Johanna Konta is a British tennis player who represented Australia until 2012. She has also won three singles titles on the WTA tour. Moreover, she is the winner of 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. She is the current British number one. In the year 2017, she won the Miami Open and reached the semifinal at Wimbledon. Overall, she is a very talented tennis player.
US Open 2019: Johanna Konta sees positives despite quarter-final defeat
Johanna Konta says she has "a lot to smile about" after her latest Grand Slam bid ended in a US Open quarter-final defeat. She made the last eight for a third successive Grand Slam but lost 6-4 6-4 to Elina Svitolina in New York. The world number 16 reached the French Open semi-finals and the Wimbledon quarter-finals earlier this year. "It's nice to feel that I've still got room to just get better in the sport," Konta, 28, said. Reflecting on her Grand Slam results, she added: "It is the best I have done so far in my career so there is a lot to be proud of there. "It is just part of the sport - only one person ends up not losing, everyone else does lose at some point." She almost dropped out of the world's top 50 towards the end of last year and again at the end of April after a disappointing start to the season where she failed to progress past the third round of a tournament. But a fine clay-court season culminated in a shock run to the French Open last four - at odds with her previous form on the surface - and she backed that up with further runs deep runs at Wimbledon and the US Open. However, she was unable to replicate her gutsy last-16 win over Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova against Ukrainian world number five Svitolina, who outclassed her on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday. Her performance at Flushing Meadows is likely to lift her to 11th place in the world rankings when they are published next Monday and if she can continue her good form over the next few weeks she could still stake a claim for a debut place in the WTA Finals - the season-ending tournament for the year's top eight players in Shenzhen, China. "I'd love for that to be a part of my schedule," Konta said. "But there are so many moving factors with that. So many things depend on how other people are doing."
Early Life of Konta
Johanna was born on 17th May 1991, in Sydney, Australia. She holds three nationalities; Hungarian, British, and Australian. She belongs to Hungarian ethnicity. She is the daughter of Hungarian parents Gabor, a hotel manager, and Gabriella, a dentist. She has a sister named Eva Konta. She was introduced to tennis at an after-school program at the age of eight. When she was 14, she began attending the Sanchez-Casal academy in Barcelona. While she was in Spain her parents moved to England. After that, her family settled in Eastbourne, East Sussex. There is no information on the educational background of Johanna Konta but it will be added soon. Her religion is Christian. As of 2019, she celebrated her 28th birthday with her friends and families.
Body Measurements of Konta
Konta is a very beautiful woman with an athletic body. She has a tall height of 5 feet 11 inches and a balanced weight of 70 kg. Her hair color is brown and eye color is green. Her body measurement is 36-25-37 inches and wears a bra size of 34B. She wears the dress size of 4 (US) and her shoe size is unknown. Overall, she has got a healthy body.
Career of Johanna Konta
- Johanna began playing tennis when she was eight years old.
- She won her first professional tournament when she was 16.
- She began playing tennis professionally in 2008 where she won her first ITF singles title at a $10,000 tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- She achieved a significant breakthrough at a $25k tournament in Sutton, England, in February 2009.
- In May 2010, she reached the quarterfinal of the $50k tournament at Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.
- In April 2011, she lost in three sets in the qualifying draw of Charleston to Sania Mirza.
- She represented Australia until 2012.
- At the 2013 Australian Open, she failed to build on her good form from the US Open.
- She became a British citizen in May 2012.
- After that, she switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain.
- She has won three singles titles on the WTA tour.
- She is the winner of 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.
- At the Australian Open, she failed to build on her form from the US Open, losing in the second qualifying round to Zhou Yimiao of China in three sets.
- She made her Fed Cup debut for Great Britain in Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 Pool B. Konta and Laura Robson won their doubles match as Britain opened with a whitewash against Bosnia-Herzegovina in February 2013.
- She entered the Aegon Trophy, a $75k tournament, reaching the semifinals after victories over An-Sophie Mestach, fifth seed Misaki Doi and Alison Riske in June.
- She began 2014 at the Shenzhen Open, losing to 15-year-old wildcard Xu Shilin.
- Her next tournament was the Istanbul Cup, where she won through qualifying as the top seed.
- She began the year 2015 by entering the qualifying of the WTA Tour events at Shenzhen and Sydney but did not manage to progress to either of the main draws.
- She made her debut in the main draw at the French Open against Denisa Allertova after she won her way through qualifying without losing a set.
- She reached the semifinal of the 2016 Australian Open.
- After that, she became more popular among tennis fans. She finished seventh in the 2017 French Open.
- She was hired Michael Joyce as her new coach during the off-season in 2018.
- She was knocked out in the second round by world No. 123, lucky loser Bernarda Pera.
- Following the Australian Open, she played for Britain in the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group 1.
- She started the year 2019 at the Brisbane International by defeating third seed Sloane Stephens before losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the second round.
- She next played the Fed Cup. Britain's ties in Europe/Africa Group 1 took place in Bath after the LTA was awarded co-hosting rights.
- Teammate Boulter completed Britain's victory by three rubbers to one as she beat Putinseva. Britain was therefore promoted to World Group II for 2020.
- After returning from Fed Cup duties she entered the Morocco Open as the seventh seed.
- She started her grass-court campaign with a win over Anett Kontaveit in the first round of the Birmingham Classic.
- She lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the second round.
- At Eastbourne, she reached the third round before losing to Ons Jabeur.
- She was seeded 19th at Wimbledon and went on to reach the quarterfinals, picking up her fourth win of the season against Stephens and defeating two-time former champion Petra Kvitova en route.
- Despite losing in the first round of both her US Open warm-up events, once at the Slam Konta went on the best run of her career to date at the venue, beating former top ten player Daria Kasatkina and third seed Karolina Pliskova en route to the quarterfinals.
Net Worth of Konta
The net worth of Johanna is estimated to have $4 Million as of 2019 and her salary is estimated to have $200,000 at present. Her source of earning is from her tennis career. She is satisfied with her earnings.
Marital Status, Dating, Child
Johanna Konta is not married yet but she is in a relationship with Hawk-Eye’s Kether Clouder. They are seen together on award shows and public functions. Looking at their chemistry, it seems like they might soon get married as well. There is no information on the previous relationships of Johanna. As of today, the couple is enjoying their life a lot without any disturbances.
