torró Flor	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–1	Feb 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Mandy Minella	Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Apr 2013	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Eva Birnerová Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Apr 2013	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Mandy Minella	Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–1	Sep 2013	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mandy Minella Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–1	Jan 2014	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–2	Feb 2014	Open GDF Suez, France	Premier	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	7–6(9–7), 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	6–3	Apr 2014	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Win	7–3	Apr 2014	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Jul 2014	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Aug 2014	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 0–2 ret.
Win	8–5	Feb 2015	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	Premier 5	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–5	May 2015	Morocco Open, Morocco (2)	International	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Laura Siegemund Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	10–5	May 2015	Italian Open, Italy	Premier 5	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Mar 2016	Miami Open, United States	Premier M	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–7	Jul 2016	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Serena Williams Venus Williams	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–8	Aug 2016	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brasil	International	Hard	Réka Luca Jani	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	3–6, 1–6
Win	11–8	Jan 2017	Sydney International, Australia (2)	Premier	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–8	May 2017	Morocco Open, Morocco (3)	International	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nina Stojanović Maryna Zanevska	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	12–9	May 2017	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	4–6, 3–6
Win	13–9	Sep 2017	Tournoi de Quebec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Bianca Andreescu Carson Branstine	6–3, 6–1
Win	14–9	Sep 2017	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan (2)	International	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova	7–5, 6–4
Loss	14–10	Oct 2017	China Open, China	Premier M	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	1–6, 4–6
Win	15–10	Oct 2017	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nicole Melichar Anna Smith	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	16–10	Oct 2017	WTA Finals, Singapore	WTA Finals	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	17–10	Jan 2018	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–3
Loss	17–11	May 2018	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	18–11	Jun 2018	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom (2)	Premier	Grass	Kristina Mladenovic	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	18–12	Sep 2018	US Open, USA	Grand Slam	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Ashleigh Barty Coco Vandeweghe	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2015	Taipei Open, Taiwan	125K	Carpet (i)	Misaki Doi	7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	125K	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Han Xinyun Eri Hozumi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 2014	Open de Limoges, France	125K	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Kateřina Siniaková Renata Voráčová	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]

Singles (12–7)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 April 2009	$10,000	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Svenja Weidemann	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	4 May 2009	$10,000	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Naomi Broady	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	2.	6 July 2009	$10,000	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Smith	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	2.	2 November 2009	$10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Matea Mezak	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	3.	9 November 2009	$10,000	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Matea Mezak	2–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	3 May 2010	$10,000	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tara Moore	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	7 June 2010	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Mathilde Johansson	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	12 July 2010	$25,000	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Katie O'Brien	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	29 November 2010	$25,000	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	13 June 2011	$25,000	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	6–0, 6–2
Winner	7.	3 July 2011	$25,000	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Korina Perkovic	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	30 October 2011	$50,000	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Julia Boserup	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Winner	9.	27 November 2011	$25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Jana Čepelová	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	2 January 2012	$50,000+H	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	3–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	6 May 2013	$50,000+H	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	29 July 2013	$75,000	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Elina Svitolina	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up	7.	28 October 2013	$50,000	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Victoria Duval	5–7, ret.
Winner	11.	28 April 2014	$75,000	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Ekaterina Bychkova	6–1, 6–2
Winner	12.	20 October 2014	$100,000	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Océane Dodin	6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles (9–8)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 April 2009	$10,000	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Stephanie Cornish	Elixane Lechemia Alizé Lim	w/o
Runner-up	1.	9 November 2009	$10,000	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Malou Ejdesgaard	Kiki Bertens Daniëlle Harmsen	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1 February 2010	$25,000	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Anna Arina Marenko	Jessica Moore Arina Rodionova	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	3 May 2010	$10,000	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Tara Moore	Amanda Elliott Jocelyn Rae	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	2.	12 July 2010	$25,000	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Emma Laine	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1 November 2010	$25,000	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	Daniella Dominikovic Jessica Moore	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	3.	15 November 2010	$25,000	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	22 November 2010	$25,000	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	29 November 2010	$25,000	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	13 March 2011	$25,000	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Johanna Konta	Macall Harkins Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	25 March 2011	$25,000	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anne Kremer	Marta Domachowska Katarzyna Piter	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	5.	26 June 2011	$25,000	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	24 July 2011	$25,000	La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Victoria Larrière	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	18 September 2011	$50,000	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Magda Linette	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova	4–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	30 October 2011	$50,000	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Jessica Pegula	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	6 November 2011	$50,000	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Jessica Pegula	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Runner-up	8.	27 November 2011	$25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Irina Buryachok	Janette Husárová Emma Laine	7–5, 5–7, [9–11]

Singles

Doubles

Girls' doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2009	French Open	Clay	Heather Watson	Elena Bogdan Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Jana Čepelová Chantal Škamlová	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Winner	2010	French Open	Clay	Sloane Stephens	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Sloane Stephens	Irina Khromacheva Elina Svitolina	6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2
Winner	2010	US Open	Hard	Sloane Stephens	An-Sophie Mestach Silvia Njirić	walkover