Caroline Wozniacki v Timea Babos: Who is the Hungarian player challenging Wozniacki?
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI will take on Timea Babos at Wimbledon today, but who is the Hungarian tennis player and what is her world ranking?
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The Danish former world No. 1 will meet her match on the grassy courts of Wimbledon when she faces off against Babos today at 5pm.
The match is set to be one the highlights of the tennis games today with Babos trying to break an eight-game losing streak.
Babos, who has lost in the second round of Wimbledon in the past two seasons, has held a tennis racket since the age of eight.
Coached by Thomas Droute from Monaco, her matches stand out for aggressive play – especially on her preferred hard courts.
In 2009 Babos played her first games on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Circuit in Britain, where she won two singles and one doubles titles.
Just a year later, she started off as the first seed when competing in the 2010 Australian Open girls junior event, but lost in the doubles finals.
She and American Sloane Stephens powered through the 2010 French Open girls doubles unchallenged. The perfect duo won every single game that tournament.
Partnering again with Stephens for the US Open 2010, the pair became the first junior doubles team to win the Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year.
In 2011 Babos officially became a pro and won three £19,300 ($25,000) doubles tournaments and a £38,680 ($50,000) tournament in Saguenay, Quebec.
The Hungarian reached the ITF final four in 2011 and finished the season with a solid record of 34 wins to 13 losses.
However, Babos’ rankings took a dive in 2013 after a poor start to her season.
She began with a series of early tournament exits, most notably in the first round of the Australian Open where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic.
But despite dropping out of the top 100 and losing in the Morocco Open and several other ITF tournaments, she managed to finish the season ranked 88th.
Her current WTA rankings are 42nd in singles and 11th in doubles. Her career high record is 238 – 152 in singles and 192 – 93 in doubles.
Russian Olympic medalist Elena Dementieva is her all-time tennis idol and Babos’ career goal is to win a Grand Slam event.
Her favourite thing about playing tennis is being able to see different places and cultures and her best memory is reaching her first Wimbledon doubles final.
Outside of playing tennis, she admits she is a fan of the actor Johnny Depp and has a cat at home in Sopron.