Shelby Rogers

From Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Rogers followed her sister, Sabra, into tennis at the age of six. She was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of eleven. Home-schooled during high school, Rogers was able to focus on her tennis and quickly started receiving scholarship offers from the top schools in the U.S.^[4]

In 2009, she decided to forgo college and become a professional tennis player.^[5] On August 15, 2021, Rogers was awarded with a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Indiana University East in a ceremony at the Western Southern Open (WSO) tournament.^[5]

Rogers is a Christian.^[6] On December 2, 2023, she married John Slavik.^[7]

2009–15: early years, first WTA Tour tournament final

Rogers made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $10k event in St. Joseph in July 2009. At the 2010 Charleston Open, she had a chance to reach her first WTA Tour main-draw, but she failed in qualifications. In May 2010, she reached her first ITF final at the $50k Indian Harbour Beach, but lost to Edina Gallovits-Hall. Later that year, she won the USTA 18s Girls National Championship to earn a wildcard into the US Open, that was her first appearance in the main draw of any Grand Slam tournament.^[8] She lost to Peng Shuai in the first round in three sets. In July 2012, she won her first ITF title at the $50K Yakima, defeating Samantha Crawford in the final.

At the 2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she recorded her first win on the WTA Tour, defeating Marta Domachowska in the first round. She then earned another Grand Slam main-draw wildcard at the 2013 French Open, after winning the "Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge". With the wildcard, she won her first career Grand Slam match, over Irena Pavlovic. She then lost in the following round to the world No. 20, Carla Suárez Navarro. After that, she did well at the ITF Women's Circuit. There she won $50k Lexington Challenger, and later $75k Albuquerque Championships.

The following year, she reached her first WTA final at the 2014 Gastein Ladies where she lost to Andrea Petkovic. There she also defeated two top-20 players, Carla Suárez Navarro and Sara Errani. Soon after that, she scored her first career top-ten win after beating Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of the Canadian Open. The following week, she debuted at the top 100. In September, she reached semifinal of the Tournoi de Québec, but then lost to Venus Williams. Despite not producing such good performances during the season of 2015, Rogers played in all four Grand Slam main draws for the first time in her career, and also reached her first Grand Slam third round at the US Open.

2016–17: French Open quarterfinal, breakthrough, Wimbledon third round

Although she missed the Australian Open due to injury, Rogers began the year strongly by reaching her second career final on the WTA Tour, losing to Francesca Schiavone at the Rio Open on clay in February. Things then did not do well for Rogers, with early losses in the following three months.

However, she then reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open. She became the first American other than Serena Williams to reach the quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 2006.^[9] Along the way, she defeated three seeded players including No. 12, Petra Kvitová and No. 19, Karolína Plíšková. In the quarterfinal match, she lost to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza. With this run, she also rose to the top 60 for the first time. Despite making big progress, she then continued to struggle again with results by the end of the year.

During the 2017 season, she continued to progress. In the opening week, she defeated top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard, in her first match of the year at the 2017 Brisbane International. She then participated at the Hobart International, where she reached the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open, she upset world No. 4, Simona Halep, 6–3, 6–1 in the first round.^[10][11] She started her clay-court season with a quarterfinal at the Premier-level in Charleston, where she also defeated compatriot and world No. 11, Madison Keys. After early losses at the Italian Open and Madrid Open, she reached the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg.

She then followed with a third round showing at the French Open. At Wimbledon, she reached another major third round, but then lost to world No. 1, Angelique Kerber. At the US Open, she also reached the third round of a Major for the third time during the season, where she was stopped by another top-10 player, Elina Svitolina.^[12]

2018–20: From injury to progress, US Open quarterfinal

After battling a knee injury for some time, Rogers underwent knee surgery in May 2018.^[13] From the start of the 2018, she played only at the Australian Open and Indian Wells, but was knocked out in the first round in both tournaments.^[14] She was out of play for the rest of the season.

She returned to action at the Charleston Open in April 2019 and won her first match, defeating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.^[15] However, she lost her next match to Jeļena Ostapenko in three sets, after having been 5–1 up in the third set and having match points.^[16]

Later, she reached the second round of the French Open and Mallorca Open.^[17] In September 2019, she won the $60k Templeton Open, that was her first ITF title since September 2013. In October 2019, she reached the final of the $80k Classic of Macon, where she lost to her compatriot Katerina Stewart.

She enjoyed a successful campaign on American hardcourts in the summer of the 2020. She made the semifinals at the Top Seed Open, after upsetting Serena Williams in the previous round.^[18][19]Then, at the US Open, she beat Irina Khromacheva, 11th seed Elena Rybakina, Madison Brengle, and sixth seed Petra Kvitová before losing to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals.^[20][21][22] She returned to the top 60 rankings after that.

2021: Australian Open fourth round, first major quarterfinal, top 40 in singles

Rogers reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, her best showing at this major, where she was defeated by world No. 1 and top seed, Ash Barty.

Shelby raised to a career-high of No. 46, after reaching the round of 16 of the Charleston Open where she lost again to Ash Barty.

At the Indian Wells Open, she reached her first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal of her career.

At the French Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles, partnering Petra Martić, defeating ninth seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos. The pair reached also as alternates the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.

At Wimbledon, Rogers reached the third round for a second time, defeating 15th seed Maria Sakkari. This was her 16th victory over a top-20 player in her career.^[23][24] As a result, she reached a new career-high of world No. 40.

At the US Open, Rogers reached the round of 16 by defeating the top seed, Ash Barty.^[25]

2022: Major quarterfinal & top 40 in doubles, WTA 500 final & top 30 in singles

On January 10, 2022, after reaching the quarterfinals with a defeat over world No. 6 and third seed, Maria Sakkari, at the Adelaide International, she reached a new career-high in singles at No. 36.

In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, partnering Petra Martić. Following the tournament, she reached also a new career-high in the top 40, on 28 February 2022. She hired Piotr Sierzputowski, Iga Świątek's former coach, around this time.^[26]

At the French Open, she upset world No. 9, Danielle Collins, to reach the third round for the third time in her career before losing to 20th seed Daria Kasatkina.^[27][28]

At the Libéma Open, she reached the semifinals defeating Kirsten Flipkens.^[29] However, she lost to top seed Aryna Sabalenka.

At the Silicon Valley Classic, she reached the semifinals again defeating Bianca Andreescu, top seed Maria Sakkari again (the third top-5 win in her career)^[30] and Amanda Anisimova.^[31] She did not lose a set in the three matches, while only dropping 18 games.^[32] She ended up reaching the third final and first at a WTA 500 event in her career, defeating Veronika Kudermetova, also in straight sets.^[33] She lost to seventh seed Daria Kasatkina in the final. As a result, she reached the top 30 in singles, on 8 August 2022.

2023–24: Out of top 50, hiatus, comeback

Rogers started the 2023 season at the two Adelaide Internationals. At the Australian Open, she lost in the second round to eventual champion, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets.^[34]

At the Charleston Open, she reached the round of 16 defeating 13th seed Danielle Collins^[35] and Caty McNally before losing to defending champion and eventual runner-up, forth seed Belinda Bencic.Seeded 33rd at the Madrid Open, she reached the third round for the first time at this tournament defeating Romanian Ana Bogdan, before losing to another Romanian, 31st seed Irina Camelia Begu.^[36]

After more then half a year hiatus, she returned to the WTA tour at the 2024 Australian Open. She also entered the main draw at the 2024 Miami Open using protected ranking and won her first match after being back over wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova.

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.^[37]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Italian Open.

Doubles

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International[c]	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil	International	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2022	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Daria Kasatkina	7–6(7–2), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Irina Falconi	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	50,000[d]	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1–1	Jul 2012	Yakima Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3
Loss	1–2	Sep 2012	Las Vegas Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Lauren Davis	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2	Apr 2013	Charlottesville Open, United States	50,000	Clay	Allie Kiick	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Jul 2013	Lexington Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Julie Coin	6–4, 7–6(3)
Win	4–2	Sep 2013	Albuquerque Championships, United States	75,000[e]	Hard	Anna Tatishvili	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Sep 2015	Las Vegas Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–3	Sep 2019	ITF Templeton Pro, United States	60,000	Hard	CoCo Vandeweghe	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Oct 2019	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Katerina Stewart	7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Feb 2020	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Anhelina Kalinina	w/o

Doubles: 7 (2 title, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2010	ITF Mount Pleasant, United States	10,000	Hard	Petra Rampre	Kaitlyn Christian Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2012	Colorado International, United States	50,000	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Lauren Embree Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Loss	1–2	Apr 2013	Charlottesville Open, United States	50,000	Clay	Nicole Gibbs	Nicola Slater CoCo Vandeweghe	3–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	1–3	Apr 2014	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	50,000	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	Anett Kontaveit Ilona Kremen	1–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	2–3	Jun 2015	Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	CoCo Vandeweghe	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	7–5, 7–6(1)
Loss	2–4	Feb 2016	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	CiCi Bellis Ingrid Neel	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	May 2016	Charlottesville Open, United States	50,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	6–7(4), 0–6

Current after the 2022 Wimbledon.^[38]

Seedings

The tournaments won by Rogers are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Rogers are in italics.^[38]

Best Grand Slam results details

Grand Slam winners are in boldface, and runner–ups are in italics.^[38]

Singles

Australian Open 2021 (unseeded) Round Opponent Rank Score 1R Francesca Jones (Q) 245 6–4, 6–1 2R Olga Danilović (Q) 183 6–2, 6–3 3R Anett Kontaveit (21) 22 6–4, 6–3 4R Ashleigh Barty (1) 1 3–6, 4–6		French Open 2016 (unseeded) Round Opponent Rank Score 1R Karolína Plíšková (17) 19 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 2R Elena Vesnina 49 6–4, 6–2 3R Petra Kvitová (10) 12 6–0, 6–7, 6–0 4R Irina-Camelia Begu (25) 28 6–3, 6–4 QF Garbiñe Muguruza (4) 4 5–7, 3–6
Wimbledon Championships 2017 (unseeded) Round Opponent Rank Score 1R Julia Boserup 81 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 2R Lucie Šafářová (32) 34 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 3R Angelique Kerber (1) 1 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 2021 (unseeded) Round Opponent Rank Score 1R Samantha Stosur 166 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 2R Maria Sakkari (15) 18 7–5, 6–4 3R Elena Rybakina (18) 20 1–6, 4–6		US Open 2020 (unseeded) Round Opponent Rank Score 1R Irina Khromacheva 674 6–2, 6–2 2R Elena Rybakina (11) 17 7–5, 6–1 3R Madison Brengle 84 6–2, 6–4 4R Petra Kvitová (6) 12 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 QF Naomi Osaka (4) 9 3–6, 4–6

Record against top 10 players

Rogers's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[39]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Serena Williams	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–	Won (1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)) at 2020 Lexington
Naomi Osaka	3–1	75%	1–1	2–0	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Karolína Plíšková	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2023 Adelaide
Caroline Wozniacki	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	–	–	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 4–6) at 2017 Tokyo
Ashleigh Barty	1–5	17%	1–3	0–2	–	–	Won (6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 US Open
Maria Sharapova	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2015 Acapulco
Venus Williams	0–1	0%	–	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2014 Québec City
Iga Świątek	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2019 Toronto Qualifying
Angelique Kerber	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–4, 6–7(2–7), 4–6) at 2017 Wimbledon
Garbiñe Muguruza	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–0, 1–6, 0–6) at 2020 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Petra Kvitová	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6)) at 2020 US Open
Vera Zvonareva	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2023 Abu Dhabi Qualifying
Anett Kontaveit	2–2	50%	2–1	–	0–1	–	Won (4–6, 6–3, 4–1, ret.) at 2023 Abu Dhabi
Barbora Krejčíková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2022 Ostrava
Aryna Sabalenka	0–4	0%	0–3	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2023 Miami
Ons Jabeur	0–3	0%	0–3	–	–	–	Lost (6–4, 4–6, 3–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
Sloane Stephens	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	–	Won (6–4, 3–6, 6–2) at 2023 Miami
Maria Sakkari	3–1	75%	2–1	–	1–0	–	Lost (6–2, 4–6, 0–6) at 2023 Indian Wells
Jessica Pegula	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (6–7(4–7), 2–6) at 2020 Indian Wells Challenger
Elina Svitolina	0–4	0%	0–4	–	–	–	Lost (6–3, 5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Miami
Number 4 ranked players
Bianca Andreescu	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2022 San Jose
Kiki Bertens	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 7–5) at 2021 Eastbourne
Samantha Stosur	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 5–7, 6–3) at 2021 Wimbledon
Sofia Kenin	2–1	67%	1–0	1–1	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2022 Cincinnati
Johanna Konta	2–2	50%	1–2	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2021 Adelaide
Caroline Garcia	1–2	33%	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2021 Eastbourne Qualifying
Belinda Bencic	1–6	14%	0–3	1–2	0–1	–	Lost (6–4, 5–7, 6–2) at 2023 Charleston
Jelena Dokic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(6–8)) at 2010 Vancouver 75K
Coco Gauff	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Doha
Francesca Schiavone	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–2, 2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Number 5 ranked players
Eugenie Bouchard	3–0	100%	3–0	–	–	–	Won (6–2, 2–6, 6–1) at 2017 Brisbane
Sara Errani	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 7–6(7–3)) at 2016 US Open
Lucie Šafářová	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	–	Won (6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3) at 2017 Wimbledon
Jeļena Ostapenko	2–3	40%	2–1	0–2	–	–	Won (6–3, 7–6(7–0)) at 2022 Miami
Daniela Hantuchová	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 5–7) at 2014 Charleston
Number 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	1–2	33%	–	1–2	–	–	Lost (1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6) at 2017 French Open
Flavia Pennetta	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2014 US Open
Number 7 ranked players
Madison Keys	2–0	100%	–	2–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–1, 6–1) at 2017 Charleston
Nicole Vaidišová	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 7–5) at 2016 Wesley Chapel
Danielle Collins	3–1	75%	1–1	2–0	–	–	Won (6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1) at 2023 Charleston
Elena Rybakina	2–3	40%	1–1	–	1–2	–	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2022 's-Hertogenbosch
Number 8 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6(7–2), 1–6, 2–6) at 2022 San Jose
Ekaterina Makarova	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2014 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
Veronika Kudermetova	2–1	67%	2–1	–	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2022 San Jose
CoCo Vandeweghe	2–1	67%	2–0	0–1	–	–	Won (6–0, 6–0) at 2019 Macon
Andrea Petkovic	0–3	0%	–	0–2	0–1	–	Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2015 Wimbledon
Number 10 ranked players
Kristina Mladenovic	2–2	50%	1–1	1–1	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2021 Charleston
Emma Raducanu	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	–	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2021 US Open
Total	50–71	41%	28–44 (39%)	16–19 (46%)	6–7 (46%)	0–1 0%	last updated 7 April 2023

No. 1 wins

#	Player	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1.	Ashleigh Barty	2021 US Open	Hard	3R	6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	SRR
2014
1.	Eugenie Bouchard	No. 8	Canadian Open	Hard	2R	6–0, 2–6, 6–0	No. 113
2017
2.	Simona Halep	No. 4	Australian Open	Hard	1R	6–3, 6–1	No. 57
2020
3.	Serena Williams	No. 9	Lexington Open, U.S.	Hard	QF	1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	No. 116
2021
4.	Ashleigh Barty	No. 1	US Open	Hard	3R	6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)	No. 43
2022
5.	Maria Sakkari	No. 6	Adelaide International, Australia	Hard	2R	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–4	No. 40
6.	Danielle Collins	No. 9	French Open	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–3	No. 50
7.	Maria Sakkari	No. 3	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	Hard	2R	6–1, 6–3	No. 45

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