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Desirae Krawczyk
American tennis player (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Desirae Marie Krawczyk (English: /ˈdɛzəreɪ ˈkrævtʃɪk/ DEZ-ər-ay KRAV-chik, Polish: [ˈkraft͡ʂɨk]; born January 11, 1994)[2] is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7, achieved August 2024, and has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the WTA 1000 Canadian Open in 2024.
Krawczyk is a four-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, having won the 2021 French and US Opens partnering Joe Salisbury, as well as the 2021 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships alongside Neal Skupski. She was also runner-up at the 2020 French Open in women's doubles, partnering Alexa Guarachi, and the pair were semifinalists at the 2021 US Open.
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Early and personal life
Krawczyk is of Polish descent on her father's side, and of Filipino descent on her mother's side.[1][3]
As of 2020,[update] she is in a relationship with Australian tennis player Andrew Harris.[4][5]
Career
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2018: Maiden WTA Tour doubles title and major debut
In July 2018, she won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the Swiss Open, partnering with Chilean Alexa Guarachi.
2020: First major doubles final
She reached her first major final at the French Open women's doubles event, partnering Alexa Guarachi, and finished runner-up.[6]
2021: Three major mixed doubles titles
Krawczyk won the mixed-doubles titles at the French Open (her first Grand Slam title), partnering Joe Salisbury, and at Wimbledon, partnering with Neal Skupski.[7][8][9]
Seeded second, she reached her third mixed-doubles final at the US Open, again with Salisbury.[10][11][12] They won the title, defeating Giuliana Olmos and Marcelo Arevalo in straight sets. She became the first player to win three Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles in a year, since Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in 2015.[13]
2022: Wimbledon mixed-doubles title, doubles semifinal & top 10 debut
At the Madrid Open, she reached her first WTA 1000 doubles final. Partnering with Demi Schuurs, she lost to Giuliana Olmos and Gabriela Dabrowski.[14]
At the Wimbledon Championships, she won her second consecutive title at this major in mixed doubles, partnering again with Neal Skupski, and fourth title overall.[15] At the same tournament, partnering Danielle Collins, she reached the semifinals for the third time at a major in doubles in her career.[16] She made her top 10 debut in the doubles rankings on July 11, 2022.
In October, she qualified for her second consecutive WTA Finals with Schuurs.[17][18] The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.[19]
2023: Tenth title, second WTA 1000 final, world No. 8
At the Charleston Open partnering with Danielle Collins, she won her eighth doubles title defeating top seeds Giuliana Olmos and Ena Shibahara. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, on April 10, 2023.
At the Eastbourne International, partnering Schuurs, she won her tenth doubles title and fifth at the WTA 500 level.[20] She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 8 on August 14, 2023 following her second WTA 1000 final at the Canadian Open.
2024: Olympics debut, First WTA 1000 doubles title
At the Australian Open, Krawczyk was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Neal Skupski. They lost to third seeded newly formed pair and first-time mixed doubles major finalists of Jan Zielinski and Hsieh Su-wei.[21][22]
Partnering Caroline Dolehide, they reached the final of the WTA 1000 Qatar Ladies Open but lost to Luisa Stefani and former Krawczyk’s partner Schuurs.[23]
Krawczyk and Skupski made it into the mixed doubles final at the French Open but lost to the German/French pairing of Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.[24]
She won her first WTA 1000 doubles title at the Canadian Open with Dolehide, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the final.[25]
Dolehide and Krawczyk qualified for the end-of-season WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but they were eliminated in the group stages after losing all three of their matches.[26]
2025: Singapore doubles title
Partnering Giuliana Olmos, Krawczyk won the doubles title at the Singapore Open, defeating Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai in the final.[27]
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Performance timelines
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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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Doubles
Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.
Mixed doubles
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Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Other significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Grand Slam seedings
The tournaments won by Krawczyk are in boldface, and advances into finals by Krawczyk are in italics.
Women's doubles
Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10 Seeded 10–4 Seeded No. 3 Seeded No. 2 Seeded No. 1
Mixed doubles
Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10 Seeded 10–4 Seeded No. 3 Seeded No. 2 Seeded No. 1
Career earnings
Notes
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
References
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