Olivia Rogowska

Olivia Rogowska

Country	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 20) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US $301,494
Singles
Career record	152–109
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 111 (As of 5 March 2012 (2012 -03-05)[update])
Current ranking	No. 120 (As of 14 May 2012 (2012 -05-14)[update])
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2009)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	77–43
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 159 (As of 24 October 2011 (2011 -10-24)[update])
Last updated on: 2 February 2012.

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2010 Delhi	Women's Doubles

Olivia Rogowska (born 7 June 1991)^[1] is an Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia.^[1] Her highest WTA singles ranking is 111, which she reached on the 5th of March 2012. Her career high in doubles is 159, which she reached on the 24th of October 2011. She has defeated Jelena Dokić, Alicia Molik, Maria Kirilenko and Sofia Arvidsson, and taken sets from former #1 Dinara Safina, Alona Bondarenko, Kateryna Bondarenko, Sorana Cirstea, Jarmila Gajdosova, Anastasia Rodionova, Sania Mirza and Casey Dellacqua.^[2]

Professional career

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2005-2008

Olivia started her professional career on the ITF circuit at age 14 losing in the first round of qualifying at a $25,000 tournament in Mount Gambier. At the age of 15 she won her first ITF main draw match at a $25,000 tournament in Melbourne. After a disappointing 2007 season with a 3 wins to 9 loss record her fortunes picked up in 2008 making her first professional career quarterfinal in a $25,000 tournament in Berri after qualifying and then her first semifinal in a $10,000 tournament in Budapest. Olivia found some good form late in 2008 playing a $25,000 tournament in Trarlagon qualifying and then making the quarterfinals. In he final tournament of the year, again it was a $25,000 tournament in Australia, Rogowska won her first professional tournament at the age of 17 in Sorrento. She won the tournament with the loss of only 1 set.

2009

She received a wild card into the 2009 Australian Open where she lost in the 1st round to the 31st seed Alona Bondarenko, 7–5, 3–6, 2–6.^[2]

She then received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open and defeated Maria Kirilenko in the first round in straight sets 6-4,6-4. In the second round she lost to Kateryna Bondarenko^[2] 4–6,7–5,7–5.

After gaining another wild card entry into the 2009 U.S. Open, Olivia almost caused a major upset in her first round match, taking world number 1 and top seed Dinara Safina to three sets. She won the first set 7–6 in a tie breaker and lead 3–0 in the final set before Rogowska's nerves set in and Safina made her comeback losing 7–6, 2–6, 4–6.

At the wild cards for the 2010 Australian Open Rogowska barely made the quarterfinal rounds by losing 2 out of 3 matches in the round robin stage, she only made it through by one game. In the Quarter and Semi finals Rogowska beat Monika Wejnert and Jessica Moore in straight sets, in the final Rogowska lead Casey Dellacqua 6–1, 5–2 and held three match points before Dellacqua came back to win 1–6, 7–6, 6–3.

2010

Rogowska played her first tournament in the 2010 Brisbane International defeating Anastasia Yakimova in the first qualifying round, before losing to Evgenia Rodina. That began an 11 match losing streak, including a 3 set loss to Sorana Cirstea at the Australian Open.

She ended her losing streak in May reaching the quarterfinals of $50,000+H Saint-Gaudens, losing to Kaia Kanepi. She continued to find moderate success in ITF challengers, while losing her first qualifying matches at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

Rogowska found form late in the year, winning the $25,000 Cairns doubles title, then the $25,000 Darwin singles title, followed by a semifinal at the $25,000 event in Alice Springs. She is now representing Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, reaching the semifinals in singles where she lost to India's Sania Mirza 1–6 6–4 6–4, meaning she was relegated to the Bronze medal playoff where she lost to compatriot Sally Peers. She also made the doubles final with Jessica Moore and will play for the gold medal. Rogowska and Moore lost the final to Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers 6–3 2–6 6–3.

Her last tournament of the year was the Australian open wildcard playoff. In the round robin stage she won her first match against Belinda Woolcock 6–3 6–3, she then defeated Azra Hadzic 6–1 6–3 and in her final round robin match she defeated her Commenwealth games doubles partner Jessica Moore 7–6 6–3. She then was drawn to face Sophie Ferguson for a place in the final and Rogowska defeated Ferguson 7–6 6–4. She came back from 1–6 1–3 down in the final against Jelena Dokic to win 1–6 7–6 6–3 to win a wildcard into the 2011 Australian open.

2011

Rogowska started her year at the qualifying draw at the 2011 Brisbane International. In the first round of qualifying she defeated world number 90 Shuai Zhang 6–0 4–6 6–1. She lost the second round to world number 139 Arantxa Rus 6–1 6–7 6–2. At the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International maindraw Rogowska lost to Tamira Pazek 6–1 6–3. In the 2011 Australian Open first round Rogowska lost to Evgeniya Rodina 6–3 6–1.

Rogowska then played the $25,000 Burnie International where she lost in the quarterfinals. Up until the end of March Rogowska played in singles and doubles at 4 $25,000 tournaments in Sydney, Mildura, Ipswich and Bunderberg. Rogowska lost early in singles in Sydney and Mildura but in Ipswich she returned to form but lost in the semifinal to Sally Peers 6–3 7–6. Then in Bundaberg Rogowska defeated Sandra Zaniewska, Olga Puchkova, Sacha Jones and Wen-Hsin Wsu before losing the final to Casey Dellacqua 6–2 6–3. Rogowska played with Casey Dellacqua in doubles in all four events and they went on a 16 match winning streak to win those events.

At the 2011 French Open Rogowska lost in the first round of qualifying to world number 163 Regina Kulikova 7–5 6–3. Shen then played a 25,000 event in Grado and made the semifinal defeating Karolina Pliskova 6–4 6–0, Yulia Putintseva 7–5 6–2 and won when Lenka Jurikova 4–1 (n retired) but lost to world number 182 Ajla Tomljanovic 6–0 4–6 6–3. In early July Rogowska played in her first WTA match since the Australian open where she qualified for the 2011 Swedish Open in Båstad where she played world number 21 and second seed Flavia Pennetta and lost 6–2 7–5.

She next played in a $100,000 tournament to warm up for the US Open. She qualified and made the second round. Rogowska lost in the 1st round of qualifying at the 2011 US Open to world number 211 Petra Rampre 7–6 7–5. Rogowska then played 8 $25,000 tournaments to ennd her year on the WTA circuit. She won her first singles tournament of the year in Alice Springs after defeating Abbie Myers, Alison Bai, Tammi Patterson, Akiko Omae and Isabella Holland. Next in Darwin she lost in the semifinals to Casey Dellacqua 6–4 7–6. Rogowska again lost to Dellacqua the next week in Esperance but this time in the final 6–2 6–1. Rogowska's good form continued with a quarterfinal in Kalgoorlie and then winning her second tournament of the year in Port Pirie beating world number 127 Erika Sema 6–3 6–0 in the semi final and compatriot Bojana Bobusic 6–3 6–2 in the final. She then made two consecutive semifinals to end her year on the pro tour, losing to Sacha Jones 7–5 6–2 in Traralgon and Isabella Holland 6–4 6–4 in Bendigo.

Her final tournament of the year was the Australian Open wildcard playoff where she won her pool matches against Azra Hadzic 6–3 6–2, Daniella Jeflea 6–3 7–5 and Belinda Woolcock 6–0 6–4. In her semifinal she defeated Bojana Bobusic 6–4 7–5. She played 15 year old Ashleigh Barty in the final and things looked good for Rogowska as she led 5–2 in the first set, but Barty came back and took the match 7–6 6–2. Rogowska improved her WTA ranking in 2011 from 259 to 167.

2012

She started her year at the 2012 Brisbane International after receiving a main draw wildcard. She played world number 44 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and put up a great fight before going down 6–2 4–6 6–4. She then played the 2012 Moorilla Hobart International qualifying after receiving a wildcard. Rogowska recorded a great win beating world number 69 Alberta Brianti 6–1 6–1 but lost to Heather Watson. After receiving a Wild Card entry into the 2012 Australian Open, Rogowska won her first grand slam main draw match since the 2009 French Open, defeating Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson in straight sets, 6–3 6–1. In the second round Rogowska lost to world number 5 and 2011 finalist Na Li 6–2 6–2.

Rogowska then competed in three $25,000 events in Burnie, Launceston and Sydney. At the Burnie International she was the second seed. She defeated qualifiers Lesly Kerkhove, Su Jeong Jang and Shuko Aoyama in the first round, second round and quarterfinal. In the semifinal she defeated compatriot Bojana Bobusic 6–2 6–4 and in the final she defeated Russian world number 1 juinor Irina Khromacheva 6–3 6–3 to win her 6th ITF title. She looked to continue her good form in Launceston but it looked like it was over in the first round before Rogowska made a big comeback to win 1–6 7–5 7–6 over Sandra Zaniewska. She than beat Arina Rodionova but lost the quarterfinal to Yulia Putintseva. In Sydney Rogowska made the final by beating Akiko Omae 6–2 6–0, Monique Adamczak by walkover, Saisai Zheng 6–4 6–1 and qualifier Richel Hogenkamp 3–6 6–0 6–2. In the final she lost to Ashleigh Barty 6–1 6–3.

Olivia then played in the main draw of the BMW Malaysian Open, where she played Elitsa Kotsova in the first round and won 6–4 6–0 which was her third WTA main draw win. She continued her good form into the second round upsetting defending champion Jelena Dokic 3–6 6–4 7–6, making the quarterfinals which is her best WTA event to date. In the quarterfinals she was lost to Eleni Daniilidou 6-2 3-6 6-2 although Rogowska won the second set after a rain delay. Rogowska then had first round losses at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open qualifying to Varvara Lepchenko 6-1 6-3 and then in the main draw of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open to Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-4 6-1.

Olivia played Fed Cup for the first time taking on Germany in Germany in the World Group Playoffs. The team also included Samantha Stosur, Jarmila Gajdošová and Casey Dellacqua. Rogowska played in the second of the reverse singles but although pushing world number 14 Angelique Kerber she eventually lost 6-3 6-3. She then had a few disappointing results in ITF tournaments in the USA on red clay. Olivia played her final French open warm up tournament at the premier level tournament the 2012 Brussels Open. Olivia has to qualify first and won her first round of qualifying against Maryna Zanevska 6-4 2-6 7-5.

Career statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1 December 2008	Sorrento, Australia	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	27 April 2009	Bundaberg, Australia	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	5–7, 0–6
Winner	3.	16 November 2009	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Runner–up	4.	23 November 2009	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–7(6), 3–6
Winner	5.	13 September 2010	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Naomi Cavaday	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	10 April 2011	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	2–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	11 September 2011	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Isabella Holland	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	9 October 2011	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	2–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	30 October 2011	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Bojana Bobusic	6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	4 February 2012	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	19 February 2012	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit doubles finals (11–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 May 2009	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Maki Arai	Tyra Calderwood Shannon Golds	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	2.	14 September 2009	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Tyra Calderwood	Nicole Kriz Alicia Molik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	5 October 2009	Mount Gambier, Australia	Clay	Emily Webley-Smith	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	4.	16 November 2009	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Shannon Golds	Isabella Holland Sally Peers	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	31 May 2010	Tiro A Volo, Italy	Clay	Christina McHale	Iryna Kuryanovich Arantxa Rus	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	6 September 2010	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Tyra Calderwood Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–3, 7–6(3)
Runner–up	7.	4 February 2011	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Sally Peers	Natsumi Hamamura Erika Takao	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	8.	25 February 2011	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Casey Dellacqua	Rika Fujiwara Kumiko Iijima	4–6, 7–6(6), [10–4]
Winner	9.	4 March 2011	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Rika Fujiwara Kumiko Iijima	3–6, 7–6(3), [10–4]
Winner	10.	1 April 2011	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Miki Miyamura Mari Tanaka	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	8 April 2011	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Daniella Jeflea Sandra Zaniewska	7–5, 6–4
Winner	12.	7 October 2011	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–2
Winner	13.	14 October 2011	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Yi-Fan Xu Kai-Lin Zhang	6–1, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timeline

References

External links

• Olivia Rogowska at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olivia Rogowska at the International Tennis Federation
• Olivia Rogowska at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Olivia Rogowska pictures
• Article on The Age

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Australian female singles tennis players, as of April 2, 2012. Samantha Stosur (5 ) Jarmila Gajdošová (52 7) Anastasia Rodionova (98 1) Casey Dellacqua (103 2) Olivia Rogowska (117 2) Jelena Dokić (126 7) Isabella Holland (201 2) Sacha Jones (217 3) Johanna Konta (228 2) Bojana Bobusic (230 3)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Australian female doubles tennis players, as of April 2, 2012. Anastasia Rodionova (20 ) Samantha Stosur (33 4) Jarmila Gajdosova (37 2) Casey Dellacqua (48 1) Rennae Stubbs (109 1) Daniella Jeflea (150 1) Sally Peers (157 1) Olivia Rogowska (184 2) Tyra Calderwood (207 2) Stephanie Bengson (214 4)