Casey Dellacqua is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator.
150 Facts About Casey Dellacqua
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Casey Dellacqua has won seven WTA Tour doubles titles, 23 ITF doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed-doubles title at the 2011 French Open.
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Casey Dellacqua reached the finals of all four Grand Slam events in women's doubles, appearing in seven major finals from 2008 to 2017, however failed to win a title.
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Casey Dellacqua achieved her highest singles ranking of world No 26 in September 2014, and career-high doubles ranking of No 3 in February 2016.
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Casey Dellacqua attended Woodvale Primary School from kindergarten to year seven and then Woodvale Senior High School, before moving to Canberra to train with the Australian Institute of Sport at the age of 16.
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From 2003 to 2007 Casey Dellacqua won 11 singles and 13 doubles ITF titles, most of them at $25k tournaments spread out across Australia.
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Casey Dellacqua won a $50k title in the Bronx in August 2007.
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Casey Dellacqua finished the 2007 season ranked No 78 in singles and 123 in doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua began the year by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and upset 15th-seeded Patty Schnyder, and former champion and world No 1, Amelie Mauresmo, but eventually lost to third seed Jelena Jankovic.
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The French Open again showed Casey Dellacqua's improved ability as she defeated the ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli and Nathalie Dechy in the first two rounds but she was knocked out in straights sets by Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round.
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Casey Dellacqua faced Nicole Vaidisova in the third round but lost in straight sets.
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At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Casey Dellacqua represented Australia in the singles event along with Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur.
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Casey Dellacqua had a bad start at the US Open after losing both of her first-round matches in singles and women's doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua started her year in a disappointing performance at the Hopman Cup.
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Casey Dellacqua then participated at the Medibank International in Sydney, where she lost her first-round singles match against Sara Errani.
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Casey Dellacqua found better success in the doubles event, where she partnered with Nathalie Dechy, who she had played with in previous doubles matches last year.
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Casey Dellacqua was singled out for criticism by Australian coach Roger Rasheed for carrying excess weight and not being in match condition.
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Casey Dellacqua found better success in the doubles event, partnering with Francesca Schiavone with whom she reached the finals at last year's French Open.
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On her website, Casey Dellacqua stated that the surgery and rehab went really well.
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Casey Dellacqua had stated in an interview that she would return to the WTA Tour at the start of the 2010 season.
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In December 2009, Casey Dellacqua competed in the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff and won a wildcard entry into the main draw.
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Casey Dellacqua went undefeated in the round-robin stage of the tournament, and in the elimination rounds.
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Casey Dellacqua overcame Olivia Rogowska in the final, saving three match points and eventually coming back to win in three sets.
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Casey Dellacqua received a wildcard into the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to Sesil Karatantcheva.
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Casey Dellacqua received a wildcard to the Sydney International, but again lost in the first round, to Vera Dushevina.
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Casey Dellacqua faced a tougher opponent in her second round match against Karolina Sprem, but eventually won through in two tiebreaks.
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Casey Dellacqua was eliminated in two sets in the third round by sixth seed Venus Williams.
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Casey Dellacqua's next tournament was a $25k tournament in Sydney.
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Casey Dellacqua was defeated in the second round in singles, but won the doubles title with Jessica Moore.
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Casey Dellacqua was beaten in the opening round by Bojana Jovanovski.
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Casey Dellacqua took the rest of the tour-year off and missed the 2011 Australian Open due to another surgery.
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Casey Dellacqua came into 2011 having not played since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships because of injury.
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Casey Dellacqua then played another four $25k tournaments in Australia, playing singles in the last three.
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Casey Dellacqua again losing first round the next week to Sacha Jones in Ipswich, Queensland.
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Casey Dellacqua grew a lot confidence from this win and went on to win the tournament defeating doubles partner Olivia Rogowska in the final in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua had major success in the doubles in these tournaments.
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Casey Dellacqua lost to fellow Australian Jarmila Gajdosova in the second round.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the first round of qualifying for the Madrid Open to Anastasia Rodionova.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the second round in three sets to Ayumi Morita.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the first round to 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova.
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In women's doubles, Casey Dellacqua partnered with Australian Rennae Stubbs and reached the third round, where they lost to fourth seeds, Liezel Huber and Stubbs's last year doubles partner Lisa Raymond.
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Casey Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky for the 2011 French Open Mixed Doubles Championship.
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Casey Dellacqua reached the second round of a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Birmingham Classic.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the first round of qualifying in singles and the main draw first round doubles at the Wimbledon Championships.
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Casey Dellacqua received a wildcard into the US Open and even though receiving a good draw avoiding a seed, she lost in the first round to Alize Cornet.
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Casey Dellacqua returned to Australia to play six straight $25k tournaments to end her year.
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Casey Dellacqua went on a giant run winning all six events, losing just three sets in 30 matches.
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Casey Dellacqua played doubles in three of these tournaments with Olivia Rogowska.
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Dellacqua's final tournament of the year was the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff where Casey was the hot favourite to win after her 30-match winning streak.
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Casey Dellacqua was stunned in her first round-robin match by then 15-year-old Ashleigh Barty in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua did recover from the first loss and won her next two round-robin matches comfortably but was unable to reach the semifinals because of the first loss.
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Casey Dellacqua was rewarded from her good year though and was given a direct entry wildcard into the tournament.
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Casey Dellacqua finished 2011 ranked No 156 in singles and 56 in doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua had a better year in 2012, she played in the main draw of every Grand Slam event, consistently represented Australia in Fed Cup, went to the Olympics and reached her first WTA semifinal.
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Casey Dellacqua started her year at the Brisbane International losing in the first round.
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Casey Dellacqua partnered with Ashleigh Barty in the doubles event.
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Casey Dellacqua then played at Hobart and reached the second round.
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Casey Dellacqua then faced eventual champion Victoria Azarenka in her second-round match and fell in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the first round of the women's doubles and second round of the mixed doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the doubles first rounds in both these tournaments with Samantha Stosur.
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Casey Dellacqua then headed to Kuala Lumper and crushed Bojana Jovanovski.
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Casey Dellacqua made the semifinal of the doubles with Jarmila Gajdosova.
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Which Australia was successful getting back into the world group, Casey Dellacqua headed to Japan to play two $50k events.
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The second, which was on a grass court, was a lot better for Casey Dellacqua who went on to win the tournament.
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The win in Fukuoka meant Casey Dellacqua would rise into the WTA top 100 singles rankings for the first time since 2009.
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Casey Dellacqua then played her final French Open warm-up tournament at a $100k tournament in Prague.
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Casey Dellacqua had a good first round match but lost in the second round.
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Casey Dellacqua did make the doubles final with Akgul Amanmuradova though.
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Casey Dellacqua reached the second round in the doubles, before losing to compatriots and 14th seeds, Jarmila Gajdosova and Anastasia Rodionova, in three sets.
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Casey Dellacqua had a disappointing result at a $75k in Nottingham, although winning the doubles event with Eleni Daniilidou.
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Casey Dellacqua then made the third round of a WTA event in Birmingham but had to withdraw from the third round after falling ill.
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Casey Dellacqua was only entered in the women's doubles alongside Samantha Stosur, they lost to the eighth seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the first round.
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Casey Dellacqua stated that the Olympics was the highlight of her year, despite playing just the one match.
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Casey Dellacqua started her US hardcourt season at a $50k tournament in the Bronx and lost in three sets in the second round.
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Casey Dellacqua beat two tall left handers in straight sets to qualify for the main draw but had a loss to fellow qualifier Johanna Larsson.
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Casey Dellacqua almost caused another major upset in the semifinal against second seed Jelena Jankovic but went down in two sets.
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Casey Dellacqua's draw got a lot tougher though in the second round, drawing the No 9 seed Li Na, who had won the big warm-up tournament in Cincinnati and the 2011 French Open.
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Casey Dellacqua played some of her best tennis, but went down in two sets.
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Casey Dellacqua struggled through her Asian swing making qualifying exits in China, Japan and again in China.
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Casey Dellacqua finished her year at a $75k event in Japan, where she lost in the quarterfinal in three sets.
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Casey Dellacqua went on to win the doubles event with country woman Ashleigh Barty.
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Casey Dellacqua finished 2012 ranked 88 in singles and 67 in doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua was scheduled to play at the Hopman Cup but had to withdraw due to an injury.
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Casey Dellacqua was awarded a wildcard into the Sydney International but had a first-round loss to Kimiko Date-Krumm.
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Casey Dellacqua was given a tricky draw at the Australian Open where she had to play young American Madison Keys who was bringing form and confidence into the match.
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Casey Dellacqua partnered fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty who was only 16 years old.
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Casey Dellacqua then headed to Thailand to play the Pattaya Open where she was a direct entry into the main draw.
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Casey Dellacqua played Luksika Kumkhum in the first round where she was defeated.
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Casey Dellacqua played doubles with Kimiko Date-Krumm, finally winning her first WTA level doubles title.
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Casey Dellacqua participated in the doubles alongside Ashleigh Barty, they were defeated by Czech pair Hlavackova and Hradecka.
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Casey Dellacqua lost in the opening round to eventual champion Karolina Pliskova.
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Casey Dellacqua breezed through qualifying defeating Marta Sirotkina and Nastassja Burnett.
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Casey Dellacqua travelled to Switzerland for Fed Cup but didn't participate because it was a dead rubber.
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Casey Dellacqua played two ITFs, losing the second and first rounds, respectively.
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Casey Dellacqua then travelled to Paris for the French Open.
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Casey Dellacqua won her first match against Ana Vrljic but lost to 21st seed Irina Falconi in a tough three-set match.
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Casey Dellacqua then headed to the Birmingham Classic and the start of her grass-court season.
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Casey Dellacqua gained entry to the main draw via the qualifying draw.
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Casey Dellacqua was seeded 11th and defeated Vera Dushevina and Caroline Garcia in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua drew Daniela Hantuchova in the opening round and lost in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua was seeded 12th in the doubles, alongside Ashleigh Barty, and made it to the final, losing in two sets.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated Hsu, Feuerstein and Pervak all in straight sets to reach the main draw where she was defeated by fellow qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic in three tight sets of the opening round.
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However, seeded 8th Barty and Casey Dellacqua had a bit more luck.
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Casey Dellacqua took two weeks off, before heading to Tokyo to participate in a WTA Premier-5 level event.
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Casey Dellacqua participated in the doubles alongside Barty , hoping to gain enough points to reach the Tour Championships.
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Casey Dellacqua then travelled to Beijing to in the Premier Mandatory event.
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Casey Dellacqua finished the year ranked No 131 in singles and 10 in doubles.
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Casey Dellacqua finished the year at the 2013 December showdown.
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Casey Dellacqua began her 2014 season at the Brisbane International where she was awarded a wildcard into the singles main draw.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated Galina Voskoboeva in the opening round in three sets before losing to world No 2, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck in the opening round in straight sets, but lost in the second round to Alison Riske in three sets.
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At the Australian Open, Casey Dellacqua entered the women's singles draw as a wildcard after winning the Australian Open Wildcard playoff.
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Casey Dellacqua then defeated Christina McHale 19th seed Kirsten Flipkens and 13th seed Roberta Vinci before receiving a walkover Lauren Davis in the fourth round.
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Casey Dellacqua reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event with Ashleigh Barty but the pair lost in straight sets to the top seeds, Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai.
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Casey Dellacqua was due to meet Halep again in the second round of the Miami Open, but the Romanian withdrew from the tournament due to injury; instead, Dellacqua faced lucky loser Jana Cepelova, and won in three sets, thus setting up a meeting with 29th seed and former world No 1, Venus Williams; Dellacqua lost in three sets.
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Casey Dellacqua chose not to compete in the Madrid Open and instead began her clay court season at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.
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At the French Open, Casey Dellacqua defeated Lourdes Dominguez Lino in straight sets to reach the second round for the first time since 2008 where she lost to 23rd seed Lucie Safarova, in three sets.
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Casey Dellacqua began her grass court season at Birmingham where she competed as the 16th seed in singles and defending champion and second seed in doubles with Ashleigh Barty.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated Urszula Radwanska and Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets to reach the third round where she upset her second-seeded compatriot and former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in three sets to reach the quarterfinals where she defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm in a match lasting just 48 minutes before losing in the semifinals to eventual runner-up, Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova.
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Casey Dellacqua reached the final of the doubles event, defeating Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic; Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond and Caroline Garcia and Zhang Shuai en route before losing to the third seeds, Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in straight sets.
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At the Wimbledon Championships, Casey Dellacqua defeated qualifier Anett Kontaveit in three sets after having been match point down before falling to 4th seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round.
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Casey Dellacqua began her North-American hardcourt season at the Rogers Cup.
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At the US Open, Casey Dellacqua made the fourth round before losing to Flavia Pennetta, equaling her best rest at a Grand Slam.
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Casey Dellacqua continued her good form by reaching the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open defeating an in-form Sabine Lisicki and Marina Erakovic in the first and second round respectively, before falling to Garbine Muguruza despite being up a set.
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At the Wuhan Open, Casey Dellacqua reached the third round by defeating Vinci and Pavlyuchenkova, but ultimately lost to Caroline Wozniacki.
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Casey Dellacqua commenced the season at the Hopman Cup, losing all three rubbers to Agnieszka Radwanska, Alize Cornet and Heather Watson.
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Casey Dellacqua then played the Hobart International where she was the top seed for the first time at a WTA Tour event.
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Casey Dellacqua then played at the Australian Open as the 29th seed.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated Yvonne Meusburger in straight sets before losing to eventual semifinalist Madison Keys.
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Casey Dellacqua played in the women's doubles as the 15th seed with Kimiko Date-Krumm.
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Casey Dellacqua next played the Dubai Tennis Championships losing in the second round to Lucie Safarova despite winning the first set.
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Casey Dellacqua then traveled to the Qatar Open where she lost in the first round to Venus Williams again after taking the first set.
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Casey Dellacqua next played at the Malaysian Open as the third seed but lost in the first round to eventual semifinalist Hsieh Su-wei.
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Casey Dellacqua then withdrew from the Indian Wells Open where she was defending quarterfinalist points.
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Casey Dellacqua then played the Premier Mandatory Madrid Open causing an upset over former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua then lost to world No 9, Agnieszka Radwanska, in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua had better success in the doubles, partnering Yaroslava Shvedova.
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Casey Dellacqua then withdrew from the Italian Open and Strasbourg Open.
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Casey Dellacqua then played at the French Open singles where she lost in the first round to fellow Aussie Ajla Tomljanovic.
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Casey Dellacqua there partnered again with Yaroslava Shvedova, and they reached their first Grand Slam final as a team.
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Casey Dellacqua began her grass-court season at the Nottingham Open where she was the sixth seed.
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Casey Dellacqua defeated Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round before losing to eventual champion Ana Konjuh.
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Casey Dellacqua next faced former world No 1, Jelena Jankovic, and lost in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua next played at Eastbourne where she defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the first round before losing to eighth seed Karolina Pliskova.
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Casey Dellacqua then played at Wimbledon where she defeated former Wimbledon quarterfinalist Tamira Paszek in straight sets.
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Casey Dellacqua then caused a big upset over 17th seed and recent French Open quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina to reach the third round and equal her best Wimbledon performance.
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Casey Dellacqua contested the women's doubles with Shvedova as the ninth seeds.
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Casey Dellacqua began her summer hardcourt season participating the qualifying event at the Rogers Cup, but fail to get to the main round.
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Still suffering the effects of the fall at the 2015 China Open, Casey Dellacqua withdrew from the Australian summer.
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Casey Dellacqua's comeback commenced at the Brisbane International where she was given a wildcard into the women's doubles with Ashleigh Barty.