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Greet Minnen
Belgian tennis player (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. Minnen has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles and No. 45 in doubles, achieved on 16 October 2023 and on 8 January 2024, respectively.
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Career
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Juniors
In her last year as a junior, Minnen reached the girls' doubles final of the 2015 Australian Open, losing in two sets.
2018-2022: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts
Minnen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open in doubles, partnering Alison Van Uytvanck. They won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, in two sets. In May 2021, again partnering Van Uytvanck, they lost in a second WTA Tour doubles final to Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanović in Belgrade.
In September 2021, she reached the third round at the 2021 US Open as a lucky loser defeating Nadia Podoroska and Liudmila Samsonova.[1] Next, she won the 2021 Luxembourg Open, her second tour doubles title, also partnering Van Uytvanck.
At the 2022 French Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles partnering with Anna Bondár. In the first round of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she beat former Wimbledon champion and former world No. 1, Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–4, 6–0, and scored the first top-10 win of her career.[1]
2023: US Open second third round, top 60
Partnering with Bibiane Schoofs, Minnen won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2023 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final.[2] At the 2023 French Open, she reached consecutive quarterfinals in doubles, partnering with Anna Bondár.[citation needed]
Minnen reached the third round for the second time at the US Open, as a qualifier,[3] defeating wildcard Venus Williams en-route, 6–1, 6–1 in 73 minutes,[1][4] and Sachia Vickery,[5] climbing 29 spots to world No. 69 on 11 September 2023[6] and to a new career-high in singles of No. 59 a month later, on 16 October 2023.[citation needed]
2024: WTA 1000 first wins and two third rounds
At the WTA 1000 Qatar Open, she recorded her first win at this level over Tatjana Maria.[7] At the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Miami Open, she replaced 18th seed Barbora Krejčíková as a lucky loser directly into the second round and defeated Lesia Tsurenko to reach the third round for the first time at this level in her career.[8]
At the WTA 1000 2024 China Open, she again reached the third round for the second time in the season and in her career at this level, with wins over two Russians Erika Andreeva and 28th seed Anastasia Potapova, notching the 10th Top 50 win of her career -- six of which came in 2024.[9]
2025: First WTA 125 title
In February, Minnen reached the semifinals at the ATX Open with wins over qualifier Wei Sijia,[10] eighth seed Suzan Lamens[11] and Caroline Dolehide,[12] before losing in the last four to fifth seed McCartney Kessler.[13]
She won her first WTA 125 title at the Birmingham Open in June, defeating Linda Fruhvirtová in the final.[14][15]
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Personal life
Minnen was in a relationship with Belgian tennis player Alison Van Uytvanck.[16]
Performance timelines
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W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.[17]
Singles
Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.
Doubles
Current through the 2022 Championnats de Granby.
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)
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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Head-to-head record
Top 10 wins
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Notes
- 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 until 2024. 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.
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
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