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Grand Slam debutantes since the 2005 US Open
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)
Chan (1R, #50, 2R)
King (2R, #50, 3R) - Q WC
Laine (2R, #50, 2R)
Bychkova (2R, #66, 2R)
Pous Tio (1R, #74, 1R)
Kutuzova (1R, #76, 2R)
Hsieh (1R, #78, 4R)
Lisjak (3R, #95, 3R)
Glatch (2R, #102, 2R)
Dabek (1R, #170, 1R)
Gambale (1R, #226, 1R)
Australian Open 2006
Azarenka (1R, #1, W)
Pironkova (2R, #35, SF)
Vesnina (4R, #34, 4R)
Dominguez Lino (1R, #40, 3R)
Yan (2R, #40, 2R)
Amanmuradova (2R, #50, 3R)
Gajdosova (1R, #57, 4R)
Voskoboeva (2R, #64, 3R)
Savchuk (3R, #79, 3R)
Yuan (2R, #86, 2R)
Sromova (2R, #87, 2R)
Woerle (1R, #138, 1R)
Breadmore (1R, #221, 1R)
Roland Garros 2006
Kanepi (2R, #18, QF)
Flipkens (2R, #59, 3R) - LL
Brianti (1R, #67, 3R)
Vierin (1R, #103, 1R)
Perianu (2R, #120, 2R)
Vedy (1R, #269, 1R)
Wimbledon 2006
Radwanska, Agnieszka (4R, #8, QF)
Shvedova (1R, #29, QF)
Oprandi (1R, #46, 2R)
Bardina (1R, #48, 1R)
Barrois (1R, #66, 2R)
South (2R, #99, 2R)
Abramovic (1R, #143, 1R)
US Open 2006
Puchkova (1R, #32, 2R)
Rolle (1R, #82, 3R)
Lepchenko (2R, #84, 2R)
Dubois (1R, #95, 2R)
Skavronskaia (1R, #124, 1R)
Albanese (2R, #158, 2R)
Australian Open 2007
Wozniak (1R, #21, 4R)
Paszek (2R, #35, 4R)
Kudryavtseva (2R, #59, 4R)
Zahlavova (1R, #78, 2R)
Klepac (1R, #99, 1R)
Cravero (1R, #106, 1R)
Moore (1R, #132, 1R)
Brengle (1R, #153, 1R)
Roland Garros 2007
Wozniacki (1R, #1, RU)
Cibulkova (3R, #12, SF)
Szavay (2R, #13, QF)
Petkovic (2R, #24, QF)
Knapp (3R, #35, 3R)
Kerber (1R, #47, 3R)
Bacsinszky (2R, #48, 3R)
Koryttseva (1R, #50, 2R)
Olaru (3R, #55, 3R)
Sanchez (1R, #90, 1R)
Wimbledon 2007
Pavlyuchenkova (1R, #14, 4R)
Govortsova (2R, #35, 3R)
Malek (1R, #64, 2R)
Morita (1R, #64, 1R)
Ozegovic (2R, #131, 2R)
Cavaday (1R, #174, 1R)
US Open 2007
Errani (2R, #31, 3R)
Makarova (3R, #35, 4R)
Cetkovska (2R, #49, 4R)
Goerges (1R, #34, 3R)
Cohen (1R, #229, 1R)
Weinhold (1R, #366, 1R)
Australian Open 2008
Kleybanova (2R, #22, 4R)
Cirstea (1R, #23, QF)
Lisicki (3R, #25, QF)
Niculescu (1R, #47, 2R)
Ditty (1R, #89, 1R)
Ivanova (1R, #136, 1R)
Roland Garros 2008
Kvitova (4R, #2, W)
Wickmayer (1R, #12, SF)
Suarez Navarro (QF, #22, QF)
Rybarikova (2R, #40, 3R)
Erakovic (2R, #49, 3R)
Rodina (1R, #87, 3R)
Pandzic (2R, #136, 2R)
Huck (1R, #213, 1R)
Wimbledon 2008
Radwaska, Urszula (2R, #62, 2R)
Hrdinova (1R, #168, 1R)
USO 2008
Oudin (1R, #31, QF)
Coin (3R, #62, 3R)
Vögele (1R, #63, 2R)
Duque Marińo (2R, #94, 2R) - LL
Zhang (1R, #103, 1R)
Pivovarova (1R, #115, 3R)
Vandeweghe (1R, #200, 1R)
Ahn (1R, #304, 1R) - Q WC
Muhammed (1R, #348, 1R)
Brodsky (1R, #360, 1R)
Australian Open 2009
Mayr (2R, #70, 2R)
Scheepers (1R, #80, 4R)
Rogowska (1R, #138, 1R)
McHale (1R, #106, 2R)
Mladenovic (1R, #171, 1R)
Wejnert (1R, #324, 1R)
Roland Garros 2009
Sevastova (1R, #36, 4R)
Hercog (2R, #48, 3R)
Hradecka (2R, #56, 2R)
Martic (2R, #63, 2R)
Larcher de Brito (3R, #76, 3R)
Rus (2r, #103, 2R)
Diatchenko (2R, #107, 2R)
Dentoni (1R, #132, 1R)
Feuerstein (1R, #171, 1R)
Pavlovic (1R, #218, 1R)
Laisne (1R, #295, 1R)
Embree (1R, #462, 1R)
Wimbledon 2009
Kulikova (3R, #65, 3R)
Zec Peskiric (1R, #93, 1R)
Kucova, Kristina (2R, #109, 2R) - LL
Manasieva (1R, #114, 3R)
Silva (1R, #133, 1R)
Stoop (1R, #178, 1R)
Robson (1R, #234, 1R)
USO 2009
Dulgheru (1R, #27, 3R)
Chang (2R, #82, 2R)
Tetreault (1R, #112, 1R)
Sema (1R, #142, 1R)
Cecil (1R, #365, 1R)
Australian Open 2010
Han (1R, #150, 1R)
Roland Garros 2010
Halep (1R, #63, 3R)
Larsson (2R, #84, 2R)
Pervak (1R, #86, 1R)
Nara (1R, #112, 1R)
El Tabakh (1R, #149, 1R)
Doi (1R, #150, 1R)
Wimbledon 2010
Jovanovski (2R, #54, 2R)
Lapushchenkova (1R, #93, 1R)
Hlavackova (2R, #114, 2R)
Riske (1R, #145, 1R)
Watson (1R, #249, 1R)
Lertcheewakarn (1R, #249, 1R)
USO 2010
Marino (2R, #84, 2R)
Minella (3R, #128, 3R)
Peers (2R, #155, 2R)
Falconi (1R, #156, 1R) - Q WC
Hampton (1R, #158, 1R)
Capra (3R, #202, 3R)
Rogers (1R, #340, 1R)
Gullickson, Chelsey (1R, #399, 1R)
Australian Open 2011
Namigata (1R, #109, 1R)
Tsurenko (2R, #132, 2R)
Rodionova, Arina (1R, #173, 1R)
Garcia (2R, #204, 2R)
Davis (1R, #421, 1R)
Roland Garros 2011
Begu (2R, #79, 2R)
Tatishvili (1R, #105, 1R)
Barthel (2R, #117, 2R)
Bremond (Kuryanovich) (2R, #126, 2R)
Stephens (1R, #128, 1R)
Soler Espinosa (2R, #136, 2R)
Wimbledon 2011
Giorgi (1R, #163, 1R)
Pliskova, Kristyna (1R, #188, 1R) - Q WC
Broady (1R, #213, 1R)
USO 2011
Panova (1R, #127, 1R)
Jani (1R, #197, 1R)
Keys (2R, #296, 2R)
Australian Open 2012
Cadantu (1R, #79, 1R)
Bratchikova (3R, #92, 3R)
Savinykh (1R, #99, 1R)
Ormaechea (2R, #112, 2R)
Koehler (1R, #191, 1R)
Bobusic (1R, #227, 1R)
Barty (1R, #329, 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 remains (possibly for ever - Skavronskaia hasn't played a match for several months now) the only Slam MD for which she has 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.
Last edited by Corswandt : Apr 17th, 2012 at 03:49 PM.
Reason: updated with 2012 AO debutantes.
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Grand Slam debutantes since the 2005 US Open
Re: Grand Slam debutantes
. Julie Dittys name really stands out as she is 29 and really took awhile to perfect her game style. She also decided to complete her college education before competing full time on tour
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She was never very good anyway... 
Lisicki's was also very imppressive. 
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