Verónica Cepede Royg

Verónica Cepede
	Cepede at 2022 French Open
Full name	Verónica Cepede Royg
Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asunción, Paraguay
Born	21 January 1992; Asunción
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Ramón Delgado
Prize money	US$ 1,378,187
Singles
Career record	401–271 (59.7%)
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 73 (7 August 2017)
Current ranking	No. 884 (20 March 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2018)
French Open	4R (2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2017, 2018)
US Open	1R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012, 2016, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	180–96 (65.2%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 85 (19 September 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	61–26 (70.1%)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Paraguay
Pan American Games
South American Games
	Last updated on: 26 March 2023.

Verónica Cepede Royg (Latin American Spanish: [beˈɾonika seˈpeðe ˈrojɣ]; born 21 January 1992) 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 is No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016.^[1] Cepede Royg has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 singles titles and 20 doubles titles on ITF tournaments. Playing for Paraguay Fed Cup team, Cepede Royg has a win–loss record of 61–26. She participated in the 2012 London Olympics, losing in the opening round to American Varvara Lepchenko in three sets, as well as the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship 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. Her brother named Andres is economist and one sister, Estefania, is architect. She was introduced to tennis at age five by siblings. She stated that her favorite shot is forehand, her favorite tournament is Roland Garros, while her favorite surface is clay. Her tennis idols growing up were Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters. If Cepede Royg hadn't been a tennis player, she would have become a nutritionist.^[2]

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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q3	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	4R	1R	Q1	A	Q2	Q2	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q3	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	NH	Q1	Q1	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q2	A	Q1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 8	4–8	33%
National representation
Summer Olympics	1R	NH			1R	NH				1R		0 / 3	0–3	0%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	A	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	NH	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canadian Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournament	1	0	3	3	9	14	13	1	0	1	0	Career total: 45
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	6–9	12–14	4–13	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 45	28–46	38%
Year-end ranking	183	208	138	153	116	77	146	146	174			$1,226,061

Doubles

This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	NH	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
Career statistics
Tournament	1	2	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	Career total: 18
Finals	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Titles	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 3
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–2	9–6	7–6	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1 / 18	18–18
Year-end ranking	120	205	95	162	743	812	850

WTA career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil	International^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Clay	María Irigoyen	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	1–1	Mar 2017	Mexican Open	International	Hard	Mariana Duque	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2017	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Magda Linette	Beatriz Haddad Maia Nadia Podoroska	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2015	Carlsbad Classic, United States	Hard	Gabriela Cé	Tatjana Maria Oksana Kalashnikova	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 28 (14 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2009	ITF Bauru, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Vivian Segnini	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 2009	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	10,000	Clay	Vivian Segnini	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Nov 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Carla Lucero	7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	Dec 2009	ITF La Serena, Chile	10,000	Clay	Barbara Rush	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Oct 2010	ITF Londrina, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	4–6, 0–6
Loss	3–3	Nov 2010	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Nov 2010	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Tatiana Búa	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Dec 2010	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–4	Dec 2010	ITF Talca, Chile	10,000	Clay	Camila Silva	7–6⁽²⁾, 3–6, 6–3
Win	6–4	Feb 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Nathalia Rossi	4–1 ret.
Loss	6–5	Apr 2011	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–0, 4–6
Win	7–5	May 2011	ITF Encarnación, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Ornella Carón	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–5	Jun 2011	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Adriana Pérez	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 7–5
Win	9–5	Dec 2011	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Mailen Auroux	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Win	10–5	Nov 2012	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	25,000	Clay	Raluca Olaru	5–7, 7–6⁽⁹⁾, 6–2
Loss	10–6	Jul 2013	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10–7	Oct 2013	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	25,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	3–6, 6–7
Win	11–7	Oct 2013	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	25,000	Hard	Laura Pigossi	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–7	Dec 2013	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–7	Mar 2014	Medellín Open, Colombia	50,000^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	13–8	Apr 2015	Medellín Open, Colombia	50,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Win	14–8	Dec 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Anne Schäfer	6–0, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	14–9	Sep 2016	ITF Albuquerque, United States	75,000^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Hard	Mandy Minella	4–6, 5–7
Loss	14–10	May 2017	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Markéta Vondroušová	5–7, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	14–11	May 2018	Empire Slovak Open	100,000	Clay	Viktória Kužmová	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	14–12	Oct 2018	Classic of Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	4–6, 4–6
Loss	14–13	Mar 2019	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Astra Sharma	7–6⁽³⁾, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	14–14	Nov 2021	Copa Santiago, Chile	60,000+H	Clay	Anna Bondár	2–6, 3–6

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2009	ITF La Serena, Chile	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Andrea Koch Benvenuto Giannina Minieri	4–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Loss	1–1	Oct 2010	ITF Londrina, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Karen Castiblanco Camila Silva	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2010	ITF Santa Maria, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Natasha Lotuffo Roxane Vaisemberg	w/o
Win	3–1	Nov 2010	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	Luciana Sarmenti Carolina Zeballos	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–1	Nov 2010	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	Lucía Jara-Lozano Luciana Sarmenti	6–2, 2–6, [10–3]
Win	5–1	Dec 2010	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Barbara Rush Camila Silva	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–1	Dec 2010	ITF Talca, Chile	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Flávia Guimarães Bueno Belén Ludueña	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–1	Feb 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Fernanda Brito Catalina Pella	6–0, 6–3
Win	8–1	Feb 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Andrea Benítez Tatiana Búa	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	9–1	Apr 2011	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Sofía Luini Aranza Salut	6–2, 6–0
Win	10–1	May 2011	ITF Encarnación, Paraguay	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Ornella Carón Jordana Luján	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–1	Jun 2011	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava	7–5, 6–4
Win	12–1	Jul 2011	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Céline Ghesquière Elixane Lechemia	6–1, 6–1
Loss	12–2	Feb 2012	ITF Bertioga, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Florencia Molinero	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	3–6, 1–6
Loss	12–3	Apr 2012	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	25,000	Hard	Adriana Pérez	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–4	May 2012	ITF Rosario, Argentina	25,000	Hard	Luciana Sarmenti	Teliana Pereira Nicole Rottmann	2–6, 5–7
Loss	12–5	Jun 2012	ITF Zlín, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Elitsa Kostova Jasmina Tinjić	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss	12–6	Mar 2013	Osprey Challenger, United States	50,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 3–6
Loss	12–7	Apr 2013	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Ilona Kremen Angelique van der Meet	3–6, 4–6
Win	13–7	Jul 2013	ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Adriana Pérez	Mailen Auroux María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win	14–7	Jul 2013	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Adriana Pérez	Florencia Molinero Carolina Zeballos	6–0, 6–1
Win	15–7	Oct 2013	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	25,000	Hard	Adriana Pérez	Florencia Molinero Laura Pigossi	6–3, 6–3
Win	16–7	Dec 2013	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Cecilia Costa Melgar Daniela Seguel	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	16–8	Dec 2013	ITF Bertioga, Brazil	25,000	Hard	María Irigoyen	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Laura Pigossi	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	17–8	May 2014	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Sharon Fichman Johanna Konta	7–5, 6–3
Win	18–8	May 2014	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Florencia Molinero	6–4, 6–2
Loss	18–9	Jun 2014	Nottingham Challenge, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Stephanie Vogt	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 1–6
Loss	18–10	Jun 2014	Reinert Open, Germany	50,000	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Gabriela Dabrowski Mariana Duque	4–6, 2–6
Win	19–10	Sep 2014	Henderson Open, United States	50,000	Hard	María Irigoyen	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Win	20–10	Nov 2014	John Newcombe Challenge, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Mariana Duque	Alexa Glatch Bernarda Pera	6–0, 6–3
Loss	20–11	Mar 2015	ITF Osprey, United States	50,000	Clay	María Irigoyen	Anhelina Kalinina Oleksandra Korashvili	1–6, 4–6
Loss	20–12	Oct 2015	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	50,000	Hard	Marina Melnikova	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	5–7, 2–6
Loss	20–13	Mar 2019	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Astra Sharma Paige Hourigan	1–6, 6–4, [10–12]

Notes

↑ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
↑ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
↑ The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $80,000 in 2017.

References

External links

Veronica Cepede Royg at the Women's Tennis Association
Veronica Cepede Royg at the International Tennis Federation
Verónica Cepede Royg at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[WTA250-3] The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

[$50k_ITF-4] The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

[$80k_ITF-5] The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $80,000 in 2017.

[1] "Verónica Cepede Royg Biography". International Tennis Federation.

[2] "Veronica Cepede Royg Bio".

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