Raquel Atawo
Raquel Atawo is a former professional tennis player from the United States of America. She is currently a volunteer tennis assistant for the California Golden Bears.
She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 18 WTA doubles titles, including two Premier-5 titles at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open and the 2014 Cincinnati Masters, and reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside her regular partner, fellow American Abigail Spears.
Biography
Raquel's mother is Nancy Kops, and her father is Lawrence Jones. She has two sisters, Renee and Khristy. She married Toby Atawo on July 18, 2015.Career
Her best results in doubles at Grand Slam events have been reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open in 2014 and Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016, both while partnered with Abigail Spears. Kops-Jones has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 10, achieved on March 2, 2015. She has won 18 WTA doubles titles.In 2008, she played for the Boston Lobsters, and in 2019, played for the Philadelphia Freedoms--both teams in the World TeamTennis Pro League.
2012
Kops-Jones and compatriot Abigail Spears were one of the most successful doubles teams of the 2012 season, winning four titles, at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo, and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.Significant finals
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals
Doubles: 2 titles, 1 runner-up
WTA career finals
Doubles: 18 titles, 8 runner-ups
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | November 4, 2007 | Bell Challenge, Quebec City | Hard |  Christina Fusano |  Stéphanie Dubois  Renata Voráčová | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | May 10, 2009 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Abigail Spears | Sharon Fichman  Katalin Marosi | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Winner | 3. | May 23, 2009 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Bethanie Mattek-Sands |  Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | June 14, 2009 | Aegon Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Abigail Spears |  Cara Black Liezel Huber | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | August 7, 2011 | Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego | Hard | Abigail Spears | Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | September 18, 2011 | Bell Challenge, Quebec City | Hard | Abigail Spears | Jamie Hampton  Anna Tatishvili | 6–0, 3–6, |
| Runner-up | 3. | January 7, 2012 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 4. | February 19, 2012 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha | Hard | Abigail Spears | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 5. | July 23, 2012 | Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad | Hard | Abigail Spears | Vania King  Nadia Petrova | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | September 23, 2012 | Hansol Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King | 2–6, 6–2, |
| Winner | 7. | September 29, 2012 | Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | October 14, 2012 | HP Open, Osaka | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Kimiko Date-Krumm  Heather Watson | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | July 29, 2013 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Abigail Spears | Julia Görges  Darija Jurak | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Winner | 10. | August 5, 2013 | Southern California Open, Carlsbad | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Chan Hao-ching  Janette Husárová | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | September 22, 2013 | KDB Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | Abigail Spears | Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | February 22, 2014 | Dubai Tennis Championships, U.A.E. | Hard | Abigail Spears | Alla Kudryavtseva  Anastasia Rodionova | 2–6, 7–5, |
| Winner | 11. | June 15, 2014 | Aegon Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Abigail Spears | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 12. | August 18, 2014 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Hard | Abigail Spears | Tímea Babos  Kristina Mladenovic | 6–1, 2–0 ret. |
| Runner-up | 7. | January 16, 2015 | Apia International Sydney, Australia | Hard | Abigail Spears | Bethanie Mattek-Sands  Sania Mirza | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 13. | February 28, 2015 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Abigail Spears | Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 14. | June 14, 2015 | Aegon Nottingham Open, Great Britain | Grass | Abigail Spears | Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith | 3–6, 6–3, |
| Winner | 15. | October 18, 2015 | Generali Ladies Linz, Austria | Hard | Abigail Spears | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 16. | July 23, 2016 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Abigail Spears | Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 17. | April 30, 2017 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart | Clay |  Jelena Ostapenko | Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 18. | April 29, 2018 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart | Clay | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke | 6–4, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 8. | October 14, 2018 | Linz Open, Austria | Hard | Anna-Lena Grönefeld |  Kirsten Flipkens  Johanna Larsson | 6–4, 4–6, |