Abigail Spears
Spears at the 2009 U.S. Open
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
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| Residence | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Born |
July 12, 1981 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | October 2000 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 2,357,018 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 285–254 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 66 (June 6, 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2005) |
| French Open | 1R (2005) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2005) |
| US Open | 1R (2004, 2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 488–345 |
| Career titles | 19 WTA, 21 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (March 2, 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 22 (30 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2004) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2015, 2016) |
| US Open | QF (2008) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014) |
| US Open | F (2013, 2014) |
| Last updated on: 30 January 2017. | |
Abigail Michal Spears (born July 12, 1981) is a professional tennis player from the United States. Spears resides in Colorado and plays right-handed.
Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 US Open. She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 US Open.
Spears also qualified in singles for the US Open twice. Spears achieved a singles ranking of world no. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world no. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but as of the end of January 2017, she has won 18 WTA doubles titles. She participated in the U.S. Open doubles draw 11 times between 1998 and 2010.
Spears and compatriot Raquel Kops-Jones were one of the most successful doubles team of the 2012 season, winning four titles at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals and also the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
2017 will be Spear's farewell year on tour. At the Australian Open, Spears partnered with Juan Sebastian Cabal to win the mixed doubles tournament. In the final, they defeated the second seeded team of Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig 6-2, 6-4. The American-Colombian duo recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the second set to reel off five straight games to clinch the title. It was a revenge match for Spears, having lost to Mirza the last time Spears made it to a Slam final, losing 9-11 in the super tiebreak to Mirza and Bruno Soares at the 2014 US Open.
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