31 Facts About Shelby Rogers

Shelby Nicole Rogers was born on October 13,1992 and is an American former professional tennis player.

Shelby Rogers had career-high WTA rankings of No 30 in singles and No 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Shelby Rogers is undefeated against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, with wins at the 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open, the latter in which she saved four match points.

From Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Shelby Rogers followed her sister, Sabra, into tennis at the age of six.

Shelby Rogers was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of 11.

Home-schooled during high school, Shelby Rogers was able to focus on her tennis and quickly started receiving scholarship offers from the top schools in the US.

Shelby Rogers made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $10k event in St Joseph in July 2009.

Shelby Rogers lost to Peng Shuai in the first round in three sets.

Shelby Rogers then earned another Grand Slam main-draw wildcard at the 2013 French Open, after winning the "Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge".

Shelby Rogers then lost in the following round to the world No 20, Carla Suarez Navarro.

Shelby Rogers became the first American other than Serena Williams to reach the quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 2006.

Shelby Rogers then participated at the Hobart International, where she reached the quarterfinals.

Shelby Rogers started her clay-court season with a quarterfinal at the Premier-level Charleston Open, where she defeated compatriot and world No 11, Madison Keys.

Shelby Rogers followed this up with a third round showing at the French Open.

Shelby Rogers was out of play for the rest of the season.

Shelby Rogers returned to action at the Charleston Open in April 2019 and won her first match, defeating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.

Shelby Rogers enjoyed a successful campaign on American hardcourts in the summer of 2020.

Shelby Rogers made the semifinals at the Lexington Open, after upsetting Serena Williams in the previous round.

Shelby Rogers reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, her best showing at this major, where she was defeated by world No 1 and top seed, Ash Barty.

Shelby Rogers raised to a career-high of 46, after reaching the round of 16 of the Charleston Open where she lost again to Ash Barty.

At Wimbledon, Shelby Rogers reached the third round for a second time, defeating 15th seed Maria Sakkari.

At the US Open, Shelby Rogers reached the round of 16 by defeating the top seed, Ash Barty.

Shelby Rogers hired Piotr Sierzputowski, Iga Swiatek's former coach, around this time.

Shelby Rogers did not lose a set in the three matches, while only dropping 18 games.

Shelby Rogers ended up reaching the third final and first at a WTA 500 event in her career, defeating Veronika Kudermetova, in straight sets.

Shelby Rogers lost to seventh seed Daria Kasatkina in the final.

Shelby Rogers started the 2023 season at the two Adelaide Internationals.

Shelby Rogers entered the main draw at the Miami Open using protected ranking, and won her first match after being back over wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

On 23 August 2024, Shelby Rogers announced her impending retirement from professional tour, with the US Open as her final tournament.

Shelby Rogers lost in the first round to sixth seed Jessica Pegula.

The tournaments won by Shelby Rogers are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Shelby Rogers are in italics.