Arantxa Rus
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Residence | Monster, Netherlands |
| Born |
13 December 1990 Delft, The Netherlands |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $890,863 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 300–203 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 61 (13 August 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 203 (17 October 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
| French Open | 4R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2012) |
| US Open | 2R (2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 99–81 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 127 (7 April 2014) |
| Current ranking | No. 127 (14 April 2014) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2013) |
| US Open | 1R (2012) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 15–8 |
| Last updated on: 19 April 2014. | |
Arantxa "Aran" Rus (Dutch pronunciation: [aːˌrɑntʃaː ˈrɵs]; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. With this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior rankings, ultimately becoming the world junior No. 1 player.
Rus's biggest successes to date are a second round shocker over World No. 2 Kim Clijsters at the 2011 French Open, saving two match points in the second set, reaching the 4th round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating World No. 5 Samantha Stosur in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
At age 14 Arantxa Rus played her first ITF Pro tournament at Alkmaar. She lost in the second round to Julie Coin.
She played 2 more ITF tournaments at Heerhugowaard and Vlaardingen, reaching the semi finals at the latter.
Rus continued playing ITF tournaments and winning her first at Vlaardingen and second at Alphen aan de Rijn. In San Luis Potosí she reached the finals, but lost in 3 sets.
In 's-Hertogenbosch she was granted a wildcard to play her first WTA main draw, she lost to Alona Bondarenko 1–6, 1–6 in the first round.
Her end of season ranking was 465.
At the junior level she wins the Australian Open and reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros and quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
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