Katherine Sebov

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Katherine Sebov
Sebov RGQ23.jpg
Sebov at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Kleinburg, Ontario
Born (1999-01-05) January 5, 1999 (age 25)
Toronto, Ontario
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$466,220
Singles
Career record239–171
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (April 10, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 282 (September 16, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open Q1 (2019, 2023)
Doubles
Career record23–39
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 433 (May 27, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1549 (September 16, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 4–2
Last updated on: September 16, 2024.

Katherine Sebov (born January 5, 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 136, on 10 April 2023. Sebov has a career-high combined ITF junior ranking of No. 22, achieved on 20 July 2015.

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Early life

Sebov was born in Toronto and is of Ukrainian descent. [1] [2] Her coaches are Simon Bartram in Toronto and Robert Lansdorp in Los Angeles. [3] [4]

Tennis career

2013–14

Sebov made her professional debut in November 2013 at the $50k Toronto Challenger but was defeated in the qualifying second round in singles and in the first round in doubles. [5] In July 2013, she had won her first junior singles title at the G-4 in Vancouver. [6] In July 2014 at Wimbledon, she qualified for her junior Grand Slam main-draw debut where she lost in the first round in singles and in the quarterfinals in the doubles. [7] In September 2014, Sebov advanced to the third round in singles as a qualifier at the junior US Open and was defeated in the first round in doubles. [8]

2015

In January, Sebov won her second singles junior title, this time at the G-1 in Traralgon. [9] A week later, she reached the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles at the junior event of the Australian Open. [10] In March, she qualified for the main draw of the $25k event in Rancho Santa Fe, but fell in the first round to CiCi Bellis. [11] Sebov made it to the second round in singles and to the first round in doubles at the junior French Open in May. [12] In June at the junior competition of Wimbledon, she was eliminated in the first round in singles and in the second round in doubles. [13] In July, she qualified for the main draw of the $50k Granby Challenger, defeating compatriot Catherine Leduc (world No. 155), Julia Glushko, and fellow Canadian Petra Januskova. She was eliminated by Amandine Hesse (No. 224) in the opening round. [14] At the US Open junior singles tournament, she fell in the first round. [15]

2016

At the Australian Open, Sebov advanced to the third round of the junior event in singles but was defeated in the first round in doubles. [16] She decided to focus on the pro circuit for the rest of the season and did not play any other junior tournaments. In May, she reached back-to-back semifinals at $10ks in Antalya. [17] [18] In October, she qualified at the $50k in Saguenay where she was defeated by Sachia Vickery in the second round. [19] Two weeks later in Toronto, she qualified for her second straight $50k main draw, but was once again stopped in the second round, by eventual winner CiCi Bellis. [20]

2017

In January, Sebov qualified and reached the semifinals of the $25k tournament in Orlando. [21] Two weeks later, she qualified for the $100k Midland Classic and defeated world No. 121, Verónica Cepede Royg, in the opening round. She next played Sofya Zhuk and defeated her in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Sebov scored the biggest win of her career so far with a victory over world No. 97, Varvara Lepchenko, her first top-100 win. She lost to world No. 98, Naomi Broady, in the next round. [22] Sebov was selected to represent Canada at the Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I in early February, along with Bianca Andreescu, Charlotte Robillard-Millette and Carol Zhao, and made her debut with wins over María Fernanda Álvarez Terán of Bolivia, Montserrat González of Paraguay and Bárbara Gatica of Chile. She ended the ties with a 4–0 overall record and helped Canada reach the World Group II Play-offs. [23] In late February, at the $25k event in Rancho Santa Fe, she advanced to the semifinals where she lost to the first seed Kayla Day. [24] In July, she reached her first professional final at the $60k Challenger de Granby but was defeated by Cristiana Ferrando. [25]

2018

In March, at a $25k tournament in Toyota, Sebov reached her second final, losing to Dejana Radanović in three sets. [26]

2021–23: WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournament & top 150 debuts

Sebov made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2021 Chicago Open, losing to Marta Kostyuk in the first round. [27] She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2022 Canadian Open as a wildcard.[ citation needed ]

She qualified for her major main-draw debut at the 2023 Australian Open. [28] [29] Ranked No. 172, she made her debut at the Miami Open also as a qualifier, and defeated Linda Fruhvirtová in the first round, for her first WTA 1000 and top-50 win. [30]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [31]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Charleston Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA Q1 AAA 1R 0–1
French Open AAAAAAAA Q1 0–0
Wimbledon AAAAANHAA Q2 0–0
US Open AAAA Q1 AAA Q1 0–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–1
WTA 1000
Miami Open AAAAANHAA 2R 1–1
Italian Open AAAAANHAA Q1 0–0
Canadian Open Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 NH Q1 1R Q1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments0 [a] 000 [a] 00123Career total: 6
Overall win-loss3–00–00–00–10–00–00–11–22–36–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2017 Challenger de Granby, Canada60,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Cristiana Ferrando 2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Mar 2018ITF Toyota, Japan25,000Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Dejana Radanović 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win1–2 Oct 2018 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada60,000Hard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Quirine Lemoine 7–6(10), 7–6(4)
Loss1–3Jun 2019ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal25,000+HHard Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Soylu 7–6(2), 6–7(5), 3–6
Loss1–4Jul 2019ITF Saskatoon, Canada25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maddison Inglis 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss1-5Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Han Na-lae 3–6, 2–6
Loss1–6 Oct 2022 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada60,000Hard (i) Flag of India.svg Karman Thandi 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win2–6Dec 2022ITF Tauranga, New Zealand25,000Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michaela Bayerlová 6–0, 6–4
Win3–6Mar 2023ITF Toronto, Canada25,000Hard (i) Flag of Japan.svg Himeno Sakatsume 6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss3–7Jul 2023 Championnats de Granby, Canada100,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Day 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win4–7 Oct 2023 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada60,000Hard (i) Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierPartnerSurfaceOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2021ITF Jablonec nad Nisou,
Czech Republic		25,000Carpet (i) Flag of Poland.svg Maja Chwalińska Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Havlíčková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Klimovičová 		7–5, 6–4

Notes

  1. 1 2 During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but they count as matches.

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