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Netherlands · born Schaesberg, 1970 · Wimbledon wheelchair doubles champion 2010 and 2011 · Paralympic doubles gold 2008
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Wimbledon doubles titles with Esther Vergeer
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Major doubles titles, all with Vergeer
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Majors won in 2011, the doubles Grand Slam
No. 1
Doubles ranking, July 2005
Born in Schaesberg, Limburg, in 1970, Walraven turned professional in 1994. In singles she rose to No. 2 in April 2005, reached the US Open final in 2006 and the French Open final in 2010, and won the silver medal at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000 behind Esther Vergeer. Doubles was her strongest event: she reached No. 1 in July 2005 and won the Beijing Paralympic title in 2008 with Korie Homan. With Vergeer she won seven major doubles titles from 2010 to 2012, including all four in 2011, and the season-ending Masters doubles in 2010 and 2011. In 2012 she helped the Netherlands to its 25th World Team Cup title.
| Major doubles titles | 2: Wimbledon (2010, 2011) |
|---|---|
| Wimbledon doubles finals | 2010 with Esther Vergeer: beat Daniela di Toro and Lucy Shuker 6-2, 6-3. 2011 with Vergeer: beat Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, from 5-2 down in the final set |
| Wimbledon 2012 | With Annick Sevenans, lost the third-place play-off to Vergeer and Marjolein Buis 6-1, 6-1 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Esther Vergeer |
| 2011 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Esther Vergeer |
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Sydney 2000
At the Sydney Paralympics Walraven won the women's singles silver medal. Esther Vergeer took the gold and Maaike Smit the bronze, so the Netherlands filled the podium. Eight years later Walraven beat Vergeer in a Paralympic final, and two years after that she became her partner in the doubles.
Source: WikipediaBeijing 2008
In the Paralympic doubles final Walraven and Korie Homan met Esther Vergeer and Jiske Griffioen, lost the first set 6-2 and won 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. Homan had lost the singles final to Vergeer the day before. "Today I cried again, but that was because I was so happy," Homan said.
Source: The NationalWimbledon 2010
After losing the doubles at the Roland Garros event a month earlier, Walraven and Esther Vergeer changed positions, with Vergeer on the right and Walraven on the left. At Wimbledon they beat Daniela di Toro and Lucy Shuker 6-2, 6-3 for the title.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeWimbledon 2011
Defending the title as top seeds, Walraven and Vergeer trailed Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot 5-2 in the deciding set and won 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. "It wasn't our best tennis, but we won and that's the main thing, to be Wimbledon champion again," said Vergeer.
Source: International Paralympic CommitteeNew York 2011
Walraven and Vergeer won all four major doubles titles in 2011, beating Griffioen and Van Koot in every final. At the US Open, the last of them, they trailed 6-1 in the second-set tiebreak before completing the Grand Slam. Walraven was 41.
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