WTA Acapulco | 02/28 23:25 | 26 | Sloane Stephens v Arantxa Rus | 5-7,7-6,6-0 | |
WTA Acapulco | 02/27 22:00 | 25 | Sloane Stephens v Pauline Parmentier | 6-4,6-0 | |
Austraalia lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 01/15 00:00 | 23 | Sloane Stephens v Shuai Zhang | 6-2,6-7,2-6 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/08 02:00 | 25 | Sloane Stephens v Camila Giorgi | 3-6,0-6 | |
2017 Fed Cup | 11/12 12:45 | - | Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Sloane Stephens | 4-6,6-1,8-6 | |
2017 Fed Cup | 11/11 13:20 | - | [78] Aryna Sabalenka v Sloane Stephens [13] | 6-3,3-6,6-4 | |
WTA Zhuhai | 11/03 11:00 | 1 | [13] Sloane Stephens v Barbora Strycova [23] | Retired | |
WTA Zhuhai | 11/01 11:40 | 1 | [13] Sloane Stephens v Anastasija Sevastova [15] | 5-7,3-6 | |
WTA Peking | 10/02 08:30 | 24 | [17] Sloane Stephens v Christina McHale [79] | 3-6,0-6 | |
WTA Wuhan | 09/25 06:40 | 24 | [57] Qiang Wang v Sloane Stephens [17] | 6-2,6-2 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/09 20:00 | 29 | [16] Madison Keys v Sloane Stephens [83] | 3-6,0-6 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/07 23:15 | 28 | [9] Venus Williams v Sloane Stephens [83] | 1-6,6-0,5-7 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/05 18:30 | 27 | [83] Sloane Stephens v Anastasija Sevastova [17] | 6-3,3-6,7-6 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/03 18:55 | 26 | [33] Julia Goerges v Sloane Stephens [83] | 3-6,6-3,1-6 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 09/01 17:10 | 25 | [43] Ashleigh Barty v Sloane Stephens [83] | 2-6,4-6 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 08/30 23:25 | 24 | [83] Sloane Stephens v Dominika Cibulkova [10] | 6-2,5-7,6-3 | |
USA lahtised meistrivõistlused - naised | 08/28 19:50 | 23 | [83] Sloane Stephens v Roberta Vinci [47] | 7-5,6-1 | |
WTA New Haven | 08/21 15:00 | 25 | Sloane Stephens v Elena Vesnina | Cancelled | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/19 20:20 | 28 | [151] Sloane Stephens v Simona Halep [2] | 2-6,1-6 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/18 21:30 | 27 | [37] Julia Goerges v Sloane Stephens [151] | 1-6,6-7 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/18 17:00 | 26 | [151] Sloane Stephens v Ekaterina Makarova [39] | 2-6,6-3,6-4 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/16 21:45 | 25 | [13] Petra Kvitova v Sloane Stephens [151] | 2-6,3-6 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/15 23:00 | 24 | [151] Sloane Stephens v Lucie Safarova [36] | 6-4,7-6 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/12 17:00 | 28 | [6] Caroline Wozniacki v Sloane Stephens [213] | 6-2,6-3 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/11 21:35 | 27 | [213] Sloane Stephens v Lucie Safarova [41] | 6-2,1-6,7-5 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/10 21:00 | 26 | [3] Angelique Kerber v Sloane Stephens [213] | 2-6,2-6 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/09 23:45 | 25 | [213] Sloane Stephens v Petra Kvitova [14] | 7-6,3-6,6-2 | |
WTA Toronto | 08/07 21:00 | 24 | [48] Yulia Putintseva v Sloane Stephens [213] | 7-6,0-6,4-6 | |
WTA Washington | 08/01 17:50 | 25 | [2] Simona Halep v Sloane Stephens [404] | 7-6,6-0 | |
Wimbledon - naised | 07/04 15:05 | 23 | [46] Alison Riske v Sloane Stephens [336] | 6-2,7-5 |
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in total. She also won one doubles title on the WTA Tour.
Born to athletic parents with backgrounds in collegiate swimming and professional American football, Stephens was introduced to tennis at the club across the street from her house in Fresno, California. Her stepfather was a competitive recreational tennis player and was her primary inspiration for beginning to play the sport. Stephens moved to Florida to train at a tennis academy, ultimately working with Nick Saviano. She became a promising junior player, reaching an ITF junior ranking of world No. 5 and winning three out of four major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tímea Babos.
While 19 years old, Stephens rose to prominence at the 2013 Australian Open with a semifinal run beating world No. 3, Serena Williams. Although she reached No. 11 towards the end of 2013, she regressed and stayed outside the top 25 to the end of 2015. She switched to a new coach, Kamau Murray, under whom she returned to elite level and won three WTA titles in the first half of 2016. Her successful year was cut short by a foot injury that kept her out for months.
She returned from injury in the middle of 2017 and won the US Open singles title in her fifth tournament back. She was also awarded WTA Comeback Player of the Year for her successful season. In 2018, she continued her success by winning her first Premier Mandatory title at the Miami Open, reaching a second Grand Slam singles final at the French Open, entering the top 10 for the first time, and finishing runner-up at the WTA Finals.