Giuliana Olmos

Summary

Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Olmos, a graduate of USC, has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 10 April 2023 and a best singles ranking of world No. 343 by the WTA, set on 4 March 2019. She has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and eleven 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 title on WTA Tour, 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.[3]

Giuliana Olmos
Olmos at the 2021 French Open
Full nameGiuliana Marion Olmos Dick
Country (sports) Mexico
ResidenceFremont, United States
Born (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 31)
Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
CoachDr. Dave Marshall
Prize money$1,444,371
Singles
Career record138–92 (60.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 343 (4 March 2019)
Doubles
Career record244–154 (61.3%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 6 (10 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 25 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2021)
French Open3R (2021, 2022, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2021, 2022)
US OpenQF (2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2021, 2022)
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022, 2023)
French OpenSF (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2022, 2023)
US OpenF (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–14 (56.3%)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Singles
Last updated on: 29 March 2024.

Early life edit

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][2][4]

Professional career edit

2018–20: Breakthrough edit

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 Tour final, the 2018 Monterrey Open, partnering Desirae Krawczyk. One year later, also alongside Krawczyk, Olmos was the first Mexican champion of a WTA tournament at the 2019 Nottingham Open.[4][2]

2021: Mixed doubles final, WTA 1000 title, Olympics, top 25 & WTA Finals debuts edit

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.[7][8] 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 woman to play Olympic tennis since Angélica Gavaldón in 1996.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] Olmos and Fichman ended up playing the 2021 WTA Finals in front of her home crowd in Guadalajara.[4]

2022: New partnership & first WTA 1000 title with Dabrowski, historic top 10 edit

Olmos started to play the 2022 season with Dabrowski, with whom she had played the 2021 Miami Open.[12] Seeded second, they went on to win their first Masters tournament together at the Madrid Open.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15] Following this run, she achieved another 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.[16]

2023–24: World No. 6, fourth WTA 1000 final edit

At the Charleston Open, she finished runners-up with Ena Shibahara. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, on 10 April 2023.

She also reached her fourth WTA 1000 final with Chan Hao-ching at the China Open.

Fed Cup edit

Olmos has represented Mexico in the Fed Cup where she has a win–loss record of 18–14. In 2022, she was selected as captain for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Americas Zone.

Performance timeline edit

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.
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles edit

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A QF 2R 3R 2R 0 / 4 7-4 64%
French Open A A 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
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 4–2 0 / 16 20-16 56%
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[a] A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A NH 2R SF 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Miami Open A A A NH SF 2R 2R 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Madrid Open A A A NH 2R W 2R 1 / 3 6–2 75%
Italian Open A A A 1R W F 1R 1 / 4 8–3 73%
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%
Guadalajara Open NH QF 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A NH F 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 11 12 9 20 23 13 Career total: 96
Titles 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 Career total; 5
Finals 0 1 3 1 2 4 3 Career total: 14
Overall win–loss 3–6 10–11 17–12 12–9 25–19 39–22 21–13 5 / 96 128–96 57%
Year-end ranking 101 85 74 61 18 8 25 $1,038,831

Mixed doubles edit

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open SF 1R 2R 0 / 3 3–2 60%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open F 1R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Win–loss 6–2 1–4 2–2 0 / 9 9–8 53%

Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2021 US Open Hard   Marcelo Arévalo   Desirae Krawczyk
  Joe Salisbury
5–7, 2–6

Other significant finals edit

WTA 1000 tournaments edit

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2021 Italian Open Clay   Sharon Fichman   Kristina Mladenovic
  Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 2022 Madrid Open Clay   Gabriela Dabrowski   Desirae Krawczyk
  Demi Schuurs
7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 2022 Italian Open Clay   Gabriela Dabrowski   Veronika Kudermetova
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 2023 China Open Hard   Chan Hao-ching   Marie Bouzková
  Sara Sorribes Tormo
6–3, 0–6, [4–10]

WTA Tour finals edit

Doubles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000 (2–2)
WTA 500 (1–3)
WTA 250 (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
International[b] Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Naomi Broady
  Sara Sorribes Tormo
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2019 Abierto Mexicano,
Mexico
International Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Victoria Azarenka
  Zheng Saisai
1–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2019 Nottingham Open,
United Kingdom
International Grass   Desirae Krawczyk   Ellen Perez
  Anastasia Rodionova
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss 1–3 Sep 2019 Guangzhou Open,
China
International Hard   Alexa Guarachi   Peng Shuai
  Laura Siegemund
2–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2020 Abierto Mexicano,
Mexico
International Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Kateryna Bondarenko
  Sharon Fichman
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–4 Mar 2021 Abierto Zapopan,
Mexico
WTA 250 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Ellen Perez
  Astra Sharma
4–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 May 2021 Italian Open,
Italy
WTA 1000 Clay   Sharon Fichman   Kristina Mladenovic
  Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 4–4 May 2022 Madrid Open,
Spain
WTA 1000 Clay   Gabriela Dabrowski   Desirae Krawczyk
  Demi Schuurs
7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 4–5 May 2022 Italian Open,
Italy
WTA 1000 Clay   Gabriela Dabrowski   Veronika Kudermetova
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–1, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 5–5 Sep 2022 Pan Pacific Open,
Japan
WTA 500 Hard   Gabriela Dabrowski   Nicole Melichar-Martinez
  Ellen Perez
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Oct 2022 San Diego Open,
United States
WTA 500 Hard   Gabriela Dabrowski   Coco Gauff
  Jessica Pegula
6–1, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss 5–7 Apr 2023 Charleston Open,
United States
WTA 500 Clay (green)   Ena Shibahara   Danielle Collins
  Desirae Krawczyk
6–0, 4–6, [12–14]
Loss 5–8 Apr 2023 Stuttgart Grand Prix,
Germany
WTA 500 Clay (i)   Nicole Melichar-Martinez   Desirae Krawczyk
  Demi Schuurs
4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–9 May 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay   Desirae Krawczyk   Xu Yifan
  Yang Zhaoxuan
3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–10 October 2023 China Open,
China
WTA 1000 Hard   Chan Hao-ching   Sara Sorribes Tormo
  Marie Bouzková
6–3, 0–6, [4–10]
Win 6–10 Jan 2024 Hobart International,
Australia
WTA 250 Hard   Chan Hao-ching   Guo Hanyu
  Jiang Xinyu
6–3, 6–3

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2018 Houston Challenger, United States Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Maegan Manasse
  Jessica Pegula
6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 May 2023 Firenze Ladies Open, Italy Clay   Asia Muhammad   Vivian Heisen
  Ingrid Neel
6–1, 2–6, [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up) edit

Legend
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Fernanda Brito 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–0
Win 2–0 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Gaia Sanesi 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Nazari Urbina 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–0 Jan 2017 ITF Fort-de-France, Martinique 15,000 Hard   Monika Kilnarová 7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–1 Jan 2017 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe 15,000 Hard   Mayo Hibi 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–3)
$80,000 tournaments (1–2)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–9)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, ,
Mexico
10,000 Hard   Constanza Gorches   Camila Fuentes
  Francesca Segarelli
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2015 ITF Fort Worth,
United States
10,000 Hard   Jessica Ho   Josie Kuhlman
  Maegan Manasse
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2016 ITF Stillwater,
United States
25,000 Hard   Nazari Urbina   Ronit Yurovsky
  Emina Bektas
4–6, 7–6(6), [6–10]
Win 1–3 Jan 2017 ITF Fort-de-France,
Martinique
15,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Sara Cakarevic
  Emmanuelle Salas
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–3 Jan 2017 ITF Saint Martin,
Guadeloupe
15,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Chayenne Ewijk
  Rosalie van der Hoek
6–1, 6–1
Win 3–3 Apr 2017 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Ronit Yurovsky
  Marcela Zacarías
6–1, 6–0
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Incheon,
South Korea
25,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Choi Ji-hee
  Kim Na-ri
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 5–3 Jun 2017 ITF Sumter,
United States
25,000 Hard   Kaitlyn Christian   Ellen Perez
  Luisa Stefani
6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 6–3 Jul 2017 Sacramento Challenger,
United States
60,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Jovana Jakšić
  Vera Lapko
6–1, 6–2
Win 7–3 Aug 2017 ITF Fort Worth,
United States
25,000 Hard   Ellen Perez   Miharu Imanishi
  Ayaka Okuno
6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Aug 2017 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Jessica Moore
  Jocelyn Rae
1–6, 5–7
Loss 7–5 Sep 2017 Abierto Tampico, Mexico 100,000 Hard   Kaitlyn Christian   Caroline Dolehide
  María Irigoyen
4–6, 4–6
Win 8–5 Oct 2017 ITF Templeton Pro,
United States
60,000 Hard   Kaitlyn Christian   Viktorija Golubic
  Amra Sadiković
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Mar 2018 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Alexa Guarachi
  Erin Routliffe
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 9–6 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses
del Vallès, Spain
25,000 Hard   Laura Pigossi   Raluca Șerban
  Pranjala Yadlapalli
6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–7 Jul 2018 Hungarian Pro Open,
Hungary
100,000 Clay   Kaitlyn Christian   Alexandra Cadanțu
  Chantal Škamlová
1–6, 3–6
Win 10–7 Aug 2018 Vancouver Open,
Canada
100,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Kateryna Kozlova
  Arantxa Rus
6–2, 7–5
Loss 10–8 Nov 2018 Tyler Pro Challenge,
United States
80,000 Hard   Desirae Krawczyk   Nicole Gibbs
  Asia Muhammad
6–3, 3–6, [12–14]
Win 11–8 Oct 2021 Tyler Pro Challenge,
United States
80,000 Hard   Marcela Zacarías   Misaki Doi
  Katarzyna Kawa
7–5, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss 11–9 Mar 2022 Arcadia Pro Open,
United States
60,000 Hard   Harriet Dart   Ashlyn Krueger
  Robin Montgomery
w/o
Loss 11–10 Oct 2022 Rancho Santa Fe Open,
United States
80,000 Hard   Marcela Zacarías   Elvina Kalieva
  Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–3, [2–10]

Best Grand Slam results details edit

Doubles edit

Mixed doubles edit

  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. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ The draw will feature only 16 pairs, rather than the usual 32.[17]

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Broady and Sorribes Tormo turn chance meeting into title in Monterrey". MONTERREY, Mexico: WTA Tour, Inc. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  2. ^ a b c d "Latinx Heritage Month: Giuliana Olmos". 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Representing Mexico with pride, Olmos boosts national tennis profile". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Perhaps the longest shot to make the WTA Finals, Olmos enjoying every moment". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "At The Net w/ Giuliana Olmos – Long Island Tennis Magazine". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Born in Austria, living in US, playing for Mexico - Olmos!". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Fichman, Olmos save 2 match points, claim Rome doubles title".
  8. ^ "Champions Corner: How Fichman & Olmos set aside burnout, injury in fairy tale win in Rome".
  9. ^ Mazatlán, Isac Chávez | El Sol de. "Giuliana Olmos va a Tokio para competir en el Tenis". El Sol de Mazatlán | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Sinaloa y el Mundo. Retrieved 20 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Stephanie Livaudais (4 September 2021). "Mixed Doubles: Giuliana Olmos, Marcelo Arevalo oust top seeds". usopen.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ^ Adesina O. Koiki (9 September 2021). "Doubles wrap: Dabrowski and Stefani reach 2021 US Open SF in first major as duo". usopen.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Saque e Voleio - Gaby Dabrowski: sobre duplas, Canadá, sucesso e fim precoce de Stefanowski". www.uol.com.br. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Dabrowski, Olmos capture Madrid doubles title".
  14. ^ "Kudermetova, Pavlyuchenkova claim Rome doubles title".
  15. ^ "Samsonova wins Tokyo, edges Zheng Qinwen for third title of 2022". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  16. ^ "Road to the WTA Finals: Dabrowski and Olmos".
  17. ^ "French Open: Mixed doubles to return for 2021 tournament". BBC. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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