Vania King

Vania King
Vania King
Chinese	金久慈
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīn Jiǔcí
Bopomofo	ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄘˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jin Jeoutsyr
Wade–Giles	Chin1 Chiu3tzʻu2
Tongyong Pinyin	Jin Jiǒucíh
Yale Romanization	Jīn Jyǒutsź
MPS2	Jīn Jiǒu-tsź
IPA	[tɕín tɕjòʊ tsʰɹ̩̌]

Vania King (金久慈)
	King at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boynton Beach, Florida
Born	February 3, 1989 (age 34); Monterey Park, California
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Turned pro	July 2006
Retired	April 6, 2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,556,888
Singles
Career record	269–250 (51.8%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2009)
US Open	3R (2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	324–204 (61.4%)
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 3 (June 6, 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012, 2016, 2018)
French Open	SF (2011)
Wimbledon	W (2010)
US Open	W (2010)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2010, 2011)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018)
French Open	F (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2014)
US Open	QF (2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–7 (41.7%)

Last updated July 18, 2023

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	5–9
French Open	A	1R	1R	2R	Q2	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	Q2	A	1R	5–9
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	Q3	A	A	2–9
US Open	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	2R	10–13
Win–loss	1–1	2–3	0–4	1–4	3–2	2–4	5–4	3–4	1–4	1–4	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	22–40
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	8–11
Miami Open	A	2R	2R	2R	Q1	1R	1R	2R	Q1	2R	A	2R	A	A	6–8
Madrid Open	Not Held				Q1	Q1	2R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	1–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	Q1	A	2R	A	A	2–4
Canadian Open	A	A	A	1R	Q1	2R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	1–3
Cincinnati Open	Not held		Not Tier I		A	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	Q1	1–4
Pan Pacific/Wuhan Open	Not Tier I				Q1	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	2–2
China Open	Not held		Not Tier 1		2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1–2

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	A	QF	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 13	14–13
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	SF	QF	3R	1R	A	1R	A	3R	A	A	A	0 / 11	14–11
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	3R	QF	W	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	2R	A	3R	A	NH	A	1 / 11	17–10
US Open	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	W	F	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	1R	SF	A	A	1 / 14	28–13
Win–loss	0–1	1–3	3–4	2–4	7–4	14–2	10–4	8–4	5–4	3–4	1–1	6–4	2–1	7–4	4–2	0–1	0–0	2 / 49	73–47
Year-end championships
WTA Tour Championships	Did not qualify					SF	SF	Did not qualify								NH	DNQ	0 / 2	0–2
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	QF	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	QF	A	NH	A	0 / 10	10–10
Miami Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	SF	1R	2R	A	QF	QF	2R	A	NH	1R	0 / 12	12–12
Madrid Open	Not Held				2R	QF	SF	1R	A	QF	A	SF	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 6	11–6
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	2R	A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 5	7–5
Canadian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 4	2–4
Cincinnati Open	Not Tier I				A	2R	W	A	2R	A	A	QF	A	1R	A	A	A	1 / 5	8–4
Pan Pacific/Wuhan Open	A	A	F	W	1R	1R	SF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	NH		1 / 8	11–6
China Open	Not Tier I				1R	SF	SF	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 7	7–7

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2017	2018	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1–5
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	F	SF	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	8–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	A	1R	2–7
US Open	1R	A	QF	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	3–7
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	4–3	3–3	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	14–24

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Win	2010	US Open	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2011	US Open (2)	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(3–7)

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2009	French Open	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Bob Bryan Liezel Huber	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), [7–10]

WTA 1000 finals

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2007	Pan Pacific Open	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 5–7
Win	2008	Pan Pacific Open	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2011	Italian Open	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	2–6, 3–6
Win	2011	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2006	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Tier III	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2013	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Zhang Shuai	6–7⁽¹⁾, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2016	Jiangxi Open, China	International	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–1, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (2–1)
WTA 1000 (2–2)
Premier (1–4)
International (10–11)

Finals by surface
Hard (12–13)
Grass (1–2)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2006	Guangzhou Open, China	Tier III	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 2006	Japan Open	Tier III	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 2006	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Tier III	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Mariana Díaz Oliva Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Feb 2007	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Tier I	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 5–7
Win	3–2	May 2007	Morocco Open	Tier IV	Clay	Sania Mirza	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–2	Sep 2007	Sunfeast Open, India	Tier III	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Oct 2007	Guangzhou Open, China	Tier III	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Peng Shuai Yan Zi	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Oct 2007	Japan Open	Tier III	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	6–1, 2–6 [6–10]
Loss	4–5	Feb 2008	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Tier IV	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Sep 2008	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Tier I	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–5	Nov 2008	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Tier III	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	7–5	Jan 2009	Brisbane International, Australia	International	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	8–5	Sep 2009	Tournoi de Québec, Canada (2)	International	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Beltrame	6–1, 6–3
Win	9–5	Feb 2010	National Indoors, U.S.	International	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9–6	Mar 2010	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	9–7	Apr 2010	Charleston Open, U.S.	Premier	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–7	May 2010	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Alizé Cornet	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	10–8	Jun 2010	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	11–8	Jul 2010	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Win	12–8	Sep 2010	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	12–9	Mar 2011	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	12–10	May 2011	Italian Open	Premier 5	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	2–6, 3–6
Win	13–10	Aug 2011	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	13–11	Sep 2011	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	13–12	Oct 2011	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	14–12	Oct 2011	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Yaroslava Shvedova	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Loss	14–13	Jul 2012	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	Premier	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	Marina Erakovic Heather Watson	5–7, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Loss	14–14	Jul 2012	Southern California Open, U.S.	Premier	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	2–6, 4–6
Loss	14–15	Sep 2012	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	14–16	Sep 2013	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Galina Voskoboeva	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss	14–17	Apr 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Chanelle Scheepers	Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Win	15–17	Jan 2016	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	6–1, 6–4
Loss	15–18	Jun 2016	Birmingham Classic, UK	Premier	Grass	Alla Kudryavtseva	Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2018	Indian Wells Challenger, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	Taylor Townsend Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2005	ITF Tucson, United States	75,000	Hard	Yuliana Fedak	5–7, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2016	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	25,000	Hard	Zhang Shuai	6–1, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2004	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Anne Mall	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi	2–6, 6–3, 7–5⁽⁵⁾
Loss	1–1	Jul 2004	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Kelly Schmandt Aleke Tsoubanos	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2009	Bronx Open, United States	100,000+H	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–0, 6–2
Win	3–1	May 2013	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Catalina Castaño Teliana Pereira	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	4–1	Nov 2015	Waco Showdown, United States	50,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Julia Glushko Rebecca Peterson	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1	Feb 2018	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Laura Robson	Momoko Kobori Chihiro Muramatsu	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	6–1	Aug 2019	ITF Landisville, United States	60,000	Hard	Claire Liu	Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	7–1	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, United States	25,000	Hard	Maegan Manasse	Emina Bektas Tara Moore	6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2005	US Open	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Nikola Fraňková Alisa Kleybanova	5–7, 6–7⁽³⁾

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