Sloane Stephens

Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has won five WTA singles titles, including her first major at the 2017 US Open. With the victory, she became the lowest ranked player (83rd) to ever win the women's singles title and the first American woman outside the Williams sisters to win a Slam since Jennifer Capriati in 2002. She has also reached the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals and won her first title at the 2015 Citi Open. Stephens holds a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 and is currently ranked world No. 17 as of September 11, 2017. 2Personal life Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida, to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Sloane Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but she remained entered in the US Ope