DANISH RISING STAR CLARA TAUSON IS AWARDED A MAIN DRAW WILD CARD TO SWEDISH OPEN
Australian Open junior Champion and current world no 1 (U18 ranking) Clara Tauson has been awarded a main draw wild card to the Swedish Open tournament in Båstad this summer.
16-year old Tauson is the second best ranked Danish player on the WTA tour after former world no 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Tauson made her WTA debut earlier this year through qualification at the WTA International event in Lugano.
Results 2019:
Grand Slam Champion, Australian Open
Winner W15 Monastir, ITF World Tennis Tour
Winner W60 Shenzhen, ITF World Tennis Tour
Winner W15 Xiamen, ITF World Tennis Tour
Information on Clara Tauson:
Born 2002 in Gentofte, Denmark.
Plays for KB Tennis (Kjøbenhavns Boldklub)
Plays right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Coach: Soren Tauson and Lars Christensen
Favorite surface: Clay
In 2016, the then 13 years old Clara Tauson won the Danish Women Tennis Championship becoming the youngest winner. That title was previously held by Caroline Wozniacki who won the championship when she was 14.
Titles:
Grand Slam: 1 (Junior champion Australian Open)
ITF Tour: 4
ITF Junior Tour: 9
