Desirae_Krawczyk

Desirae Krawczyk

Desirae Krawczyk

American tennis player


Desirae Marie Krawczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkraftʂɨk]; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.

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Krawczyk has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 14 August 2023, and has won ten titles on the WTA Tour, including five at the WTA 500-level. Krawczyk is a four-time major champion in mixed doubles, having won the 2021 French and US Opens partnering Joe Salisbury, as well as the 2021 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships alongside Neal Skupski. She was also runner-up at the 2020 French Open in women's doubles, partnering Alexa Guarachi, and the pair were semifinalists at the 2021 US Open.

Professional career

2018: Maiden WTA doubles title and major debut

In July 2018, she won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the Swiss Open, partnering with Chilean Alexa Guarachi.

2020: First Grand Slam doubles final

She reached her first major final at the French Open women's doubles event, partnering Alexa Guarachi, and finished runner-up.[2]

2021: Three major titles in mixed doubles

Krawczyk won the mixed-doubles titles at the French Open (her first Grand Slam title), partnering Joe Salisbury, and at Wimbledon, partnering with Neal Skupski.[3][4][5]

Seeded second, she reached her third mixed-doubles final at the US Open, again with Salisbury.[6][7] [8] They won the title, defeating Giuliana Olmos and Marcelo Arevalo in straight sets. She became the first player to win three Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles in a year, since Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in 2015.[9]

2022: Wimbledon mixed-doubles title, doubles semifinal & top 10 debut

At the Madrid Open, she reached her first WTA 1000 doubles final. Partnering with Demi Schuurs, she lost to Giuliana Olmos and Gabriela Dabrowski.[10]

At the Wimbledon Championships, she won her second consecutive title at this major in mixed doubles, partnering again with Neal Skupski, and fourth title overall.[11] At the same tournament, partnering Danielle Collins, she reached the semifinals for the third time at a major in doubles in her career.[12] She made her top 10 debut in the doubles rankings on July 11, 2022.

In October, she qualified for her second consecutive WTA Finals with Schuurs.[13][14] The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.[15]

2023: Tenth title, second WTA 1000 final, World No. 8

At the Charleston Open partnering with Danielle Collins, she won her eighth doubles title defeating top seeds Giuliana Olmos and Ena Shibahara. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9, on April 10, 2023.

At the Eastbourne International, partnering Schuurs, she won her tenth doubles title and fifth at the WTA 500 level.[16] She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 8 on 14 August 2023 following her second WTA final at the Canadian Open.

2024: Third WTA doubles final

At the 2024 Australian Open Krawczyk was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Neal Skupski. She lost to third seeded newly former pair and first-time mixed doubles Major finalists of Jan Zielinski and Hsieh Su-wei.[17]

Partnering Caroline Dolehide they reached the final of the WTA 1000 2024 Qatar TotalEnergies Open but lost to Luisa Stefani and former Krawczyk’s partner Schuurs.[18][19]

Personal life and background

She is of Polish descent on her father's side, and of Filipino descent on her mother's side.[1][20]

She is in a relationship with Australian tennis player Andrew Harris.[21]

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.
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

Current through the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships.

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Mixed doubles

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Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Mixed doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner ups)

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Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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ITF Circuit finals

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Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Grand Slam seedings

The tournaments won by Krawczyk are in boldface, and advances into finals by Krawczyk are in italics.

Women's doubles

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded No. 3   Seeded No. 2   Seeded No. 1

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Mixed doubles

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded No. 3   Seeded No. 2   Seeded No. 1

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Career earnings

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Notes

  1. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  2. The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15k even before 2017.
  3. Krawczyk was seeded second but withdrew right before the tournament.

References

  1. "Desirae Krawczyk, American player of Filipino descent, on cusp of Grand Slam triumph". Spin.ph.
  2. Adesina O. Koiki (September 10, 2021). "Joe Salisbury, Desirae Krawczyk reach 2021 US Open mixed doubles final". US Open. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  3. WTA Staff (May 7, 2022). "Dabrowski, Olmos capture Madrid doubles title". WTA Tennis. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  4. "Danielle Collins and Desirae Krawczyk Advance to Wimbledon Doubles Semifinals". Sports Illustrated Virginia Cavaliers News, Analysis and More. July 6, 2022.

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