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Usue Maitane Arconada
Arconada at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Born (1998-10-28) October 28, 1998 (age 26)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachStephen Huss
Prize money$537,910
Singles
Career record215–178
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 130 (February 3, 2020)
Current rankingNo. 417 (November 18, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2022)
French OpenQ1 (2020, 2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record92–67
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 116 (December, 16 2019)
Current rankingNo. 652 (November 18, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's doubles
Last updated on: November 18, 2024.

Usue Maitane Arconada (born 28 October 1998) is an American tennis player born in Argentina. As a junior she won the 2016 Wimbledon girls' doubles title. During her professional career Arconada has won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Juniors

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Arconada won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles title, alongside Claire Liu, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in the final.[1] In May 2015, she achieved a career-high ITF juniors combined ranking of No.5.[citation needed]

Professional career

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Arconada made her WTA Tour debut at the 2016 Washington Open, defeating Françoise Abanda to reach the second round, where she lost to Yulia Putintseva in three sets.[2]

She won the ITF 2019 Tennis Championships of Honolulu, defeating Nicole Gibbs in the final.[3]

Playing with Caroline Dolehide, Arconada won a gold medal in women's doubles at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, overcoming Verónica Cepede Royg and Montserrat González from Paraguay in the final.[4]

Arconada reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2019 New Haven Challenger, losing to Anna Blinkova.[5] Partnering Jamie Loeb, she also made the doubles final at the same event but lost to Blinkova and Oksana Kalashnikova in a deciding champions tiebreak.[5]

She made her Grand Slam tournament singles main-draw debut at the 2020 US Open,[2] losing in the first round to Kaja Juvan.[6]

Alongside Cristina Bucșa, Arconada reached her second WTA 125 doubles final at the 2021 Concord Open, but lost to Peangtarn Plipuech and Jessy Rompies.[7]

She won the 2021 ITF Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge, defeating Marcela Zacarías in straight sets in the final.[8]

At the 2024 ITF Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, Arconada reached her first singles final for almost three years, losing in straight sets to top seed Renata Zarazúa.[9]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 0–0
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A NH Q1 A 0–0
US Open Q1 A Q1 1R Q2 A 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open A A A NH 1R A 0–1
Miami Open A A A NH Q1 A 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A Q1 A A 0–0
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 234 345 140 154 182 648 -

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger,
United States
Hard Russia Anna Blinkova 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger,
United States
Hard United States Jamie Loeb Russia Anna Blinkova
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
2–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2021 Concord Open,
United States
Hard Spain Cristina Bucșa Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Indonesia Jessy Rompies
6–3, 6–7(5), [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
W50 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2015 ITF Saint Martin, Guadeloupe 10,000 Hard Argentina Victoria Bosio 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Apr 2017 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay Norway Ulrikke Eikeri 5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2019 Osprey Challenger, United States 25,000 Clay United States Ann Li 3–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jun 2019 ITF Bethany Beach, United States 25,000 Clay United States Natasha Subhash 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–2 Jun 2019 ITF Denver, United States 25,000 Clay United States Alexa Glatch 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jul 2019 Championships of Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard United States Nicole Gibbs 6–0, 6–2
Win 5–2 Oct 2021 Berkeley Club Challenge, United States 60,000 Hard Mexico Marcela Zacarías 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Sep 2024 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, United States W75 Hard Mexico Renata Zarazúa 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2016 Abierto Tampico, Mexico 50,000 Hard United Kingdom Katie Swan Belgium Elise Mertens
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Italy Georgia Brescia Argentina Guadalupe Perez Rojas
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 0–3 Feb 2017 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard United States Sofia Kenin Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
Argentina Nadia Podoroska
6–4, 0–6, [5–10]
Win 1–3 Jul 2017 Stockton Challenger, United States 60,000 Hard United States Sofia Kenin Australia Tammi Patterson
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 2–3 Jan 2018 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay Chile Alexa Guarachi Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Belarus Ilona Kremen
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Feb 2019 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard United States Emina Bektas United States Coco Gauff
New Zealand Paige Hourigan
3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Win 3–4 Apr 2019 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay United States Caroline Dolehide Romania Oana Georgeta Simion
Romania Gabriela Talabă
6–3, 6–0
Win 4–4 Apr 2019 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 80,000 Clay United States Caroline Dolehide Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Astra Sharma
7–6(5), 6–4
Loss 4–5 May 2019 ITF Bonita Springs, United States 100,000 Clay United States Caroline Dolehide Chile Alexa Guarachi
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 5–5 Jun 2019 ITF Bethany Beach, United States 25,000 Clay United States Hayley Carter Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Jul 2019 Championships of Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard United States Caroline Dolehide United States Hayley Carter
United States Jamie Loeb
4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Oct 2019 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard United States Caroline Dolehide Australia Jaimee Fourlis
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
7–6(5), 6–4
Win 7–6 Feb 2021 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Hard United States Caroline Dolehide Colombia Camila Osorio
Switzerland Conny Perrin
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–6 Jul 2024 ITF Dallas, United States W50 Hard United States Katrina Scott Mexico Jéssica Hinojosa Gómez
Japan Hiroko Kuwata
6–3, 6–3

Junior career finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 Wimbledon Grass United States Claire Liu Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
United States Caty McNally
6–2, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Shapovalov fightback sinks De Minaur". wimbledon.com. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Introducing the 2020 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Arconada Wins Tennis Championships of Honolulu". USTA Hawaii. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "Caroline Dolehide, Usue Arconada Win Women's Doubles Gold at Pan American Games". Tennis Panorama Archive. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Blinkova blasts to New Haven 125K title over Arconada". Women's Tennis. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Usue Arconada vs Kaja Juvan". Eurosport. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "Frech triumphs over Zarazua to win career-best title at Concord 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Arconada wins Berkeley Tennis Club Women's Challenge". Berkeleyside. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Player takes pool plunge after winning Central Coast Tennis Classic". Paso Robles Daily News. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
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