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Grand Slam debutantes since the 2005 US Open

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I will list Slam debutantes since the 2005 US Open.

Colour code:

Player name - player who debuted through a MD WC
Player name - player who got in the MD on ranking
Player name - player who qualified

Players who debuted as lucky losers or got WCs into qualifying are noted as [LL] and [Q WC] respectively.

Stats are: round reached in Slam debut, career high ranking, career best performance at a Slam

US Open 2005

Bammer (1R, #19, QF)
Hsieh (1R, #23, 4R)
Chan (1R, #50, 3R)
King (2R, #50, 3R) - Q WC
Laine (2R, #50, 2R)
Bychkova (2R, #66, 2R)
Pous Tio (1R, #72, 2R)
Kutuzova (1R, #76, 2R)
Lisjak (3R, #95, 3R)
Glatch (2R, #102, 2R)
Dabek (1R, #170, 1R)
Gambale (1R, #226, 1R)

Australian Open 2006

Azarenka (1R, #1, W)
Vesnina (4R, #21, 4R)
Gajdosova (1R, #25, 4R)
Pironkova (2R, #31, SF)
Dominguez Lino (1R, #40, 3R)
Yan (2R, #40, 2R)
Voskoboeva (2R, #42, 3R)
Amanmuradova (2R, #50, 3R)
Savchuk (3R, #79, 3R)
Yuan (2R, #86, 2R)
Sromova (2R, #87, 2R)
Woerle (1R, #119, 1R)
Breadmore (1R, #221, 1R)

Roland Garros 2006

Flipkens (2R, #13, SF) - LL
Kanepi (2R, #15, QF)
Brianti (1R, #55, 3R)
Vierin, Nathalie (1R, #103, 1R)
Perianu (2R, #120, 2R)
Vedy (1R, #260, 1R)

Wimbledon 2006

Radwanska, Agnieszka (4R, #2, RU)
Shvedova (1R, #25, QF)
Oprandi (1R, #32, 3R)
Bardina (1R, #48, 1R)
Barrois (1R, #57, 2R)
South (2R, #99, 2R)
Abramovic, Ivana (1R, #143, 1R)
Cavaday (1R, #174, 1R)

US Open 2006

Lepchenko (2R, #19, 4R)
Puchkova (1R, #32, 3R)
Rolle (1R, #82, 3R)
Dubois (1R, #87, 2R)
Skavronskaia (1R, #124, 1R)
Albanese (2R, #158, 2R)

Australian Open 2007

Wozniak (1R, #21, 4R)
Paszek (2R, #26, QF)
Kudryavtseva (2R, #56, 4R)
Zahlavova (1R, #78, 2R)
Brengle (1R, #88, 2R)
Klepac (1R, #99, 1R)
Cravero (1R, #106, 1R)
Moore, Jessica (1R, #132, 2R)

Roland Garros 2007

Wozniacki (1R, #1, RU)
Kerber (1R, #5, SF)
Petkovic (2R, #9, SF)
Cibulkova (3R, #10, RU)
Szavay (2R, #13, QF)
Knapp (3R, #35, 4R)
Bacsinszky (2R, #37, 3R)
Koryttseva (1R, #50, 2R)
Olaru (3R, #53, 3R)
Sanchez, Olivia (1R, #90, 2R)

Wimbledon 2007

Pavlyuchenkova (1R, #13, QF)
Govortsova (2R, #35, 3R)
Morita (1R, #40, 3R)
Maria (Malek) (1R, #64, 2R)
Ozegovic (2R, #131, 2R)

US Open 2007

Errani (2R, #5, RU)
Makarova (3R, #11, SF)
Goerges (1R, #15, 4R)
Cetkovska (2R, #25, 4R)
Weinhold (1R, #181, 1R)
Cohen, Audra (1R, #229, 1R)

Australian Open 2008

Lisicki (3R, #12, RU)
Kleybanova (2R, #20, 4R)
Cirstea (1R, #21, QF)
Niculescu (1R, #28, 4R)
Ditty (1R, #89, 1R)
Lopes (Ivanova) (1R, #136, 1R)

Roland Garros 2008

Kvitova (4R, #2, W)
Wickmayer (1R, #12, SF)
Suarez Navarro (QF, #14, QF)
Erakovic (2R, #39, 3R)
Rybarikova (2R, #31, 3R)
Rodina (1R, #74, 3R)
Pandzic (2R, #136, 2R)
Huck (1R, #213, 1R)

Wimbledon 2008

Radwaska, Urszula (2R, #29, 2R)
Hrdinova (1R, #168, 1R)

US Open 2008

Zhang, Shuai (1R, #30, 1R)
Oudin (1R, #31, QF)
Vandeweghe (1R, #38, 2R)
Vögele (1R, #42, 3R)
Coin (3R, #60, 3R)
Duque Mariño (2R, #90, 2R) - LL
Pivovarova (1R, #93, 3R)
Brodsky (1R, #182, 1R)
Muhammed (1R, #243, 1R)
Ahn (1R, #304, 1R) - Q WC

Australian Open 2009

McHale (1R, #24, 3R)
Mladenovic (1R, #36, 3R)
Scheepers (1R, #37, 4R)
Mayr (2R, #70, 2R)
Rogowska (1R, #102, 2R)
Wejnert (1R, #324, 1R)

Roland Garros 2009

Hercog (2R, #35, 3R)
Sevastova (1R, #36, 4R)
Hradecka (2R, #41, 2R)
Martic (2R, #42, 4R)
Rus (2R, #61, 4R)
Diatchenko (2R, #71, 2R)
Larcher de Brito (3R, #76, 3R)
Feuerstein (1R, #110, 2R)
Dentoni (1R, #132, 1R)
Pavlovic (1R, #138, 2R)
Laisne (1R, #295, 1R)
Embree (1R, #348, 1R)

Wimbledon 2009

Robson (1R, #27, 4R)
Kulikova (3R, #65, 3R)
Dolonc (Manasieva) (1R, #84, 3R)
Zec Peskiric (1R, #93, 1R)
Kucova, Kristina (2R, #103, 2R) - LL
Silva (1R, #133, 1R)
Gent (Stoop) (1R, #178, 1R)

US Open 2009

Dulgheru (1R, #26, 3R)
Chang (2R, #82, 2R)
Tetreault (1R, #112, 1R)
Sema, Yurika (1R, #142, 1R)
Cecil (1R, #365, 1R)

Australian Open 2010

Han (1R, #125, 1R)

Roland Garros 2010

Halep (1R, #2, RU)
Nara (1R, #32, 3R)
Pervak (1R, #37, 4R)
Larsson (2R, #46, 3R)
Doi (1R, #75, 3R)
El Tabakh (1R, #146, 1R)

Wimbledon 2010

Jovanovski (2R, #32, 4R)
Watson (1R, #39, 3R)
Riske (1R, #40, 4R)
Hlavackova (2R, #58, 4R)
Lapushchenkova (1R, #93, 1R)
Lertcheewakarn (1R, #149, 1R)

US Open 2010

Hampton (1R, #24, 4R)
Marino (2R, #38, 3R)
Minella (3R, #66, 3R)
Rogers (1R, #70, 2R)
Falconi (1R, #73, 3R) - Q WC
Peers (2R, #145, 2R)
Capra (3R, #201, 3R)
Gullickson, Chelsey (1R, #399, 1R)

Australian Open 2011

Garcia (2R, #34, 3R)
Davis (1R, #43, 3R)
Tsurenko (2R, #60, 3R)
Namigata (1R, #105, 1R)
Rodionova, Arina (1R, #157, 1R)

Roland Garros 2011

Stephens (1R, #11, SF)
Barthel (2R, #23, 3R)
Begu (2R, #38, 2R)
Tatishvili (1R, #50, 4R)
Soler Espinosa (2R, #54, 3R)
Bremond (Kuryanovich) (2R, #93, 2R)

Wimbledon 2011

Giorgi (1R, #31, 4R)
Pliskova, Kristyna (1R, #86, 2R) - Q WC
Broady (1R, #138, 2R)

US Open 2011

Keys (2R, #27, 3R)
Panova (1R, #71, 1R)
Jani (1R, #147, 1R)

Australian Open 2012

Ormaechea (2R, #59, 3R)
Cadantu (1R, #59, 2R)
Bratchikova (3R, #79, 3R)
Savinykh (1R, #99, 3R)
Koehler (1R, #102, 2R)
Barty (1R, #129, 2R)
Bobusic (1R, #222, 1R)

Roland Garros 2012

Pliskova, Karolina (1R, #23, 3R)
Bertens (1R, #41, 4R)
Babos (1R, #59, 2R)
Arruabarrena (1R, #70, 2R)
Pfizenmaier (2R, #79, 3R)
Larrière (1R, #172, 1R)

Wimbledon 2012

Beck (1R, #43, 2R)
Cepelova (3R, #50, 3R)
Konta (1R, #89, 2R)
Zaniewska (1R, #142, 1R)

US Open 2012

Muguruza (1R, #20, QF)
Svitolina (1R, #28, 3R)
Burdette (3R, #68, 3R)
Glushko (1R, #79, 3R)
Duval (1R, #87, 2R)
Gibbs (1R, #89, 3R)
Cohen, Julia (1R, #97, 1R)
Burnett (1R, #121, 1R)
Crawford (1R, #218, 1R) - Q WC

Australian Open 2013

Torró-Flor (1R, #47, 3R)
Vekic (2R, #62, 2R)
Kumkhum (2R, #85, 2R)
Putintseva (2R, #88, 2R)
Gavrilova (2R, #128, 2R)
Jones (1R, #150, 1R)
Zhang, Yuxuan (1R, #224, 1R)

Roland Garros 2013

Bouchard (2R, #5, RU)
Puig (3R, #41, 4R)
Schmiedlova (2R, #55, 3R)
Min (1R, #101, 1R)

Wimbledon 2013

Tomljanovic (1R, #51, 4R)
Cabeza Candela (1R, #95, 1R)
Witthoeft (1R, #100, 1R)
Murray (1R, #165, 1R)
Moore, Tara (1R, #183, 1R)

US Open 2013

Fichman (1R, #77, 1R)
Krunic (1R, #87, 4R)
Duan (1R, #104, 1R)
Sanchez, Maria (1R, #107, 1R)
Vickery (2R, #142, 2R)
Simmonds (1R, #158, 1R)

Australian Open 2014

Bencic (2R, #32, QF)
Diyas (3R, #33, 4R)
Van Uytvanck (1R, #73, 2R)
Siniakova (1R, #73, 1R)
Konjuh (1R, #84, 3R) - Q WC
Pereira (1R, #87, 2R)
Piter (1R, #95, 1R)
Kichenok, Nadiia (1R, #100, 1R)
Majeric (1R, #111, 1R)
Sanders (1R, #202, 1R)
Tang (1R, #371, 1R)

Roland Garros 2014

Friedsam (1R, #76, 1R)
Kovinic (1R, #101, 1R)
Jaksic (1R, #102, 1R)
Zanevska (1R, #107, 1R)
Townsend (3R, #102, 3R)
Lim (1R, #135, 1R)
Hesse (1R, #183, 1R)
Shapatava (1R, #186, 1R)
Ferro (1R, #323, 1R)

Wimbledon 2014

Smitkova (4R, #67, 4R)
Mitu (1R, #117, 1R)
Kontaveit (1R, #139, 1R)
Kania (1R, #155, 1R)

US Open 2014

Zheng, Saisai (2R, #92, 2R)
Sasnovich (2R, #92, 2R)
Wang (2R, #97, 2R)
Jabeur (1R, #135, 1R)
Abanda (1R, #175, 1R)
Bellis (2R, #254, 2R)
Collins (1R, #553, 1R)

Australian Open 2015

Allertova (2R, #77, 2R)
Mestach (1R, #100, 1R)
Hogenkamp (1R, #122, 1R)
Dodin (2R, #131, 2R)

Roland Garros 2015

Linette (1R, #99, 1R)
Chirico (1R, #110, 1R)
Gasparyan (1R, #111, 1R)
Cepede Royg (1R, #128, 1R)
Arcangioli (1R, #268, 1R)

Wimbledon 2015

Kulichkova (2R, #103, 2R)
Zhu (1R, #107, 1R)
Ostapenko (2R, #116, 2R)
Siegemund (1R, #119, 1R)
Xu (1R, #148, 1R)

US Open 2015

Kasatkina (3R, #70, 3R) - LL
Kozlova (1R, #100, 1R)
Pegula (2R, #123, 2R)
Mrdeza (1R, #150, 1R)
Sakkari (1R, #168, 1R)
Hibi (1R, #170, 1R)
Loeb (1R, #353, 1R)
Kenin (1R, #620, 1R)

Australian Open 2016

Hibino (1R, #56, 1R)
Osaka (3R, #92, 3R)
Wang, Yafan (1R, #125, 1R)
Golubic (1R, #129, 1R)
Birrell (1R, #275, 1R)
Patterson (1R, #289, 1R)
Hon (1R, #315, 1R)
Inglis (1R, #589, 1R)

Roland Garros 2016

Buyukakcay (2R, #82, 2R)
Sorribes Tormo (1R, #140, 1R)
Soylu (1R, #153, 1R)
Georges (2R, #192, 2R)
Andrianjafitrimo (1R, #291, 1R)

Wimbledon 2016

Tig (1R, #99, 1R)
Boserup (3R, #116, 3R)
Sadikovic (1R, #126, 1R)
Alexandrova (2R, #132, 2R)
Melnikova (1R, #170, 1R)
Swan (1R, #422, 1R)

US Open 2016

Bogdan (2R, #107, 2R)
Mertens (1R, #122, 1R)
Haas (1R, #134, 1R)
Gonzalez (2R, #150, 2R)
Lottner (1R, #165, 1R)
Podoroska (1R, #192, 1R)
Day (2R, #207, 2R)
Perez (1R, #585, 1R)

Australian Open 2017

Vikhlyantseva (2R, #65, 2R)
Ozaki (1R, #70, 1R)
Brady (4R, #75, 4R)
Khromacheva (1R, #89, 1R)
Sramkova (1R, #111, 1R)
Blinkova (2R, #114, 2R)
Hozumi (1R, #144, 1R)
Cabrera (1R, #166, 1R)
Aiava (1R, #170, 1R)
Fourlis (2R, #271, 2R)

Roland Garros 2017

Vondrousova (2R, #77, 2R)
Haddad Maia (1R, #94, 1R)
Lemoine (1R, #137, 1R)
Kato (1R, #145, 1R)
Paquet (2R, #210, 2R)
Anisimova (1R, #254, 1R)

Comments

- most of these debuts aren't very impressive, but many great champions crashed out 1R or 2R on their own Slam debuts, and then took some time before reaching their first 4Rs and QFs.

- very interesting group of debutantes at 2007 RG. Big one too, but there were more at the 2006 AO, which is odd considering how the feeling I had at the time was that the rankings were fossilized, and that "personnel turnover" in the #80-120 ranking range (where many Slam debutantes are ranked at the time of their first GS MD) is now much faster than it was back then.

- after compiling the data for the 2005-2006 debutantes, the 2007 RG group looks even more impressive. Many young hopefuls making their (generally successful) debut there.

- the 2005-2006 debutantes are a varied and interesting bunch. They include players who went on to become solid journeywomen (Kanepi, Vesnina, Dominguez Lino), others who have become stalwarts of the #80-120 range (Pironkova, Savchuk, Voskoboeva, Shvedova, Bychkova), others who were there for a while (Pous Tio, Lisjak, Sromova, Gajdosova), a veteran overachiever who has made the most out of her limited abilities (Bammer), others who shone briefly only to burn out even quicker (Poutchkova, Bardina, Oprandi), and the tragic figures of junior supernovas who never fulfilled their potential and look increasingly unlikely ever to do so (Kutuzova, Flipkens). Other interesting stories are those of Skavronskaia, Perianu and Vierin. Skavronskaia was already a veteran of the challenger circuit at the time, and a longtime resident of the top 200 - but the 2006 USO was the only Slam MD for which she ever qualified. Perianu slowly made her way up the rankings back in early 2006, and for a while it seemed she would be the first Rumanian to crack the top 100 in several years. But it was not to be - later, when everyone expected one of the young Rumanians (Olaru or Cirstea) to be the first to do so, it was Gallovits who claimed the honour, a few weeks before Olaru broke through at RG. Vierin is an unheralded Italian (I don't think I ever heard her name mentioned in here) who was ranked high enough to get direct access to her first Slam MD at 2006 RG (this happens fairly frequently; for instance, Cirstea never qualified for a Slam, and her ranking allowed her direct entry to the 2008 AO), but failed to do anything there and at Wimbledon and sank back into the challengers, as Perianu, Woerle and Abramovic did. Vierin remains one of the players who came closer to cracking the top 100 without ever actually doing so.

- Flipkens' debut is interesting: as stats freaks know, she made it to the 2006 RG MD as a LL, drew the very same player she had lost to in the final round of Q, but this time won.
 
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#175 ·
She beat Barthel and Yakimova on (indoor) hard. I don't have any hint of a clue how she did that considering that she is an indoor mug herself, while Barthel seems to fare very well with the fast surfaces, but she did it.

But AO is a different story and I can't see it happening, especially not without any tournament beforehand and the usual 1st slam nervosity... :shrug:
 
#178 ·
A bunch of possible debutantes through to the qualifying round:

Gojnea
Koehler
Boserup
Ormaechea
Khromacheva
Bratchikova
Savinykh
Larrière
Krunic

Two matchups between potential debutantes (Koehler/Boserup and Khromacheva/Bratchikova), so we already have two guaranteed debutantes from qualies.

And two other possible debutantes still playing their Q2R matches:

Bertens on to a third set vs Savchuk after saving a MP or several MPs
Buzarnescu vs Vögele also still being played.
 
#181 ·
2012 Australian Open debutantes, duly colour coded:

Cadantu
Koehler
Ormaechea
Bratchikova
Savinykh
Barty

I was all :hah: at Savinykh, poking fun at her being the highest seed in a section where she was the least accomplished player, and in the end she made short work of that section.



I think this season will present many of young players with a good opportunity to break through to the top-whatever. Many midranked players are now clearly past their physical prime and/or felt their biological clock begin to tick and/or married those creepy parasites that hang around female pros, so I feel that, as a whole, Generation Slut will have it easier than Generation Wack on that regard.
 
#184 ·
Potential debutantes on the qualifying round:

Bertens
Gojnea
Cepede Royg
Bogdan
Floris
Zaniewska
Pfizenmaier
Puig
Cohen
Muguruza Blanco
Arruabarrena Vecino
Pliskova (Karolina)

Three matchups between potential debutantes, so RG Q is likely to provide us with a sizeable crop.

Babos already in on ranking.
 
#187 ·
I gotta think White Mug has Arriba's number tomorrow.

Potential debutantes on the qualifying round:

Bertens
Gojnea
Cepede Royg
Bogdan
Floris
Zaniewska
Pfizenmaier
Puig
Cohen
Muguruza Blanco
Arruabarrena Vecino
Pliskova (Karolina)

Three matchups between potential debutantes, so RG Q is likely to provide us with a sizeable crop.
I think this season will present many of young players with a good opportunity to break through to the top-whatever. Many midranked players are now clearly past their physical prime and/or felt their biological clock begin to tick and/or married those creepy parasites that hang around female pros, so I feel that, as a whole, Generation Slut will have it easier than Generation Wack on that regard.
Coming to pass. And not too many of these n00bs seem reprehensible. Yet.
 
#200 ·
Natassja Burnett, Samantha Crawford, Elina Svitolina and Julia Glushko all in through qualies. :)
Thanks for keeping tabs on Slam debutantes; I'll update the list in the OP ASAP.

"ASAP" these days meaning "sometime in the next month or so". :eek:
 
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