Laura Robson

• Date of birth: Jan 21, 1994
• Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
• Residence: London, England
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• Plays: Left-handed (double-handed backhand)
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Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994 in Melbourne, Australia)  is a British and Australian dual national tennis player. Initially registered as an Australian for tennis purposes, she has represented Great Britain since early 2008. She is the 2008 Wimbledon Junior Girls' Champion.

BiographyRobson's father, Andrew, is an oil executive with Royal Dutch Shell, and her mother, Kathy, an Australian sports coach and former professional basketball player. Robson and her family moved from Melbourne to Singapore when she was eighteen months old, and then to England when she was six. She acquired British nationality after her father was granted a British passport in February 2008

Career

Junior Carrer

Robson, who is coached by Martijn Bok, has a junior win-loss record of 33-9. She has won five junior titles, at Wimbledon (2008), Vierumäki (2007), Leeuwarden (2007) and Bradenton (2006, 2007), and has reached the finals of five other tournaments.

Robson was the youngest competitor in the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, but she upset the American number one seed Melanie Oudin in the second round. Robson had lost to Oudin in the final of her previous ITF Juniors tournament, at Roehampton. She went on to win girls' singles tournament by defeating Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, becoming the first British female since Annabel Croft in 1984 to become the junior Wimbledon champion. She now joins company such as Amelie Mauresmo and Martina Hingis to win the junior title and is the youngest player to win the Girls singles since Hingis in 1994. She has been compared to former world number 1, Kim Clijsters, by the head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association, Carl Maes, who has been quoted as saying, "She plays at the same level, and on grass, perhaps even a bit better."

2008

Laura Robson made her debut on the adult tour at the $10,000 ITF tournament held in Limoges, France in September 2008. She won two matches to qualify for the main draw of the tournament, following those with a first round win before having to retire in her second round match against number 2 seed, Marina Melnikova, at 2-4 down in the first set.

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