Olivia Rogowska (; born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former
tennis
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player. Both of her parents are
Polish
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.
The right-hander was born in and lives in
Melbourne
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. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. Her career high in doubles is No. 89, which she reached on 28 July 2014. She has defeated
Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. ...
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...
, and taken sets from former No. 1
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mubinovna Safina (; ; tt-Cyrl, Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the ...
, from
Alona Bondarenko
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok ( uk, Альона Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko plays on the WTA Tour.
Her career-high s ...
,
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...
,
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
,
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...
,
Anastasia Rodionova
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,
Sania Mirza
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, and
Casey Dellacqua
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.
Professional career
2005–2008
Rogowska started her professional career on the ITF Circuit at age 14, losing in the first round of qualifying at a $25k tournament in Mount Gambier. At the age of 15, she won her first main-draw match at a $25k tournament in Melbourne.
She had a disappointing 2007 season with a win–loss record of 3–9.
Her fortunes picked up in 2008 making her first career quarterfinal in a $25k tournament in Berri after qualifying. She then made her first semifinal in a $10k tournament in Budapest. Late in 2008, at a $25k event in Traralgon, Rogowska qualified and then made the quarterfinals. Her final tournament of the year was a $25k tournament in Sorrento, Australia. Rogowska broke through and won her first professional tournament at the age of 17– with the loss of only one set.
2009
She received a wildcard into the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to the 31st seed
Alona Bondarenko
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok ( uk, Альона Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko plays on the WTA Tour.
Her career-high s ...
in a three-set match. She then received a wildcard into the French Open and defeated
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...
in the first round in straight sets. In the second round, she lost to
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...
in three sets.
After gaining another wildcard entry into the US Open, Olivia almost caused a major upset in her first-round match, taking world No. 1 and top seed
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mubinovna Safina (; ; tt-Cyrl, Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the ...
to three sets. She won the first set in a tie breaker and led 3–0 in the final set before her nerves set in and Safina made her comeback, losing 7–6, 2–6, 4–6. At the Wildcard Playoff for the 2010 Australian Open, Rogowska barely made the quarterfinal rounds by losing two out of three matches in the round-robin stage; she only made it through by one game. In the quarterfinals and semifinals Rogowska beat Monika Wejnert and Jessica Moore in straight sets, in the final Rogowska lead
Casey Dellacqua
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6–1, 5–2 and held three match points before Dellacqua came back to win 1–6, 7–6, 6–3.
2010
Rogowska played her first tournament in the
Brisbane International
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defeating Anastasia Yakimova in the first qualifying round, before losing to
Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67.
Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...
. That began an 11-match losing streak, including a three-set loss to
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
at the Australian Open.
She ended her losing streak in May reaching the quarterfinals of $50k+H Saint-Gaudens, losing to Kaia Kanepi, and continued to find moderate success in ITF events, while losing her first qualifying matches at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
Rogowska found form late in the year, winning the $25k Cairns doubles title, then the $25k Darwin singles title, followed by a semifinal at the $25k event in Alice Springs. She represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, reaching the semifinals in singles where she lost to India's
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles i ...
6–1, 4–6, 4–6, meaning she was relegated to the bronze-medal playoff where she lost to compatriot Sally Peers. She also made the doubles final with Jessica Moore to play for the gold medal but Rogowska and Moore lost the final to
Anastasia Rodionova
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and
Sally Peers
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, in three sets.
Her last tournament of the year was the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff. In the round-robin stage, she won her first match against Belinda Woolcock 6–3, 6–3, she then defeated Azra Hadzic 6–1, 6–3, and in her final round-robin match her Commonwealth Games doubles partner Jessica Moore, 7–6, 6–3. She then was drawn to face
Sophie Ferguson
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She won nine titles on the ITF Women's Circuit (six in doubles) and played on the WTA Tour. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world ...
for a place in the final and Rogowska defeated Ferguson 7–6, 6–4. She came back from 1–6, 1–3 down in the final against
Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. ...
to win 1–6, 7–6, 6–3 to win a wildcard into the main draw of the 2011 Australian Open.
2011
Rogowska started her year at the qualifying draw at the
Brisbane International
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. In the first round of qualifying, she defeated world No. 90,
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang als ...
, 6–0, 4–6, 6–1. She lost in the second round to world No. 139,
Arantxa Rus
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, 1–6, 7–6, 2–6. In the
Hobart International
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main draw, Rogowska lost to
Tamira Paszek
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Paszek has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She realized her greatest success so far ...
Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67.
Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...
3–6, 1–6.
Rogowska then played the $25k
Burnie International
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where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Up until the end of March, she played in singles and doubles at four $25k tournaments in Sydney, Mildura, Ipswich and Bunderberg. She lost early in singles in Sydney and Mildura but in Ipswich she returned to form but lost in the semifinal to Sally Peers 3–6, 6–7. Then in Bundaberg, Rogowska defeated
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player.
In her career, she won ten singles tournaments as well as a further seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit, and was the runner-up of the 2009 Australi ...
,
Olga Puchkova
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,
Sacha Jones
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and Wsu Wen-hsin, before losing the final to Casey Dellacqua 2–6, 3–6. She played with Dellacqua in doubles in all four events and they went on a 16-match winning streak to win those events.
At the French Open, Rogowska lost in the first round of qualifying to world No. 163,
Regina Kulikova
Regina Aleksandrovna Kulikova ( Russian: Регина Александровна Куликова; born 30 January 1989) is a former professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 65, which she reached in May 2010. Her ...
, 5–7, 3–6. Shen then played a $25k event in Grado and made the semifinal defeating
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Hrdličková (née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the posi ...
6–4, 6–0,
Yulia Putintseva
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7–5, 6–2 and won when
Lenka Juriková
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retired but lost to world No. 182,
Ajla Tomljanović
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, 0–6, 6–4, 3–6. In early July, Rogowska played in her first match on WTA Tour since the Australian Open and qualified for the
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in Båstad where she played world No. 21 and second seed,
Flavia Pennetta
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, and lost 2–6, 5–7.
She next played in a $100k tournament to warm-up for the US Open. She qualified and made the second round. Rogowska lost in the first round of qualifying at the US Open to world No. 211,
Petra Rampre
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In her career, she won eight singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On ...
, 6–7, 5–7. She then played eight $25k tournaments to end her year on the
WTA Tour
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. She won her first singles tournament of the year in Alice Springs, after defeating Abbie Myers,
Alison Bai
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On the ITF Circuit ...
,
Tammi Patterson
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Patterson has won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 February 2011, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...
, Akiko Omae and
Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Career
Holland's preferred surfaces are clay and hardcourt.
Her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 179 she reached on 5 December 2011. Her highe ...
. Next in Darwin, she lost in the semifinals to Casey Dellacqua 4–6, 6–7. Rogowska again lost to Dellacqua the next week in Esperance but this time in the final 2–6, 1–6. Her good form continued with a quarterfinal in Kalgoorlie and then winning her second tournament of the year in Port Pirie beating world No. 127,
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Bojana Bobusic
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, 6–3, 6–2 in the final. She then made two consecutive semifinals to end her year on the pro tour, losing to Sacha Jones 5–7, 2–6 in Traralgon, and Isabella Holland, 4–6, 4–6 in Bendigo.
Her final tournament of the year was the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff where she won her pool matches against Azra Hadzic, Daniella Jeflea and Belinda Woolcock. In her semifinal, she defeated Bojana Bobusic 6–4, 7–5. She played 15-year-old Ashleigh Barty in the final and things looked good for Rogowska as she led 5–2 in the first set, but Barty came back and took the match 7–6, 6–2. Rogowska improved her WTA ranking in 2011 from 259 to 167.
2012
She started her year at the
Brisbane International
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, after receiving a main-draw wildcard. She played world No. 44
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and put up a great fight before going down 2–6, 6–4, 4–6. She then played the
Hobart International
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qualifying after receiving a wild card. Rogowska recorded a great win beating world No. 69, Alberta Brianti, 6–1, 6–1 but lost to
Heather Watson
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. After receiving a wildcard entry into the Australian Open, Rogowska won her first Grand Slam main-draw match since the 2009 French Open, defeating Sofia Arvidsson in straight sets, 6–3, 6–1. In the second round, Rogowska lost to world No. 5 and 2011 finalist,
Li Na
Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player.
She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand ...
, 2–6, 2–6.
Rogowska then competed in three $25k events in Burnie, Launceston and Sydney. At the Burnie International, she was the second seed. She defeated qualifiers Lesly Kerkhove,
Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player.
Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she ...
and
Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese tennis player.
Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, ...
in the first round, second round and quarterfinal. In the semifinal, she defeated compatriot Bojana Bobusic 6–2, 6–4, and in the final she defeated Russian world number-one junior
Irina Khromacheva
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She has career-high WTA rankings of 89 in singles and 41 in doubles.
Khromacheva was provisionally ...
6–3, 6–3 to win her sixth ITF title. In Launceston, her good form looked like it was over in the first round before Rogowska's comeback to win 1–6, 7–5, 7–6 over
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player.
In her career, she won ten singles tournaments as well as a further seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit, and was the runner-up of the 2009 Australi ...
. She then beat
Arina Rodionova
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Rodionova has won nine singles and 42 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, ...
but lost the quarterfinal to Yulia Putintseva. In Sydney, Rogowska made the final by beating Akiko Omae 6–2, 6–0,
Monique Adamczak
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by walkover, Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–1 and qualifier
Richèl Hogenkamp
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Personal background
Hog ...
3–6, 6–0, 6–2. In the final, she lost to
Ashleigh Barty
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in straight sets.
In the main draw of the Malaysian Open, she won in the first round against Elitsa Kotsova 6–4, 6–0 which was her third WTA main-draw win. She continued her good form into the second round upsetting defending champion Jelena Dokić 3–6, 6–4, 7–6, making the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she lost to
Eleni Daniilidou
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She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and t ...
2–6, 6–3, 2–6 although Rogowska won the second set after a rain delay. Rogowska then had first-round losses at the Indian Wells Open qualifying to
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* Varvara ...
1–6, 3–6, and then in the main draw of the Miami Open to
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
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4–6, 1–6.
Olivia played Fed Cup for the first time, taking on Germany in Germany in the World Group Playoffs. The team also included
Samantha Stosur
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,
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...
and Casey Dellacqua. Rogowska played in the second of the reverse singles but although pushing world No. 14, Angelique Kerber, she eventually lost 3–6, 3–6. She then had a few disappointing results in ITF tournaments in the USA on red clay. Olivia played her final French Open warm-up tournament at the Premier-level tournament the Brussels Open. She won her first qualifying match over
Maryna Zanevska
Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska ( uk, Марина Володимирівна Заневська; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and ...
6–4, 2–6, 7–5 but lost her second round to
Lenka Wienerová
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4–6, 7–5, 4–6. Olivia then had a bad patch with a first-round qualifying defeat at the French Open then two disappointing results on grass. Then, Olivia lost in the second round of
Wimbledon
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qualifying. She had some encouraging results in the American hardcourt season, including the US Open where she was initially placed in the qualifiers, but when she was receiving a wildcard to the main draw after Dellacqua promoted to the last direct entry list just as qualifying matches was to be started. She finished with a first round loss to
Mandy Minella
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, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6.
After months away, Olivia returned home to Australia to play a string of $25k tournaments across the country. Her first one was in Rockhampton where she made the final with four straight-sets wins. Although having a tough start, she came back to defeat Sacha Jones 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the tournament. The next week in Port Pirie, South Australia, she lost in the final to Jones who hadn't lost a set all week 2–6, 5–7. Two weeks later in her next $25k tournament in Esperance, she only lost one set all week and played a great final to defeat Ashleigh Barty 6–0, 6–3. She lost to Barty in a final in Sydney earlier in the year by nearly the same score.
2013
Due to big ranking improvements in 2012, Rogowska was awarded wildcards in
Brisbane
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Melbourne
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.
In Brisbane, Rogowska drew qualifier
Monica Puig
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and lost in straight sets.
She was drawn to play world No. 13, Maria Kirilenko in Sydney. After a close first set, Rogowska eventually lost in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Rogowska played qualifier
Vesna Dolonc
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but was defeated in an extremely close three-set match where she lost 6–8 in the final set.
Rogowska then headed to Burnie to defend the title she won in 2012 at the $25k
Burnie International
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. As the top seed, she defeated Camilla Rosatello, Misa Eguchi, Arina Rodionova and Bojana Bobusic all in straight sets. In a windy final, she played Monique Adamczak and won a thriller 7–6, 6–7, 6–4. Staying in Tasmania, Rogowska made the quarterfinals of a $25k tournament in Launceston. But was stunned by eventual champion Storm Sanders in two close sets.
Rogowska then competed in qualifying at the
Dubai Tennis Championships
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where she defeated
Fatma Al-Nabhani
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She has won ten singles titles and fourteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ran ...
in straight sets. She was crushed in the second round by world No. 28,
Carla Suárez Navarro
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. Rogowska was given direct entry into the WTA event, the Malaysian Open where she lost in the first round against qualifier
Luksika Kumkhum
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.
Rogowska then started to prepare for the French Open by playing six ITF events in Australia, Thailand, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic. Her best result coming in a $25k event in Bundaberg where she reached the quarterfinals going down to
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in three sets. Her final tournament before the French Open was at the Brussels Open where she won her first round of qualifying against
Valeria Solovyeva
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in straight sets. She then lost in two close sets against fourth seed
CoCo Vandeweghe
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. At the French Open, Rogowska competed in qualifying where again defeated Solovyeva in straight sets. In the next round, she lost to fellow Australian and No. 20 seed Anastasia Rodionova.
Rogowska competed in qualifying at the US Open where she upset eighth seed
Johanna Konta
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. She then defeated Richèl Hogenkamp in three close sets. She lost in the final round of qualifying against
Maria João Koehler
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. However, Rogowska was awarded a lucky-loser place in the main draw after
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had to withdraw with a back injury. In the first round, she was defeated 6–0, 6–0 by fourth seed
Sara Errani
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.
2014
Rogowska began her year at the
Brisbane International
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after receiving a wild card. She lost in the first round to
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. Rogowska then competed at the
Hobart International
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, after being awarded a wildcard. She opened with a straight sets win over world No. 59, Alexandra Cadanțu. In the second round, Rogowska won the first set over eighth seed
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before she came storming back to easily win the next two sets. On 8 January, Rogowska was awarded a wildcard into the Australian Open. Rogowska won her first-round match over
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in straight sets. This was her third Grand Slam first-round win. In the second round, she lost to
Elina Svitolina
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.
Olivia returned to the ITF Circuit in Australia, playing two $50k events in Tasmania. She won the second event in Launceston, defeating
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in the final. It was her first title at the $50k-level and the biggest of her career to date. She also won the doubles title with partner Adamczak, propelling her to a career-high doubles ranking of 106.