Sofia Kenin is about to face Petra Kvitova in the Roland Garros semifinal after a rather bumpy road. The Australian Open champion is definitely not a clay-court specialist, but she has found her way in the French slam after reaching the final winnings all her matches in 3 sets with the exception of the 3rd round. Here an updated bio about Sofia.
Sofia Kenin’s Russian origin and her father
Sofia was born in Moscow on the 14th of November, 1998 to Alexander and Lena Kenin. Soon after her birth, her parents moved to the US and now they live in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.
Her father was a taxi driver
Sofia’s parents didn’t have much money when they moved to the US and her father had to be a taxi driver during the night while he was attending an English and computer school during the day. Alex admitted that his life was extremely tough. He was also struggling to do his job as he couldn’t understand English very well, but he had to find a way to survive. Alex later admitted that his hardship allowed Sofia to learn how to be tough and that is something that is part of her tennis.
Sofia credits her father for her success. Alex introduced her daughter to tennis as he was a recreational tennis player and he always believed in Sofia even if many didn’t give much credit to her because she wasn’t as tall as other players.
While Alex remained Sofia’s main coach, he managed had her daughter train for 7 years with well-known coach Rick Macci in Florida. Rick had a huge experience with top tennis players as he coached Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams.
About Sofia’s boyfriend
There are currently no reports about Sofia having a boyfriend as the American champion is totally focussed or achieving even more greatness on the tennis court.
Kenin at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently ranked no.6, Sofia has a 23-8 win-loss record in 2020. Sofia is now competing at the French Open where she defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 3-6 6-3
, Ana Bogdan 3-6 6-3 6-2, Irina Maria Bara 6-2 6-0, Fiona Ferro 2-6 6-2 6-1 and Danielle Rose Collins 6-4 4-6 6-0.Sofia Kenin will face Kvitova in the semifinal. The head to head is 2-0 for Kvitova.
Kenin conquered 2 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open and in Lyon.
Sofia won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Kvitova at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Now the world no.11, the Czech has a 20-5 win-loss record in 2020. The Czech is participating at the French Open where she overcame Oceane Dodin 6-3 7-5, Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-3, Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-3, Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-4 and Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-3.
The Czech was the runner-up in Doha.The Czech won 27 titles in her career: 13 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts, 5 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Sofia Kenin and Petra Kvitova played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Kvitova. The last time that they played, Petra Kvitova won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2019.