Rebecca Llewellyn

Rebecca Llewellyn
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
 Wales
Residence Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
Born (1985-10-05) 5 October 1985
Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro September 2003
Retired September 2007
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$58,696
Singles
Career record 97 – 108
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 280 (28 August 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon 1R (2005)
US Open
Doubles
Career record 58 – 45
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 309 (23 April 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon 1R (2005, 2006)
US Open
Last updated on: 26 May 2014.

Rebecca Llewellyn (born 5 October 1985) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won one International Tennis Federation (ITF) title in singles and seven in doubles. She reached career-high rankings of world No.280 in singles and world No.309 in doubles. She has not competed professionally since 2007.

Llewellyn took part in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, but lost 6–0, 6–1 to the fifth seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova. In doing so, she became the first player from Wales to compete in singles since Sarah Loosemore in 1992.[1] She also competed in the doubles event at the 2005 and the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round each time.[2][3]

Personal life

Llewellyn began playing tennis aged seven in school. In 2003, she graduated from Haileybury High School.[4] Her interests are going to the cinema, shopping and hockey.[5]

Playing style

Llewellyn played right-handed and cited her favourite shots as the backhand and the volley. Her preferred playing surfaces were grass and clay.[4]

Career

Junior (1999–2003)

Rebecca Llewellyn played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in February 1999 and her last in June 2003 in the event for the junior Wimbledon Championships. Her best performances in singles came when she reached two semifinals of lower-tier junior events in 2000. She also reached the quarterfinals in one other event. In terms of Grand Slam success, her best singles result came at Wimbledon in 2000 when she won two matches to qualify and then went on to reach the second round. By the end of her junior career, she ended with a singles win-loss record of 11–14 and a career-high ranking of world No.234 (achieved 25 June 2001).[6]

As a junior doubles player she was a runner-up on one occasion. She was also a doubles semifinalist on another occasion. Rebecca competed in doubles at a Grand Slam only once, at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, where she and compatriot, Katie O'Brien, were knocked out in round one. She ended her junior career with a win-loss record of 5–7 in doubles and a career-high doubles ranking of world No.410 (achieved 16 April 2001).[6]

WTA tour and ITF circuit titles (8)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Premier (0)
International (0)
ITF Event (8)
Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (1)
Grass (3)
Carpet (0)

Singles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 23 May 2005 Oxford $10,000 Grass South Africa Surina De Beer 0–6 6–3 6–3

Doubles (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
1. 26 January 2004 Tipton $10,000 Hard United Kingdom Melanie South Poland Klaudia Jans & Poland Alicja Rosolska 2–6 6–1 6–4
2. 7 April 2005 Bath $10,000 Hard United Kingdom Anna Hawkins Germany Vanessa Pinto & Italy Verdiana Verardi 3–6 6–1 6–4
3. 4 May 2005 Edinburgh $10,000 Clay United Kingdom Melanie South Netherlands Leonie Mekel & Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs 6–0 3–6 6–3
4. 23 May 2005 Oxford $10,000 Grass United Kingdom Anna Hawkins United Kingdom Melissa Berry & United Kingdom Holly Richards 6–1 6–4
5. 3 August 2005 Wrexham $10,000 Hard United Kingdom Anna Smith India Rushmi Chakravarthi & New Zealand Paula Marama 6–3 7–5
6. 2 October 2006 Nantes $25,000 Hard United Kingdom Melanie South Germany Sabine Lisicki & France Irena Pavlovic 6–2 6–0
7. 20 July 2007 Frinton $10,000 Grass United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas United Kingdom Samantha Murray & United States Alexis Prousis 3–6 7–5 6–2

WTA tour and ITF circuit runner-up (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Premier (0)
International (0)
ITF Event (4)
Runner-up by surface
Hard (2)
Clay (0)
Grass (1)
Carpet (1)

Singles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 15 February 2005 Portimão $10,000 Hard Spain Lucia Jimenez Almendros 6–7(6) 4–6

Doubles (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
1. 26 July 2004 Dublin $10,000 Carpet South Africa Lizaan Du Plessis Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle & Republic of Ireland Karen Nugent 4–6 6–3 2–6
2. 10 March 2005 Sunderland $10,000 Hard South Africa Lizaan Du Plessis Austria Verena Amesbauer & Czech Republic Veronika Chvojkova 3–6 4–6
3. 10 July 2007 Felixstowe $25,000 Grass United Kingdom Jade Curtis United Kingdom Karen Paterson & United Kingdom Melanie South 3–6 3–6

References

  1. "Llewellyn plans pioneering role". www.news.bbc.co.uk. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  2. "Llewellyn upbeat despite defeat". www.news.bbc.co.uk. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. "Llewellyn to learn from SW19 loss". www.news.bbc.co.uk. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  4. 1 2 Rebecca Llewellyn at the Women's Tennis Association
  5. Rebecca Llewellyn at the International Tennis Federation
  6. 1 2 Rebecca Llewellyn at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
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