Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Sílvia Soler Espinosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsilβja soˈleɾ espiˈnosa]; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Espinosa.
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Soler Espinosa at the 2014 Madrid Open
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987
Elche, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2020
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,108,331
Singles
Career record418–386 (52.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (21 May 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open3R (2014)
Wimbledon2R (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open3R (2011, 2012)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record129–148 (46.6%)
Career titles1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 39 (28 April 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2013, 2014)
French OpenQF (2015)
Wimbledon3R (2013)
US Open2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–11

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[1] On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings.[2]

Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11.[3]

Personal life and background

Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols.[4]

Tennis career

Junior years

In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at the International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. In September 2003, she won her first singles title at Torneo ITF Junior "Ciudad de Castro Urdiales". Later that year, she achieved her junior highest-ranking in singles at No. 158. On the Junior Circuit, she won three titles in singles, and two titles in doubles.[5]

ITF Women's Circuit

Soler Espinosa debuted on ITF Circuit in May 2003 at Almeria, Spain, where she was defeated Lauren Cheung in the first round. In 2007, she won her first ITF single title, at a $25k event in Sintra, Portugal. There, she defeated Dutch player Romana Janshen in two tiebreakers. In 2011, she played and won her first major ITF final, at the 2011 Allianz Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. On the ITF Circuit, she won five singles and two doubles titles.[6]

WTA Tour

In April 2009, Silver Espinosa made her first WTA Tour main-draw appearance at Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella, Spain. She lost in the first round to Kaia Kanepi. Silvia failed to qualify at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

2011: First Grand Slam main draw; entering top 100

Soler Espinosa had her first Grand Slam main-draw appearance at the French Open, and recorded her first major match win. In the second round, she was stopped by Chinese player Li Na.[7] At Wimbledon, she failed to qualify in the final round. At the US Open, she won two main-draw matches, before she was stopped by Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight sets. On 19 September, she entered the top 100, reaching world No. 90.

2012: Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 main-draw debut & Olympic Games

Silvia started season at the Sydney International, where she failed in qualifying. After that, she lost in the first round of the Australian Open. In February, she recorded two losses against Russian Fed Cup team, losing to Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively.

In March 2012, she made her first Premier Mandatory appearance, at the Indian Wells Open. She lost in the second round against Roberta Vinci. In Miami, she went one step further, and advanced to round three, in which she was stopped by Agnieszka Radwańska.

In April 2012, she again played with Fed Cup team and scored of 1–1 against Slovakia.

In May, Soler Espinosa made her first match win at the Madrid Open. She was stopped by Li Na in the second round. She also made the second round at the Italian Open.

At Wimbledon, she reached the second round but then was stopped by Vera Zvonareva, in three sets. Soler Espinosa also reached the second round of the Swedish Open in Båstad, before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.[8]

In August 2012, Silvia made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, playing for Spain, but she was defeated in the first round by Heather Watson.

Second year in row, she made third round at the US Open.

2013: Grand Slam QF and Premier Mandatory SF in doubles

In doubles, she reached quarterfinals at the Australian Open, together with Carla Suárez Navarro. They were stopped by Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Together with Suárez Navarro, Silvia made another great result, reaching semifinals at the Madrid Open.

In doubles, she reached No. 59, on 8 July 2013.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018 2019 2020 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R A Q1 Q2 Q1 A 0 / 4 1–4
French Open A Q1 Q2 2R A 2R 3R 2R 1R Q1 A A 0 / 5 5–5
Wimbledon A Q2 Q1 Q3 2R 2R 2R 2R Q1 A Q1 A NH 0 / 4 4–4
US Open Q1 Q1 Q2 3R 3R 1R 1R Q2 A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 4 4–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–3 2–4 3–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 17 14–17
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH 1R NH A NH P 0 / 1 0–1
Premier Mandatory & 5
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Indian Wells Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R A A A A P 0 / 4 3–4
Miami Open A A A A 3R 2R 1R 1R A Q1 A A P 0 / 4 3–4
Madrid Open NH A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q2 1R A P 0 / 5 1–5
Italian Open A A A A 2R Q2 A Q2 A A A A P 0 / 1 1–1
Canadian Open A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open NMS A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 2] A A A A 1R Q2 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
China Open NMS A A A Q1 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2
Career statistics
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L
Year-end ranking 187 183 170 82 83 82 68 142 128 223 177 656 $2,108,331

Doubles
Tournament2012201320142015201620172018 2019 2020W–L
Australian Open 2R QF QF 3R 1R A A A A 9–5
French Open A 1R 1R QF A A A A 3–3
Wimbledon A 3R 1R 1R A A A A NH 2–3
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A A 1–4
Win–loss 2–2 5–4 3–4 5–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 15–15

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Puerto Rico Monica Puig 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2016 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay United States Irina Falconi 2–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (1–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2014 Brasil Tennis Cup,
Brazil		 International Hard Italy Francesca Schiavone Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova		 6–7(1–7), 6–2, [3–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2014 Connecticut Open,
United States		 Premier Hard Slovenia Andreja Klepač New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja		 7–5, 4–6, [10–7]

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2018 Bol Open, Croatia Hard Czech Republic Barbora Štefková Colombia Mariana Duque-Mariño
China Wang Yafan		 3–6, 5–7

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal 25,000 Clay (i) Netherlands Romana Janshen 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Jul 2008 ITF Vigo, Spain 25,000 Hard Portugal Neuza Silva 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 2009 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Argentina Agustina Lepore 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 0–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2009 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Ukraine Irina Buryachok 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jun 2010 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Germany Sarah Gronert 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Aug 2010 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay Poland Magda Linette 5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win 4–3 Sep 2011 Sofia Cup, Bulgaria 100,000 Clay Italy Romina Oprandi 2–6, 6–6 ret.
Loss 4–4 Sep 2011 Open de Saint-Malo, France 100,000+H Clay Romania Sorana Cîrstea 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Jun 2015 Open Montpellier, France 50,000+H[lower-alpha 3] Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–5 Jun 2016 ITF Rome, Italy 50,000 Clay Spain Laura Pous Tió 2–6, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2006 ITF Torrent, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2006 ITF Gorizia, Italy 25,000 Clay Spain Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves Argentina Soledad Esperón
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2008 ITF La Palma, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele		 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–4 Oct 2009 Open de Saint-Raphaël,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili France Claire Feuerstein
France Stéphanie Foretz		 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss 0–5 Jul 2016 ITF Prague Open,
Czech Republic		 75,000[lower-alpha 4] Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová		 5–7, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 0–6 May 2017 Open Saint-Gaudens,
France		 60,000 Clay Paraguay Montserrat González Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
China Han Xinyun		 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–6 Jun 2017 ITF Barcelona, Spain 60,000 Clay Paraguay Montserrat González Israel Julia Glushko
Australia Priscilla Hon		 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–6 Apr 2018 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 60,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara United States Jessica Pegula
United States Maria Sanchez		 6–4, 6–2

Notes
  1. 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 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.
  2. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
  4. The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

References
  1. "Titles".
  2. "Silvia Soler Espinosa at WTA".
  3. "Silvia Soler Espinosa at Fed Cup".
  4. "Bio".
  5. "Junior Profile".
  6. "ITF Profile".
  7. "Clijsters crashes out of French Open".
  8. "Hercog bounces Görges from Båstad". Women's Tennis Association. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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