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Fiona Ferro

Fiona Ferro (born 12 March 1997) is a French-Belgian professional tennis player.

Fiona Ferro
Country (sports) France
ResidenceValbonne, France
Born (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)
Libramont, Belgium
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPierre Bouteyre (2010-Jun 2016)
Georges Goven (Feb 2017-Sep 2017)
Stéphane Huet (Sep 2017-Oct 2019)
Emmanuel Planque (Dec 2019-Nov 2021)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,460,464
Singles
Career record301–245
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 39 (8 March 2021)
Current rankingNo. 156 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open4R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2021)
US Open3R (2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record30–59
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (17 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 311 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2020, 2021)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2018, 2024)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–2
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  France
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Singles
Last updated on: 19 June 2024.

Ferro has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and six singles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 39 in singles, attained on 8 March 2021, and No. 257 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021.

Personal life

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Ferro was born in Libramont, Belgium, to a Belgian mother, Catherine, and a French-Italian father, Fabrizio. Ferro's parents owned a restaurant in Belgium when she was born. The Ferros moved to southern France when Fiona was one year old. As of 2018, Fiona's parents were the owners of two hotels in Valbonne, France. Fiona has two older brothers, Gianni and Paolo, and one younger brother, Flavio. Fiona started playing tennis when she was seven in her hometown of Valbonne.[1][2]

In 2022, Ferro pressed charges against former coach Pierre Bouteyre for alleged rape and sexual assault that took place when she was aged between 15 and 18 years old.[3][needs update]

She is sponsored by Lacoste, Yonex and WellJob.

Career

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Junior

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Ferro at the 2013 US Open in junior edition.

Ferro was the national girls' champion of France in the 12-13 year-old, 15-16 year-old and 17-18 year-old categories.[4] She had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 27, attained on 3 June 2013.[5]

2012–2016

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Ferro made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in late January 2012 in Grenoble, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played (only in the singles events of) eight tournaments on the 2012 ITF Circuit.[6]

She played (only in the singles events of) eleven tournaments on the 2013 ITF Circuit. Her 2013 year-end WTA singles ranking was 557, compared to world No. 1062 on 11 February 2013.[6]

Ferro made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg; as a wildcard, she lost in the first qualifying round to Yuliya Beygelzimer.[6]

She made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2014 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, where she lost in the first round to the No. 16 seed Sabine Lisicki.[6]

In June 2016, Ferro ended her player-coach collaboration with Pierre Bouteyre. He had been her coach since 2010.[7]

Ferro then made her WTA 125 singles debut at the Open de Limoges, after receiving a wildcard for the main draw wherein she lost in the first round to the unseeded Ivana Jorović.[6]

2017

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At the end of February, Ferro played her year-first and just her third career WTA Tour singles main-draw match at the Mexican Open, after defeating two higher-ranked players (Samantha Crawford and Tatjana Maria) in qualifying matches, losing in the first round to the No. 5 seed Christina McHale. In April, Ferro played her second and third Tour singles main-draw matches of 2017 in Bogotá and Istanbul, respectively, after winning two qualifying matches in each tournament; she lost in the first round to seeded players (to Johanna Larsson in Bogotá and Sorana Cîrstea in Istanbul) in both tournaments.[6][8]

At the end of 2017, Ferro packed up and moved to Paris to train at the Centre National d'Entraînement (CNE) to take advantage of the very good facilities there. Her tennis coach was Stéphane Huet and she also had a fitness coach and a mental coach that she shared with other players training at the CNE.[2]

2018

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On 11 February, Ferro won her first ITF singles title in Grenoble.[6] She had to win three qualifying matches to reach the singles main-draw of a WTA Tour event for the first time in 2018, at the International tournament in Rabat, losing in the first round to another qualifier, Paula Badosa Gibert. Ferro also played in Strasbourg, where she had entered the singles main draw as a wildcard, losing in the first round to the sixth seed Tímea Babos.[8]

Ferro received a singles main-draw wildcard for the French Open, just like she did in 2014, 2015 and 2017. She won the first Grand Slam singles main-draw match of her career and also picked up her first career win over a player ranked in the top 100 at the French Open when she defeated world No. 61, Carina Witthöft, in the first round. She lost to the No. 3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round.[8][9]

On 22 October 2018, Ferro attained a career-high of world No. 100 in the WTA singles rankings and became the 43rd Frenchwoman to break inside the top 100 of those rankings.[2]

2019: First WTA Tour title

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Ferro at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

In early February, Ferro was selected for the first time in the France Fed Cup team, for the Fed Cup World Group quarterfinal against Belgium. She played only the doubles match (partnering Pauline Parmentier), which was a dead rubber, of that tie which France won 3–1. She and Parmentier lost their match against Ysaline Bonaventure and Kirsten Flipkens in three sets.[10]

In July, Ferro won her first Tour singles title in Lausanne, beating defending champion Alizé Cornet in the final.[11][12]

On 18 December 2019, Ferro announced on her Instagram account that Emmanuel Planque would henceforth be her new coach. Her two-year player-coach collaboration with Stéphane Huet had ended at the end of October 2019.[13]

2020: Second career title, top 50 debut

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On 9 August, Ferro won her second WTA Tour title, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open.[14] This was the first tournament since the tour had shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.[15]

Ferro reached the fourth round of the French Open, her best showing at a Grand Slam tournament in her career thus far, where she was defeated by fourth-seeded and eventual runner-up, Sofia Kenin.[citation needed]

Ferro finished the year in the top 50, at No. 42, for the first time in her career.[citation needed]

2021: Australian Open third round, top 40

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Ferro at Roland Garros, 2021

Ferro reached the third round of the Australian Open, her best showing at this Grand Slam event in her career so far, where she was defeated by 15th seed Iga Świątek. She reached a career-high of No. 39 on 8 March 2021. After that, her season was plagued by injuries, including one in April that forced her to retire from her quarterfinal in Istanbul, and then one (foot) before Roland Garros. She still managed to deliver, despite the loss, a great fight against Jennifer Brady (13th at the time) in the second round though (5–7 in the third set). After a winningless grass-court season, Ferro came back on clay and reached the quarterfinals in Lausanne, beaten by Clara Burel. Beaten in the second round of the Olympic Games in Tokyo by Sara Sorribes Tormo, Ferro came close to upset Iga Świątek in the second round of the US Open: she was up 6–3, 2–0 but lost 6–3, 6–7, 0–6.

Ferro then reached the semifinals of the ITF tournament of Santa Fe in California, where she retired in the third set against Elvina Kalieva (at 6–4, 4–6, 0–3). During her last two events of the year, she lost against the Canadian Françoise Abanda in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and then against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round in Linz, both times in three sets.

2022-2024: Out of top 400, ninth French Open, back to top 200

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Ranked No. 462, Ferro qualified for the main draw of the 2023 French Open, having received a wildcard for the qualifying tournament. She lost in the first round to Rebecca Peterson.[16]

She qualified for the 2024 Australian Open, making her fifth appearance in Melbourne, but went out in the first round to McCartney Kessler.[17]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[18]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 China Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A A A 1R 2R 3R 1R A 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open 1R 1R Q3 1R 2R 1R 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R NH 1R Q3 A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q1 A A A Q2 3R A 2R Q1 1R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–2 4–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 0 / 20 11–20 35%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A A A W RR[b] A 1 / 2 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A Q1 NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A Q1 NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A NH 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 1 0 4 8 18 5 19 4 4 Career total: 64
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total:2
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 5–8 16–17 11–4 14–20 1–4 0–4 1 / 64 47–63 43%
Win % 0% 0%  –  0% 38% 48% 73% 41% 20% 0% Career total: 43%
Year-end ranking[d] 367 261 235 325 102 63 42 103 417 161 $2,265,274

Doubles

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 1R 1R 1R 3R A A A 1R 0 / 5 2–5 33%
Wimbledon A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 1R A 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0 / 9 3–9 27%

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland International Clay   Alizé Cornet 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 2020 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay   Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–5

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 Barranquilla Open, Colombia Hard   Tatjana Maria 1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Andreea Mitu 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2015 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany 25,000 Clay   Tena Lukas 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2016 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay   Tamara Korpatsch 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Varvara Gracheva 4–6, 6–7(1)
Win 1–4 Feb 2018 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Eléonora Molinaro 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(3)
Loss 1–5 Feb 2018 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Tamara Zidanšek 5–7, 4–6
Win 2–5 Jun 2018 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay   Liudmila Samsonova 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–5 Jun 2018 Open de Montpellier, France 25,000 Clay   Catalina Pella 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–5 Jul 2018 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic 80,000 H Clay   Karolína Muchová 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–5 Feb 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Cristiana Ferrando 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Apr 2023 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay   Mirra Andreeva 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Jun 2023 Open de Biarritz, France 60,000 Clay   İpek Öz 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
$80,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2023 ITF Le Neubourg, France 80,000 Hard   Alina Korneeva   Maryna Kolb
  Nadiya Kolb 		7–6(7), 7–5

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2013: WTA ranking–557.

References

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  1. ^ "Fiona Ferro : révolution, Belgique et resto... 3 choses à savoir sur la jeune Française". Le Parisien. 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The 100 Club: How Fiona Ferro embraced change to make her breakthrough". WTA official website. 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Tennis: Fiona Ferro porte plainte contre son ex entraîneur pour viols et agressions sexuelles".
  4. ^ "Roland-Garros : Fiona Ferro, une première au plus haut niveau". L'Équipe. 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "ITF juniors profile of Fiona Ferro". ITF.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "ITF pro circuit profile of Fiona Ferro". ITF.
  7. ^ "Fiona Ferro, la belle ascension". Sport's House. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Fiona Ferro's matches". WTA Tour official website.
  9. ^ "Muguruza fells Ferro to reach French Open third round". WTA Tour official website. 31 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Fed Cup - Fiona Ferro, en Bleu : "Un rêve qui devient réalité"". TennisActu. 9 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Ferro beats Cornet to win Lausanne Open". 7News. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. ^ "'It was very difficult to stay calm' - Ferro fires up in all-French Lausanne final to win first title over Cornet". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Emmanuel Planque nouvel entraîneur de Fiona Ferro". L'Équipe. 18 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Ferro conquers Kontaveit for Palermo crown". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Ferro's win Palermo Caps Tennis Perfect Comeback". tennis.com.
  16. ^ "Roland-Garros: Peterson into second round, serves qualifier Ferro a bagel". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Australian Open: Ferro goes down to Kessler in first round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Fiona Ferro [FRA] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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