Verónica Cepede Royg (; born 21 January 1992) is a professional Paraguayan tennis player. On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 73 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016. Cepede Royg has won one doubles title on the

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, one WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 singles titles and 20 doubles titles on ITF tournaments. Playing for the Paraguay Fed Cup team, Cepede Royg has a win–loss record of 61–26. She participated in the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, losing in the opening round to American

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in three sets, as well as the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

and

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. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship was reaching the fourth round of the

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Personal life and background

Her father, Eduardo, owns gas station, while her mother, Edith, is retired dentist. Her brother named Andres is economist and one sister, Estefania, is architect. She was introduced to tennis at age five by siblings. She stated that her favorite shot is forehand, her favorite tournament is Roland Garros, while her favorite surface is

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. Her tennis idols growing up were

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and

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ...

. If Cepede Royg hadn't been a tennis player, she would have become a nutritionist.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Australian Open.''

Doubles

''This table is current through 2020 Fed Cup.''

WTA career finals

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

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 28 (14 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Doubles: 33 (20 titles, 13 runner–ups)

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