59 Facts About Bethanie Mattek

Bethanie Mattek-Sands is an American professional tennis player.

Bethanie Mattek has won nine Grand Slam titles, and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No 1 in doubles.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands became the world No 1 in doubles on January 9,2017, and held the top ranking for 32 consecutive weeks.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands has found great success in mixed doubles; she won the 2012 Australian Open with and the 2015 French Open and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Bethanie Mattek played World TeamTennis for the Hartford FoxForce in 2000, the Sacramento Capitals in 2006, and the New York Sportimes in 2008.

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Bethanie Mattek reached a career-high singles ranking of No 30 in the world on July 11,2011.

In 1999, Bethanie Mattek played her first WTA Tour event in Philadelphia where she received a wildcard into the qualifying.

Bethanie Mattek lost in the first round of qualifying to Nana Miyagi.

Bethanie Mattek was handed a wildcard into the qualifying, but she lost in the first round to Gisela Rivera.

In 2001, Bethanie Mattek again received a wildcard into the qualifying at the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, but lost in the second round of the qualifications to Sandra Cacic.

Bethanie Mattek received direct entry into the ITF event Boynton Beach due to a wildcard.

Bethanie Mattek defeated top-seeded Elena Likhovtseva in the first round and Jennifer Hopkins in the second round, but lost in the quarterfinals against Asa Carlsson.

Bethanie Mattek received direct entry into the tournament at Amelia Island, Florida thanks to a wildcard.

Bethanie Mattek next played another ITF event in the Bronx as a wildcard, but lost in the first round to Sylvia Plischke.

Bethanie Mattek played her first main draw as a wildcard at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open but lost to Australia's Alicia Molik in the first round.

In 2008, Bethanie Mattek reached a then career-high singles ranking of No 38 on November 3,2008, and a then career-high ranking of No 24 in doubles.

Bethanie Mattek then lost in the round of 16 to fellow American Serena Williams.

At the LA Championships, Bethanie Mattek made it to the semifinals before losing to tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta.

Bethanie Mattek later made her season debut at the Indian Wells Open and reached the second round before losing to Gisela Dulko.

Bethanie Mattek entered the doubles event with Mashona Washington, where she reached the third round.

In January 2011, Bethanie Mattek-Sands got the biggest win of her career by defeating world No 7, Francesca Schiavone.

At the Australian Open, Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost to qualifier Arantxa Rus in the first round.

Bethanie Mattek reached the quarterfinals of the women's doubles with partner Meghann Shaughnessy, and made the semifinals of mixed doubles.

Bethanie Mattek eventually made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Li Na, in three sets.

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands faced Italy's own Flavia Pennetta in her opening-round match in Rome.

Bethanie Mattek defeated Pennetta in three sets, but lost to Jarmila Gajdosova in the second round.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands played in the French Open and made it to the third round, which was her best result at this Grand Slam in her career thus far, before losing to the higher-seeded as well as her good friend, Jelena Jankovic.

At Wimbledon, Bethanie Mattek-Sands was upset in the first round against then ranked 133rd Misaki Doi from Japan.

Bethanie Mattek then had to withdraw from her heavily scheduled US hardcourt series events due to a shoulder injury.

Bethanie Mattek did try to play at the US Open, but lost to Polona Hercog in the first round.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands started her year representing the US in the 2012 Hopman Cup with Mardy Fish.

Bethanie Mattek came up short in her singles matches against Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Denmark's world No 1, Caroline Wozniacki, but beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in the third tie.

At the Australian Open, Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost to Agnieszka Radwanska in the first round.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands made it through the qualifying draw at the Paris indoor tournament.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands started to play on the doubles circuit with Sania Mirza, with whom she had had success in the past.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands received a wildcard to play in Kuala Lumpur, and justified it, as she reached the final ranked at No 197.

Bethanie Mattek lost to Karolina Pliskova, despite winning first set.

At Premier event in Stuttgart, Bethanie Mattek reached semifinals as qualifier, stunning No 7 Sara Errani and Sabine Lisicki in second round and quarterfinals, respectively.

At the French Open, Bethanie Mattek-Sands won against the sixth seeded Li Na in the second round, beating her in three sets.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands was placed 61 places lower than Li, the 2011 champion, in the WTA rankings.

Bethanie Mattek subsequently reached the fourth round, where she lost to Maria Kirilenko.

At the Pattaya Open, Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost in the first round to Karolina Pliskova.

In 2015, Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the Australian Open and French Open women's doubles alongside Lucie Safarova.

Bethanie Mattek won the 2015 French Open mixed doubles title with partner Mike Bryan.

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In 2016, Bethanie Mattek-Sands had success in both doubles and mixed doubles.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands competed with Sabine Lisicki instead, and lost in the second round.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Bethanie Mattek-Sands became an Olympic gold medalist when she won the mixed-doubles title with Jack Sock against Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram in an all-American match-up.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands played at the Brisbane International with Sania Mirza, the defending champion, in doubles.

The duo defeated Makarova and Vesnina in the final, with Bethanie Mattek-Sands succeeding Mirza as the new world No 1 in doubles.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the French Open women's doubles title, again with Safarova, by beating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua, in straight sets.

Bethanie Mattek shouted out a large number of swear words for which she later apologized.

Bethanie Mattek was treated on the court before being rushed to a local hospital with an "acute knee injury" which was later revealed to be a dislocated kneecap and ruptured patellar ligament, for which surgery was required.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands had suffered a torn medial collateral ligament on the same knee in September 2013.

In September 2018, Bethanie Mattek-Sands returned to compete in the US Open mixed doubles and won the title, partnering Scotsman Jamie Murray in their first entry as a pair; it was her eighth Grand Slam doubles title overall and Murray's sixth.

Bethanie Mattek has achieved extensive publicity as a result of her eccentric fashion sense on the court.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2000 with the Hartford FoxForce, later playing a season with the Sacramento Capitals in 2006, and the New York Sportimes in 2008.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands joined the Chicago Smash for their inaugural season during the 2020 WTT season at The Greenbrier.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands was named the 2020 WTT MVP due to her doubles play throughout the season.