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Vania King (金久慈)

King at the 2011 U.S. Open
Country (sports)	USA
Residence	Long Beach, California, US
Born	(1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 35) Monterey Park, California, US
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	July 5, 2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $2,476,630
Singles
Career record	160–157
Career titles	1 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 6, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 59 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2009)
US Open	3R (2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	200–119
Career titles	14 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (June 6, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 6 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	SF (2011)
Wimbledon	W (2010)
US Open	W (2010)
Tour Finals	SF (2010, 2011)
Mixed doubles
Career record	11-16
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2011)
French Open	F (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	QF (2006)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Vania King (traditional Chinese: 金久慈, simplified Chinese: 金久慈, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīn Jiǔcí) (born February 3, 1989 in Monterey Park, California, US) is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova.

Personal life

King's parents moved to the United States from Taiwan in 1982. She is the youngest of four children. Her brother Phillip was a four-time All-American at Duke University and two-time US junior champion.

Tennis career

In 2006 King won her only WTA singles title at the PTT Bangkok Open, a Tier III tournament with $200,000 in total prize money. She defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final. On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking of 50th overall.

In 2009, she reached the Mixed Doubles final at the French Open, alongside Brazilian player Marcelo Melo, losing to number 1 seeds Liezel Huber/Bob Bryan.

King lost in the second round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships to No. 15 Flavia Pennetta. She played in the ladies doubles with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Venus and Serena Williams.

At the 2009 U.S. Open King was granted a wild card and had her best Grand Slam performance to date. She was defeated in the third round by World No. 22 Daniela Hantuchová 6–2, 6–2.

2010

King began the year ranked 80th in the world at the Brisbane International. She reached the second round of the singles tournament losing to Andrea Petkovic 4–6 6–2 6–1. In doubles, she partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld and lost in the first round to Bacsinszky/Garbin. King/Grönefeld fared better at the Medibank International in Sydney, where they were seeded 4th. They lost in the semifinals to Garbin/Petrova 6–3 7–5. In the singles tournament, King failed to qualify, losing in the first round of the qualifying tournament to top seed Ágnes Szávay, who went on to defeat Jelena Janković in the first round of the tournament.

At the 2010 Australian Open, King lost in the second round to Roberta Vinci 7–6(7) 7–5. In doubles, she partnered with Grönefeld again and entered the tournament seeded 14th. They lost in the second round to Kuznetsova/Azarenka 6–3 4–6 6–3.

King's next major tournament was the Memphis international in mid-February. She entered the singles tournament seeded seventh and lost in the second round to Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 3–6 6–4 6–2. In the doubles tournament, she and partner Michaëlla Krajicek were seeded third and won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy in the final 7–5 6–2.

King then traveled to the Monterrey Open. In doubles, she reunited with Groenefeld and reached the finals of the doubles tournament as the 1st seed, falling 3–6 6–4 10–8 to 2nd-seeded Benešová/Záhlavová. In singles she lost in the quarterfinals to second seed Daniela Hantuchová 2–6 6–2 6–1.

At the Premier Mandatory BNP Paribas tournament in Indian Wells, King lost in the second round to second seed Caroline Wozniacki 5–7 6–2 6–4. She did not enter the doubles tournament. King fared better in the Premier Mandatory Sony Ericsson Open in Miami later that month. She partnered with Julie Coin and reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament before losing 6–3 6–2 to 3rd seed Petrova/Stosur, who went on to become the runners-up.

King's next Premier was the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, where she reunited with Krajicek and reached the finals of the tournament before falling to top seeds Huber/Petrova 6–3 6–4. In singles, she lost to Petrova in the second round 6–2 6–1.

At the Premier Mandatory Madrid Masters, King paired with Chuang Chia-jung for the first time for the doubles tournament. They defeated 4th seeds Huber/Medina Garrigues before falling in the quarterfinals to Pe'er/Schiavone 7–6(3) 6–3. In singles, King lost in the first round to Karolina Šprem.

King then entered the Strasbourg International. In the doubles tournament, she partnered with Alizé Cornet and won the tournament after an injury to Lucie Hradecká forced top seed Hradecká/Chuang to walkover in the second round. King/Cornet defeated 2nd seed Rodionova/Kudryavtseva 3–6 6–4 10–7 in the final for her 10th tour doubles title. In singles, King defeated 2nd seed Elena Vesnina in the first round and reached the semifinals before falling to Kristina Barrois 2–6 6–2 7–6(6).

For the 2010 French Open, she lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2–6 2–6. She entered the mixed doubles tournament with Christopher Kas, reaching the semifinals before falling to Shvedova/Knowle 4–6 4–6. In women's doubles, she reunited with Michaëlla Krajicek and reached the 2nd round, losing to 4th-seeded Petrova/Stosur 4–6 7–6(5) 4–6.

At Wimbledon, King won the 2010 Ladies' Doubles title in straight sets on July 3, 2010 with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova. They defeated Russians Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva 7–6(6), 6–2 in the final.

At the 2010 US Open, King and doubles partner Yaroslava Shvedova won their second Grand Slam doubles title defeating the second seeded pair Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4) in the rain-delayed final.

Grand Slam Finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6(6), 6–2
Winner	2010	US Open	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	2011	US Open	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(3)

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	June 4, 2009	French Open	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Bob Bryan Liezel Huber	7–5, 6–7(5),

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	October 15, 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 26 (14–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	October 1, 2006	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4 2–6 7–5
Winner	1.	October 8, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Chan Yung Chuang Jung	7–6(2), 5–7, 6–2
Winner	2.	October 15, 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Mariana Díaz-Oliva Natalie Grandin	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	May 14, 2007	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Sania Mirza	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	October 7, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	1–6, 6–2, 10–6
Runner-up	3.	October 19, 2007	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Peng Shuai Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	February 4, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	7–6, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	October 12, 2007	Kolkata, India	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	February 10, 2008	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Yung-Jan Chuang Chia-Jung	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	September 21, 2008	Tokyo, Japan (2)	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	November 2, 2008	Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(3), 6–4
Winner	7.	January 11, 2009	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 7–5,
Winner	8.	September 14, 2009	Quebec City, Canada (2)	Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Beltrame	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	February 14, 2010	Memphis, United States	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	March 7, 2010	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3–6, 6–4,
Runner-up	7.	April 18, 2010	Charleston, United States	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	May 22, 2010	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Alizé Cornet	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 6–4,
Runner-up	8.	June 19, 2010	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 6–3, 10–6
Winner	11.	July 3, 2010	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6(6), 6–2
Winner	12.	September 13, 2010	US Open, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	9.	March 6, 2011	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Iveta Benešová Barbora Strýcová	6–7(8), 6–2,
Runner-up	10.	May 15, 2011	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–3
Winner	13.	August 21, 2011	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6,
Runner-up	11.	September 11, 2011	US Open, United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	October 16, 2011	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Kimiko Date Krumm Zhang Shuai	7–5, 3–6,
Winner	14.	October 22, 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Yaroslava Shvedova	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	7-6(3), 6-3

Singles performance timeline

Women's doubles performance timeline

Mixed doubles performance timeline

= with Kevin Ullyett
= with František Čermák
= with Marcelo Melo
= with Christopher Kas
= with Vincent Spadea
= with David Martin
= with Jordan Kerr
= with Horia Tecău
= with Daniel Nestor
= with Dustin Brown
= with Rohan Bopanna

References

1. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/09/18/273032/Champion-tennis.htm

External links

• Vania King at the Women's Tennis Association

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