The 21st century
United States · born New York, 1991 · right-handed · twice 's-Hertogenbosch champion and twice a Wimbledon quarter-finalist
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2
WTA singles titles, both at 's-Hertogenbosch
2
Wimbledon quarter-finals, 2015 and 2017
9
Career-high singles ranking, January 2018
27 of 28
First-serve points won in the 2014 's-Hertogenbosch final
2018
US Open women's doubles title, with Ashleigh Barty
Vandeweghe was born Colleen Mullarkey in New York in December 1991 into a sporting family: her mother, Tauna, competed at the Olympics in swimming in 1976 and volleyball in 1984, her grandfather Ernie played for the New York Knicks, and her uncle Kiki played at UCLA and ran the Denver Nuggets. She won the US Open girls' title in 2008. Her first WTA titles came on grass at 's-Hertogenbosch, as a qualifier in 2014 and again in 2016. In 2017 she reached the Australian Open semi-finals, beating the world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, then the US Open semi-finals, and she won all eight of her Fed Cup rubbers as the United States took the title. She reached a career-high No. 9 in January 2018.
In 2018 she won the doubles at Miami and the US Open with Ashleigh Barty. An ankle injury at Wimbledon that year kept her out for most of the next season. She returned to win a WTA 125 title in Concord in 2022 and retired in 2023.
| 's-Hertogenbosch finals | 2014: as a qualifier, beat Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-4 in 70 minutes, winning 27 of 28 first-serve points. 2016: sixth seed, ranked No. 43, beat Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-5 through rain delays, without dropping a set all week |
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| Wimbledon quarter-finals | 2015: beat Anna KarolÃna Schmiedlová, the 11th seed KarolÃna PlÃÅ¡ková, the 22nd seed Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-0 and the sixth seed Lucie Å afářová, then lost to Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. 2017: beat the fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-6, 6-4, then lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková 6-3, 6-3 |
| Wimbledon 2012 | First round against Sara Errani: stopped for bad light with Errani leading 6-1, 5-3 and advantage; on resumption Vandeweghe double-faulted, ending the match in under two minutes |
| Birmingham 2016 | Beat the top seed Agnieszka Radwańska the week after her second 's-Hertogenbosch title; her grass winning run reached eight matches before Barbora Strýcová ended it |
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| 2014 | Women's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
| 2016 | Women's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I would say he's actually on the side of dorky a little bit sometimes."
The person behind the player.
Family
Her mother, Tauna, represented the United States at the Olympics in two sports, swimming in 1976 and volleyball in 1984. Her grandfather Ernie played for the Knicks in the 1950s, and her uncle Kiki played basketball at UCLA before becoming general manager of the Denver Nuggets.
Source: WTAWimbledon 2012 · Court 16
Her first-round match with Sara Errani was stopped for bad light with Errani a point from a 6-1, 6-3 win. After warming up the next day, Vandeweghe hit a double fault, and the action was over in under two minutes. Wimbledon's record book lists it as the shortest encounter on Court 16.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025Wimbledon 2017
On Pat Cash, 27 years her senior: "he's introduced me to a lot of '80 rock bands... I keep having to remind him I was born in '91." She said she had thought of copying his famous headband, but the All England Club's dress code ruled it out: "Too much colour."
Source: Sport24, 4 July 2017Court 18, 2017
In her first match with Cash in the box, a 7-5, 6-2 win over Mona Barthel, he sat almost silent, typing notes on his iPhone and calling out only short reminders: the "first point", "this one", and her "footwork".
Source: Tennis.com's-Hertogenbosch, 2016
Her second title at 's-Hertogenbosch came through repeated rain breaks in the final against Kristina Mladenovic. "It was a difficult match," she said. "Rain delays take a lot out of you."
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