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Sloane Stephens is an American tennis player who plays professionally. Sloane Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion. After Wimbledon in 2018, Sloane reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world.
Early life
Sloane Stephens was born on March 20, 1993, in Plantation, Florida, United States of America. Sloane’s zodiac sign is Pisces and he is currently 30 years. In addition, the tennis player is of African-American descent and has American nationality.
Additionally, she is the daughter of Sybil Smith and John Stephens. Sloane’s parents were accomplished athletes. Sloane’s mother was the first African American woman to be named a first-team All-American swimmer in Division I history.
Her mother Sybil is enshrined in the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame and recognized as the greatest swimmer in the university’s history. Sloane’s father was a Pro Bowl running back for the New England Patriots in the National Football League.
After her father’s many arrests in 1994, Sloane’s mother divorced Sloane’s father when she was a baby. After that, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Sheldon Farrell Fresno, in California.
Speaking of his siblings, he has a younger half-brother, Shawn Farrell, who played baseball and football at Notre Dame High School outside of Los Angeles. Sloane started playing tennis when he was nine years old.
In 2004, he moved to Florida and trained at the Evert Tennis Academy and the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy. Since she was little, she had the support of her parents every step of the way.
Talking about his educational life, he completed his graduation from Indiana University East with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. She completed her degree while recovering from foot surgery earlier in the year.
Sloane Stephens – Net worth 2024
As a tennis player, he earned a huge sum of money from his profession. Talking about her net worth is estimated to be $15 million US dollars. She obtained, thanks to the tournament, brand support and publicity.
Professional life
youth career
Sloane Stephens’ junior career began in 2006, aged 13, when she completed low-level events on the ITF Junior Circuit. At the 2008 US Open she achieved her first major result.
He won his first two tournaments of the year, the USTA Grade 1 Spring International Championship and the Grade A Italian Open, in 2009.
At the beginning of his career, the year 2010 was the most successful. The athlete teamed up with Timea Babos and won the doubles title in each of the three majors in which they competed.
Subtitle: Sloane Stephens at a tennis competition (Source: Instagram)
Achievements
As a tennis player he won several competitions and titles in his professional career. Talking about her awards, she won the ‘ESY Award for Best Tennis Player’ in 2018.
Caption: Sloane Stephens won the US Open title in 2017 (Source: Instagram)
Career
Her professional career began on the ITF Women’s Circuit in late 2007. In the summer of 2008, Sloane and partner Christina McHale won their first professional doubles title in a low-level $10,000 ITF event in Wichita.
Additionally, he competed on the World Tennis Team as a member of the New York Buzz in mid-2009. He also qualified for the Indian Wells Open in March 2010.
Sloane won her first career main draw match against Lucie Hradecka before losing to defending champion Vera Zvonareva. The clay court season began in 2011.
At the Zamparini Gioielli Cup in Italy, the tennis player won her first professional singles title. She qualified for the French Open and won her first Grand Slam championship in a singles event. Sloane was ranked among the top 100 tennis players in the world.
The player was able to compete in WTA Tour level events after improving her ranking. She had her best result in a Grand Slam competition at the French Open. Sloane made her main draw debut at Wimbledon in the third round, defeating Petra Cetkovská.
She moved into the top 50 of the WTA rankings for the first time after a series of successive victories. During the Australian hard court season in 2013, she put in a notable performance, defeating Serena Williams.
Sloane reached a career-high No. 17 after losing to world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the semi-final. She won her first WTA title in 2015 at the City Open, where she finished as champion of the competition.
tennis player injury
The tennis player suffered an injury to his left foot after the 2016 Rio Olympics. Doctors advised him to take a break from the sport to rest and recover. Sloane spent 11 months without playing tennis until returning in 2017.
She returned to Wimbledon and 2017 was a difficult year for her. During the second round of the US Open, she faced her first surprising loss in a match against Dominika Cibulkova.
She defeated Julia Gorges in the fourth round and advanced to her first US Open quarterfinals. Sloane won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open after defeating Anastasija Sevastova and Madison Keys.
2019: The ranking falls, outside the top 20
In 2018, she lost to Anastasija Sevastova at the US Open and was unable to defend her title. She bounced back after losing the first eight games of the match against Karolina Plkovas and won the match in three sets. The athlete finished the season as the sixth athlete in the world.
In May 2019 she began training with Sven Groeneveld, former coach of Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Monica Seles and many others. That same year she was defeated in several matches.
As a result, he fell out of the top 10 shortly before the US Open. After that, she fell out of the top 20 by losing her 2018 WTA Finals ranking points near the end of the season.
2020-2021: Struggles with form continue and she drops out of the Top 60.
In 2020-2021, he continued to struggle with his form. In Brisbane, they lost the first round to qualifying. He showed an improvement in his form at the US Open 2020. But he struggles to maintain his ranking.
In 2021, Mutua Madrid Open, reached the second round. But that was not enough to maintain his position and he fell out of the top 60 ahead of the 2021 Italian Open (tennis).
civil status
Sloane Stephens had two serious relationships. Sloane met tennis star and Olympic gold medalist Jack Sock, who became her boyfriend in 2013. They were together until 2014.
After that, she started dating American footballer Jozy Altidore in 2017. In April 2019, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram with their unique style.
Social media
Sloane is quite active on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. On her Facebook she has more than 675,000 followers. Likewise, she has more than 508 thousand followers on Instagram. On Twitter, she has more than 228,000 followers.
Sloane Stephens – Body Measurements
He has an athletic body type. The tennis player is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 64 kg. Sloane has black hair and brown eyes. His body measurement is 34-24-33 inches and his bra size is 32B.
Caption: Sloane Stephens Body Measurement (Source: Instagram)
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