Casey Dellacqua

Casey Dellacqua ( born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator.

From 2003 to 2007 Dellacqua won eleven singles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, most of them at $25k-level, spread out across Australia.

She also won the $50k Bronx Open in August 2007.

At the 2007 US Open, she won her first Grand Slam main-draw match against Yaroslava Shvedova, before losing to defending champion Maria Sharapova in the second round.

She finished the 2007 season ranked No. 78 in singles and 123 in doubles.

She reached the finals of all four major events in women's doubles, appearing in seven finals from 2008 to 2017, however failed to win a title.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dellacqua represented Australia in the singles event along with Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur.

Dellacqua had an easy first-round match against Gisela Dulko.

She has won seven WTA Tour doubles titles, 23 ITF doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed-doubles title, at the 2011 French Open.

Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham Classic, a quarterfinal finish at the 2014 Indian Wells Open and fourth round appearances at the 2008 Australian Open, the 2014 Australian Open and the 2014 US Open; she also won 22 ITF singles titles.

Dellacqua's career highlights, however, have all come in doubles.

For the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, Dellacqua faced the 12th-seeded Patty Schnyder, who Dellacqua had already beaten earlier this year in the second round of the Australian Open.

Although she lost the first set to her again, Dellacqua had a convincing win against Schnyder.

In her second round match against French player Pauline Parmentier, Dellacqua won a tight three set match.

She faced Nicole Vaidišová in the third round but lost in straight sets.

In the women's doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with Nathalie Dechy of France who she already partnered with at the Eastbourne Open.

They started by defeating British wildcards Anna Fitzpatrick and Anna Elizabeth Hawkins in the first round.

They had an easy second-round match easily beating Tatiana Perebiynis and Alicja Rosolska.

They won their third round match over American qualifiers Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears and won a tight quarterfinal match against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.

Their Wimbledon run ended when they lost to Venus and Serena Williams in two sets.

In the mixed doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with American Scott Lipsky.

Dellacqua and Lipsky won their first round match against Marta Domachowska and Fernando Verdasco.

In the second round, they upset seventh-seeds Mark Knowles and Yan Zi.

They eventually lost to ninth-seeded Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy.

In the second round, she lost to 12th-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.

In the doubles event, Dellacqua partnered with fellow Australian Molik.

In their first round match, they lost to the Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone in straight sets.

Dellacqua had a bad start at the US Open after losing both of her first-round matches in singles and women's doubles.

In the singles, she was beaten by French qualifier Julie Coin in two tiebreaks.

Dellacqua achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 26 in September 2014, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in February 2016.

Dellacqua lived in Woodvale, Western Australia.

She attended Woodvale Primary School from kindergarten to year seven and then Woodvale Senior High School, before moving to Canberra to train with the Australian Institute of Sport at the age of 16.

Throughout her early life she was an active member of local tennis clubs and teams.

Dellacqua and her partner Amanda Judd have three children.

She won her biggest women's doubles title at the Premier Mandatory 2015 Madrid Open, partnered with Yaroslava Shvedova.

Dellacqua began the year by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and upset 15th-seeded Patty Schnyder, and former champion and world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo, but eventually lost to third seed Jelena Janković.

The performance meant she surpassed Alicia Molik to become the highest ranked Australian female tennis player.

The French Open again showed Dellacqua's improved ability as she defeated the ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli and Nathalie Dechy in the first two rounds but she was knocked out in straights sets by Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round.

The doubles proved to be a highlight for Dellacqua as she teamed with Francesca Schiavone to reach the final despite being unseeded.

The pair lost in three sets to Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in a match that lasted two-and-a-half hours.