Timea Babos

Timea Babos is a professional tennis player. Timea Babos is the first and only Hungarian to reach the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. In 2018, she made history by becoming the world’s number one doubles player.

She is currently rated fourth in doubles and 113th in singles.

Timea, meanwhile, has had a lot of success in doubles, winning 24 titles and having a 70.1 victory rate.

Early Years & Family

Timea Babos was born in Sopron, Hungary, on May 10, 1993.

Her father, Csaba Babos, and mother, Zsuzsanna Babos, had her as the second child.

Csaba used to be a tennis club coach at Babos’ parents’ sports complex in Sopron.

Babos was originally a swimmer. Babos and her parents had no intention of having her play tennis.

Babos, they reasoned, would be better at swimming.

She had already competed in numerous events, including the national championship, in swimming.

God, on the other hand, had a different plan for Babos. Swimming was challenging for her as well as hard work.

As a result, Babos begged her parents to let her play tennis.

Babos used to play tennis for enjoyment, but after noticing her talent, her father decided to focus on tennis rather than swimming.

Babos was constantly enthralled and inspired by her sister Susie’s tennis lessons with her father.

Babos’ older sister had already won numerous Hungarian National Championships by the time she began playing tennis. She went on to win NCAA championships while at Berkley.

Break-Through

Babos’ parents enrolled her in a local tennis club when she was eight years old.

She began participating in local events only a few months afterward.

After winning four qualification matches, Babos qualified for the U-12 National Championship.

Babos won the Hungarian National Championship just a few weeks later, at the age of nine.

Net Worth

Timea Babos’ net worth is also reported to be $7 million. Babos has amassed a sizable fortune from her tennis career since her professional debut in 2011.

Timea also earns a decent living from endorsement deals.

She first participated in the MOL Talent Support Program in 2008, and then in the MOL professional sponsorship program in 2011.

She now plays with a Yonex VCORE-98 Racquet in a match. She secured a contract with Fila in 2016.

She formerly held ties with Adidas and K-Swiss for endorsements.

Aside from the previously mentioned companies, Babos has sponsorship agreements with Yonex, Samsung, MOL, BMW, and Cardo & Finish.

Facts of Timea Babos

Junior Career Debut Season

Timea began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 when she was 13 years old. First, she won the Grade 5 Talentum Cup in Hungary in her maiden double event.

She also competed in singles for the first time but was eliminated in the second round of the tournament.

She went on to win the Grade 5 Mostar Open in doubles in 2007. Then came victories in the Grade 3 Budaors Cups and the Grade 2 True Visions.

Debut in Grade 1

In 2008, she reached the finals of the Barranquilla Junior Tennis Tournament Country Club’s Grade 1 event in doubles and the semi-finals of the singles tournament.

She won her maiden Grade 1 championship at the Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championship later in March. During the same competition, she also reached the singles finals for the first time.

Timea made her junior Grand Slam debut at the 2008 French Open. She lost in the second round of both the singles and doubles tournaments.

She went on to the quarterfinals in doubles at Wimbledon but didn’t make it past the first round in singles.

Babos moved to the United Kingdom for tennis practice when he was 15 years old due to a lack of appropriate facilities in his own country.

Babos began to make significant gains in grand slams and other Grade A events during the 2009 season. She won titles in both singles and doubles at the Copa Gatorade in January to kick off the season.

Babos reached her first Grand Slam doubles final at the 2009 French Open, but was defeated.

Grand Slam

Following that, she began the 2010 season with a Grade A Loy Yang Traralgon International singles victory.

Babos represented Hungary at the Youth Olympic Games in August, where they finished third in the doubles event.

Babos and Sloane Stephens Babos won her maiden Grand Slam with Sloane Stephens in the French Open doubles. Both couples then went on to win Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively.

Professional Career

Timea was 15 years old when she made her professional debut in 2009, participating in the ITF Junior Circuit.

Babos finished runner-up in her first ITF Women Circuit event at Bourenmenoth Babos. Babos won her maiden title in the UK’s 10k event just a few weeks later.

Babos made her WTA debut in the Hungarian Ladies Open in July 2010, when she entered as a wildcard. Timea Bacsinszky, however, only lost in the first round.

She won four $25k events in a year in Australia (2), the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.

Timea won her first WTA match in 2011 in the Hungarian Ladies Open, defeating Anna-Guilia Remondina. Babos made her Grand Slam debut at the 2011 US Open.

She did, however, lose the qualification match. In October, she won her first $50k singles and doubles competitions at Challenger de Sa Saguenay.

WTA Title No. 1

Babos finished second in the 2012 Blossom Cup, held in Quanzhou, in the first tournament of the season.

She won her maiden WTA title in the 2012 Monterrey Open, defeating Alexader Cadantu. Her victory moves her up to 68th place from 107th, allowing her to earn her maiden top 100 appearances.

Timea made her Grand Slam debut in both singles and doubles at the 2012 French Open.

However, both events were lost in the first round. With a win over Melaine Oudin at Wimbledon in 2012, she earned her first Grand Slam title.

In doubles, she made significant progress in 2013. She won four tiles during the course of the year. Copa Colsanitas, Monterrey Open, Morocco Open, and Tashkent Open are the four tournaments.

The Grand Slam Finals Make Their Debut

She struggled in singles in 2014, but she continued to make considerable improvements. With a win at the Sydney International, Timea got off to a terrific start in doubles this season.

Wimbledon Babos and Miladenvoic reached their first Grand Slam doubles final later that year.

Babos had a strong clay season in 2015. She won the Moroccan Open and then the Italian Open.

Babos and Miadenovic reached the WTA finals in late 2015 but were unable to overcome their round-robin group.

Career Highest Singles Ranking

In 2016, Babos began to regain her winning momentum after two years of dismal performances in singles.

Babos reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy and the Katowice Open in the first half of the season. The semi-finals of the Morocco Open followed.

She also advanced to the round of 16 at the Miami Open, where she was defeated by Angelique Kerber. Babos also advanced to the finals of the same event in doubles, but lost.

In July, Babos and Shvedova reached the Wimbledon finals for the second time. The Williams sisters, on the other hand, defeated them.

She beat Venus Williams in the second round of the Italian Open, but she couldn’t beat Madison Keys in the third round.

Babos reached the third round of the US Open for the first time in Grand slam singles.

However, she was defeated by Simona Help at the end of her quest. She rose to 25 ranks after that event, her highest in her career.

WTA Finals Champion

Timea got off to a strong start in 2017, winning the Hungarian Ladies Open and defeating Lucie Safarova.

She went on to win the finals of the remaining three singles championships. She did, however, finish the season with a ranking of more than 50.

She did, however, win her first WTA Finals title in doubles. Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larrson were defeated by Babos and Hlavackova for the title.

Success in the First Grand Slam

At the Australian Open in 2018, Babos and Kristina won their maiden grand slam, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

In the same tournament, she and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the Mixed Doubles final.

She then advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian and French Opens. After that, she won the Birmingham Classic before losing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

Timea became the first Hungarian tennis player to reach the top of the global rankings after reaching world number one. She went on to lose in the US Open final, her second grand slam final of the year.

Babos won her back-to-back WTA Finals titles partnering with Kristine in the year’s final event.

Hattrick

Timea Bebos won the French Open in 2019 and went on to reach the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

In the same season, Babos and Kristine won the WTA finals for the second time.

They won all of their round-robin games, then went on to win the semi-finals and finals to claim the title.

Babos completes his hat trick of WTF doubles titles with this victory.

Timea began her 2020 season with the Australian Open, where she partnered with Kristine.

Later, they defeated Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-Wei to win the title.

Babos and Kristine competed in the US Open as the first event following the COVID-19 pandemic.

They were, however, disqualified before the start of the second round.

Kristine had called Benoit Paire, a French tennis player who had tested positive for COVID 19.

Bebos and Kristine, on the other hand, successfully defended their French Open title in September.

Relationship

Timea Babos is currently single. Her dating history is also unavailable through the media and websites.

We’ll be sure to keep you updated as soon as we have more information.

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Body Measurement and Playing Style

Timea Babos has a muscular build.

The Hungarian-born performs both bodyweight and gym workouts to maintain her body in shape.

She is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs roughly 68 kg, in addition to her incredible figure.

Her incredible height and good health offer her an advantage over some players.

Similarly, Babos plays with an aggressive style and a good mix of shots.

She can unleash exquisite variations with slices and drop-shots as she improves her game.

Babos’ main strength, as a result of her height and force, is to serve. It is most useful when playing on grass and indoors.

 Social Media

Timea spends more time on Instagram than she does on any other social media network.

She has roughly 171k Instagram followers and has already shared 170 photographs and videos.

Typically, she prefers to post about tennis and her personal life.

Timea also has her own website, Babos Time, which she runs.

Babos-related news, statistics, and images can be found on the website.