Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Van Uytvanck has won four international & one 125K title on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 26 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41, and her best doubles ranking of world No. 106.
Personal life
Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age 5 when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She also has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she has been coached by Ann DeVries. Her tennis idol is Roger Federer, and she also admires compatriot Kim Clijsters. Van Uytvanck is in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen.Career
2011
In 2011, she won 4 ITF singles titles in Vale Do Lobo, Dijon, Edinburgh and Sunderland. She also reached the final in Tessenderlo where she lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.She took part in the 2011 Brussels Open where she entered as a qualifier by defeating Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–3, 6–2, Laura Siegemund, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 and Hsieh Su-wei, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4. She faced Patty Schnyder in the 1st round of the main draw and defeated her 6–3, 2–6, 6–2. In her next match against a compatriot, the Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, she ultimately lost 7–6, 6–4.
She also qualified for the main draw at 's-Hertogenbosch, where she lost to Alexandra Dulgheru.
2012
In 2012, she won a fifth ITF singles title in Glasgow, and reached the final in Kaarst. In February, she debuted in the Fed Cup against Serbia, where she was chosen by coach Ann Devries over Kirsten Flipkens in the deciding doubles rubber. Partnering Yanina Wickmayer, they lost the match in 3 sets.She took part in the 2012 Brussels Open where she received a wild card into the main draw. She defeated Ksenia Pervak in her first round match and then beat Chanelle Scheepers in three sets to advance to her first WTA quarterfinals, where she was defeated by top seed and world No. 3 Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets. Van Uytvanck went on, having more success on the ITF circuit.
2013
In 2013, Van Uytvanck won her first WTA title by winning the 2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open in which she defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier in the semi-finals and compatriot Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2 in the final.2014
She played in the main draw of all four of the Grand Slam tournaments and reached the second round at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.2015–16: French Open quarterfinals and injury
In 2015, she reached the quarterfinal of the French Open which she lost in two sets to Timea Bacsinszky. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 41 later that year, in October. However, a growth on her right ankle resulted in her missing a number of tournaments in the 2016 clay court season, including the 2016 French Open, and her failure to defend her quarterfinalist points from 2015 caused her to fall out of the Top 100 in June 2016.2017
After long injury hiatus Van Uytvanck won her first title of her career at Tournoi de Quebec beating Timea Babos 5–7, 6–4, 6–1.2018
Van Uytvanck won her second title in February at Hungarian Ladies Open defeating Dominika Cibulková in a long three-set battle in the final. She eliminated defending champion Garbine Muguruza in the second round of Wimbledon, losing just three games after dropping the first set 5-7. It was her first win over a top 10 opponent and arguably the best match performance of her career so far. After a win over Anett Kontaveit in the third round, she lost in the fourth round to Daria Kasatkina.2019
In February, Van Uytvanck successfully defended her title in Budapest, defeating Markéta Vondroušová in the final.In September, she won the 2019 Tashkent Open. She did not drop a set until the final, where she defeated fifth seed and 2008 champion Sorana Cîrstea in three sets.
Equipment and apparel
Van Uytvanck previously played with the Prince O3 Tour racquet. She now plays with the Snauwaert Grinta 100 lite, a 100 square inch tennis racquet with 22 mm dual taper beam, 285 g weight. She has a contract with the South Korean sporting goods company Fila apparel.Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.Singles
Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.Notes
- WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
- In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (4 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2017 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles| | Tournoi de Quebec, Canada | International | Carpet |  Tímea Babos | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open – Singles| | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | International | Hard |  Dominika Cibulková | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | 2019 Hungarian Ladies Open – Singles| | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | International | Hard |  Markéta Vondroušová | 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | 2019 Tashkent Open – Singles| | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard |  Sorana Cîrstea | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2015 Diamond Games – Doubles| | Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium | Premier | Hard |  An-Sophie Mestach |  Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja | 4–6, 6–3, |
| Win | 1–1 | 2018 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles| | Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg | International | Hard | Greet Minnen |  Vera Lapko  Mandy Minella | 7–6, 6–2 |
WTA 125K Series finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2011 | ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal | 10,000 | Hard |  Elitsa Kostova | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2011 | ITF Dijon, France | 10,000 | Hard |  Claire Feuerstein | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2011 | ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay |  Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2011 | ITF Edinburgh, Great Britain | 10,000 | Clay |  Justyna Jegiołka | 6–7 , 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Sunderland, Great Britain | 10,000 | Hard |  Tara Moore | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–1 | Jan 2012 | ITF Glasgow, Great Britain | 10,000 | Hard | Francesca Stephenson | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Jan 2012 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Hard | Dinah Pfizenmaier | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 2012 | ITF Glasgow, Great Britain | 25,000 | Hard | Samantha Murray | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Nov 2012 | ITF Equeurdreville, France | 25,000 | Hard | Julie Coin | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–3 | Jan 2013 | ITF Andrezieux-Boutheon, France | 25,000 | Hard |  Ana Vrljić | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Mar 2013 | ITF Sunderland, Great Britain | 10,000 | Hard | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 8–4 | Apr 2013 | ITF Chiasso, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay |  Katarzyna Kawa | 7–6 , 6–3 |
| Win | 9–4 | Sep 2013 | ITF Shrewsbury, Great Britain | 25,000 | Hard |  Marta Sirotkina | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9–5 | Sep 2013 | ITF Loughborough, Great Britain | 25,000 | Hard | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jul 2016 | ITF Stockton, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Anastasia Pivovarova | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–5 | Oct 2016 | ITF Las Vegas, United States | 50,000 | Hard |  Sofia Kenin | 3–6, 7–6 , 6–2 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Jun 2017 | ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 11–7 | Oct 2017 | ITF Poitiers, France | 100,000 | Hard | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2010 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 10,000 | Hard | Irina Khromacheva |  Quirine Lemoine Demi Schuurs | 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2012 | ITF Dijon, France | 10,000 | Hard | Yana Sizikova |  Diāna Marcinkēviča  Despina Papamichail | 5–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–2 | Mar 2013 | ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France | 50,000 | Hard | Anna-Lena Friedsam | Stéphanie Foretz Eva Hrdinová | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Stockton, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Kristýna Plíšková | Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse | 6–2, 6–3 |