Comta, Johanna

Johanna is one of the two daughters of Gabor and Gabriella Conta; her sister's name is Emesh.

A Sydney native came to tennis with her parents - at eight years old.

The Comte family is very active in moving around the world: Johanna’s parents have Hungarian citizenship ^[3] and arrived in Australia shortly before the birth of their first daughter. When the craze for the Sydney native tennis was sufficiently developed, they still had to travel a lot around the world: Konta managed to train at the Sanchez Casal Academy in Barcelona , the Roddick Lavall Academy in Texas and the Weybridge Tennis Academy in the UK . In the latter, Comte attracted the attention of the LTA coaching staff, who persuaded her to accept British citizenship and her financial support.

Comte became a British citizen in the spring of 2012, thanks to which she received a wildcard at the Wimbledon tournament, which was her first Grand Slam tournament in her career. In the first round, in a very stubborn match, Comte lost to the 28th seeded American Cristina McHale (7-6 2-6 8-10), who then reached the third round and lost to the future semifinalist Angelica Kerber .

Before the 2015 US Open, she played 7 times in the Grand Slam tournaments in the main draw of the singles and won only one match (at the US Open in 2012 against Hungarian Timey Babosh ). At the US Open 2015, Comta, having qualified, consecutively defeated American Louise Chirico (6-3 6-0), 9th seeded Spanish Garbinier Mugurusu (7-6 6-7 6-2), 18th seeded Andrea Petkovich from Germany (7-6 6-3). In the 1/8 finals, Comte lost the fifth racket of the tournament to Petra Kvitova (5-7 3-6). Kvitova in the quarterfinals in three sets lost to future champion Flavia Pennetta .

2016

The British tennis player was even more successful at the next Grand Slam tournament - the Australian Open 2016. Having first got into the main draw of this tournament, Konta beat the 8th seeded Venus Williams (6-4 6-2), Chinese Zheng Saysai (6-2 6-3), Czech Denis Allertova (6-2 6-2), 21 The seeded Russian woman Ekaterina Makarova (4-6 6-4 8-6). Konta became the first tennis player from the UK since 1984 to reach the quarter finals of the Grand Slam singles tournament. In the 1/4 finals, Comta met with Chinese Zhang Shuai, who suddenly made it to this stage from qualification. Johanna confidently won with a score of 6-4 6-1 and reached the semifinals, where she lost to the sixth racket of the world, Angelica Kerber (5-7 2-6), which for the first time in her career reached the final of the Grand Slam tournament.

Beijing 2016. Autumn. Konta reaches the final, where he loses to the Radwansk polka in two sets. At Singapore 2016, Johanna could not qualify, as she was ahead of the Russian woman Kuznetsova, who confidently won the Kremlin Cup.

2017

Sydney Hard. Mid January. Johanna goes to the finals. She was successively beaten by Arina Rodionova, Daria Gavrilova and in the 1/4 finals, Russian Daria Kasatkina, who defeated German Kerber in the second round. Then, Conta confidently won in the semifinals against the young and talented beauty from Canada Eugenie Bouchard: 6-2, 6-2. In the final of the tournament, Johanna took revenge for the defeat in Beijing 2016 from Polish Agnieszka Radwanska, confidently defeating her: 6-4, 6-2. This is the second WTA title in the career of the British. All matches she won in two sets. Johanna showed an active play on the back line with a strong accurate presentation. Konta’s rival reception is very aggressive, similar to the style of Victoria Azarenka.

Last year, she was in the semifinals in Melbourne. And the clear progress of the game Comty has been going on for over a year. The British have real potential for future victories.

Melbourne Australinn Open. Hard. The end of January. Comta reached the quarter finals, where her path was blocked by the legendary Serena Williams, the future winner of this tournament and again taking first place in the WTA ranking. Johanna lost to the American - 2: 6, 3: 6.

Tournaments in Doha and Dubai, the British missed. Her goal is to better prepare for the two most important tournaments in the United States.

Indian Wells, USA. Hard. Mid March. Prime Mandatory. Having defeated her compatriot Heather Watson, Comte went into the third round and lost Caroline Garcia from France in an equal fight - 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 7.

Miami Hard. The end of March. Prime Mandatory. Johanna Conta reached the finals of this tournament in Florida. On the way, such strong rivals as Alexandra Sasnovich (Belarus), Pauline Parmentier (France), Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vesino, Simone Halep from Romania were defeated. And in the semifinals - Venus Williams herself - 6: 4, 7: 5. In the final, Carolyn Wozniacki from Denmark, successful in this season, 6: 4, 6: 3, was confidently defeated. This is Johanna's third WTA title and her highest career achievement.

The transition to the ground caused the British a number of difficulties and insecurities.

Stuttgart Priming. The end of April. Prime. Japanese Naomi Osaka was defeated not without difficulty in the first round, but in the second, Anastasia Sevastova from Latvia stopped Kontu. The defeat is 3: 6, 5: 7.

Madrid. Priming. The beginning of May. Prime Mandatory. Already in the first round, Johanna lost to German Laura Siegemund, a triumph in Stuttgart - 6: 3, 5: 7, 4: 6.

Rome. Priming. The middle of May. Premier 5. In the opening match, Johanna defeated Julia Putintseva from Kazakhstan - 6: 3, 6: 0.

On May 17, Johanna Konta ascended her highest place in her career by WTA rating - the sixth in the world. Similarly, in the Championship race - third place, ahead of Kristina Mladenovic (4) and losing to Caroline Wozniacki (2).

2018

Participant of the quarterfinal match at the WTA tournament in Brisbane - Australia (from December 31 - January 6).

At the Australian Open in women's singles, Johan Comte, the 9th seeded, was unable to beat American Bernard Peru and did not go further than the second round.

2019

In April 2019, Johanna took part in the Lalla Meriem Grand Prix , where she reached the final, but lost to Maria Sakkari, a tennis player from Greece, in a three-set match.

In May, Conta took part in the WTA series tournament in Rome, where she reached the final, but lost to Czech tennis player Caroline Plishkova with a score of 0-2 (3-6 4-6)

As of May 6, 2019

In order to prevent confusion and doubling of accounts, the information in this table is adjusted only after the end of the participation of this player.

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