Alison Van Uytvanck

Van Uytvanck at the 2019 Open de Limoges
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Grimbergen, Belgium
Born	(1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 30) Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Ann Devries
Prize money	US$ 4,253,618
Official website	alisonvanuytvanck.be
Singles
Career record	372–258 (59.0%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 37 (13 August 2018)
Current ranking	No. 478 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021, 2022)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	4R (2018)
US Open	2R (2019, 2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	70–75 (48.3%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 66 (16 May 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	2R (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	3R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–13 (53.6%)
Last updated on: 30 January 2024.

Alison Van Uytvanck (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈœytfɑŋk]; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.

Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37.

Personal life

Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated from high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she was coached by Ann Devries. She admires Roger Federer, and her compatriot Kim Clijsters.^[1][2] Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen.^[3][4] In July 2023, she married Emilie Vermeiren.

Career

2011: WTA debut

In 2011, she won four ITF singles titles in Vale do Lobo (Portugal), Dijon (France), Edinburgh and Sunderland (both UK). She also reached the final in Tessenderlo (Belgium) where she lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

She played at the Brussels Open where she entered as a qualifier by defeating Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–3, 6–2 (1st round of qualifying draw), Laura Siegemund, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 (2nd round of qualifying draw) and Hsieh Su-wei, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 (3rd round of qualifying). She faced Patty Schnyder in the first round of the main draw and defeated her 6–3, 2–6, 6–2. In her next match against a compatriot, Yanina Wickmayer, she ultimately lost 6–7⁽²⁾, 4–6.^[5]

She also qualified for the main draw at 's-Hertogenbosch, where she lost to Alexandra Dulgheru.

2012: WTA quarterfinal

In 2012, she won a fifth ITF singles title in Glasgow, and reached the final in Kaarst (Germany). In February, she debuted in Fed Cup against Serbia, where she was chosen by coach Ann Devries over Kirsten Flipkens in the deciding doubles rubber. Partnering Yanina Wickmayer, they lost the match (and by extension, the tie) in 3 sets.^[6]

She took part in the Brussels Open where she received a wildcard into the main draw. She defeated Ksenia Pervak in her first round match and then beat Chanelle Scheepers in three sets to advance to her first WTA quarterfinals, where she was defeated by top seed and world No. 3, Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets. Van Uytvanck went on, having more success on the ITF Circuit.

2013: First WTA Challenger title

In 2013, Van Uytvanck won her first WTA 125 title by winning the Taipei Ladies Open when she defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier in the semifinals, and compatriot Yanina Wickmayer in the final.

2014: Grand Slam debut

She played in the main draw of all four of the Grand Slam tournaments and reached the second round at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

2015–16: French Open quarterfinal, top 50 debut and injury

In 2015, she reached the quarterfinal of the French Open, which she lost in two sets to Timea Bacsinszky. She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 41 later that year, in October.

However, a growth on her right ankle resulted in her missing a number of tournaments in the 2016 clay-court season, including the 2016 French Open, and her failure to defend her quarterfinalist points from 2015 caused her to fall out of the top 100 in June 2016.^[7]

2017: First WTA Tour title

After a long hiatus due to injury, and a comeback, Van Uytvanck won her first WTA title at Tournoi de Québec beating Tímea Babos, in three sets.

2018: Second singles & maiden doubles titles, Wimbledon fourth round, top 40

Van Uytvanck won her second WTA title in February at Hungarian Ladies Open defeating Dominika Cibulková in a long three-set battle in the final.

She eliminated defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round of Wimbledon, losing just three games after dropping the first set 5–7. It was her first win over a top-10 opponent and arguably the best match performance of her career so far.^[8] After a win over Anett Kontaveit in the third round, she lost in the fourth round to Daria Kasatkina.^[9] In August 2018, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 37.

She ended the year winning her first WTA Tour doubles title in Luxembourg, alongside Greet Minnen.

2019–21: Three singles and a doubles titles

In February 2019, Uytvanck successfully defended her title in Budapest, defeating Markéta Vondroušová in the final.^[10] In September, she won the Tashkent Open, and she did not drop a set until the final, in which she defeated fifth seed and 2008 champion, Sorana Cîrstea, in three sets.

In February 2020, she narrowly lost a semifinal in Lyon to 2020 Australian Open champion, top-10 player and eventual champion, Sofia Kenin, in three sets with three tiebreaks.^[11]

In 2021, she won her fifth WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Astana Open, with a win over local player Yulia Putintseva in the final.

Equipment and apparel

Van Uytvanck previously played with the Prince O3 Tour racquet. She now plays with the Snauwaert Grinta 100 lite, a 100 square inch tennis racquet with 22 mm dual taper beam, 285 g weight. She has a contract with the South Korean sporting goods company Fila apparel.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[12]

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (5 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2017	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International[c]	Carpet (i)	Tímea Babos	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	2–0	Feb 2018	Hungarian Ladies Open	International	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3–0	Feb 2019	Hungarian Ladies Open (2)	International	Hard (i)	Markéta Vondroušová	1–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	4–0	Sep 2019	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5–0	Oct 2021	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Yulia Putintseva	1–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2015	Diamond Games, Belgium	Premier[d]	Hard (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Oct 2018	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Greet Minnen	Vera Lapko Mandy Minella	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	1–2	May 2021	Serbia Open	WTA 250	Clay	Greet Minnen	Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović	0–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2021	Luxembourg Open (2)	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Greet Minnen	Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 6–3

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2013	Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Dec 2021	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Ana Bogdan	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–1	Jun 2022	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Sara Errani	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2013	Taipei Ladies Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2022	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Mayar Sherif Panna Udvardy	7–5, 4–6, [2–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2011	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2011	ITF Dijon, France	10,000	Hard	Claire Feuerstein	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Apr 2011	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	25,000	Clay (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	May 2011	ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom	10,000	Clay	Justyna Jegiołka	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–1	Nov 2011	ITF Sunderland, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–1	Jan 2012	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Francesca Stephenson	6–3, 6–1
Loss	5–2	Jan 2012	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Dinah Pfizenmaier	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Oct 2012	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	6–3	Nov 2012	ITF Equeurdréville, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–3	Jan 2013	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Mar 2013	ITF Sunderland, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	2–6, 6–7(4)
Win	8–4	Apr 2013	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	7–6(2), 6–3
Win	9–4	Sep 2013	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–1
Loss	9–5	Sep 2013	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	3–6, 0–6
Win	10–5	Jul 2016	ITF Stockton, United States	50,000	Hard	Anastasia Pivovarova	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win	11–5	Oct 2016	Las Vegas Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Sofia Kenin	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Loss	11–6	Jun 2017	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Magdaléna Rybáriková	5–7, 6–7(3)
Loss	11–7	Oct 2017	ITF Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Mihaela Buzărnescu	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–7	Jun 2021	Nottingham Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Arina Rodionova	6–0, 6–4
Win	13–7	Jun 2022	Surbiton Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Arina Rodionova	7–6(3), 6–2
Win	14–7	Oct 2023	ITF Reims, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Julia Avdeeva	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2010	ITF Westende, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Quirine Lemoine Demi Schuurs	6–3, 4–6 [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2012	ITF Dijon, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Yana Sizikova	Diāna Marcinkēviča Despina Papamichail	5–7, 6–7(7)
Win	1–2	Mar 2013	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Stéphanie Foretz Eva Hrdinová	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Jul 2016	Stockton Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Kristýna Plíšková	Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse	6–2, 6–3

WTA Tour career earnings

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Van Uytvanck's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[13]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Naomi Osaka	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2017 French Open
Ana Ivanovic	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–7, 7–5) at 2015 Luxembourg
Iga Świątek	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2019 Budapest
Venus Williams	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 7–6) at 2022 US Open
Garbiñe Muguruza	1–4	20%	0–4	–	1–0	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 Olympics
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2015 Australian Open
Victoria Azarenka	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2016 Australian Open
Karolína Plíšková	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2014 Hong Kong
Ashleigh Barty	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2017 Wimbledon
Caroline Wozniacki	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Vera Zvonareva	4–0	100%	4–0	–	–	Won (6–0, 6–3) at 2022 Lyon
Svetlana Kuznetsova	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (6–4, 4–6, 6–2) at 2019 Wimbledon
Anett Kontaveit	2–2	50%	1–2	–	1–0	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Cluj
Paula Badosa	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2021 US Open
Petra Kvitová	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (6–7, 2–6) at 2023 Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka	1–2	33%	0–1	–	1–1	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 6–7) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Barbora Krejčíková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2015 Hobart
Agnieszka Radwańska	0–4	0%	0–2	0–2	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7) at 2018 Miami
Number 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–1	50%	–	0–1	1–0	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2019 Rabat
Elina Svitolina	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–2, 3–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Number 4 ranked players
Samantha Stosur	2–0	100%	–	1–0	1–0	Won (5–7, 7–6, 6–3) at 2018 Eastbourne
Sofia Kenin	2–2	50%	1–1	1–0	0–1	Lost (6–7, 7–6, 6–7) at 2020 Lyon
Dominika Cibulková	1–1	50%	1–0	–	0–1	Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–5) at 2018 Budapest
Kiki Bertens	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Linz
Caroline Garcia	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (6–4, 3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Lyon
Belinda Bencic	1–4	20%	1–1	0–1	0–2	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2019 Madrid
Francesca Schiavone	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6) at 2014 Wuhan
Johanna Konta	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–7) at 2021 Nottingham
Number 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	2–0	100%	–	1–0	1–0	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2022 Gaiba
Jeļena Ostapenko	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 3–6, 6–1) at 2016 Fed Cup
Daniela Hantuchová	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (6–1, 3–6, 2–6) at 2016 Luxembourg
Eugenie Bouchard	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2016 Hobart
Jessica Pegula	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2015 US Open
Number 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	0–3	0%	0–3	–	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2017 Monterrey
Number 7 ranked players
Patty Schnyder	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–2) at 2017 Luxembourg
Roberta Vinci	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2015 Beijing
Danielle Collins	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Linz
Number 8 ranked players
Coco Gauff	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 6–7) at 2022 French Open
Ekaterina Makarova	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2017 Wimbledon
Number 9 ranked players
Timea Bacsinszky	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2015 French Open
CoCo Vandeweghe	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7, 6–7) at 2014 Miami
Andrea Petkovic	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Luxembourg
Julia Görges	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (5–7, 6–7) at 2018 French Open
Daria Kasatkina	0–2	0%	–	–	0–2	Lost (7–6, 3–6, 2–6) at 2018 Wimbledon
Number 10 ranked players
Kristina Mladenovic	4–0	100%	3–0	1–0	–	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2021 Limoges
Emma Raducanu	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Wimbledon
Total	34–61	36%	19–40 (32%)	8–9 (47%)	7–12 (37%)	current after the 2023 Australian Open

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2018
1.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 3	Wimbledon	Grass	2R	5–7, 6–2, 6–1