261 Facts About Sam Stosur

Samantha Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player.

Sam Stosur is a former world No 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks.

Also a former top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013.

Sam Stosur was the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years.

Sam Stosur won a combined total of 40 career titles —including 8 major titles, and amassed more than $20 million in prize money.

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Sam Stosur won a Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final and became the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament.

Sam Stosur had previously reached another Grand Slam singles final at the 2010 French Open, along the way defeating former world No 1 and four-time champion Justine Henin in the fourth round, ending the Belgian's 24-match winning streak at the tournament, and then-world No 1 Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, before losing to Francesca Schiavone.

Sam Stosur reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2009,2012 and 2016, and the US Open quarterfinals in 2010 and 2012.

Sam Stosur is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, winning the 2005 US Open and 2006 French Open with Lisa Raymond, and the 2019 Australian Open and 2021 US Open with Zhang Shuai, and reaching an additional five Grand Slam finals.

Sam Stosur won back-to-back WTA Tour Championships doubles titles with Raymond in 2005 and 2006, and was the co-year end world No 1 with Raymond in 2006.

Sam Stosur was born in Brisbane, Queensland and spent the first six years of her life living on the Gold Coast.

Sam Stosur is the daughter of Tony and Diane, and has two brothers, Dominic and Daniel.

The Stosur family is of Polish descent through Sam's paternal grandfather.

Sam Stosur's family returned to the Gold Coast when Stosur was 11 years of age.

Sam Stosur went away on her first overseas trip at the age of 13, competing in the World Youth Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At the age of 14, Sam Stosur joined the Queensland Academy of Sport under Geoff Masters.

Sam Stosur first played professional tennis in 1999 at the age of 15 at an ITF Women's Circuit event in her home state of Queensland where she claimed a straight sets first round victory in the qualifying draw before losing her second round qualifying match.

In 2003, Sam Stosur won her first WTA Tour singles matches, reaching the third round of the Australian Open.

Sam Stosur lost in the third round to No 7 seed, Daniela Hantuchova.

In 2004, Sam Stosur reached the semifinals of the Gold Coast event, before falling to Ai Sugiyama.

Sam Stosur reached the second round of the Hobart International, then the second round of the Australian Open, and later qualified for WTA events in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Vienna and Birmingham.

Sam Stosur competed at the Athens Olympics, where she lost in the first round.

Sam Stosur continued to play WTA events, qualifying for the Japan Open and Bali in the autumn of 2004.

Sam Stosur reached her first WTA Tour final at her home event in Gold Coast, losing to Patty Schnyder.

Sam Stosur was runner-up at the Sydney event, defeating by walkover the world No 1 Lindsay Davenport, in the quarterfinal and Elena Dementieva in the semifinal, before losing to fellow Australian Alicia Molik, and won her first doubles title partnering Australian Bryanne Stewart at the same tournament.

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Sam Stosur finished the year ranked No 46 in singles and No 2 in doubles.

Sam Stosur then lost in the first round in Sydney International to Nicole Vaidisova in three sets.

At the Australian Open, Sam Stosur made it to the fourth round in singles, falling to Martina Hingis.

Sam Stosur finished off 2006 by winning the doubles title at the WTA Championships in Madrid, ranked No 1 in doubles, and a career high to that point, No 29 in singles.

In singles, Sam Stosur reached three quarterfinals, at Gold Coast, Tokyo and Memphis.

Sam Stosur lost in the second round at Wimbledon, withdrew from many tournaments on the American hardcourt swing, and lost in the first round of the US Open, where she was seeded 29th, to No -96-rated Alize Cornet.

Less than a month later, they were defeated in the third round of the French Open, where Sam Stosur reached the second round in singles, losing to Petra Kvitova.

Sam Stosur showed great promise at Wimbledon: while only making the second round in singles, losing to Nicole Vaidisova, she made the finals of both the ladies' and mixed doubles.

At the Beijing Olympics, Sam Stosur was defeated in the second round of the singles tournament by fourth seed Serena Williams.

In doubles, Sam Stosur partnered Rennae Stubbs, ranked No 5 at the time; however, the pair were unseeded because the ITF determined the seedings for the doubles competition based on both singles and doubles rankings standings.

At the US Open, Sam Stosur lost in the first round of singles to seventh seed Venus Williams.

Raymond and Sam Stosur were runners-up in the women's doubles event, losing to the top-ranked team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

In spite of missing the first 4½ months of the tour, Raymond and Sam Stosur finished the season as the seventh team at the Race to the Tour Championships, with Sam Stosur ranked No 14 in doubles, 156 positions higher than she was when she returned to playing on the ITF Circuit.

Sam Stosur defeated Klara Zakopalova and Sabine Lisicki before losing in the third round to world No 4 Elena Dementieva, at the Australian Open.

Sam Stosur won through to the third round in doubles, partnering Stubbs, defeating the Radwanska sisters.

At the Dubai Championships, Sam Stosur defeated Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets before losing in the second round to Zheng Jie after winning the first set.

In Indian Wells, Sam Stosur defeated Francesca Schiavone in the first round before she was eliminated in the second round by seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets.

At the Miami Open, Sam Stosur defeated Sofia Arvidsson and Sybille Bammer before having the biggest win of her career against world No 2, Dinara Safina, in the third round.

Sam Stosur then defeated former world No 1, Amelie Mauresmo, in the fourth round.

Sam Stosur reached the same round in doubles, losing to Anna-Lena Gronefeld and Patty Schnyder.

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At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Sam Stosur was eliminated in the first round by second seed and eventual champion, Caroline Wozniacki.

Sam Stosur then played for the Australian Fed Cup team in Mildura.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Madrid Masters, where she upset tenth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the first round, but fell to Anna Chakvetadze in the second.

Sam Stosur then beat fourth seed Elena Dementieva in the third round and Virginie Razzano of France for a place in the quarterfinals, where she defeated Sorana Cirstea and advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal against seventh seed and eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Sam Stosur started the grass-court season playing at the Eastbourne International.

Sam Stosur defeated Sabine Lisicki in the first round, before losing in the second round to sixth seed and eventual champion Wozniacki.

In ladies' doubles, Sam Stosur reached her second consecutive final, this time partnering Stubbs.

Sam Stosur was defending the mixed-doubles title with Bob Bryan, but the second seeds were defeated in the quarterfinals by ninth seeds and eventual champions Anna-Lena Gronefeld and Mark Knowles.

Sam Stosur then competed at the LA Championships as the No 13 seed where she made it to her fifth WTA Tour final after defeating Monica Niculescu, Maria Kirilenko, Ana Ivanovic and Zheng Jie.

Sam Stosur opened with a three-set win over Ai Sugiyama before losing to American wildcard Vania King in the second round.

At the Pan Pacific Open, Sam Stosur won her opening round over Alexa Glatch but was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round with Sharapova dropping just one game.

Sam Stosur reached final after defeating Alexandra Panova, Akiko Morigami, Jill Craybas and Wozniacki.

Sam Stosur captured her first-ever WTA title by beating Francesca Schiavone in the final in just over an hour.

Sam Stosur was one of only two players on tour who played at both year-end championships.

Sam Stosur won her first match against Szavay in three sets but lost her second to Martinez Sanchez.

Sam Stosur was guaranteed a seeding of 13 for the Australian Open.

Sam Stosur lost against world No 1 and defending champion, Serena Williams, in two sets.

Sam Stosur played with Nadia Petrova in the doubles event of the Australian Open.

Sam Stosur then travelled to Adelaide to represent Australia at the Fed Cup alongside Alicia Molik, Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs against Spain.

Sam Stosur won both of her singles matches by beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues.

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Sam Stosur was defeated in the opening round, at the hands of veteran Tathiana Garbin.

Sam Stosur had better success in the doubles partnering Petrova.

Sam Stosur lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Kim Clijsters.

Sam Stosur began her clay-court season at the Charleston Open, where she was seeded fourth.

Sam Stosur is the only Australian woman to have won this title.

Sam Stosur then secured victory for Australia with a two-sets win over Lyudmyla Kichenok.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart.

Sam Stosur's 11-game winning streak was ended by former world No 1, Justine Henin, in the final in three sets.

Sam Stosur's next scheduled tournament was the Rome Masters; however, Stosur had to withdraw due to fatigue.

In doubles, Sam Stosur resumed her partnership with Petrova as third seeds with a first-round bye.

Sam Stosur was drawn in the same quarter as Henin, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, which was dubbed the toughest section of the draw.

Sam Stosur played in the doubles event, hoping to have success similar to the previous year with then-partner Stubbs.

Sam Stosur played with her 2010 partner Petrova as the third seeds, but lost in the third round to eventual champions, Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova.

Sam Stosur competed in the mixed doubles event as first seeds with Nenad Zimonjic.

Sam Stosur's next scheduled tournament was the Stanford Classicn, where she was the top-seed, but lost in a semifinal match-up with Victoria Azarenka.

Sam Stosur announced that she would not take part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Sam Stosur then attempted to defend her title at the Japan Open as the top-seed, her only International tournament of the year.

Sam Stosur lost against Kimiko Date-Krumm in the quarterfinals in a final-set tie-break, becoming the first top-ten player in WTA history to lose to an opponent over the age of 40.

Sam Stosur competed at the WTA Championships, where she was seeded fifth.

Sam Stosur was drawn in the Maroon Group alongside world No 1, Caroline Wozniacki, world No 6, Francesca Schiavone, and world No 9, Elena Dementieva, seeded first, fourth and seventh, respectively, due to the Williams sisters' withdrawal.

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Sam Stosur continued her dominant showing, recording a straight-sets win to secure her spot in the semifinals.

Sam Stosur then fell to Elena Dementieva, but secured her spot in the semifinals by winning one set.

Sam Stosur finished in first position in her round-robin group, but lost to three-time US Open champion and world No 4, Clijsters, in the semifinals.

Sam Stosur had the best percentage of points scored on second serve amongst her peers.

Sam Stosur began the new season by competing at the Brisbane International.

Sam Stosur fell in straight sets to fellow Australian Jarmila Groth in the second round.

Sam Stosur was seeded fifth at the Australian Open, where she lost in the third round to 25th seed Petra Kvitova.

Sam Stosur then rose to a new career high No 4, following a quarterfinal showing at the Dubai Championships.

Sam Stosur had a disappointing start to the first American leg of the year, falling in the third round of the Indian Wells to Dinara Safina.

In Stuttgart, as fifth seed, Sam Stosur lost to Julia Gorges in the semifinals, but she won in the doubles tournament, partnering Sabine Lisicki, by defeating the German team of Kristina Barrois and Jasmin Wohr in the final.

Sam Stosur lost in the third round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then competed in Rome where the sixth-seeded Stosur reached the final, but was beaten by seventh-seeded Sharapova.

Sam Stosur was seeded eighth at the French Open, yet was upset by Gisela Dulko, in the third round.

Sam Stosur progressed to the semifinals, where she lost to Marion Bartoli.

At Wimbledon, Sam Stosur suffered a first-round loss to world No 262, Melinda Czink.

In mixed doubles, Sam Stosur partnered with Mike Bryan, but lost in the first round.

Sam Stosur began her US Open Series campaign with a straight-set loss to her doubles partner, Lisicki, in the second round of Bank of the West Classic.

However, Sam Stosur bounced back at the Rogers Cup in Toronto by reaching the final, having defeated Li Na and Agnieszka Radwanska along the way.

Sam Stosur was defeated by Serena Williams in the final in two sets.

Sam Stosur then competed in the Cincinnati Open where she defeated qualifier Eleni Daniilidou in the first round.

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Sam Stosur then faced Sharapova in the quarterfinals and lost in straight sets.

Sam Stosur was seeded ninth at the US Open, and she drew Sofia Arvidsson in the first round and defeated her in straight sets.

Sam Stosur played Maria Kirilenko in the fourth round and won in three sets.

Sam Stosur then beat second seed Vera Zvonareva, to reach the semifinals for the first time.

Sam Stosur followed this milestone with a three-sets win over German player Angelique Kerber to reach her first US Open singles final, where she defeated three-time champion Serena Williams, for her first Grand Slam tournament singles title, the first by an Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong won Wimbledon in 1980.

Sam Stosur suffered two second-round losses at the Pan Pacific Open and the China Open, both to Maria Kirilenko.

However, on 9 October 2011 it was announced that Sam Stosur had qualified for the year-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul.

Sam Stosur was runner-up at the HP Open where she was defeated by second seed Marion Bartoli in the final.

Sam Stosur was placed in the white group for the Tour Championships.

Sam Stosur beat fifth seed Li Na for the loss of one game in her final round-robin match to advance to the semifinals for the second straight year, where she met maroon group winner Petra Kvitova for a spot in the final.

Sam Stosur then suffered two first-round defeats at the hands of Francesca Schiavone at the Sydney International, and then by Sorana Cirstea, at the Australian Open.

Sam Stosur admitted that she could not cope under the heavy weight of home expectations, especially after winning the US Open.

Sam Stosur then traveled to Fribourg to represent Australia in their Fed Cup tie against Switzerland.

Sam Stosur won both of her singles rubbers against Timea Bacsinszky and Stefanie Vogele.

Sam Stosur was seeded third and avenged her loss in the first round of the Australian Open by defeating Sorana Cirstea in the second round; she eventually lost in the final to current world No 1, Victoria Azarenka, who had not lost a match to that point in 2012.

Sam Stosur then traveled to the United States to compete in the Indian Wells Open, where she defeated young American Irina Falconi, to make the third round, where she lost a very tough match to Nadia Petrova.

At the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, Sam Stosur entered the tournament as second seed and had a first-round bye.

Sam Stosur defeated wildcard Jamie Hampton in the second round and Galina Voskoboeva in the third round.

However, Sam Stosur's run ended in the semifinals, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams.

Sam Stosur defeated two top-20 players, Angelique Kerber, the same player who Stosur faced in the 2011 US Open semifinal, and Andrea Petkovic, for their first encounter.

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At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Sam Stosur reached the quarterfinals by defeating the defending champion Julia Gorges in three sets.

Sam Stosur lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Sharapova, despite holding a match point in the second set.

Sam Stosur next played at the Madrid Open, defeated Petra Martic in a third set tiebreak and Christina McHale in the first two rounds on the blue clay courts.

Sam Stosur won the match in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost a tight match to Lucie Hradecka in two tiebreaks.

Sam Stosur defeated Petrova in the third round, and then outplayed Sloane Stephens in straight sets.

Sam Stosur defeated Dominika Cibulkova in two sets to reach her third French Open semifinal losing to Sara Errani in three sets.

Sam Stosur lost her second-round match against Arantxa Rus at Wimbledon.

Sam Stosur played mixed doubles with former world No 1, Lleyton Hewitt.

Sam Stosur had a bye in the first round, and she played Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round winning in three sets.

Sam Stosur played Ekaterina Makarova in the second round, comfortably prevailing in two sets.

Sam Stosur comfortably defeated Robson in straight sets but lost in the quarterfinals to world No 1, Victoria Azarenka, in a thrilling three-set showdown, which is regarded as the match of the championships.

Sam Stosur succumbed seven points to five in the final-set tiebreaker and was two points away from clinching victory.

Sam Stosur defeated 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova in the third round in two sets.

However, Sam Stosur lost the semifinal to former doubles partner and eventual champion Petrova, in straight sets.

Sam Stosur started her year at the Brisbane International where she was seeded seventh.

Sam Stosur lost in the first round to Sofia Arvidsson where she committed 48 unforced errors.

Sam Stosur played Zheng Jie in the first round at the Apia International Sydney, where she was seeded sixth.

At the Australian Open, where she was seeded ninth, Sam Stosur broke her Australian hoodoo, by defeating Chang Kai-chen in the first round in a straight sets win.

Sam Stosur bounced back from a poor start to the season to win her second round match at the Qatar Total Open over Monica Niculescu in three sets.

Sam Stosur then defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the quarterfinals.

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Sam Stosur went on to lose the quarterfinal match against Sharapova.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she was seeded seventh.

Sam Stosur opened her campaign with a two set victory over Ekaterina Makarova and then moved into the quarterfinals after defeating Hsieh Su-wei.

Sam Stosur then left to the United States where she played at the Indian Wells tournament.

Sam Stosur then struggled past 32nd seed Peng Shuai in three sets.

Sam Stosur successfully returned to the court at the Family Circle Cup where she opened her campaign in the second round with a straight-sets win over Marina Erakovic.

Sam Stosur recovered to play in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland.

Sam Stosur played in both singles rubbers against Stefanie Vogele and Romina Oprandi, winning both matches in straight sets and ensuring that Australia play in the 2014 Fed Cup World Group.

Sam Stosur then won her second round match over Peng Shuai in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then reached the quarterfinals in Rome with a three-set win over Petra Kvitova, the first time in Stosur's career she had beaten Kvitova.

Sam Stosur suffered her eighth straight loss to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals losing in three sets.

At the French Open, Sam Stosur won her opening match against Kimiko Date-Krumm after waiting 2½ hours to play because of rain.

Sam Stosur then played 18th seed Jelena Jankovic in the third round.

Sam Stosur was unable to defend her semifinal ranking points of 2012, and slipped out of the world's top 10.

Sam Stosur was stunned in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford by Olga Govortsova.

Sam Stosur accepted a last-minute wildcard into the Southern California Open in Carlsbad where she opened with a win over Varvara Lepchenko.

Sam Stosur stunned Azarenka by cruising past her in straight sets.

At the US Open, the 11th-seeded Sam Stosur was stunned by the 296th-ranked American qualifier Victoria Duval in the first round going down in three sets.

Sam Stosur bounced back from the US Open disappointment and opened her campaign at the Pan Pacific Open with a come from behind victory over Alize Cornet in three sets.

Sam Stosur moved onto the China Open in Beijing where she again had to face Safarova.

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Sam Stosur played her final tournament in Asia at the Japan Open in Osaka.

Sam Stosur swept past Madison Keys and into the final after a powerful performance in which she held all of her service games and gave Keys barely a chance of progressing in her first WTA semifinal, winning in just over an hour.

Sam Stosur moved on to play Eugenie Bouchard in the final, taking 2 hours and 13 minutes to capture her fifth career title, coming from a set down to win.

Sam Stosur then reached the final of the Kremlin Cup after defeating Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals.

Sam Stosur started season at the Hopman Cup partnering Bernard Tomic.

Sam Stosur lost to Agnieszka Radwanska, Eugenie Bouchard and Flavia Pennetta in all three of her singles matches, and subsequently the Australian pair did not qualify for the final.

Sam Stosur then played at the Hobart International, opting not to play at the Apia International for the first time in five years.

Sam Stosur defeated Madison Brengle, Kristina Mladenovic and eighth seed Bojana Jovanovski en route to the semifinals, saving match point against Mladenovic.

Sam Stosur lost to Klara Zakopalova in the semifinals in straight sets.

Sam Stosur lost to 14th seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round despite being a set up.

Sam Stosur then headed to Hobart to compete in 2014 Fed Cup World Group.

Sam Stosur won the second and third singles rubbers in straight sets over Veronika Kudermetova and Victoria Kan.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Qatar Open where she was seeded 12th.

Sam Stosur won her first round over Marina Erakovic in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then lost in the first round of the Dubai Championships against qualifier Annika Beck in three sets.

Sam Stosur then competed at Indian Wells where after receiving a first-round bye, she defeated Francesca Schiavone in straight sets.

Sam Stosur was the 16th seed at the Miami Masters where she received a first-round bye.

Sam Stosur then defeated qualifier Kiki Bertens in straight sets but lost to Vandeweghe in the next round.

Ten days before the Wimbledon Championships, Sam Stosur ended her coaching relationship with Maclagan, citing that she felt "change was needed".

Sam Stosur then played at the Australian Open as the 20th seed.

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Sam Stosur defeated Monica Niculescu in straight sets before losing in the second round to CoCo Vandeweghe.

Sam Stosur lost both her matches against Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber.

Sam Stosur next played at the Dubai where she lost in the second round to the third seed Caroline Wozniacki despite winning the first set.

In Indian Wells, Sam Stosur reached the third round, where she lost to Flavia Pennetta.

Sam Stosur next played at the Miami Open where she lost in the third round to Venus Williams.

Sam Stosur began her clay-court season by travelling to Charleston as the ninth seed where she lost in the second round to Lara Arruabarrena.

Sam Stosur then lost in a close encounter to eventual finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Sam Stosur next played at the Italian Open but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Sam Stosur was awarded a wildcard at the Internationaux de Strasbourg and was the third seed.

Sam Stosur crushed defending champion Monica Puig in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then received a walkover against Lesia Tsurenko and defeated fellow Aussie Ajla Tomljanovic and Sloane Stephens to reach her first final of 2015.

Sam Stosur defeated Madison Brengle and Amandine Hesse before losing to defending champion Maria Sharapova in the third round.

Sam Stosur started her grass-court season at Eastbourne where she was the 16th seed and therefore received a bye to the second round.

Sam Stosur then played at Wimbledon where she defeated Danka Kovinic and Urszula Radwanska to equal her best showing at Wimbledon.

Sam Stosur returned to clay courts, playing at the Swedish Open as the second seed.

Sam Stosur was defeated in the second round by Lara Arruabarrena.

Sam Stosur then played at the Gastein Ladies as the second seed where she won her second title of 2015.

Sam Stosur defeated Sevastova, Koukalova, Schmiedlova and Karin Knapp in the final.

Sam Stosur then started her hard-court season in Washington where she reached the semifinals after defeating Mladenovic, Falconi and Niculescu before losing to eventual champion Sloane Stephens.

Sam Stosur then lost in the first round to Daria Gavrilova at the Rogers Cup.

Sam Stosur then played at the US Open and reached the fourth round at the US Open for the first time since 2012.

Sam Stosur backed this up with wins over Evgeniya Rodina and 16th-seeded Sara Errani.

Sam Stosur started her 2016 season at the Brisbane International, where she won her opening match against qualifier Jana Cepelova, but lost her second-round match to sixth seed Carla Suarez Navarro.

Sam Stosur then reached the quarterfinals in Sydney, defeating Roberta Vinci and Daniela Hantuchova, before falling to eventual finalist Monica Puig.

Sam Stosur then suffered an opening round loss at the Australian Open to Kristyna Pliskova in straight sets.

Sam Stosur lost her opening match in Miami to Julia Gorges in three sets.

Sam Stosur began her clay-court season in Charleston, falling in the quarterfinals to Sara Errani in straight sets.

Sam Stosur was then able to carry this form into Madrid, where she reached the semifinals, before losing to Simona Halep, winning only two games.

Sam Stosur then won her opening match at the Rome Masters against Alison Riske, before losing to Kuznetsova in the second round.

Sam Stosur then participated in the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she won her first two matches in straight sets, before withdrawing from her quarterfinal match against Caroline Garcia, due to a wrist injury.

At the French Open, Sam Stosur beat Misaki Doi and Zhang Shuai in her opening two matches.

Sam Stosur then beat 2015 finalist Lucie Safarova to reach the fourth round in Paris for a fifth time.

Sam Stosur competed at a start up tournament for Wimbledon to begin her grass-court season.

Sam Stosur began her US Open Series campaign at the Washington Open as the top-seed.

Sam Stosur made the quarterfinals with a win over Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva, and after Caroline Wozniacki retired in the second set due to a back injury before losing to eventual semifinalist, American wildcard Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Rogers Cup as the 13th seed, defeating Heather Watson in the first round before losing to Daria Kasatkina in the second round.

At the Summer Olympics in Rio, Sam Stosur made it to the third round as the 13th seed, with wins over Latvian teen Jelena Ostapenko and Japan's Misaki Doi before bowing out to second seed and eventual silver medallist Angelique Kerber of Germany.

In mixed-doubles, Sam Stosur paired up with John Peers and lost to the fourth seeds from India Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the first round.

Sam Stosur began her Asian hardcourt swing with a first-round loss as the 16th seed at the Wuhan Open to Caroline Wozniacki.

Sam Stosur began the season at the Brisbane International with a first-round loss to fourth-seed Garbine Muguruza in a three-set thriller.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Apia Sydney International where she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in straight sets.

Sam Stosur then fell to Heather Watson in the first round of the Australian Open, in three sets.

Sam Stosur ended her five-month losing streak at the Taiwan Open where she was the second seed.

Sam Stosur defeated Danka Kovinic in straight sets to set up a clash with Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic and defeated her in three sets.

Sam Stosur's run ended at the hands of Peng Shuai in the quarterfinals in straight sets.

Sam Stosur withdrew from Australia's Fed Cup tie against Ukraine due to lack of form.

Sam Stosur then competed at the Qatar Open where she reached the quarterfinals.

Sam Stosur defeated Latvian Anastasija Sevastova and eighth seed Barbora Strycova before falling to Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets for the first time.

Sam Stosur defeated qualifier Zhang Kailin in straight sets in the first round before losing to Croatian teen Ana Konjuh in straight sets, in the second round.

Sam Stosur lost her opening-round match against Julia Gorges in a three-set thriller.

Sam Stosur reached the fourth round after defeating in-form fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty in the second round, avenging her quarterfinal loss at the Taiwan Open by defeating Peng Shuai in three sets before her run ended at the hands of Simona Halep in a three-set thriller.

Sam Stosur beat Serbian former world No 1, Jelena Jankovic, in straight sets before losing to Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets.

In Madrid, Sam Stosur lost in the third round to the fourth seed Simona Halep, having defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo and Mariana Duque Marino.

Sam Stosur won her ninth WTA title in Strasbourg, defeating fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova in the final.

Sam Stosur then began her campaign at the French Open to try and defend her semifinalist points from last year.

Sam Stosur defeated Kristina Kucova in the first round, in straight sets, to advance to the second round where she beat former world No 13, Kirsten Flipkens, in straight sets to advance to the third round.

Sam Stosur then defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in straight sets but lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Jelena Ostapenko.

And, unfortunately, Sam Stosur missed the grass-court season because of a stress fracture in her hand.

At the Australian Open, Sam Stosur lost in the first round to Monica Puig despite having match point in the second set.

Sam Stosur failed to defend her title at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, losing to Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

In Mallorca, Sam Stosur reached the semifinals where she lost to Sevastova.

Sam Stosur started her 2021 season at the first edition of the Yarra Valley Classic.

Sam Stosur lost in the first round to sixteenth seed Marie Bouzkova.

Sam Stosur suffered a second round thrashing at the hands of Jessica Pegula.

Sam Stosur announced her forthcoming singles retirement after the 2022 Australian Open, in which she received a wildcard.

Sam Stosur reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open, in which she lost to eleventh–seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Sam Stosur then participated in the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open, on both occasions partnered with Shuai Zhang.

Sam Stosur then received a wildcard for her final singles tournament, the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg, in which she lost in the first round to Harmony Tan.

Since 2012, Sam Stosur has been sponsored by Asics for clothing, apparel, and footwear.

Until 2009, Sam Stosur was unsponsored for clothing, and would typically wear Nike clothing and footwear; in that year she became sponsored by Lacoste for clothing, and continued to wear Nike footwear.

Sam Stosur has used numerous racquets throughout her career – until 2009, she used a Prince O3 racquet, before switching to the Babolat Pure Storm racquet.

In 2018, Sam Stosur switched racquets, becoming sponsored by Head, specifically using the Head Graphene 360+ Speed racquet.

Sam Stosur usually keeps a very low profile in her personal life as this was the first public announcement of being in a relationship and of becoming a mother.

Examples include Sam Stosur having four match points at the 2009 Medibank International Sydney, but eventually losing.

In 2014, they met in Charleston third round, where Safarova won again, but in 2015, Sam Stosur won in Sydney in three sets, but Safarova got revenge in Doha.

Sam Stosur then beat her at the 2016 French Open in three sets.