Sofia Anna Kenin, nicknamed Sonya, is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women’s Tennis Association ranking of No. 4 in the world. She is the reigning champion at the Australian Open and was also the runner-up at the 2020 French Open. Her best result at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2019 French Open, where she defeated Serena Williams.
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Sofia Anna Kenin, nicknamed Sonya, is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women’s Tennis Association ranking of No. 4 in the world. Kenin is the reigning champion at the Australian Open and was also the runner-up at the 2020 French Open. She was named the WTA Player of the Year in 2020 and has won five WTA singles titles in total. Her best result at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2019 French Open, where she defeated Serena Williams and made it to the fourth round. She represented the United States at the Junior Fed Cup alongside CiCi Bellis and Alicia Black in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Her parents moved from the Soviet Union to New York City in 1987, and she was born in Broward County, Florida. She began playing tennis at the age of five, drawing inspiration from her father who had played recreationally. Her primary coach has always been her father, Rick Macci, and has also worked with Nick Bollettieri. Her breakthrough came towards the end of the year of 2014, when she won the Orange Bowl and Orange Bowl doubles. She made her junior Grand Slam debut in 2014, but only recorded one match win in singles while playing in the latter three events. She later was ranked No. 1 in the USTA national rankings for each of the 12, 14, 16, and 18-and-under divisions. In 2018, she made her debut in the top 100 of the Wta rankings in 2018 as a teenager, and finished the year ranked inside the top 15.
She won the 2019 China Open at the Premier Mandatory level with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. She also won two WTA doubles titles, including the 2019China Open at Premier Mandatorylevel with Bethie Mattek Sands, and reached her first Grade A Grade 1 level final in Grade A in the Grade A grade in 2013, reaching her Grade A level debut at Grade A. In 2014, she went undefeated in her five matches, all in doubles, sweeping the final 3–0 in the final of the Slovakian Open. In 2015, she reached No. 2 in the ITF junior rankings. In 2016, she became the first U.S. woman to reach a career high ranking in the junior rankings, reaching No. 3. In 2017, she won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open, reaching the semifinals in singles and the final in doubles. In the same year, she also won the USGA Girls 18s National Championship during that summer. She is the top-ranked American in women’s singles, and is the No. 5 player in the U.N. Women’s Open women’s doubles rankings. Her father has coached her since she was five years old. Her mother had worked as a nurse in the Soviet Soviet Union, and her parents had only USD 286 when they first moved to the US in 1987. She had the opportunity to interact with ATP and WTA professional tennis players as a young child, including hitting with Venus Williams and Todd Martin as part of an exhibition event.
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