Bethanie Mattek-Sands

• Residence: Phoenix, AZ, USA
• DOB: March 23, 1985
• Birthplace: Rochester, MN, USA
• Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
• Weight: 145 lbs. (66 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Biography

Bethanie Mattek-Sands lives in Miami, Florida but trains in Phoenix, Arizona. She has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and her best results on the WTA Tour to date are reaching the semifinals of the tournaments in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2005 and Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2008 and the finals of the Bell Challenge in 2008. In doubles, she has won four WTA Tour titles. Mattek also plays for the New York Sportimes for World Team Tennis.

Mattek has achieved extensive publicity as a result of her eccentric fashion sense on the court. Notable outfits include leopard print outfits at the 2004 US Open and 2007 US Open, a striped cowboy hat that garnered her a fine at the 2005 US Open, a "soccer theme" at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships that included £10 football socks, chandelier earrings, a boob-tube worn over a strappy vest top, tiny running shorts and a headband, pink knee-high socks at the 2006 JPMorgan Chase Open, and a loosely draped beige top, with a crocheted waist and split sleeves that resembled a toga and beige knee-high socks at the 2006 US Open.

Career History