Greet Minnen

Greet Minnen
Minnen at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 27)
Turnhout, Belgium
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,768,123
Singles
Career record352–206
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 59 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 96 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French Open1R (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Wimbledon2R (2022, 2024)
US Open3R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record106–87
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (8 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 162 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022, 2023)
French OpenQF (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open3R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–3
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. Minnen has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles and No. 45 in doubles, achieved on 16 October 2023 and on 8 January 2024, respectively.

Career

Juniors

In her last year as a junior, Minnen reached the girls' doubles final of the 2015 Australian Open, losing in two sets.

2018-2022: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts

Minnen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open in doubles, partnering Alison Van Uytvanck. They won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, in two sets. In May 2021, again partnering Van Uytvanck, they lost in a second WTA Tour doubles final to Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanović in Belgrade.

In September 2021, she reached the third round at the 2021 US Open as a lucky loser defeating Nadia Podoroska and Liudmila Samsonova.[1] Next, she won the 2021 Luxembourg Open, her second tour doubles title, also partnering Van Uytvanck.

At the 2022 French Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles partnering with Anna Bondár. In the first round of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she beat former Wimbledon champion and former world No. 1, Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–4, 6–0, and scored the first top-10 win of her career.[1]

2023: US Open second third round, top 60

Partnering with Bibiane Schoofs, Minnen won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2023 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final.[2] At the 2023 French Open, she reached consecutive quarterfinals in doubles, partnering with Anna Bondár.[citation needed]

Minnen reached the third round for the second time at the US Open, as a qualifier,[3] defeating wildcard Venus Williams en-route, 6–1, 6–1 in 73 minutes,[1][4] and Sachia Vickery,[5] climbing 29 spots to world No. 69 on 11 September 2023[6] and to a new career-high in singles of No. 59 a month later, on 16 October 2023.[citation needed]

2024: WTA 1000 first wins and two third rounds

At the WTA 1000 Qatar Open, she recorded her first win at this level over Tatjana Maria.[7] At the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Miami Open, she replaced 18th seed Barbora Krejčíková as a lucky loser directly into the second round and defeated Lesia Tsurenko to reach the third round for the first time at this level in her career.[8]

At the WTA 1000 2024 China Open, she again reached the third round for the second time in the season and in her career at this level, with wins over two Russians Erika Andreeva and 28th seed Anastasia Potapova, notching the 10th Top 50 win of her career -- six of which came in 2024.[9]

Personal life

Minnen was in a relationship with Belgian tennis player Alison Van Uytvanck.[10]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open Q3 1R 1R 1R Q3 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Wimbledon Q3 NH 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open Q1 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 2–4 1–4 2–2 2–4 0 / 17 8–17 32%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A RR[b] A QR 0 / 1 2–1 67%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] A Q2 A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Dubai[c] A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A NH A Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A NH Q2 1R A 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Madrid Open A NH A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 5–7 0 / 9 5–9 36%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 6 8 13 12 5 Career total: 44
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 6–6 2–8 13–14 2–12 7–5 0 / 44 30–45 40%
Year-end ranking[d] 123 110 75 202 62 $2,019,753

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Championnats de Granby.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A A 2R 1R QF QF 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Wimbledon A 2R NH 2R 1R 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
US Open A A A 3R 2R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 60%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 4–4 7–4 0 / 14 16–14 53%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 5 6 8 10 Career total: 30
Titles 1 0 0 1 0 Career total: 2
Finals 1 0 0 2 0 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 4–0 5–4 5–6 12–7 6–9 2 / 30 32–26 55%
Year-end ranking 221 171 108 91 65 59

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2018 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg International[e] Hard (i) Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck Belarus Vera Lapko
Luxembourg Mandy Minella 		7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2021 Serbia Open, Serbia WTA 250 Clay Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Serbia Nina Stojanović 		0–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2021 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg (2) WTA 250 Hard (i) Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jan 2024 Brisbane International, Australia WTA 500 Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 		5–7, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay United States Sloane Stephens 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2023 Kozerki Open, Poland Hard Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 6–2, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 Open Angers, France Hard (i) Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Romania Monica Niculescu
Russia Vera Zvonareva 		4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–0 May 2023 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Japan Eri Hozumi 		7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 ITF Maaseik, Belgium 10,000 Clay France Manon Arcangioli 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 2015 ITF Nieuwpoort, Belgium 10,000 Clay Belgium Sofie Oyen 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2015 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg 10,000 Hard (i) Slovakia Michaela Hončová 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–2 Oct 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Romania Daiana Negreanu 6–3, 3–0 ret.
Loss 2–3 Oct 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Hungary Anna Bondár 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Jun 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard China Zhao Xiaoxi 6–7(6), 2–6
Win 3–4 July 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Romania Ioana Pietroiu 7–6(2), 6–2
Loss 3–5 Aug 2016 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 4–6, 0–6
Win 4–5 Mar 2018 ITF Solarino, Italy 15,000 Carpet United States Quinn Gleason 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–5 May 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Bulgaria Julia Stamatova 6–0, 6–1
Loss 5–6 Jul 2018 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands 15,000 Clay Sweden Marina Yudanov 0–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Aug 2018 ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands 15,000 Clay Netherlands Arianne Hartono 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–6 Sep 2018 ITF Santarém, Portugal 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Samantha Murray 7–5, 6–3
Loss 7–7 Sep 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone 5–7, 4–6
Win 8–7 Mar 2019 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6–4, 6–1
Loss 8–8 Aug 2021 Landisville Tennis Challenge,
United States 		100,000 Hard Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6–7(6), 6–4, 6–7(7)
Win 9–8 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Ukraine Daria Snigur 6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–9 Feb 2022 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan 60,000 Hard (i) Russia Anzhelika Isaeva 4–6, 0–0 ret.
Win 10–9 Jan 2023 GB Pro-Series Sunderland, UK 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Mona Barthel 6–2, 1–6, 6–0
Win 11–9 Feb 2023 Porto Indoor, Portugal 40,000 Hard (i) Croatia Tara Würth 6–2, 6–2
Loss 11–10 Feb 2023 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Denmark Clara Tauson 6–7(5), 6–4, 2–6
Loss 11–11 May 2023 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 0–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Canada Petra Januskova Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă
China Zhao Xiaoxi 		6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Feb 2023 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins 		6–1, 6–3
Win 2–1 Mar 2023 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi
Slovakia Radka Zelníčková 		6–4, 6–4
Win 3–1 Apr 2023 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United Kingdom Jodie Burrage
Turkey Berfu Cengiz 		6–4, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2015 Australian Open Hard Germany Katharina Hobgarski Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 		5–7, 4–6

Head-to-head record

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score GMR
2022
1. Spain Garbiñe Muguruza No. 10 Wimbledon, UK Grass 1R 6–4, 6–0 No. 88

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2013: WTA ranking–932, 2014: WTA ranking–n/a, 2015: WTA ranking–457, 2016: WTA ranking–323, 2017: WTA ranking–828, 2018: WTA ranking–316.
  5. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Who is Greet Minnen, the Belgian qualifier who beat Venus Williams?". 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Top seed Stephens captures Saint Malo 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Meet the 2023 US Open women's qualifiers". US Open.
  4. ^ "Greet Minnen hands Venus Williams most lopsided US Open defeat in 24 appearances". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Minnen follows Venus win with Vickery victory at 2023 US Open". US Open.
  6. ^ "Rankings Watch: Sabalenka, Gauff-Pegula duo headline historic shakeup". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Siniakova, Kostyuk start with wins at Qatar TotalEnergies Open". 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 Miami; Minnen takes out Tsurenko to reach Miami third round for first time". WTATennis. 21 March 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Beijing; Minnen overcomes Potapova in three sets to reach Beijing third round". WTATennis. 27 September 2024.
  10. ^ Fitzgerald, Madeline (5 July 2019). "Lesbian Couple Makes History Playing Together at Wimbledon". Time. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Greet Minnen [BEL] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.