18 Facts About Victoria Duval

Victoria Duval was born on 30 November 1995 and is an inactive American tennis player.

Victoria Duval was born in Miami and spent some of her childhood in Haiti, including time training at the JOTAC Tennis Academy in Port-au-Prince.

Victoria Duval's mother gave up her neonatal practice and moved Victoria Duval and her two brothers to south Florida.

Victoria Duval's father stayed behind to continue the gynecology and obstetrics practice he had helped build in Port-au-Prince.

Victoria Duval's legs were broken, his left arm was crushed, he had seven fractured ribs puncturing his lungs, and an infection spreading throughout his body.

Victoria Duval survived an emergency operation in his own backyard.

In 2012, Victoria Duval played in the Under-18 USTA National Championships as the 17th seed.

In that tournament, Victoria Duval knocked out 2012 Wimbledon junior champion Eugenie Bouchard, before falling to Anett Kontaveit.

Victoria Duval kicked off her 2012 season in May by reaching her first professional final at the $10k tournament in Sumter, South Carolina at the age of 16, where she was defeated by compatriot Louisa Chirico.

Victoria Duval lost to three-time champion Kim Clijsters in the first round.

Victoria Duval returned to playing professional matches at an $25k tournament in August 2015.

Victoria Duval could have entered the tournament with her protected ranking from the previous year, but elected not to do so after being unsure if she would be ready to play at the time of the entry cutoff five weeks before the start of the event.

At the start of the 2016 season, Victoria Duval replaced an injured Serena Williams at the 2016 Hopman Cup.

Victoria Duval made a brief return for the grass-court season in the middle of the year, but ended up sitting out another ten months afterwards to return to full health.

Victoria Duval had immediate success in her first tournament back, reaching the semifinals at the $80k event in Indian Harbour Beach.

Victoria Duval again entered the qualifying tournament for the US Open, but had to retire in the final round against good friend and fellow cancer survivor Allie Kiick.

Victoria Duval subsequently lost in the second round and would return to the United States to undergo treatment.

Victoria Duval completed her chemotherapy and announced in September 2014 that she is cancer free.