1. Clara Tauson was born on 21 December 2002 and is a Danish professional tennis player.
36 Facts About Clara Tauson
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Clara Tauson won the 2019 Australian Open girls' singles event and became the first Danish girl to top the junior world ranking.
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In 2021, her first year as a senior, Clara Tauson won her two first WTA Tour singles titles at the Lyon Open and at Luxembourg Open on top of one Challenger and two ITF tournament wins.
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Clara Tauson did not find herself to be the same kind of player as Wozniacki, whom she saw as more of a baseline player.
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Clara Tauson started playing junior tournaments in 2013 age 10.
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Clara Tauson's family financed her until 2017 when she started playing professional tournaments.
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Clara Tauson focuses on singles but has played doubles tournaments and Fed Cup.
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In 2011, Clara Tauson won the U9 tournament at the Zealand championships and the club championship for the U10.
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Clara Tauson debuted on the Tennis Europe junior tour on 26 August 2013.
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In February 2016, Clara Tauson debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit, the premier level for worldwide competition among U18 tennis players.
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Clara Tauson was awarded Danish Junior Tennis Player of the Year for 2016 for her overall performance.
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In 2017, Clara Tauson made her debut for the Denmark Fed Cup team.
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Clara Tauson lost her doubles but Denmark won the match.
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Clara Tauson got a sponsor contract with Japanese sports equipment producer Yonex.
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Clara Tauson made it to the main draw and lost her first-round match.
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Clara Tauson reached the quarterfinals but had to retire against Camila Osorio, because of a knee injury.
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Clara Tauson made her Australian Open main-draw debut as a senior defeating Astra Sharma in the first round.
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Clara Tauson lost the following round to eventual runner-up Danielle Collins in three close sets thereby ending her so far best Grand Slam tournament.
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At the French Open, as a qualifier, Clara Tauson reached again the third round of a major defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Leylah Fernandez.
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Clara Tauson did not qualify in singles and withdrew from doubles.
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Clara Tauson won her matches but the two were eliminated after the preliminary round.
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Notably, Clara Tauson won all her matches and beat Maria Sakkari, her second top-ten win.
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Clara Tauson then participated in two WTA 1000 tournaments, her first since 2022, and reached second round in both.
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Clara Tauson played the WTA 125 Hong Kong Open, where she beat Martina Trevisan and Varvara Gracheva but lost the final to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, in three sets.
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In October, Clara Tauson came back to Osaka where in 2018 she won the juniors tournament, this time to play a WTA 250 tournament.
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Clara Tauson reached the quarterfinals but lost to French player Diane Parry, in three sets.
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Clara Tauson participated in both singles and doubles with Sloane Stephens as her partner.
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Clara Tauson reached the final in singles and the semi-finals in doubles.
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On her debut at the Dubai Championships, Clara Tauson reached the quarterfinal with a straight-sets upset over Sabalenka, avenging her previous loss and giving her the first win against a No 1 player.
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Clara Tauson then defeated first Linda Noskova and next 14th seed Karolina Muchova to reach the final.
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Clara Tauson lost to Mirra Andreeva in straight sets in the final.
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At the third WTA 1000 tournament of the year, the Indian Wells Open, Clara Tauson got a bye in the first round due to her new ranking.
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Clara Tauson defeated Camila Osorio in the second round, recording her 16th WTA win for 2025, the most of any player in the season.
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Again, Clara Tauson participated in double, this time with Yulia Putintseva, and she topped her doubble ranking as a result.
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Clara Tauson is able to produce a high number of winners from her forehand and backhand side as well as overpower her opponents.
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Clara Tauson possesses a reliable serve and good movement on the court as well.