2021 Australian Open women's wheelchair singles final match notes

2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S WHEELCHAIR SINGLES FINAL NOTES

Wednesday 17 February

NO. 1 DIEDE DE GROOT (NED) v NO. 2 YUI KAMIJI (JPN)

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2021 Australian Open women's wheelchair singles final match notes

NO. 1 DIEDE DE GROOT (NED) v NO. 2 YUI KAMIJI (JPN)

Head-to-head: De Groot leads 18-15

A 34th meeting between De Groot and Kamiji, and their 9th meeting at the Grand Slams. De Groot leads both their overall head-to-head (18-15) and their head-to-head at the Grand Slams (6-2). All 8 of their meetings at the Grand Slams have come in finals.

This is the pair's 3rd meeting in an Australian Open final ? they also contested the final here in 2018, when De Groot won 76(6) 64, and 2019, when De Groot won 60 62.

It is also the pair's 3rd meeting in 2021. They contested the finals at the Victorian Wheelchair Open, with De Groot winning 61 75, and the Melbourne Wheelchair Open, with Kamiji winning 61 64.

Kamiji's victory at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open ended her 7-match losing streak against De Groot ? she had previously not defeated De Groot since Japan's victory over Netherlands at the 2019 World Team Cup.

Between them, De Groot and Kamiji have won 14 of the last 15 Grand Slam singles titles ? the only other player to have won a major title in that time was Aniek van Koot at 2019 Wimbledon.

DE GROOT d. Aniek van Koot 60 36 64 d. Momoko Ohtani 62 64

Road to the final

Time

Time

1:48

1st round

0:52

1:09 Semifinals 1:47

KAMIJI d. Macarena Cabrillana 60 61 d. Kgothatso Montjane 61 57 60

total time on court 2:57 (Infosys time) 2:39 total time on court

DE GROOT

24 1 8 49 33-7 8-2 299-67 7-1

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Age Ranking Grand Slam Singles Titles Singles Titles Grand Slam Record Australian Open Record Career Record 2021 Record

KAMIJI

26 2 8 80 51-19 14-6 442-83 7-1

? DE GROOT is bidding to win her 3rd Australian Open title. She won the title here in both 2018 and 2019, defeating Kamiji in the final on both occasions.

? De Groot is bidding to win her 9th Grand Slam singles title. In addition to her 2 titles here, she won the titles at Wimbledon in 2017 (d. Sabine Ellerbrock) and 2018 (d. Aniek van Koot), at the US Open in 2018 (d. Kamiji), 2019 (d. Kamiji) and 2020 (d. Kamiji), and at 2019 Roland Garros (d. Kamiji).

? By winning the title at 2019 Roland Garros, De Groot became the first player in history to hold wheelchair singles titles at all 4 Grand Slams simultaneously.

? De Groot is through to her 12th Grand Slam final. In addition to her 8 Grand Slam titles, she also finished runner-up at the 2017 US Open (l. Kamiji), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kamiji) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Van Koot).

? Last year here, De Groot fell to Zhu Zhenzhen in the 1st round. Elsewhere in Grand Slam play last year she fell to Momoko Ohtani in the semifinals at Roland Garros. The Grand Slams were the only events she contested during the 2020 season.

? De Groot is making her 5th appearance at the Australian Open and her 16th Grand Slam appearance overall.

? Prior to the Australian Open De Groot won the title at the Victorian Wheelchair Open and finished runnerup at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open. She faced Kamiji in the final at both events.

2021 Australian Open women's wheelchair singles final match notes

? De Groot is bidding to win her 50th singles title. She is also bidding to win her 300th Tour-level match today.

? De Groot won a Paralympic silver medal in women's doubles at Rio 2016, alongside Buis, falling to Griffioen/today's opponent in the gold medal match. She also lost to Griffioen in the semifinals of the singles at Rio 2016 and fell to Kamiji in the bronze medal match.

? De Groot has also won 46 doubles titles ? including 10 at the Grand Slams. Of her 10 doubles titles at the majors, 2 have come at the Australian Open ? alongside Van Koot in 2019 and this year, when the pair defeated No. 2 seeds Kgothatso Montjane/Lucy Shuker 64 61 in the final on Tuesday.

? De Groot is coached by Amanda Hopmans.

? KAMIJI is bidding to win her 3rd Australian Open title. She won the title here in both 2017, defeating Jiske Griffioen in the final, and last year, defeating Aniek van Koot in the final.

? Kamiji is bidding to win her 9th Grand Slam singles title. In addition to her 2 titles here, she also won the titles at Roland Garros in 2014 (d. Van Koot), 2017 (d. Sabine Ellerbrook), 2018 (d. Diede de Groot) and 2020 (d. Momoko Ohtani), and the titles at the US Open in 2014 (d. Van Koot) and 2017 (d. De Groot),

? Kamiji is through to her 18th Grand Slam final. She has won 2 of the 6 finals she has contested at the Australian Open. But she has a 4-1 win-loss record in finals at Roland Garros and a 2-4 win-loss record in US Open finals. She has never reached the final at Wimbledon.

? Elsewhere in Grand Slam play in 2020, Kamiji finished runner-up the US Open, falling to De Groot in the final.

? Kamiji is making her 9th appearance at the Australian Open and her 28th Grand Slam appearance overall.

? Prior to the Australian Open Kamiji won the title at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open and finished runner-up at the Victorian Wheelchair Open. She faced De Groot in the final at both events.

? Kamiji won the title at 4 of the 5 events she contested in 2020. In addition to her victories at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, she also won the titles at the Tweed Heads International and the Melbourne Open, defeating Jordanne Whiley in the final at both events. She lost just one match in 2020, falling to De Groot in the final at the US Open.

? Kamiji won a Paralympic women's singles bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Tennis Event. She fell to Van Koot in the semifinals but defeated today's opponent in the bronze medal match. She finished 4th in the women's doubles at Rio 2016 with Miho Nijo ? losing to Buis/today's opponent in the semifinals and to Lucy Shuker/Jordanne Whiley in the bronze medal match. She reached the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles at the London 2012 Paralympic Tennis Event.

? Kamiji has won 80 singles titles. She won a career-best 14 singles titles in 2017.

? Kamiji has also won 69 doubles titles ? including 16 at the Grand Slams. Of her 16 doubles titles at the majors, 4 have come at the Australian Open ? alongside Whiley in 2014 and 2015, and alongside Marjolein Buis in 2016 and 2018.

? Kamiji entered the women's doubles here with Ohtani. The pair fell to No. 1 seeds De Groot/Van Koot 76(9) 64 in the 1st round on Monday.

? Kamiji is coached by Masaaki Chikawa.

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