2020 In Review

Teenage kicks: The best teenage runs at Grand Slams since 2010

French Open champion Iga Swiatek is the 12th teenager to reach the quarterfinals or better at a Grand Slam since 2010. Look back on all of this decade's teen queens here.

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Future World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals as a teenager - the 2009 US Open, where she was runner-up, and Roland Garros 2010, where as No.3 seed she reached the last eight, falling to eventual champion Francesca Schiavone.

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A 19-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was the No.14 seed at Roland Garros 2011, and upset No.3 seed Vera Zvonareva to make her major quarterfinal debut before losing to eventual runner-up Francesca Schiavone.

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Sloane Stephens was the No.29 seed at the 2013 Australian Open and defeated future World No.1 Simona Halep in round one and Serena Williams in the quarterfinals to reach the last four at the age of 19, losing only to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.

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A 19-year-old Eugenie Bouchard was the No.30 seed at the 2014 Australian Open and defeated Ana Ivanovic to reach the semifinals, where the Canadian fell to eventual champion Li Na.

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The only 17-year-old to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal between 2009 and 2019 was Belinda Bencic, who made her last-eight debut at the 2014 US Open via upsets of Angelique Kerber and Jelena Jankovic before falling to Peng Shuai.

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In 2015, a 19-year-old North American reached the Australian Open semifinals for a third straight year, with the unseeded Madison Keys stunning Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams to break though before falling to eventual champion Serena Williams.

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Ana Konjuh made her Grand Slam quarterfinal debut at the 2016 US Open as an unseeded 18-year-old, upsetting Kiki Bertens in the first round and Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth before losing to eventual finalist Karolina Pliskova.

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Roland Garros 2017 saw Jelena Ostapenko, who started the tournament aged 19 and turned 20 on semifinal day, stun the tennis world by winning her first ever title on the Grand Slam stage, stunning Simona Halep in a classic final.

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A 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova became the youngest Grand Slam semifinalist since 2006 at Roland Garros 2019, making the last four via upsets of Aryna Sabalenka and Simona Halep before losing to eventual champion Ashleigh Barty.

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Roland Garros 2019 also saw 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova become the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam final since 2007 via defeats of Anastasija Sevastova and Johanna Konta.

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Bianca Andreescu became the first player to win the US Open on her debut main draw appearance in 2019 at the age of 19, winning her first Grand Slam title by stunning Serena Williams in the final.

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For the third year in the past four, the Roland Garros 2020 final featured a player who began the tournament aged 19, with Iga Swiatek defeating Sofia Kenin in straight sets to win the title.

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