Angélica Bernal | |
Full Name: | María Angélica Bernal Villalobos |
Country Represented: | Colombia |
Residence: | Bogotá, Colombia |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1995 |
Birth Place: | Bogotá, Colombia |
Turnedpro: | 2007 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 7 (27 May 2024) |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 7 (27 May 2024) |
Australianopenresult: | QF (2021) |
Frenchopenresult: | QF (2021, 2022) |
Wimbledonresult: | QF (2021) |
Usopenresult: | SF (2020) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 1R (2012, 2016) |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 13 (13 May 2024) |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 13 (03 June 2024) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (2021, 2024) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | SF (2021) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | SF (2021) |
Usopendoublesresult: | SF (2020, 2021) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | QF (2012) |
María Angélica Bernal Villalobos (born 27 March 1995) is a Colombian wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a multiple Parapan American Games medalist and has competed in the Paralympic Games twice.[1] [2]
Bernal has phocomelia and was born without her right leg and uses a prosthetic since she was two years old. She played wheelchair tennis aged eleven when she was inspired by Esther Vergeer and Maria Sharapova. She participated at the 2020 US Open for the first time and was a semifinalist in both the wheelchair women's singles and doubles events.[3]
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | QF | A | 1R | 1R | |
French Open | A | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | |
Wimbledon | A | QF | A | A | ||
US Open | SF | QF | 1R | QF |
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | SF | A | QF | SF | |
French Open | A | SF | QF | QF | QF | |
Wimbledon | A | SF | A | A | ||
US Open | SF | SF | QF | QF |