Usue Maitane Arconada

Usue Maitane Arconada
Arconada at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Born (1998-10-28) October 28, 1998
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
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

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.

Professional career

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

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

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

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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)

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

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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

Junior career finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 Wimbledon Grass Claire Liu Mariam Bolkvadze
Caty McNally
6–2, 6–3

References

  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. January 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Arconada Wins Tennis Championships of Honolulu". USTA Hawaii. July 14, 2019. 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. October 4, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Player takes pool plunge after winning Central Coast Tennis Classic". Paso Robles Daily News. September 30, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.