Abigail Spears

Abigail Spears
	Spears at the 2009 U.S. Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Born	12 July 1981 (age 43); San Diego, California, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	October 2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,240,450
Singles
Career record	283–245
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (June 6, 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	370–276
Career titles	12 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (June 24, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 11 (June 24, 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	3R (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2012)
US Open	QF (2008)
	Last updated on: November 12, 2012.

Abigail Michal Spears (born July 12, 1981, in San Diego, California)^[1] is a professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

2000–2011

Spears turned professional in 2000.^[2] Spears reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open,^[3] and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 US Open.^[4]^[5] She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open doubles tournament and then the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2012.

Spears also qualified for the U.S. Open twice.^[6] Spears achieved a singles ranking of world no. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world no. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but she has won 12 WTA doubles titles.^[2] She has participated in the U.S. Open doubles draw 11 times between 1998 and 2010.^[6]

Spears resides in Colorado and plays right-handed.^[2]^[7]

2012

Spears and compatriot Raquel Kops-Jones were one of the most successful doubles team of the 2012 season, winning four titles at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals, and also the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
	2013	US Open	Hard	Santiago González	Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Doha	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3-6, 1-6
Winner	2012	Tokyo	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6-1, 6-4

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runners-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0-0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	7 November 2004	Bell Challenge, Québec City, Canada	Hard	Martina Suchá	5–7, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0-0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–1)
Tier II / Premier (3–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (8–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	5 January 2003	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 August 2004	Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	19 February 2005	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki	3–6, 4-6
Winner	3.	24 July 2005	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	10 May 2009	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Raquel Kops-Jones	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2009	AEGON Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Raquel Kops-Jones	Cara Black Liezel Huber	1–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	27 September 2009	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	18 October 2009	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	7 August 2011	Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	0–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	18 September 2011	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	5.	7 January 2012	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–7^(2-7), 6–7^(2-7)
Runner-up	6.	19 February 2012	Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	23 July 2012	Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Vania King Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	23 September 2012	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	9.	29 September 2012	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	14 October 2012	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson	6-1, 6-4
Winner	11.	29 July 2013	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Julia Görges Darija Jurak	6–2, 7–6^(7-4)
Winner	12.	5 August 2013	Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová	6–4, 6–1

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open		3R	0 / 1	2–1
French Open		1R	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon		1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Win-Loss	0–1	2–4	0 / 5	2–5

Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 10	5–10
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 8	4–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	QF	3R	0 / 11	10–11
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	0 / 15	8–15
Win-Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–3	0–3	0–1	5–2	1–4	0–4	3–4	6–4	4–4	0 / 44	27–44

References

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