The 21st century
Australia · born Brisbane, 1984 · right-handed · Wimbledon mixed doubles champion 2008 and 2014, US Open singles champion 2011
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Wimbledon mixed titles: 2008 with Bob Bryan, 2014 with Nenad Zimonjić
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Wimbledon finals: three in women's doubles, three in mixed
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Matches played at Wimbledon, 2003 to 2022
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Major titles: 2011 US Open singles, four women's doubles, three mixed
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Consecutive weeks as Australia's top-ranked woman, 2008 to 2017
Samantha Stosur was born in Brisbane on 30 March 1984 and lives on the Gold Coast. She began playing at eight and made her Fed Cup debut in 2003. With Lisa Raymond she won the 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros doubles and reached world No. 1 in doubles in February 2006; she also won the 2005 Australian Open mixed with Scott Draper. Lyme disease ended her 2007 season early and kept her out for eight months.
On her return she won the 2008 Wimbledon mixed with Bob Bryan, then built a singles career: she reached the 2010 Roland Garros final and in 2011 beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3 to win the US Open, the first major singles title by an Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980. She rose to No. 4 in singles. She won a second Wimbledon mixed title with Nenad Zimonjić in 2014 and two more major doubles titles with Zhang Shuai, the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open. She played at five Olympics and retired after the 2023 Australian Open, aged 38.
| Wimbledon mixed | 2008, unseeded, with Bob Bryan: beat his twin Mike Bryan and Katarina Srebotnik, the top seeds, 7-5, 6-4. 2014, seeded 15, with Zimonjić: beat Max Mirnyi and Chan Hao-ching 6-4, 6-2 in 56 minutes. 2022, unseeded, with Matthew Ebden: lost the final to Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk 6-4, 6-3 |
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| Wimbledon women's doubles finals | 2008 with Raymond: lost to Serena and Venus Williams 6-2, 6-2. 2009 with Rennae Stubbs: lost to the Williams sisters 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. 2011 with Sabine Lisicki: lost to Květa Peschke and Srebotnik 6-3, 6-1 |
| Wimbledon singles | Never beyond the third round in singles; her 113 matches at Wimbledon came mostly in doubles and mixed |
| Eastbourne 2007 | Won the women's doubles with Raymond, her first grass title |
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| 2008 | Mixed doubles | with Bob Bryan |
| 2014 | Mixed doubles | with Nenad Zimonjić |
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| 2007 | Women's doubles | with Lisa Raymond |
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 certainly achieved way more than what I could have ever imagined."
The person behind the player.
Queensland, 1992
She started playing at eight after a friend gave her a racquet for Christmas. Her brother Daniel practised with her, saw that she had talent and persuaded their parents, Dianne and Tony, to pay for coaching.
Source: Tennis Australia2007
She contracted Lyme disease in 2007, which ended her season early and kept her off the tour for eight months. Within a year of her return she was a Wimbledon champion.
Source: Tennis AustraliaNo. 1 Court, 2008
In the 2008 Wimbledon mixed final she and Bob Bryan, unseeded, beat the top seeds: his twin brother Mike and Katarina Srebotnik, 7-5, 6-4.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025Australia, 2008 to 2017
She was Australia's top-ranked woman for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and at Tokyo 2020 became the first Australian tennis player to go to five Olympic Games.
Source: Tennis AustraliaMelbourne, January 2023
She chose her home major for her last event: "It just felt right to call it a day here, my home Grand Slam." She said she wanted to stay in the sport: "It's been my whole life."
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