Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player.

In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Spain at the Fed Cup, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11.

Personal life and background

Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols. In free time, she enjoys seeing friends, listening to music and going to the beach.

Junior career

In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. In September 2003, she won her first single title at Torneo ITF Junior "Ciudad de Castro Urdiales". Later that year, in singles, she made her junior highest-ranking at No. 158. On ITF Junior Tour, she won three titles in singles, and two titles in doubles.

ITF Tour

Soler Espinosa debuted on ITF Circuit Tour in May 2003 at the $10,000 Almeria, Spain, where she was defeated in first round against Lauren Cheung. In 2007, she won her first ITF single title, at $25,000 Sintra, Portugal. There, she defeated dutch tennis player Romana Janshen in two tier-break sets. In 2011 she played and won her first major ITF final, at 2011 Allianz Cup, in Sofia, Bulgaria. On ITF Tour, she won five single titles, and two doubles titles.

WTA Tour

2009-10: Debut at the WTA Tour

In April 2009, Silver Espinosa made her first main-draw appearance at Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella, Spain. She lost in first round from Kaia Kanepi. Silvia failed to qualify at all four grand slams.

2011: Reaching first Grand Slam main-draw; entering Top 100

Soler Espinosa made her first grand slam main-draw appearance at 2011 French Open. There she also made her first grand slam won. Later, in second round, she was stopped from chinese player Li Na. At Wimbledon, she failed to qualify in third round of qualification. At US Open, she won two matches in main-draw, before she was stopped in third round against Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight-sets. On September 19, 2011 she entered top 100, reaching place of 90.

2012: First Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 main-draw; playing at Olympic Games for Spain

Silvia started season at 2012 Sydney International, where she lost in qualification. After that, she lost in first round of Australian Open. In February, she made two loses against Russian Fed Cup team, losing to Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively.

In March 2012, she made her first Premier Mandatory appearance, at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open. She lost in the second round against Roberta Vinci. In Miami, she went one step further, and came to third round, where she was stopped from Agnieszka Radwańska.

In April 2012, she again played for her fed cup team and made score of 1–1 against Slovak Fed Cup team.

In May, Soler Espinosa made her first win at the Mutua Madrid Open. She was stopped from Na Li in the second round. She also made second round at the Italian Open.

At Wimbledon, she reached the second round, but then she was stopped by Vera Zvonareva, in three sets. After that, Soler Espinosa reached the second round of the Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

In August 2012, Silvia made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, playing for Spain, but she was defeated in the first round by Heather Watson.

Second year in row, she made third round at the US Open.

2013: First Grand Slam quarterfinal and Premier Mandatory semifinal in doubles

In doubles, she reached quarterfinal at the Australian Open, together with Carla Suarez Navarro. They were stopped from russian combination Ekaterina Makarova-Elena Vesnina. Together with Suarez Navarro, Silvia made another great result, reaching Semifinal at the Mutua Madrid Open.

In doubles, she entered top 50, reaching No. 59, on July 8, 2013.

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

WTA 125 series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Elche
Spanish female tennis players
Tennis players from the Valencian Community
Olympic tennis players of Spain
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics