De Groot is a 36-time major champion, having won 19 titles in singles and 17 titles in doubles. De Groot is on a long winning streak in the singles, with her most recent defeat being in February 2021 against Yui Kamiji.[1] During this streak she achieved the first calendar-year Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four singles major titles, the Paralympic gold medal, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women's singles in 2021.[2] The following year, she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to "defend" the Grand Slam, and win all four majors in two consecutive years. During the 2023 French Open de Groot surpassed 100 consecutive singles match wins, with win 100 being against Emmanuelle Mörch in the first round.[1]
De Groot also completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2019, partnering Aniek van Koot. Apart from her major titles, de Groot has won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 in both singles and doubles, as well as gold medals in both disciplines at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[3][4] She was part of the Dutch team that won the World Team Cup on eight occasions between 2011 and 2019.
De Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at age seven.[5] She started playing on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as a junior player.[6] During her time with the ITF, De Groot won the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles. The following year, she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles.[7]
De Groot made her first Grand Slam appearance at the 2017 Australian Open.[8] After placing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open, de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She ended the 2017 Grand Slam tournaments with a finals finish at the 2017 US Open.[9] At the start of 2018, she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open.[10] For the remaining Grand Slams of 2018, De Groot won the women's singles division at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open.[11][12] In 2019, de Groot rewon the Australian Open title in singles competition at the 2019 Australian Open.[13] At the 2019 French Open, de Groot completed her career Grand Slam when she won her first French Open singles title.[14] Her French Open title also made de Groot the first wheelchair tennis player to complete a Non-calendar year Grand Slam (win all four Grand Slam singles events in a row, but not in the same year).[15] At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, de Groot ended her back to back singles wins when she was defeated by Aniek van Koot in the final.[16] In 2021, she won the Wimbledon Single Ladies Wheelchair championship.
In doubles, De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian, French and Wimbledon championships.[9] After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open, she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co-won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open.[17] De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018.[11] She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji.[18] At the 2019 Australian Open, De Groot won her first Australian doubles title with Aniek van Koot alongside her singles title in January 2019.[19] At the following Grand Slams, De Groot and Van Koot won the 2019 doubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.[15][20]
Outside of the Grand Slam tournaments, De Groot competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in singles and doubles competitions. While De Groot did not medal in singles, she won a silver medal in women's doubles.[7] In Masters competitions, De Groot won the 2017 and 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters in women's singles.[21][22] Competing in doubles, she won the 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters with Lucy Shuker and the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters alongside Marjolein Buis.[23] She has also appeared at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in consecutive years from 2011 to 2019. At the World Team Cup, De Groot started as a junior in 2011 before competing a world team competitor in 2012.[6]
De Groot also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning gold medals in both singles and doubles.
De Groot won the singles title at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, defeating compatriot Aniek van Koot in two sets.[24]
Golden Slam: 2021
In 2021, De Groot earned the calendar year Golden Slam, winning singles titles in the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and the singles gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was the first professional wheelchair tennis player to achieve the feat in the history of the sport. She is also one of just three professional tennis players overall, and first since Steffi Graf in 1988, to accomplish the feat.
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In this Dutch name the surname is de Groot not Groot Diede de Groot born 19 December 1996 is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No 1 in both singles and doubles Diede de GrootDe Groot at the 2023 French OpenCountry sports NetherlandsBorn 1996 12 19 19 December 1996 age 26 Woerden NetherlandsSinglesCareer record405 67 85 8 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenW 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 French OpenW 2019 2021 2022 2023 WimbledonW 2017 2018 2021 2022 2023 US OpenW 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Other tournamentsMastersW 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 DoublesCareer record238 60 79 9 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenW 2019 2021 2022 2023 French OpenW 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 WimbledonW 2018 2019 2023 US OpenW 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 Other doubles tournamentsMasters DoublesW 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022 Team competitionsWorld Team CupChampion 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Medal record Women s wheelchair tennisRepresenting NetherlandsParalympic Games2020 Tokyo Women s singles2020 Tokyo Women s doubles2016 Rio de Janeiro Women s doublesEuropean Championships2023 Rotterdam Women s singlesDe Groot is a 36 time major champion having won 19 titles in singles and 17 titles in doubles De Groot is on a long winning streak in the singles with her most recent defeat being in February 2021 against Yui Kamiji 1 During this streak she achieved the first calendar year Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four singles major titles the Paralympic gold medal and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women s singles in 2021 2 The following year she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to defend the Grand Slam and win all four majors in two consecutive years During the 2023 French Open de Groot surpassed 100 consecutive singles match wins with win 100 being against Emmanuelle Morch in the first round 1 De Groot also completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2019 partnering Aniek van Koot Apart from her major titles de Groot has won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 in both singles and doubles as well as gold medals in both disciplines at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics 3 4 She was part of the Dutch team that won the World Team Cup on eight occasions between 2011 and 2019 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Golden Slam 2021 2 Awards and honors 3 Career statistics 3 1 Grand Slam performance timelines 3 1 1 Wheelchair singles 3 1 2 Wheelchair doubles 3 2 Grand Slam tournament finals 3 2 1 Wheelchair singles 22 19 titles 3 runner ups 3 2 2 Wheelchair doubles 24 17 titles 7 runner ups 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditDe Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at age seven 5 She started playing on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as a junior player 6 During her time with the ITF De Groot won the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters in 2013 in singles and doubles The following year she won the 2014 Junior Masters in doubles 7 De Groot made her first Grand Slam appearance at the 2017 Australian Open 8 After placing in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the 2017 French Open de Groot won her first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships She ended the 2017 Grand Slam tournaments with a finals finish at the 2017 US Open 9 At the start of 2018 she won the 2018 Australian Open and appeared at the final of the 2018 French Open 10 For the remaining Grand Slams of 2018 De Groot won the women s singles division at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and her first US Open singles title at the 2018 US Open 11 12 In 2019 de Groot rewon the Australian Open title in singles competition at the 2019 Australian Open 13 At the 2019 French Open de Groot completed her career Grand Slam when she won her first French Open singles title 14 Her French Open title also made de Groot the first wheelchair tennis player to complete a Non calendar year Grand Slam win all four Grand Slam singles events in a row but not in the same year 15 At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships de Groot ended her back to back singles wins when she was defeated by Aniek van Koot in the final 16 In 2021 she won the Wimbledon Single Ladies Wheelchair championship In doubles De Groot was a runner up in the 2017 Australian French and Wimbledon championships 9 After winning her first doubles title at the 2017 US Open she lost at the 2018 Australian Open and co won the doubles event at the 2018 French Open 17 De Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women s singles and doubles events at Wimbledon in July 2018 11 She won her second US Open doubles title at the 2018 US Open alongside Yui Kamiji 18 At the 2019 Australian Open De Groot won her first Australian doubles title with Aniek van Koot alongside her singles title in January 2019 19 At the following Grand Slams De Groot and Van Koot won the 2019 doubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon 15 20 Outside of the Grand Slam tournaments De Groot competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in singles and doubles competitions While De Groot did not medal in singles she won a silver medal in women s doubles 7 In Masters competitions De Groot won the 2017 and 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters in women s singles 21 22 Competing in doubles she won the 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters with Lucy Shuker and the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters alongside Marjolein Buis 23 She has also appeared at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in consecutive years from 2011 to 2019 At the World Team Cup De Groot started as a junior in 2011 before competing a world team competitor in 2012 6 De Groot also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics winning gold medals in both singles and doubles De Groot won the singles title at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam Netherlands defeating compatriot Aniek van Koot in two sets 24 Golden Slam 2021 Edit In 2021 De Groot earned the calendar year Golden Slam winning singles titles in the Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open and the singles gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics She was the first professional wheelchair tennis player to achieve the feat in the history of the sport She is also one of just three professional tennis players overall and first since Steffi Graf in 1988 to accomplish the feat Awards and honors EditIn 2018 de Groot was named ITF World Champion in women s wheelchair tennis 25 The following year she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2019 26 In 2019 2021 and 2022 she was again named ITF World Champion Career statistics EditGrand Slam performance timelines Edit Key W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round DNQ did not qualify A absent 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 Wheelchair singles Edit Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Career SR Career Win Australian Open QF W W QF W W W 5 7 71 French Open QF F W SF W W W 4 7 57 Wimbledon W W F NH W W W 5 6 83 US Open F W W W W W 5 6 83 Wheelchair doubles Edit Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Career SR Career Win Australian Open F F W F W W W 4 7 57 French Open SF W W W W W F 5 7 78 Wimbledon F W W NH SF F W 3 6 50 US Open W W W F W W 5 6 83 Grand Slam tournament finals Edit Wheelchair singles 22 19 titles 3 runner ups Edit Result Year Championship Surface Opponent ScoreWin 2017 Wimbledon Grass Sabine Ellerbrock 6 0 6 4Loss 2017 US Open Hard Yui Kamiji 5 7 2 6Win 2018 Australian Open Hard Yui Kamiji 7 6 8 6 6 4Loss 2018 French Open Clay Yui Kamiji 6 2 0 6 2 6Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Aniek van Koot 6 3 6 2Win 2018 US Open Hard Yui Kamiji 6 2 6 3Win 2019 Australian Open 2 Hard Yui Kamiji 6 0 6 2Win 2019 French Open Clay Yui Kamiji 6 1 6 0Loss 2019 Wimbledon Grass Aniek van Koot 4 6 6 4 5 7Win 2019 US Open 2 Hard Yui Kamiji 4 6 6 1 6 4Win 2020 US Open 3 Hard Yui Kamiji 6 3 6 3Win 2021 Australian Open 3 Hard Yui Kamiji 6 3 6 7 4 7 7 6 10 4 Win 2021 French Open 2 Clay Yui Kamiji 6 4 6 3Win 2021 Wimbledon 3 Grass Kgothatso Montjane 6 2 6 2Win 2021 US Open 4 Hard Yui Kamiji 6 3 6 2Win 2022 Australian Open 4 Hard Aniek van Koot 6 1 6 1Win 2022 French Open 3 Clay Yui Kamiji 6 4 6 1Win 2022 Wimbledon 4 Grass Yui Kamiji 6 4 6 2Win 2022 US Open 5 Hard Yui Kamiji 3 6 6 1 6 1Win 2023 Australian Open 5 Hard Yui Kamiji 0 6 6 2 6 2Win 2023 French Open 4 Clay Yui Kamiji 6 2 6 0Win 2023 Wimbledon 5 Grass Jiske Griffioen 6 2 6 1Wheelchair doubles 24 17 titles 7 runner ups Edit Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 2017 Australian Open Hard Yui Kamiji Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot 3 6 2 6Loss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Marjolein Buis Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 6 2 3 6 0 6Win 2017 US Open Hard Marjolein Buis Dana Mathewson Aniek van Koot 6 4 6 3Loss 2018 Australian Open Hard Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis Yui Kamiji 0 6 4 6Win 2018 French Open Clay Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis Yui Kamiji 6 1 6 3Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Yui Kamiji Sabine Ellerbrock Lucy Shuker 6 1 6 1Win 2018 US Open 2 Hard Yui Kamiji Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot 6 3 6 4Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis Sabine Ellerbrock 5 7 7 6 7 4 10 8 Win 2019 French Open 2 Clay Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis Sabine Ellerbrock 6 1 6 1Win 2019 Wimbledon 2 Grass Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis Giulia Capocci 6 1 6 1Win 2019 US Open 3 Hard Aniek van Koot Sabine Ellerbrock Kgothatso Montjane 6 2 6 0Loss 2020 Australian Open Hard Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 2 6 4 6Loss 2020 US Open Hard Marjolein Buis Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 3 6 3 6Win 2020 French Open 3 Clay Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 7 6 7 2 3 6 10 8 Win 2021 Australian Open 2 Hard Aniek van Koot Kgothatso Montjane Lucy Shuker 6 4 6 1Win 2021 French Open 4 Clay Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 6 3 6 4Win 2021 US Open 4 Hard Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley 6 1 6 2Win 2022 Australian Open 3 Hard Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Lucy Shuker 7 5 3 6 10 2 Win 2022 French Open 5 Clay Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Kgothatso Montjane 7 6 7 5 1 6 10 8 Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Dana Mathewson 1 6 5 7Win 2022 US Open 5 Hard Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Kgothatso Montjane 6 2 6 2Win 2023 Australian Open 4 Hard Aniek van Koot Yui Kamiji Zhu Zhenzhen 6 3 6 2Loss 2023 French Open Clay Maria Florencia Moreno Yui Kamiji Kgothatso Montjane 2 6 3 6Win 2023 Wimbledon Grass Jiske Griffioen Yui Kamiji Kgothatso Montjane 6 1 6 4See also EditList of Grand Slam related tennis recordsReferences Edit a b De Groot bids for 100th consecutive win www itftennis com 5 June 2023 Retrieved 22 June 2023 Chiesa Victoria 12 September 2021 Diede de Groot completes Golden Slam by winning 2021 US Open Wheelchair Competition US Open Archived from the original on 2021 09 12 Brodsky Samantha 2021 09 04 Diede de Groot Won Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Gold and She Could Make History at the US Open POPSUGAR Fitness Retrieved 2021 09 08 Wheelchair Tennis de GROOT Diede Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Tokyo2020 org Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Retrieved 2021 09 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Rossingh Danielle 14 July 2018 De Groot back on top Wimbledon Retrieved 14 August 2018 a b Diede DE GROOT ITF Tennis Retrieved 14 August 2018 a b Diede de Groot Wheelchair tennis Paralympics Retrieved 14 August 2018 Winters Max 6 January 2017 De Groot and Davidson set for Grand Slam debuts as 2017 Australian Open entries are confirmed Inside the Games Retrieved 14 August 2018 a b Diede de Groot Australian Open Retrieved 12 June 2019 Pearce Linda De Groot sets up all Dutch women s final ITF Tennis Retrieved 14 August 2018 a b Stevenson Gemma Louise 16 July 2018 Diede De Groot becomes first female player to win Wimbledon wheelchair singles and doubles titles in same year Sky Sports Retrieved 14 August 2018 Morgan Liam 9 September 2018 Alcott Hewett and De Groot earn wheelchair singles titles at US Open Inside the Games Retrieved 15 September 2018 Diamond James 26 January 2019 De Groot continues dominance of women s wheelchair tennis with singles and doubles victories at Australian Open Inside the Games Retrieved 13 June 2019 McLean Ross De Groot I didn t want to be different anymore ITF Retrieved 14 July 2019 a b Roland Garros 2019 De Groot Fernandez and Alcott prevail International Paralympic Committee 9 June 2019 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Wimbledon 2019 Diede de Groot stunned International Paraylmpic Committee 14 July 2019 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Diede De Groot Wimbledon Retrieved 14 August 2018 US Open 2018 Diede de Groot edges closer to title International Paralympic Committee 9 September 2018 Retrieved 15 September 2018 Maher Erin 28 January 2019 2019 US Open Spotlight Diede de Groot US Open Retrieved 30 January 2019 Wimbledon 2019 Aniek van Koot amp Diede de Groot win women s wheelchair doubles BBC Sport 14 July 2019 Retrieved 14 July 2019 De Groot the latest Dutch player to win NEC Masters women s title NEC Wheelchair Masters 3 December 2017 Retrieved 14 August 2018 Alcott Gerard de Groot win 25th NEC Masters ITF 3 December 2018 Retrieved 14 December 2018 Buis and de Groot claim UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters glory on home soil BNP Paribas World Team Cup 27 November 2017 Retrieved 14 August 2018 permanent dead link Geoff Berkeley 13 August 2023 De Groot double in golden day for hosts at European Para Championships Inside the Games De Groot named 2018 women s wheelchair ITF world champion ITF 11 December 2018 Retrieved 14 December 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 shortlist International Paralympic Committee 17 January 2019 Retrieved 20 February 2019 External links EditDiede De Groot at the International Tennis Federation Diede De Groot at the International Paralympic Committee Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diede de Groot amp oldid 1171713102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
