Rebecca Marino was allowed to return at the end of January 2018 and won her first tournament back, a $15k in Antalya.
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Tennis player Rebecca Catherine Marino was born in Canada on December 16, 1990. On July 11, 2011, she attained her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. In 2010 and 2011, Marino received two awards from Tennis Canada as the female player of the year. In the end of February 2013, she made her tennis retirement official. She studied English literature and rowed for the University of British Columbia while on vacation. At the UBC Tennis Centre, she was also a certified Club Pro 1 coach. Marino stated her intention to return to the pro tour in October 2017, but her return was delayed owing to ITF administrative regulations. She was allowed to return at the end of January 2018 and won her first tournament back, a $15k in Antalya.
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In August 2005, Marino competed in her first professional competition at the $25k in Vancouver, where she finished last in qualifying. As a wildcard in the Rogers Cup qualification first round in August 2006, she was defeated. At the $10k tournament in Trecastagni in August 2008, Marino earned her first singles title. In July 2008 in Evansville, Indiana, and October 2008 in Southlake, Texas, she won two doubles titles. She defeated Jill Craybas in the first round of the Challenge Bell as a qualifier in November 2008 to win her maiden WTA Tour main-draw match. In the second round, she lost to Galina Voskoboeva. After defeating Lauren Albanese in September 2009 at the Challenge Bell, Marino advanced to the second round for the second year in a row. However, she fell to Julia Görges in her subsequent match.
Marino started the year by entering the Dubai-based qualifying round for the 2021 Australian Open using a protected rating. She defeated Maryna Zanevska, Viktoriya Tomova, and Jaqueline Cristian without dropping a set to earn a spot in her first Grand Slam tournament in ten years. She received direct entry into the Gippsland Trophy, one of three impromptu WTA warm-up events organised for competitors in the upcoming Australian Open, also held in Melbourne, although she was defeated by Jasmine Paolini in the opening round.
Marino defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-0, 7-6 in the first round of the Australian Open, but Markéta Vondrouová defeated her in the second round 6-1, 7-5, despite serving for the second set at 5-3. [50] She defeated Mayo Hibi 6-4, 6-3 in the Phillip Island Trophy qualification match. This impromptu competition was organised in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She defeated Mona Barthel in the opening round to set up a second-round matchup with fourth-seeded Petra Martic. She defeated Daria Snigur at the US Open to go to the third round for the first time at this major and just the second time at a Grand Slam level. In the third round, she was defeated by Zhang Shuai.
Joseph Marino, the proprietor of the construction company Marino General Contracting, and Catherine Hungerford welcomed Rebecca into the world in Toronto. She was just two when the family relocated to Vancouver. Italian ancestry was shared by her father. At the Summer Olympics in 1964, George Hungerford, Marino’s uncle, won a gold medal in rowing for Canada. Steven, her younger brother, was a rower at the University of California, Berkeley.
James Wasteneys is the current boyfriend of Rebecca Marino. James is 27 year old and is a traveler enthusiast. They had kept their dating life very private.
