Samantha Crawford (born February 18, 1995) is a former American
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
player.
In her career, Crawford won one singles title and five doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit. In July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 98. On July 13, 2015, she peaked at No. 216 in the
WTA doubles rankings.
As a junior,
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,71 ...
-born Crawford won the
girls' singles title at the
2012 US Open, defeating
Anett Kontaveit in the final.
Career
2012
Crawford received a wildcard into the qualifying of the
US Open. She got into the competition with wins over
Irina Khromacheva and
Marie-Ève Pelletier, and played
Eleni Daniilidou for a spot in the main draw, winning in three sets. In her first women's Grand Slam main-draw appearance, Crawford lost to fellow teenager
Laura Robson.
2015
In 2015, Crawford came into the
US Open by winning the Wild Card Challenge, a three-week series of hardcourt events played out on the USTA Pro Circuit.
2016
At the
Brisbane International, Crawford caused an upset by defeating top-15 player
Belinda Bencic in the second round. She subsequently went on to reach her first semifinal on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
, but lost the match to former
world No. 1 and eventual champion,
Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former ...
, in straight sets.
ITF finals
Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Junior career
Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 title
References
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1995 births
Living people
Tennis players from Atlanta
American female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
American people of Chinese descent
Chinese-American tennis players
21st-century American women