Johanna Konta
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Konta at the 2016 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain (since 2012) Australia (2008–12) |
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| Residence | Eastbourne, England, UK |
| Born |
17 May 1991 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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| Prize money | $ 3,682,589 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 290–173 (62.63%) |
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 11 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (10 October 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 10 (20 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2016) |
| US Open | 4R (2015, 2016) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 63–61 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 88 (1 August 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 138 (20 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2016) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2013, 2014, 2015) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 8–8 |
| Last updated on: 24 February 2017. | |
Johanna "Jo" Konta (/ˈkɔːntə/; born 17 May 1991) is a British tennis player who represented Australia until 2012. She has won two singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. Konta reached her best singles ranking of World No. 9 on 10 October 2016. On making her top ten debut, Konta was the first Briton to be ranked amongst the WTA's elite since Jo Durie over 30 years previously. She is the current British number one. Her doubles ranking peaked at No. 88 on 1 August 2016.
Konta achieved a steep rise in her ranking from the spring of 2015 to late 2016, climbing from 150 to inside the World's top ten. This period included her best Grand Slam result to date as she reached the semifinal of the 2016 Australian Open, a quarterfinal appearance at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and her maiden WTA title in Stanford.
Born to Hungarian parents in Sydney, Australia, Konta moved to the UK when she was 14. She switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after she became a British citizen in May 2012.
Johanna Konta was born in Sydney, Australia on 17 May 1991, the daughter of Hungarian parents Gábor, a hotel manager, and Gabriella, a dentist. Her parents had emigrated separately from Hungary and met in Australia. One of Konta's grandfathers, Tamás Kertész (1929—1989), played football for Ferencvárosi TC, won two international caps for Hungary in the 1950s and later coached the Ghana national team. Konta has an elder sister, Eva Emese, from her father's previous marriage.
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