30 Facts About Rebecca Marino

Rebecca Marino decided in late February 2013 to take an indefinite break from tennis.

Rebecca Marino was a certified Club Pro 1 coach at the UBC Tennis Centre.

In October 2017, Rebecca Marino announced her intention to return to the pro circuit but her comeback was delayed due to ITF administrative regulations.

Rebecca Marino was eligible to return at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, a $15k in Antalya, Turkiye.

Rebecca Marino was born in Toronto to Joe Marino, owner of the construction firm Marino General Contracting, and Catherine Hungerford.

Rebecca Marino has a younger brother named Steven, who competed in rowing at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rebecca Marino played the first professional event of her career at the $25k Vancouver Open in August 2005, losing in qualifying.

Rebecca Marino won in August 2008 her first singles title at the $10k in Trecastagni and two in doubles, respectively, in Evansville, Indiana in July and in Southlake, Texas in October of the same year.

Rebecca Marino was defeated by Galina Voskoboeva in the second round.

In September 2009 at the Challenge Bell, Rebecca Marino reached the second round for the second straight year with a win over Lauren Albanese, but lost her next match to Julia Gorges.

Rebecca Marino lost after a close first set which ended in a tiebreak.

Rebecca Marino made it to the final and defeated Alison Riske in three tough sets to win the tournament, the second singles title of her career.

Rebecca Marino won her second straight $50k two weeks later in Kansas City by defeating Edina Gallovits in the final.

Rebecca Marino won her third straight $50k in Troy where she defeated Ashley Weinhold.

Rebecca Marino was forced to retire from the match after losing the first set because of an abdominal strain.

Rebecca Marino lost against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, her best Grand Slam performance so far.

Rebecca Marino lost her second-round match against qualifier Bibiane Schoofs.

In January 2012, Rebecca Marino lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Greta Arn.

Rebecca Marino took a break from tennis to deal with mental and physical fatigue from February 2012 to late August 2012.

Rebecca Marino made a comeback the second week of September 2012 at the $25k in Redding, California, losing in the second round to Sachie Ishizu.

Rebecca Marino then lost a week later in the first round of the $50k Saguenay Challenger to Maria Sanchez, stopping her winning streak at eight matches.

In November 2012, at the $50k Toronto Challenger, Rebecca Marino was forced to retire in her second round match after suffering an abdominal strain.

Rebecca Marino was supposed to end her season the next week at the $75k event in Phoenix, but had to withdraw following her injury.

At the Australian Open in January 2013, her first Grand Slam championship since coming back, Rebecca Marino made it to the main draw with her protected ranking of 115, but lost to Peng Shuai in the opening round.

Rebecca Marino started training again during the first week of September 2017 and decided to return to competition in October 2017, after being away from the game for nearly five years.

Rebecca Marino was scheduled to play the $60k Saguenay Challenger but her comeback was delayed by three months due to ITF administrative regulations.

Rebecca Marino returned at a $15k event in Antalya at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, not losing a set along the way.

Rebecca Marino began the season using a protected ranking to gain entry into the qualifying tournament for the 2021 Australian Open, held in Dubai mid-January.

Rebecca Marino was granted direct entry into the Gippsland Trophy, one of three makeshift WTA lead-up tournaments created for the participants of the upcoming Australian Open, held in Melbourne, however she lost in the first round to Jasmine Paolini.

Rebecca Marino lost to Zhang Shuai in the third round.