Personal

Coached by Julian Alonso and trains in Barcelona; also works with Dutch Tennis Federation
Parents are Lous and Judith; sister is Kim; began playing at age 5 when sister took her to local tennis club
Favorite shots are backhand and serve; favorite surface is clay
Enjoys shopping, movies, seeing friends
Not named after Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2023 - Hamburg

DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2021 - Lyon (w/Kuzmova); 2020 - Palermo, Linz (both w/Zidansek); 2017 - Bastad (w/Lemoine).
Finalist (1): 2019 - Palermo (w/Gorgodze).

WTA 125 TITLES
SINGLES (2): 2023 - Contrexeville, La Bisbal D'Emporda.
ADDITIONAL
Dutch Fed Cup Team, 2008-11, 2013-20.

Career in Review

In 2023 won first career singles title at Hamburg (d. Akugue in F). Won two WTA 125 singles titles – at La Bisbal D’Emporda in June and Contrexeville in July. Broke into Top 50 for first time in career in August reaching No.41.

Highlight of 2022 season was QF at Rabat (l. Trevisan). Also won 28th, 29th and 30th career titles on ITF Circuit

Best Tour-level results in 2021 were QF runs at Strasbourg (l. Niemeier) and Tenerife (l. Giorgi). Also finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series clay-court events in Bol and Belgrade, while won three ITF Circuit titles, most recently at W80 Valencia, Spain in September

Advanced to career first Tour-level SF at 2020 at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Svitolina)

Took No.9 S.Williams to three sets at 2020 Western & Southern Open, falling to the American in just under three hours

Across entire career, best wins, in terms of ranking, were over No.2 Clijsters at 2011 Roland Garros and No.5 Stosur at 2012 Wimbledon

Made 2r showing at 2020 Australian Open (d. Linette - her first Grand Slam main draw win since 3r run at 2012 US Open - l. Keys)

After Australian Open (February 3), returned to Top 80 for the first time since March 2013; career-high ranking is No.61 (August 13, 2012)

Broke into Top 100 in doubles in 2020, reaching a career high of No.81 (November 16)

In 2019, won 10 singles titles on ITF circuit and ended the year ranked No.103. In total, played 98 matches in 2019 (including qualifying and ITF level tournaments)

Made first Grand Slam main draw appearances since 2013 with 1r exits at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Cibulkova)

Returned to Top 100 on June 11, 2018 after Roland Garros

Best result to date at the majors has come at Roland Garros where she reached R16 in 2012 and 3r in 2011 (d. No.2 Clijsters in 2r, for career-best win). Also reached 3r at 2012 Wimbledon

Ended 2017 ranked No.160 (up from No.174 in 2016). Season highlights in 2017 included reaching QF on home soil at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Vikhlyantseva) and finishing R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei (l. Bencic). On ITF Circuit, won 13th and 14th career titles at $25K ITF/Middelburg-NED and $25K ITF/Hua Hin-THA

In doubles, won first career WTA title at 2017 Bastad (w/Lemoine, d. Irigoyen/Krejcikova in F)

Five-time WTA singles quarterfinalist, at 2008 Guangzhou, 2010 Estoril, 2013 Bad Gastein, 2017 's-Hertogenbosch and 2018 Istanbul

Played first two WTA main draws at 2007 and 2008 's-Hertogenbosch (fell 1r both times)

Cracked Top 100 on April 4, 2011 and finished season at No.84; duly reached career-high ranking of No.61 on August 13, 2012 and finished that year at No.68 - her second Top 100 finish

Struggled with results from 2013, at one point losing 17 matches in a row at WTA level before reaching QF at Bad Gastein. Dropped to No.160 by end of 2013 and was ranked outside Top 200 at end of 2014 and 2015

Played full seasons in 2015 and 2016 (clawed way back into Top 200 by season's end, at No.174) but was absent from Grand Slam action altogether during these two years

Member of Dutch Fed Cup Team, 2010-11, 2013-18, 2020; nominated for a Fed Cup Heart Award in 2015 when she helped Netherlands progress to World Group for first time since 1998

Former world No.1-ranked junior and 2008 Australian Open girls' singles champion and R-Up in doubles (w/Kerkhove)