2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN’S WHEELCHAIR SINGLES FINAL NOTES

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S WHEELCHAIR SINGLES FINAL NOTES

Thursday 27 January

NO. 1 DIEDE DE GROOT (NED) v ANIEK VAN KOOT (NED)

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NO. 1 DIEDE DE GROOT (NED) v ANIEK VAN KOOT (NED)

Head-to-head: De Groot leads 19-7

A 27th meeting for De Groot and Van Koot, with De Groot bidding to extend a 6-match winning streak over Van Koot. De Groot has not lost to Van Koot since falling in 3 sets in the final at 2019 Wimbledon.

This is the pair's 10th Grand Slam meeting. De Groot leads their head-to-head at the Grand Slams 8-1, with her only defeat coming in the final at 2019 Wimbledon. De Groot and Van Koot have contested one other Grand Slam final ? at 2018 Wimbledon, when De Groot recorded a straight-sets victory.

This is the pair's 3rd meeting at the Australian Open. De Groot has won their 2 previous meetings here, in the semifinals in 2018 and in the 1st round last year.

This is the 5th meeting between 2 Dutch players in the women's wheelchair singles final at the Australian Open ? after 2008 (Esther Vergeer d. Korie Homan), 2009 (Vergeer d. Homan), 2012 (Vergeer d. Van Koot) and 2016 (Jiske Griffioen d. Van Koot).

De Groot and Van Koot won the women's wheelchair doubles title here this year, defeating Yui Kamiji/Lucy Shuker 75 36 [10-2] in the final on Wednesday. The pair completed the calendar-year Grand Slam in women's doubles together in 2019.

DE GROOT d. Dana Mathewson 62 61 d. (WC) Lucy Shuker 60 75

Road to the final

Time

Time

0:56

1st round

1:46

1:02 Semifinals 1:19

VAN KOOT d. No. 2 Yui Kamiji 75 75 d. Kgothatso Montjane 63 64

total time on court 1:58 (Infosys time) 3:05 total time on court

DE GROOT

v

VAN KOOT

25 1 12 59 45-7 11-2 334-66 5-0

Age Ranking Grand Slam Singles Titles Singles Titles Grand Slam Record Australian Open Record Career Record 2022 Record

31 3 3 49 47-36 15-10 542-226 3-1

? DE GROOT is bidding to win her 4th Australian Open title. She won the title here in 2018, 2019 and 2021, defeating Yui Kamiji in the final on all 3 occasions.

? De Groot is bidding to win her 13th Grand Slam singles title. In addition to her 3 titles here, she won the titles at Wimbledon in 2017 (d. Sabine Ellerbrock), 2018 (d. Van Koot) and 2021 (d. Kgothatso Montjane), at the US Open in 2018 (d. Kamiji), 2019 (d. Kamiji), 2020 (d. Kamiji) and 2021 (d. Kamiji), and at Roland Garros in 2019 (d. Kamiji) and 2021 (d. Kamiji).

? De Groot is contesting to her 16th Grand Slam final. In addition to her 12 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).

? De Groot is bidding to extend a 14-match Grand Slam winning streak. She has not lost a Grand Slam match since falling in the semifinals at 2020 Roland Garros (d. Whiley, l. Momoko Ohtani). She is making her 6th appearance at the Australian Open and is contesting her 20th Grand Slam overall.

? De Groot won the Golden Slam in 2021 ? in addition to winning the singles title at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments last year, she also won Paralympic singles gold, defeating Kamiji in the final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Tennis Event. She and Van Koot also won the gold medal together in the women's doubles event, defeating Lucy Shuker/Jordanne Whiley in the final.

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? De Groot is also bidding to extend a 31-match Tour-level winning streak. She has not lost a match since falling to Kamiji in the final at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open last year. In addition to her 4 Grand Slam title victories and Paralympic gold medal, she also won the titles at the Victorian Wheelchair Open (d. Kamiji), the Barcelona Open (d. Kamiji), the French Riviera Open (d. Kamiji), the British Open (d. Whiley) and the Wheelchair Singles Masters (d. Kamiji) in 2021.

? Prior to the Australian Open De Groot won the title at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open, defeating Kamiji in the final.

? De Groot is bidding to win her 60th singles title. Her tally of 9 titles in 2021 equalled her highest number of professional titles in a season, having also won 9 titles in 2019.

? De Groot has also won 54 doubles titles ? including 13 at the Grand Slams. Of her 13 doubles titles at the majors, 2 have come at the Australian Open ? alongside Van Koot in 2019, 2020 and this year, when the pair defeated Kamiji/Shuker 75 36 [10-2] in the final on Wednesday.

? De Groot is a 3-time Paralympic medallist. In addition to her 2 gold medals at Tokyo 2020, she also won the silver medal in women's doubles at Rio 2016, alongside Marjolein Buis, falling to Jiske Griffioen/Van Koot in the gold medal match, and the bronze medal. 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 first reached the world No. 1 ranking in March 2018. She has been ranked at No. 1 continuously since June 2018.

? De Groot is coached by Amanda Hopmans.

? VAN KOOT is bidding to win her 2nd Australian Open title. She won her only title here to date in 2013, defeating Sabine Ellerbrock in the final.

? Van Koot is bidding to win her 4th Grand Slam singles title. She also won the title at the 2013 US Open (d. Ellerbrock), before ending nearly 6 years without a Grand Slam title by winning the title at 2019 Wimbledon (d. De Groot).

? Van Koot is through to her 14th Grand Slam final ? and her 5th Australian Open final. In addition to her title victory here in 2013, she also finished runner-up in 2012 (l. Esther Vergeer), 2016 (l. Jiske Griffioen) and 2020 (l. Yui Kamiji). She also has 1-2 win-loss record in finals at both Wimbledon and the US Open, but has lost all 3 Roland Garros finals she has contested.

? Last year here, Van Koot fell to De Groot in the 1st round. Elsewhere at the Grand Slams in 2021, Van Koot reached the semifinals at Roland Garros (d. Emmanuelle Morch, l. De Groot) and the US Open (d. Dana Mathewson, l. De Groot), but fell to Jordanne Whiley in the 1st round at Wimbledon. She is making her 12th appearance at the Australian Open and is contesting her 40th Grand Slam overall.

? Van Koot is a 5-time Paralympic medallist. She has won 2 silver medals in singles ? at London 2012 (l. Vergeer) and at Rio 2016 (l. Griffioen). She finished in 4th place in singles at Tokyo 2020 last year, falling to Kamiji in the semifinals and to Whiley in the bronze medal match. She has also won 2 gold medals and one silver in doubles ? winning silver alongside Griffioen at London 2012 (l. Marjolein Buis/Vergeer), gold alongside Griffioen at Rio 2016 (d. Buis/De Groot) and gold alongside De Groot at Tokyo 2020 (d. Lucy Shuker/Whiley).

? Van Koot's best result in 2021 was winning the title at Loughborough (d. Mathewson). She also reached the final at the British Grass Court Tournament (l. Kamiji) and the semifinals at a total of 9 events during last season.

? Prior to the Australian Open Van Koot competed at the Melbourne Wheelchair Open. After receiving a bye through the 1st round, she defeated Zhu Zhenzhen in the quarterfinals before falling to Kamiji in the semifinals.

? Van Koot is bidding to win her 50th singles title. Her victory at Loughborough last year was her first title victory since winning the 2019 Cajun Classic.

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? Van Koot has also won 107 doubles titles ? including 20 at the Grand Slams. Of her 20 Grand Slam doubles titles, 6 have come at the Australian Open, including this year. She and De Groot defeated Kamiji/Shuker 75 36 [10-2] in the final on Wednesday.

? Van Koot was ranked as world No. 1 in January-June 2013 and again in September 2013-January 2014. She has been ranked at No. 3 since January 2018 ? except for 3 weeks in July-August 2019 when she was No. 2.

? Van Koot is coached by Michel Lentjes.

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