Verónica Cepede Royg


Verónica Cepede Royg is a professional Paraguayan tennis player.
On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 73 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016. Cepede Royg has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125K doubles title, and 14 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Paraguay at the Fed Cup, Cepede Royg has a win–loss of 61–26. She participated in the 2012 London Olympics, losing in the opening round to American Varvara Lepchenko in three sets. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament to date was reaching the fourth round of the 2017 French Open.

Personal life and background

Her father, Eduardo, owns gas station, while her mother, Edith, is retired dentist. She also has brother named Andres that is economist and one sister, Estefania, that is architect... She was introduced to tennis at age 5 by siblings. She stated that her favorite shot is forehand, her favorite tournament is Roland Garros, while her favorite surface is clay. Cepede Royg speaks Spanish and English. Her tennis idols growing up were Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters. In free time, she enjoys going to the cinema and spending time with family and friends. If she hadn't been a tennis player, would have become a nutritionist.

Performance timeline

This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.

Doubles

This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02016 Rio Open – Women's Doubles|Rio Open, BrazilInternationalClay María Irigoyen Tara Moore
Conny Perrin		6–1, 7–6
Loss1–12017 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles|Mexican Open, MexicoInternationalHard Mariana Duque Darija Jurak
Anastasia Rodionova		3–6, 2–6
Loss1–22017 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Magda Linette Beatriz Haddad Maia
Nadia Podoroska		3–6, 6–7

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 27 (14 titles, 13 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2009ITF Bauru, Brazil10,000Clay Vivian Segnini6–0, 6–3
Win2–0Oct 2009ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia10,000Clay Vivian Segnini6–2, 6–2
Loss2–1Nov 2009ITF Lima, Peru10,000Clay Carla Lucero7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Win3–1Dec 2009ITF La Serena, Chile10,000Clay Barbara Rush6–1, 6–4
Loss3–2Oct 2010ITF Londrina, Brazil10,000Clay Teliana Pereira4–6, 0–6
Loss3–3Nov 2010ITF Asunción, Paraguay10,000Clay Vanesa Furlanetto6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Win4–3Nov 2010ITF Asunción, Paraguay10,000Clay Tatiana Búa6–2, 6–2
Loss4–4Dec 2010ITF Santiago, Chile10,000Clay Andrea Koch Benvenuto2–6, 2–6
Win5–4Dec 2010ITF Talca, Chile10,000Clay Camila Silva7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win6–4Feb 2011ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000Clay Nathalia Rossi4–1 ret.
Loss6–5Apr 2011ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Daniela Seguel6–7, 6–0, 4–6
Win7–5May 2011ITF Encarnación, Paraguay10,000Clay Ornella Carón6–2, 6–2
Win8–5Jun 2011ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil25,000Hard Adriana Pérez7–6, 7–5
Win9–5Dec 2011ITF Santiago, Chile25,000Clay Mailen Auroux6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Win10–5Nov 2012ITF Asunción, Paraguay25,000Clay Raluca Olaru5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss10–6Jul 2013ITF Campinas, Brazil25,000Clay María Irigoyen2–6, 2–6
Loss10–7Oct 2013ITF Asunción, Paraguay25,000Clay Florencia Molinero3–6, 6–7
Win11–7Oct 2013ITF Caracas, Venezuela25,000Hard Laura Pigossi6–2, 6–2
Win12–7Dec 2013ITF Santiago, Chile25,000Clay María Irigoyen6–3, 6–4
Win13–7Mar 2014Claro Open Medellín, Colombia50,000Clay Irina-Camelia Begu6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss13–8Apr 2015Claro Open Medellín, Colombia50,000Clay Teliana Pereira6–7, 1–6
Win14–8Dec 2015ITF Santiago, Chile25,000Clay Anne Schäfer6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Loss14–9Sep 2016Coleman Vision Championships, United States75,000Hard Mandy Minella4–6, 5–7
Loss14–10May 2017Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia100,000Clay Markéta Vondroušová5–7, 6–7
Loss14–11May 2018Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia100,000Clay Viktória Kužmová4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss14–12Oct 2018Macon Classic, United States80,000Hard Varvara Lepchenko4–6, 4–6
Loss14–13Mar 2019ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000Hard Astra Sharma7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 33 (20 titles, 13 runner–ups)