Rebecca Marino

Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. In July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was named ²Female Player of the Year² by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 and 2011.[1][2] She decided in late February 2013 to take an indefinite break from tennis.[3] During her break, she studied English literature at the University of British Columbia and was part of the rowing team.[4][5] She was also a certified Club Pro 1 coach at the UBC Tennis Centre.[6] In October 2017, Marino announced her intention to return to professional tennis but her comeback was delayed due to ITF administrative regulations.[7][8] She was eligible to return at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, a 15K in Antalya.[9][10]

Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino at the 2011 US Open
Full nameRebecca Catherine Marino
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born (1990-12-16) December 16, 1990
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2008
RetiredFebruary 2013
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CollegeUBC Thunderbirds
Prize moneyUS$ 543,305
Singles
Career record218–134 (61.9%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 38 (July 11, 2011)
Current rankingNo. 300 (March 16, 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
French Open3R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2011)
US Open2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record54–72 (42.9%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 210 (June 21, 2010)
Current rankingNo. 521 (March 16, 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French Open1R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2011)
US Open1R (2011)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2011)
Last updated on: April 18, 2020.

Early life

Rebecca Marino was born in Toronto to Joe Marino, owner of the construction firm Marino General Contracting, and Catherine Hungerford. The family moved to Vancouver before she turned two. Her father is of Italian descent.[11] Marino's uncle, George Hungerford, won gold for Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics in rowing.[4] She has a younger brother named Steven, who also competed in rowing at the University of California.[12] At five, Marino's mother signed her up for badminton. Before long, a tennis coach convinced her to switch racquets and she started playing tennis at age 10. At only 14, she won Vancouver’s premier amateur tennis tournament, the Stanley Park Open, becoming the tournament’s youngest champion in 75 years.[11] From August 2008 to April 2009, she trained in Davos, Switzerland with German coach Nina Nittinger.[13] Later in 2009, she moved to Montreal to train at the National Training Centre.[14]

Tennis career

2005–09: Early years

Marino played the first professional event of her career at the 25K in Vancouver in August 2005, losing in qualifying.[15] In August 2006, she lost in the qualifying first round of the Rogers Cup as a wildcard.[16] Marino won in August 2008 her first singles title at the 10K in Trecastagni and two 10Ks in doubles, respectively in Evansville, Indiana in July and in Southlake, Texas in October of the same year.[17][18][19] In November 2008, she won her first WTA Tour main-draw match at the Challenge Bell as a qualifier, defeating Jill Craybas in the first round. She was defeated by Galina Voskoboeva in the second round.[20] In September 2009 at the Challenge Bell, Marino reached the second round for the second straight year with a win over Lauren Albanese, but lost her next match to Julia Görges.[21]

2010: Breakthrough

Marino played the first Grand Slam of her career at the US Open in August. After winning three qualifying matches to enter the main draw, she beat Ksenia Pervak to set up a second round clash with world No. 4,Venus Williams. She lost after a close first set which ended in a tiebreak. After the match, Venus said: "It seemed like every time I had an opening she came up with a big serve, so I guess I know what it is like now playing myself."[22] Her next tournament was in Quebec City at the Challenge Bell in September where she beat fellow Canadian Heidi El Tabakh in the first round. Marino upset first seeded and world No. 14, Marion Bartoli, in straight sets in the second round, which was her first career win against a top-20 player. She lost her quarterfinal match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands.[23] She then stayed in the province of Québec and played a 50K in Saguenay the following week. Marino made it to the final and defeated Alison Riske in three tough sets to win the tournament, the second singles title of her career.[24] She won her second straight 50K two weeks later in Kansas City by defeating Edina Gallovits in the final.[25] The next week, Marino won her third straight ITF 50K in Troy where she defeated Ashley Weinhold.[26] In November, she lost in the semifinals of the 50K in Toronto against Alizé Lim, stopping her winning streak at 18.[27]

2011: First WTA final and career-high ranking of No. 38
Rebecca Marino at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships

At the Australian Open in January, Marino defeated Junri Namigata in the first round. She lost in the second round against sixth seed Francesca Schiavone with a score of 7–9 in the final set.[28] In February, Marino reached her first WTA final at the event in Memphis, where she faced Magdaléna Rybáriková. She was forced to retire from the match after losing the first set because of an abdominal strain.[29] Marino qualified for the BNP Paribas Open in March, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova.[30] Following her first round exit, Marino took part in the inaugural 100K Bahamas Women's Open. As the fourth seed, she defeated qualifier Sophie Ferguson in the first round, Pauline Parmentier, and another qualifier, Heather Watson to reach the semifinals, where she lost against fifth seeded Angelique Kerber.[31] At the French Open in May, she won her first round match over Kateryna Bondarenko and her second round match against María José Martínez Sánchez. She lost against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, her best Grand Slam performance so far.[32] The next month, she reached the second round for her fourth straight Grand Slam at Wimbledon where she lost to Roberta Vinci.[33] At the US Open in August, Marino lost for the first time of her career in the first round of a Grand Slam to Gisela Dulko.[34] In September, she reached the quarterfinals of the Challenge Bell for the second straight year after beating fellow Canadians Stéphanie Dubois and Aleksandra Wozniak in the first and second round respectively, but lost to Michaëlla Krajicek.[35] At the last tournament of her season, the BGL Luxembourg Open in October, she surprised the second seed and No. 15 player in the world Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round which was the second win of her career over a top-20 player. She lost her second round match against qualifier Bibiane Schoofs.[36]

2012–13: Breaks from tennis

In January 2012, Marino lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Gréta Arn.[37] She took a break from tennis to deal with mental and physical fatigue from February 2012 to late August 2012.[38] Marino made a comeback the second week of September 2012 at the 25K in Redding, California, losing in the second round to Sachie Ishizu.[39] The next month, in only her fifth tournament since coming back, she defeated fellow Canadian Sharon Fichman to win the 25K in Rock Hill, South Carolina as a qualifier.[40] She then lost a week later in the first round of the 50K in Saguenay to Maria Sanchez, stopping her winning streak at 8 matches.[41] In November 2012 at the ITF 50K in Toronto, Marino was forced to retire in her second round match after suffering an abdominal strain. She was supposed to end her season the next week at the 75K in Phoenix, but had to withdraw following her injury.[42]

At the Australian Open in January 2013, her first Grand Slam since coming back, Marino made it to the main draw with her protected ranking of 115, but lost to Peng Shuai in the opening round.[43] After playing some ITF and WTA tournaments, she decided in late February 2013 to take a second break from tennis with no timetable for her return.[3]

2017–18: Return to competition

Marino started training again during the first week of September 2017 and decided to return to competition in October 2017, after being away from the game for nearly five years.[7] She was scheduled to play the 60K in Saguenay but her comeback was delayed by three months due to ITF administrative regulations.[44][8] She returned at the 15K in Antalya at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, not losing a set along the way.[9][10] The next week, she won her second straight title at the ITF 15K in Antalya, without losing a set once again.[45] Again in Antalya the week after, she captured her third 15K event in a row.[46] Playing her fourth straight tournament in Antalya, her first on clay, Marino lost in the quarterfinals, ending her winning streak at 19 matches.[47] At her next tournament in March, a 25K in Kōfu, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier but was defeated by world No. 101 Luksika Kumkhum in three sets.[48] In April at the 25K in Osaka, she advanced to her fourth final of the season where she lost to Destanee Aiava.[49]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 U.S. National Indoor, United States International Hard (i) Magdaléna Rybáriková 2–6, ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W-L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 ITF Landisville, United States 10,000 Hard Kristie Ahn 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2008 ITF London, England 10,000 Hard Anna Smith 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–2 Aug 2008 ITF Trecastagni, Italy 10,000 Hard Alice Moroni 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–3 Mar 2009 ITF Tenerife, Spain 25,000 Hard Elena Bovina 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2009 ITF Boston, United States 50,000 Hard Michaëlla Krajicek 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Apr 2010 ITF Torhout, Belgium 50,000 Hard (i) Mona Barthel 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–5 Sep 2010 ITF Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Alison Riske 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–5 Oct 2010 ITF Kansas City, United States 50,000 Hard Edina Gallovits-Hall 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–5 Oct 2010 ITF Troy, United States 50,000 Hard Ashley Weinhold 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–5 Oct 2012 ITF Rock Hill, United States 25,000 Hard Sharon Fichman 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 6–5 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Cristina Ene 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–5 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Nina Stadler 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–5 Feb 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Gaia Sanesi 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Apr 2018 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard Destanee Aiava 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 9–6 Jul 2018 ITF Winnipeg, Canada 25,000 Hard Julia Glushko 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–6 Sep 2018 ITF Lubbock, United States 25,000 Hard Robin Anderson 6–4, 6–1
Loss 10–7 Apr 2019 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Daria Snigur 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–7 May 2019 ITF Kurume, Japan 60,000 Carpet Yuki Naito 6–4, 7–6(7–0)

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W-L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 ITF Toluca, Mexico 10,000 Hard Lena Litvak Agustina Lepore
Frederica Piedade		 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2008 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard Ellah Nze Courtney Dolehide
Kirsten Flower		 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–1 Oct 2008 ITF Southlake,United States 10,000 Hard Beatrice Capra Mary Gambale
Elizabeth Lumpkin		 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 2–2 Feb 2009 ITF Sutton, England 25,000 Hard (i) Katie O'Brien Raquel Kops-Jones
Renata Voráčová		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2009 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Stéphanie Dubois Sofia Arvidsson
Séverine Beltrame		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 May 2010 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Hard Nicole Clerico Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Irena Pavlovic		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 2010 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Heidi El Tabakh Jorgelina Cravero
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon		 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2019 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Leylah Annie Fernandez Hsu Chieh-yu
Marcela Zacarias		 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

This table is current through the 2018 The Oaks Club $25k Women's USTA Pro Circuit event.

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 2R 1R 1R Retired A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A A A Q1 3R A Retired A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 2R A Retired A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A A Q2 2R 1R A Retired A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 5–7 42%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A Retired NH 0 / 0 0–0 –
Fed Cup A A A A A A WG2 A Retired A 0 / 0 2–2 50%
Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 tournaments
Qatar / Dubai Open[1] A A A A A A A A Retired A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A Retired A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A Q1 A Retired A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Madrid Open Not Held A A A A Retired A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Retired A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Canadian Open A Q1 A A Q1 Q3 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open Not Tier I A A 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[2] A A A A A A 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open Not Tier I A A 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LWin %
Tournaments 1 3 6 14 22 25 24 11 6 0 0 0 0 8 Career total: 120
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Hardcourt Win–Loss 1–1 2–3 4–5 20–10 25–17 37–15 18–18 12–10 3–6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 28–3 0 / 94 150–88 63%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 7–4 1–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0 / 13 13–13 50%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 6–8 43%
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 12–5 71%
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 2–3 4–6 25–13 36–23 42–22 25–25 12–10 3–6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 31–5 0 / 120 181–114 61%
Win % 50% 40% 40% 66% 61% 66% 50% 55% 33% – – – – 86% Career total: 61%
Year-end ranking – – 954 340 182 101 63 428 – – – – – $471,755

Notes

  • 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. Since 2015, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.
  • 2 In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2018 Australian Open

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LWin %
Australian Open A 1R A Retired A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R A Retired 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%

Record against top-50 players

Marino's win-loss record (3–16, 16%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:[50]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

*Statistics as of January 14, 2013

Awards
  • 2010 – Tennis Canada female player of the year[1]
  • 2011 – Tennis Canada female player of the year[2]

Notes
  1. Has a 1–1 overall record vs. Pervak
  2. Has a 0–3 overall record vs. Makarova
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