Vania King

Vania King is a retired American tennis player and a former top-10 doubles player, winning both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010.

She achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 50 and won a WTA Tour singles title at the 2006 Bangkok Open.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Vania King was born on February 3, 1989, in Monterey Park, California, United States. She stands 163 cm tall and she plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand.

Her parents moved to the United States from Taiwan in 1982. She is the youngest of four children. Her brother Phillip King was a two-time All-American at Duke University and a two-time US junior champion. Vania is a graduate of Long Beach Poly High School in California.

Professional Career

King turned professional in July 2006. She was a dominant doubles player, winning 15 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and achieving a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 3 in June 2011. Her greatest success came in 2010 when she and her partner, Yaroslava Shvedova, won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles.

The pair also reached the final of the US Open in 2011. In mixed doubles, King was a runner-up at the French Open in 2009 with Marcelo Melo.

In singles, King won one WTA Tour title at the 2006 Bangkok Open. She also reached two other finals and progressed as far as the third round of a major tournament on four occasions, at the US Open in 2009 and 2011, the French Open in 2011, and the Australian Open in 2012.

King officially announced her retirement from professional tennis in April 2021.

Career Record

Singles

• Career record: 269–250
• Career titles: 1
• Highest ranking: No. 50 (November 6, 2006)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open – 3R (2012)
• French Open – 3R (2011)
• Wimbledon – 2R (2006, 2009)
• US Open – 3R (2009, 2011)

Doubles

• Career record: 324–204
• Career titles: 15
• Highest ranking: No. 3 (June 6, 2011)

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open – QF (2012, 2016, 2018)
• French Open – SF (2011)
• Wimbledon – W (2010)
• US Open – W (2010)

Other tournaments (Doubles)

• Tour Finals – SF (2010, 2011)

Mixed Doubles

Best Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Performances

• French Open – F (2009)
• Wimbledon – 2R (2007, 2014)
• US Open – QF (2006)

Team competitions

• Fed Cup – 5–7 (W–L)