Victoria Duval
Victoria Duval playing at the 2012 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Bradenton, Florida, United States |
| Born |
November 30, 1995 Miami, Florida, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Nick Bollettieri |
| Prize money | $249,103 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 71–47 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 87 (4 August 2014) |
| Current ranking | 580 (18 January 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| French Open | Q1 (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
| US Open | 2R (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 10–5 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 404 (16 June 2014) |
| Current ranking | 406 (21 July 2014) |
| Last updated on: 21 July 2014. | |
Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player.
Duval has won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 87.
Duval was born in Miami and spent some of her childhood in Haiti, including time training at the JOTAC Tennis Academy in Port-au-Prince. While living in Port-au-Prince, Duval was robbed at gunpoint and held hostage at her aunt's house at the age of 7. Victoria's mother gave up her neonatal practice and moved Victoria and her two brothers to south Florida. Her father stayed behind to continue the gynecology and obstetrics practice he had helped build in Port-au-Prince.
To continue improving Vicky's tennis game, Nadine moved with her to Atlanta. It was here that she worked with coach Brian de Villiers, at the Racquet Club of the South. In January 2010, Vicky was training in Atlanta when a terrible earthquake struck Haiti and her father was trapped under collapsing walls outside his home for 11 hours. After he regained consciousness he was able to dig himself out of the rubble. His legs were broken, his left arm was crushed, he had seven fractured ribs puncturing his lungs, and an infection spreading throughout his body. He survived an emergency operation in his own backyard. A wealthy Atlanta family connected to the tennis club donated enough money to have him airlifted to a Fort Lauderdale hospital.
Duval kicked off her 2012 season in May with a 10K ITF tournament in Sumter, South Carolina. She reached the final of the tournament, losing only one set in the first round against second seed Elizabeth Ferris. Appearing in her first professional singles final, she was defeated by Louisa Chirico, 4–6, 3–6. The following week, she remained in South Carolina for another 10K event in Hilton Head Island, where she lost in the quarterfinals. Duval then took a break from the pro circuit to play the Under 18 USTA National Championships. Seeded 17th, she beat Monica Lin, 6–0, 6–1 in the first round. She went on to beat Alexandria Chatt, 6–0, 6–3 in the next round. With two more straight-set wins and two tougher tests, Duval made the final against Alexandra Kiick, whom she beat, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0, to claim the title. Due to her winning the nationals, she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the senior US Open. However, she lost to former world No. 1 and three-time champion Kim Clijsters, 3–6, 1–6, in the first round. Duval was also given a wildcard for the main draw of the junior tournament, where she beat Russian Varvara Flink, 7–5, 6–0, in the first round. In the second round, she drew third seed and junior 2012 Wimbledon champion Eugenie Bouchard, and defeated her 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, the biggest upset of the girls tournament to that point. She backed up this win by defeating Kathinka von Deichmann of Liechtenstein 6–2, 6–2 to advance to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time. In the quarterfinals, she upset ninth seed Anna Danilina 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. However, her run came to an end in the semifinals when she was defeated by twelfth seed Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 7–6(7–4).
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