Sloane Stephens is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 3 in the world in the summer of 2018. She was the 2017 US Open champion and has won six WTA singles titles in total. She has been sponsored by Nike since the start of 2018. She started the Sloane Stephens Foundation, which helps build tennis courts and set up after-school tennis programs for underserved students in conjunction with supplemental tutoring. Her present coach is Kamau Murray.
Sloane Stephens said 'forever yes' to Jozy Altidore
Two very engagement-esque photos confirm: 26-year-old Olympian Sloane Stephens and her longtime boyfriend Jozy Altidore are tying the knot. Stephens, the 2017 US Open tennis champion began dating Altidore, the 29-year-old striker for the US men's national team and Toronto FC, nearly three years ago. The power couple announced their engagement Monday in short posts to their Instagram and Twitter accounts. The news immediately drew congratulations from a legion or renowned sports institutions. The US Olympic Committee congratulated the two, who are both Olympians, on Twitter, adding on the Team USA website that their relationship began as "childhood friends growing up in Florida."
From where Sloane Stephens came?
Stephens was born on March 20, 1993, at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Her present age is 26 years old but she will be turning 27 years old as of 2020. Her father name is John Stephens and mother name is Sybil Smith. Her brother name is Shawn Farrell who is step-brother from her stepfather, Sheldon Farrell. Her nationality is American and ethnicity is black. Her religion is Christianity. Her sun sign is Pisces. Her other early life will be updated soon. About her education, there is no information about her school and high school but Stephens graduated from Indiana University East with a bachelor's degree in communication studies. Other information about her education will be updated soon.
How tall (height) is Sloane Stephens?
Stephens has a very sexy and athletic body. Her height is 5 feet7 inches and weight is 61 kg. She has a body measurement of 34-24-33 inches. Her bra size is 32B. She has a pair of beautiful brown eyes and black hair color. Her body build is muscular which is essential for the tennis player.
Who is Sloane Stephens engaged to?
Stephens is not married. She is in relationship with United States national soccer team player Jozy Altidore and the couple got engaged. As of today, the couple is living a happy life. Sloane Stephens is very much happy with the engagement ring on her finger.
She previously dated American tennis player Jack Sock for over a year. Her sexual orientation is straight and she is not a lesbian.
How much Sloane Stephens earnings?
Stephens estimated net worth is $10 million but her salary is unknown. About her salary, it will be updated soon. She is pretty much satisfied with her earning from her profession and other income sources. Her major source of earning is from her tennis career.
How was the career (beginning-present) journey of Sloane Stephens?
Junior Career
- AT the age of 2006, Sloane started competing in low levels events on the ITF Junior Circuit.
- She reached her first doubles final at a Grand Slam with Mallory Burdette at the US Open in 2008.
- Stephens began 2009 by winning her first two tournaments of the year, the Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships and the Grade A Italian Open.
- She only played in the remaining junior Grand Slam events in 2009 and 2010, while also skipping the Australian Open.
- In 2010, Stephens partnered with Tímea Babos to win the doubles title at all three majors in which they participated. They became just the second pair of girls to win three Grand Slam tournament doubles titles in one season.
Professional career
- Stephens played her first professional events on the ITF Women's Circuit in late 2007.
- In the spring of 2008, she received a qualifying wild card into her first WTA event, the Miami Open, where she lost her opening round match.
- During the summer of 2008, Stephens won her first professional title in doubles at a low-level ITF $10K event in Wichita alongside partner Christina McHale.
- In the middle of 2009, Stephens participated in World TeamTennis as a member of the New York Buzz.
- In March 2010, Stephens qualified for the Indian Wells Open to make her WTA debut a week before turning 17. She won her only WTA tour win in Swedish Open.
- In 2011, she won her first professional singles title at the Camparini Gioielli Cup, an ITF $50K event in Italy.
- In late April of 2012, Stephens made her Fed Cup debut in an away playoff tie against Ukraine. She won her only match, a doubles dead rubber with partner Liezel Huber.
- In 2012, she qualified for the Italian Open Premier 5 tournament and advanced to the second round.
- Stephens played at the Citi Open and made it to her second career WTA semifinal in 2012.
- She entered the Australian Open seeded 29th, her first Grand Slam tournament as a seeded player in 2013.
- At the Cincinnati Open in August, Stephens scored her second big upset of the year 2013 when she knocked out Sharapova, the No. 3 player in the world, in the second round.
- Stephens began 2014 at the Hopman Cup with John Isner. The two Americans finished the round-robin in third place in their group, with only one rubber win against Spain.
- In Australian Open 2014, she reached the fourth round and was again defeated by world No. 2 Victoria Azarenka for the second consecutive year.
- Stephens managed to upset world No. 15 Venus Williams in the first round of the French Open in their first ever meeting in 2015.
- She reached the third round at French Open and Wimbledon in 2016.
- Stephens was granted the opportunity to be a broadcaster for the Tennis Channel due to injury in 2017.
- Stephens returned to the WTA Tour in July for Wimbledon, about 11 months after her last match and with her ranking has dropped to No. 336 in 2017.
- In August of 2017, She reached to semifinals of both Premier 5 tournaments that month, the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open. Her ranking was No. 957 at that time.
- Stephens entered the US Open 2017 at No. 83 in the world and still needed to use a protected ranking to be accepted into the main draw due to the entry deadline being over a month before the event.
- She won the Miami Open in 2018 and it was her first Premier Mandatory title.
Some of the awards of Sloane Stephens are:
- In Stephens short career, She had won WTA Comeback Player of the Year and Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award. Hopefully, she will win more award and game in the future with an excellent game-play.
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