Timea Bacsinszky is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
46 Facts About Timea Bacsinszky
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Timea Bacsinszky received the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award for her massive singles rise that year.
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Timea Bacsinszky reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2017.
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Timea Bacsinszky reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2015, and of the French Open in 2016.
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Timea Bacsinszky announced on 16 July 2021 that she had retired from the sport.
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Timea Bacsinszky won the silver medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, partnering Hingis.
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Timea Bacsinszky has stated that she resented him for this and remains estranged from him after her parents divorced, though she still developed a passion for competitive tennis.
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Timea Bacsinszky's mother, Suzanne, is a dentist from Debrecen, Hungary.
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Timea Bacsinszky has one brother, Daniel, a music teacher and member of The Evpatoria Report, and two sisters, Sophie and Melinda.
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Timea Bacsinszky spent part of her childhood in Satu Mare, visiting friends and family.
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Timea Bacsinszky's singles ranking climbed in 2008, and she finished in the top 60 three straight years.
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Timea Bacsinszky won her first WTA singles title at the 2009 Luxembourg Open, then won her first three doubles titles the following year.
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Timea Bacsinszky suffered a serious foot injury in the spring of 2011, requiring surgery and a long recovery.
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Timea Bacsinszky played a number of ITF Women's Circuit events.
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Timea Bacsinszky ended up working in restaurants and bars while preparing to attend hotel management school.
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In May 2013, Timea Bacsinszky received an email, stating she was eligible to compete in that month's French Open qualifier.
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Timea Bacsinszky began the year in Shenzhen, upsetting No 4 Petra Kvitova in the semifinal before losing to No 3, Simona Halep, in her first WTA final in five years.
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Timea Bacsinszky then reached the third round of the Australian Open followed by back-to-back titles in Mexico at Acapulco and Monterrey, beating Caroline Garcia in both finals.
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Timea Bacsinszky continued this good form at the Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, defeating No 8 Ekaterina Makarova en route to the quarterfinals where she lost to No 1, Serena Williams, thereby ending her win streak at a career-best 15 matches.
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Timea Bacsinszky made it all the way to the semifinals and a rematch with No 1 Williams; Bacsinszky led by a set and a break but lost the last ten games.
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Timea Bacsinszky's run to the final put her in the top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost out on her run to the WTA Finals because the last tournament she played held its final on Saturday and the points could not count for the race.
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Timea Bacsinszky withdrew from the WTA Elite Trophy due to a left knee injury that had already forced her retirement in her first round match in Luxembourg.
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At the Fed Cup, Timea Bacsinszky lost both of her matches in Switzerland's tie against Germany, but these losses did not do any harm to Switzerland who beat Germany in the doubles.
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At the Qatar Open, Timea Bacsinszky defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yulia Putintseva before losing to eventual champion Carla Suarez Navarro.
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However, Timea Bacsinszky was not able to defend her back-to-back title in Acapulco and Monterrey from 2015 as they were set in the same dates as the aforementioned tournaments.
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Timea Bacsinszky then made a surprising semifinal run at Miami Open, beating Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep, two top-5 players, back-to-back.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets in the semifinal.
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At the clay-court season, Timea Bacsinszky won her fourth WTA title in Rabat, losing only one set in the tournament, and re-entered the top 10.
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Timea Bacsinszky made the quarterfinals at Rome and reached her highest career ranking at No 9.
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Similar to last year, Timea Bacsinszky turned the match around with a comeback win by winning six games in a row in the last set.
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Timea Bacsinszky then reached the semifinals of the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, losing to Kiki Bertens.
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Timea Bacsinszky withdrew from the Shenzhen Open and the Sydney International due to injury.
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Timea Bacsinszky had to withdraw from the Miami Open, where she was a semifinalist from the previous year.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost in the semifinals against eventual champion Jelena Ostapenko.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost in the first round to qualifier Elena Rybakina.
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Timea Bacsinszky was defeated in the first round by Wang Qiang.
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Timea Bacsinszky kicked off her 2019 season at the Shenzhen Open.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost in the first round to fifth seed Maria Sharapova.
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Timea Bacsinszky lost in the third round to 18th seed Garbine Muguruza.
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At the St Petersburg Trophy, Timea Bacsinszky was defeated in the first round by eighth seed and eventual finalist, Donna Vekic.
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At the Korea Open, Timea Bacsinszky suffered a double bagel loss in the first round to American wildcard Kristie Ahn.
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Timea Bacsinszky did not play any matches throughout the entirety of 2020, and did not compete in 2021; as such, by July 2021, her ranking had dropped as far as No 517 in the world.
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On 16 July 2021, Timea Bacsinszky announced that she had decided to "turn the page", and that she has retired from the sport with immediate effect.
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Timea Bacsinszky used Babolat racquets throughout her career, endorsing the Pure Storm and, later, the Pure Strike range of racquets.
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Timea Bacsinszky was an ambassador for Japanese car manufacturer Honda.