Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), reached on 4 March 2019, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 7, achieved on 26 September 2022. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. With her partner Desirae Krawczyk, she became the first Mexican player in the Open Era to reach a WTA Tour final at the 2018 Monterrey Open.[1] In 2019, she became the first Mexican player to win a WTA Tour title, taking the doubles crown at the Nottingham Open. In 2020, she became the first Mexican woman to win the Mexican Open, also with Krawczyk.[2] In 2022, she became the first Mexican woman to enter the top 10 in the WTA rankings in either singles or doubles.
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| Full name | Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | |
| Residence | Fremont, United States |
| Born | 4 March 1993 Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Southern California |
| Prize money | US$1,092,153 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 138–91 (60.3%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 343 (4 March 2019) |
| Current ranking | No. 1159 (20 February 2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 211–130 (61.9%) |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (26 September 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 7 (20 February 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2021) |
| French Open | 3R (2021, 2022) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2021, 2022) |
| US Open | QF (2022) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2021, 2022) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2022, 2023) |
| French Open | SF (2021) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2021, 2022) |
| US Open | F (2021) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 17–14 (54.8%) |
Medal record | |
| Last updated on: 28 February 2023. | |
Early life
Olmos is the daughter of a Mexican man and a Mexican-Austrian woman, who was born in the Austrian city of Schwarzach im Pongau, and moved to Fremont, California at the age of two.[3] Along with her two younger sisters she was taken to events attended by Mexican sportswomen, like golfer Lorena Ochoa and tennis player Melissa Torres Sandoval.[2] Olmos started playing tennis at the age of four, and decided she wanted to be a professional player at eleven.[4] Holding citizenship for three countries, she played for the United States in junior and ITF tournaments and ranked second among American players until the age of 16, when she accepted an offer to represent Mexico, who would sponsor her, pay for travel expenses and give her a spot in the Junior Fed Cup and Fed Cup teams. While attending the University of Southern California, majoring in international relations and minoring in occupational therapy, Olmos took part in two editions of the Summer Universiade, in 2013 and 2015.[5][2][3]
Professional career
2018-20: Breakthrough
After graduating from the USC, where she learned that was a better doubles player, Olmos became the first Mexican player in the Open Era to reach a WTA final, the 2018 Monterrey Open partnering Desirae Krawczyk. One year later, also alongside Krawczyk, Olmos was the first Mexican champion of a WTA tournament in the 2019 Nottingham Open.[3][2]
2021: Grand Slam quarterfinal & mixed doubles final, WTA 1000 title, Olympics & top 25 debuts
In February, Olmos and Canadian player Sharon Fichman reached their first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, and in April she partnered with another Canadian, Gabriela Dabrowski, to reach the semifinals of another WTA-1000 tournament at the Miami Open.
In May, Olmos won the biggest title in her tennis career at the WTA 1000 Italian Open, partnering with Fichman; in the final, they defeated the pair of Kristina Mladenović and Markéta Vondroušová who were making their debut playing together. They entered the tournament as alternates and defeated top seeds Hsieh/Mertens and the Japanese fourth-seeded duo Aoyama/Shibahara en route to the championship match.[6][7] As a result, she entered the top 30 in doubles for the first time in her career.
Also in 2021, Olmos qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, partnering Renata Zarazúa, both making their Olympics debut, and being the first Mexican women to play Olympic tennis since Angélica Gavaldón in 1996.[8]
At the US Open, Olmos partnered Marcelo Arévalo in the mixed doubles draw and reached the final by defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ivan Dodig en route.[9] They lost to second-seeded pair, Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury, in straight sets. Olmos became the first Mexican to reach a major final since Santiago González made the men's doubles final (with American Donald Young) at Roland Garros in 2017.[10] Olmos and Fichman ended up playing the 2021 WTA Finals in front of her home crowd in Guadalajara.[3]
2022: New partnership & first WTA 1000 title with Dabrowski, historic world No. 7
Olmos started to play the 2022 season with Dabrowski, with whom she had played the 2021 Miami Open.[11] Seeded second, they went on to win their first Masters tournament together at the Madrid Open.[12] As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 11, on 9 May 2022. Olmos and Dabrowski followed that by also reaching the final of the Italian Open.[13]
She made the top 10 on 12 September 2022 at world No. 8, after reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open with Dabrowski, becoming the first ever Mexican woman to be ranked inside the WTA top 10 in either singles or doubles. At the Pan Pacific Open, she won her second team title with Dabrowski, without losing a single set.[14] Following this run, she achieved a new career-high of world No. 7, on 26 September 2022, and qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with Dabrowski in their first appearance as a team.[15]
Fed Cup
Olmos has represented Mexico in Fed Cup. She has a win–loss record of 16–14, and in 2022, she was selected as captain for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Americas Zone.
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.
Doubles
Current after the 2023 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | NH | 3R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 4–3 | 57% | |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 7–4 | 2–1 | 0 / 15 | 17–14 | 55% |
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||
| WTA Finals | DNQ | NH | RR | RR | 0 / 2 | 1–5 | 17% | |||
| National representation | ||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | NH | 2R | SF | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | SF | 2R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | 2R | W | 1 / 2 | 5–1 | 83% | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | W | F | 1 / 3 | 8–2 | 80% | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | A | SF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
| China Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
| Guadalajara Open | NH | QF | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 2 | Career total: 80 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Career total; 5 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Career total: 11 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 3–6 | 10–11 | 17–12 | 12–9 | 25–19 | 39–22 | 2–2 | 5 / 80 | 109–85 | 56% |
| Year-end ranking | 101 | 85 | 74 | 61 | 18 | 8 | $1,038,831 | |||
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2021 | US Open | Hard | 5–7, 2–6 |
Other significant finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2021 | Italian Open | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [10–5] | ||
| Win | 2022 | Madrid Open | Clay | 7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 2022 | Italian Open | Clay | 6–1, 4–6, [7–10] |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups, 1 pending)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2018 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | International[lower-alpha 2] | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2019 | Abierto Mexico | International | Hard | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | Jun 2019 | Nottingham Open, United Kingdom | International | Grass | 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2019 | Guangzhou Open, China | International | Hard | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 2–3 | Feb 2020 | Abierto Mexico | International | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Mar 2021 | Abierto Zapopan, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 3–4 | May 2021 | Italian Open | WTA 1000 | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [10–5] | ||
| Win | 4–4 | May 2022 | Madrid Open, Spain | WTA 1000 | Clay | 7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 4–5 | May 2022 | Italian Open | WTA 1000 | Clay | 6–1, 4–6, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 5–5 | Sep 2022 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | WTA 500 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2022 | San Diego Open, United States | WTA 500 | Hard | 6–1, 5–7, [4–10] | ||
| Pending | – | Apr 2023 | Charleston Open, United States | WTA 500 | Clay (green) |
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Nov 2018 | WTA 125 Houston, United States | Hard | 6–1, 4–6, [8–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Jan 2017 | ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique | 15,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jan 2017 | ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe | 15,000 | Hard | 3–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2015 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | 10,000 | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2016 | ITF Stillwater, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10] | ||
| Win | 1–3 | Jan 2017 | ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique | 15,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 2–3 | Jan 2017 | ITF Saint Martin, Guadeloupe | 15,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 3–3 | Apr 2017 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 4–3 | May 2017 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Jun 2017 | ITF Sumter, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 6–3 | Jul 2017 | ITF Sacramento, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7–3 | Aug 2017 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 7–4 | Aug 2017 | ITF Vancouver, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2017 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | 100,000 | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 8–5 | Oct 2017 | ITF Templeton, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 8–6 | Mar 2018 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 2–6, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 9–6 | May 2018 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 9–7 | Jul 2018 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | 100,000 | Clay | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 10–7 | Aug 2018 | ITF Vancouver, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 10–8 | Nov 2018 | ITF Tyler, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, [12–14] | ||
| Win | 11–8 | Oct 2021 | ITF Tyler, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 7–5, 1–6, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 11–9 | Mar 2022 | ITF Arcadia, United States | 60,000 | Hard | w/o | ||
| Loss | 11–10 | Oct 2022 | ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 1–6, 6–3, [2–10] |
Notes
- 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. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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.
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
References
- "Broady and Sorribes Tormo turn chance meeting into title in Monterrey". MONTERREY, Mexico: WTA Tour, Inc. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- "Latinx Heritage Month: Giuliana Olmos".
- Perhaps the longest shot to make the WTA Finals, Olmos enjoying every moment
- At The Net w/ Giuliana Olmos
- Born in Austria, living in US, playing for Mexico - Olmos!
- "Fichman, Olmos save 2 match points, claim Rome doubles title".
- "Champions Corner: How Fichman & Olmos set aside burnout, injury in fairy tale win in Rome".
- Giuliana Olmos va a Tokio para competir en el Tenis
- https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2021-09-04/mixed_doubles_giuliana_olmos_marcelo_arevalo_oust_top_seeds.html
- https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2021-09-09/doubles_wrap_dabrowski_and_stefani_reach_2021_us_open_sf_in_first_major_as_duo.html
- Gaby Dabrowski: sobre duplas, Canadá, sucesso e fim precoce de Stefanowski
- "Dabrowski, Olmos capture Madrid doubles title".
- "Kudermetova, Pavlyuchenkova claim Rome doubles title".
- "Samsonova wins Tokyo, edges Zheng Qinwen for third title of 2022". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2850314/road-to-the-wta-finals-dabrowski-and-olmos
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