Rebecca Llewellyn

Rebecca Llewellyn

Country (sports)	United Kingdom   Wales
Residence	Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
Born	(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985 (age 38) Cardiff, Wales
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	September 2003
Retired	September 2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$58,304
Singles
Career record	97–108
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 280 (28 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	58–45
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 309 (23 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2006)

Rebecca Llewellyn (born 5 October 1985) is a retired tennis player from Wales.

In her career, she won one title in singles and seven in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 280 in singles and No. 309 in doubles. She has not competed professionally since 2007.

Career

Playing style

Rebecca began playing tennis aged seven in school. In 2003, she graduated from Haileybury High School. ^[1]

She played right-handed and cited her favourite shots as the backhand and the volley. Her preferred playing surfaces were grass and clay. ^[1]

Junior years (1999–2003)

Llewellyn played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in February 1999 and her last in June 2003 in the Junior Wimbledon Championships. Her best performances in singles came when she reached two semifinals of lower-tier junior events in 2000. She also reached the quarterfinals in one other event. In terms of Grand Slam success, her best singles result came at Wimbledon in 2000 when she won two matches to qualify and then went on to reach the second round. By the end of her junior career, she ended with a singles win–loss record of 11–14 and a career-high ranking of world No. 234 (achieved 25 June 2001). ^[2]

As a junior doubles player she was a runner-up on one occasion. She was also a doubles semifinalist on another occasion. Rebecca competed in doubles at a Grand Slam only once, at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, where she and compatriot Katie O'Brien were knocked out in round one. She ended her junior career with a win–loss record of 5–7 in doubles and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 410 (achieved 16 April 2001). ^[2]

Professional years

Llewellyn took part in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, but lost 0–6, 1–6 to the fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In doing so, she became the first player from Wales to compete in singles since Sarah Loosemore in 1992. ^[3] She also competed in the doubles event at the 2005 and the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round each time. ^{[4] [5]}

ITF Circuit titles (8)

Singles (1)

No.	Date	Location	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	23 May 2005	Oxford, England	$10,000	Grass	Surina De Beer	0–6, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (7)

No.	Date	Location	Category	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Scores
1.	26 January 2004	Tipton, England	$10,000	Hard	Melanie South	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
2.	7 April 2005	Bath, England	$10,000	Hard	Anna Hawkins	Vanessa Pinto Verdiana Verardi	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
3.	4 May 2005	Edinburgh, Scotland	$10,000	Clay	Melanie South	Leonie Mekel Bibiane Schoofs	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
4.	23 May 2005	Oxford, England	$10,000	Grass	Anna Hawkins	Melissa Berry Holly Richards	6–1, 6–4
5.	3 August 2005	Wrexham, Wales	$10,000	Hard	Anna Smith	Rushmi Chakravarthi Paula Marama	6–3, 7–5
6.	2 October 2006	Nantes, France	$25,000	Hard	Melanie South	Sabine Lisicki Irena Pavlovic	6–2, 6–0
7.	20 July 2007	Frinton, England	$10,000	Grass	Elizabeth Thomas	Samantha Murray Alexis Prousis	3–6, 7–5, 6–2

ITF runner-ups (4)

Singles (1)

No.	Date	Location	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	15 February 2005	Portimão, Portugal	$10,000	Hard	Lucia Jimenez Almendros	6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Location	Category	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	26 July 2004	Dublin, Ireland	$10,000	Carpet	Lizaan du Plessis	Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
2.	10 March 2005	Sunderland, England	$10,000	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	Verena Amesbauer Veronika Chvojková	3–6, 4–6
3.	10 July 2007	Felixstowe, England	$25,000	Grass	Jade Curtis	Karen Paterson Melanie South	3–6, 3–6

References

1. Rebecca Llewellyn at the Women's Tennis Association
2. "Rebecca Llewellyn". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
3. "Llewellyn plans pioneering role". BBC. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
4. "Llewellyn upbeat despite defeat". BBC. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
5. "Llewellyn to learn from SW19 loss". BBC. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

External links

• Rebecca Llewellyn at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rebecca Llewellyn at the International Tennis Federation