Verónica Cepede Royg

Verónica Cepede Royg (American Spanish: [beˈɾonika seˈpeðe ˈrojɣ]; born 21 January 1992) is a professional Paraguayan tennis player.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cepede and the second or maternal family name is Royg.

Verónica Cepede Royg

Verónica Cepede Royg at the 2017 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asunción, Paraguay
Born	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alejandro Dulko
Prize money	US$ 1,226,061
Singles
Career record	378–244 (60.8%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 73 (7 August 2017)
Current ranking	No. 156 (16 March 2020)
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)
Doubles
Career record	179–95 (65.3%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 85 (19 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 827 (16 March 2020)
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 2015 Toronto Mixed Doubles 2019 Lima Women's Doubles 2019 Lima Women's Singles South American Games 2010 Medellín Singles 2014 Santiago Singles 2014 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 3 May 2020.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.

• Sourced from WTA[3]

Singles

This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q3	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	4R	1R	Q1		0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q3	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	NH	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q2		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 / 8	4–8	33%
National representation
Summer Olympics	1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			P	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	A	P	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	P	0 / 2	1–2	33%
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Premier 5 tournaments
Canadian Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	P	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournament	1	0	3	3	9	14	13	1	0	Career total: 44
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	6–9	12–14	4–13	1–2	1–0	0 / 44	28–45	38%
Year-end Ranking	183	208	138	153	116	77	146	146		$1,226,061

Doubles

This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.

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

WTA career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (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	Clay	María Irigoyen	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	1–1	Mar 2017	Mexican Open, Mexico	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 125K series 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

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

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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^(7–2), 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^(4–7), 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^(9–7), 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^(11–9), 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	Claro Open Medellín, Colombia	50,000	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	13–8	Apr 2015	Claro Open Medellín, Colombia	50,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–7^(6–8), 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	Coleman Vision Championships, United States	75,000	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^(3–7)
Loss	14–11	May 2018	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Viktória Kužmová	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	14–12	Oct 2018	Macon Classic, 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^(7–3), 4–6, 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	The Oaks Club 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 Occitanie, 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	Aegon Nottingham Challenge, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Stephanie Vogt	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	6–7^(0–7), 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, United States	50,000	Hard	Mariana Duque	Alexa Glatch Bernarda Pera	6–0, 6–3
Loss	20–11	Mar 2015	The Oaks Club Challenger, 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]

References

1. "Verónica Cepede Royg Biography". International Tennis Federation.
2. "Veronica Cepede Royg Bio".
3. "Matches".

External links

• Verónica Cepede Royg at the Women's Tennis Association
• Verónica Cepede Royg at the International Tennis Federation
• Verónica Cepede Royg at the Fed Cup