Diede de Groot
De Groot at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996
Woerden, Netherlands
Singles
Career record405–67 (85.8%)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
French OpenW (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
WimbledonW (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
US OpenW (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
MastersW (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record238–60 (79.9%)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
French OpenW (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
WimbledonW (2018, 2019, 2023)
US OpenW (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Team competitions
World Team Cup Champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Medal record
Women's wheelchair tennis
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoWomen's singles
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoWomen's doubles
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroWomen's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 RotterdamWomen's singles

Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.

De Groot is a 37-time major champion, having won 20 titles in singles and 17 in doubles. De Groot is currently on a long winning streak in singles, with her most recent defeat being in February 2021 to Yui Kamiji.[1] During this streak she achieved the first calendar-year Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four major titles, the Paralympic gold medal, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women's singles in 2021.[2] The following year, she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to defend the Grand Slam and win all four majors in two consecutive years, and did so yet again in 2023. During the 2023 French Open de Groot surpassed 100 consecutive singles match wins.[1]

In doubles, de Groot also completed the Grand Slam in 2019, partnering Aniek van Koot. Apart from her major titles, de Groot has won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 in both singles and doubles, as well as gold medals in both disciplines at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[3][4] She was part of the Dutch team that won the World Team Cup on eight occasions between 2011 and 2019.

Career

De Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at age seven.[5] She started playing on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as a junior player.[6] During her time with the ITF, De Groot won the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles. The following year, she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles.[7]

De Groot made her first Grand Slam appearance at the 2017 Australian Open.[8] After placing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She ended the 2017 Grand Slam tournaments with a finals finish at the 2017 US Open.[9] At the start of 2018, she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open.[10] For the remaining Grand Slams of 2018, De Groot won the women's singles division at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open.[11][12] In 2019, de Groot rewon the Australian Open title in singles competition at the 2019 Australian Open.[13] At the 2019 French Open, de Groot completed her career Grand Slam when she won her first French Open singles title.[14] Her French Open title also made de Groot the first wheelchair tennis player to complete a Non-calendar year Grand Slam (win all four Grand Slam singles events in a row, but not in the same year).[15] At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, de Groot ended her back to back singles wins when she was defeated by Aniek van Koot in the final.[16] In 2021, she won the Wimbledon Single Ladies Wheelchair championship.

In doubles, De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships.[9] After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open.[17] De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018.[11] She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji.[18] At the 2019 Australian Open, De Groot won her first Australian doubles title with Aniek van Koot alongside her singles title in January 2019.[19] At the following Grand Slams, De Groot and Van Koot won the 2019 doubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.[15][20]

Outside of the Grand Slam tournaments, De Groot competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in singles and doubles competitions. While De Groot did not medal in singles, she won a silver medal in women's doubles.[7] In Masters competitions, De Groot won the 2017 and 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters in women's singles.[21][22] Competing in doubles, she won the 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters with Lucy Shuker and the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters alongside Marjolein Buis.[23] She has also appeared at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in consecutive years from 2011 to 2019. At the World Team Cup, De Groot started as a junior in 2011 before competing a world team competitor in 2012.[6]

De Groot also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning gold medals in both singles and doubles.

De Groot won the singles title at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, defeating compatriot Aniek van Koot in two sets.[24]

Golden Slam: 2021

In 2021, De Groot earned the calendar year Golden Slam, winning singles titles in the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and the singles gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was the first professional wheelchair tennis player to achieve the feat in the history of the sport. She is also one of just three professional tennis players overall, and first since Steffi Graf in 1988, to accomplish the feat.

Awards and honors

In 2018, de Groot was named ITF World Champion in women's wheelchair tennis.[25] The following year, she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2019.[26] In 2019, 2021 and 2022 she was again named ITF World Champion.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Wheelchair singles

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023Career SRCareer Win %
Australian Open QF W W QF W W W 5 / 7 71%
French Open QF F W SF W W W 4 / 7 57%
Wimbledon W W F NH W W W 5 / 6 83%
US Open F W W W W W W 6 / 7 86%

Wheelchair doubles

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023Career SRCareer Win %
Australian Open F F W F W W W 4 / 7 57%
French Open SF W W W W W F 5 / 7 78%
Wimbledon F W W NH SF F W 3 / 6 50%
US Open W W W F W W F 5 / 7 71%

Grand Slam tournament finals

Wheelchair singles: 23 (20 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win2017WimbledonGrassGermany Sabine Ellerbrock6–0, 6–4
Loss2017US OpenHardJapan Yui Kamiji5–7, 2–6
Win2018Australian OpenHardJapan Yui Kamiji7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss2018French OpenClayJapan Yui Kamiji6–2, 0–6, 2–6
Win2018WimbledonGrassNetherlands Aniek van Koot6–3, 6–2
Win2018US OpenHardJapan Yui Kamiji6–2, 6–3
Win2019Australian Open (2)HardJapan Yui Kamiji6–0, 6–2
Win2019French OpenClayJapan Yui Kamiji6–1, 6–0
Loss2019WimbledonGrassNetherlands Aniek van Koot4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win2019US Open (2)HardJapan Yui Kamiji4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win2020US Open (3)HardJapan Yui Kamiji6–3, 6–3
Win2021Australian Open (3)HardJapan Yui Kamiji6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(10–4)
Win2021French Open (2)ClayJapan Yui Kamiji6–4, 6–3
Win2021Wimbledon (3)GrassSouth Africa Kgothatso Montjane6–2, 6–2
Win2021US Open (4)HardJapan Yui Kamiji6–3, 6–2
Win2022Australian Open (4)HardNetherlands Aniek van Koot6–1, 6–1
Win2022French Open (3)ClayJapan Yui Kamiji6–4, 6–1
Win2022Wimbledon (4)GrassJapan Yui Kamiji6–4, 6–2
Win2022US Open (5)HardJapan Yui Kamiji3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win2023Australian Open (5)HardJapan Yui Kamiji0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win2023French Open (4)ClayJapan Yui Kamiji6–2, 6–0
Win2023Wimbledon (5)GrassNetherlands Jiske Griffioen6–2, 6-1
Win2023US Open (6)HardJapan Yui Kamiji6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair doubles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2017Australian OpenHardJapan Yui KamijiNetherlands Jiske Griffioen
Netherlands Aniek van Koot		3–6, 2–6
Loss2017WimbledonGrassNetherlands Marjolein BuisJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Win2017US OpenHardNetherlands Marjolein BuisUnited States Dana Mathewson
Netherlands Aniek van Koot		6–4, 6–3
Loss2018Australian OpenHardNetherlands Aniek van KootNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Japan Yui Kamiji		0–6, 4–6
Win2018French OpenClayNetherlands Aniek van KootNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Japan Yui Kamiji		6–1, 6–3
Win2018WimbledonGrassJapan Yui KamijiGermany Sabine Ellerbrock
United Kingdom Lucy Shuker		6–1, 6–1
Win2018US Open (2)HardJapan Yui KamijiNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Netherlands Aniek van Koot		6–3, 6–4
Win2019Australian OpenHardNetherlands Aniek van KootNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Germany Sabine Ellerbrock		5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
Win2019French Open (2)ClayNetherlands Aniek van KootNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Germany Sabine Ellerbrock		6–1, 6–1
Win2019Wimbledon (2)GrassNetherlands Aniek van KootNetherlands Marjolein Buis
Italy Giulia Capocci		6–1, 6–1
Win2019US Open (3)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootGermany Sabine Ellerbrock
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		6–2, 6–0
Loss2020Australian OpenHardNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		2–6, 4–6
Loss2020US OpenHardNetherlands Marjolein BuisJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		3–6, 3–6
Win2020French Open (3)ClayNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–8]
Win2021Australian Open (2)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootSouth Africa Kgothatso Montjane
United Kingdom Lucy Shuker		6–4, 6–1
Win2021French Open (4)ClayNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		6–3, 6–4
Win2021US Open (4)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		6–1, 6–2
Win2022Australian Open (3)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Lucy Shuker		7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
Win2022French Open (5)ClayNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]
Loss2022WimbledonGrassNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
United States Dana Mathewson		1–6, 5–7
Win2022US Open (5)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		6–2, 6–2
Win2023Australian Open (4)HardNetherlands Aniek van KootJapan Yui Kamiji
China Zhu Zhenzhen		6–3, 6–2
Loss2023French OpenClayArgentina María Florencia MorenoJapan Yui Kamiji
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		2-6, 3-6
Win2023WimbledonGrassNetherlands Jiske GriffioenJapan Yui Kamiji
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		6–1, 6–4
Loss2023US OpenHardNetherlands Jiske GriffioenJapan Yui Kamiji
South Africa Kgothatso Montjane		walkover

See also

References

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