Your at-a-glance guide to the UK's top women players
Last week we looked at the British men hoping to make their mark at the US Open. This week we turn our attention to the talented women, led by Wimbledon semi-finalist, Johanna Konta. How much do you know about our top five?
Follow their progress over the next few weeks as Jo Konta prepares for the US Open in New York, Heather Watson and Harriet Dart head for the VanOpen in Vancouver starting next week, Katie Swan goes east to the Jinan International Open in China beginning on 2 September and Katie Boulter recouperates from an injury-prone year.
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Claim to fame | The first British woman to reach top ten in the world since 1983 | Won the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 2016 | Entered Wimbledon as a wild card this year and made it through to the third round, where she lost to Ashleigh Barty. Last year she made the Wimbledon mixed doubles semis |
Nickname | JoKo | Hev | You tell us! |
Prize money | $8,838,019 | $3,498,971 | $517,997 |
Bet you didn't know | She speaks Hungarian | Dressed to impress in a green latex dress at the 2016 WTA pre-Wimbledon party | She is a self-confessed foodie |
Most likely to say | "Please don't patronise me" | "Instagram is down! The world will be chaos!!" | "You're trying to make more money than you spend in a week [but] you've just got to get on with it" |
Loves | Dogs | Fashion | Arsenal FC |
Others say | "She has been not an early riser, she has been a late bloomer, it is very hard to handle all this. Give her a little bit of time." | "She's the selfie queen" | The member of the Fed Cup Team most likely to survive on a desert island. |
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Claim to fame | In April this year, she won the deciding rubber in the Fed Cup to end Team GB's 26 year wait for promotion to the World Group | Much praised for opening up about her crippling lack of self confidence which made her feel "less of a person" after every defeat and for seeking help to overcome it | |
Nickname | Boults | Swannie | |
Prize money | $506,256 | $388,783 | |
Bet you didn't know | Was said to be the messiest member of Team GB in the Fed Cup | In 2016, she became the youngest player in Fed Cup history, playing aged 16 years and 316 days | |
Most likely to say | "Beating my brother for the first time is probably the reason I continued to play tennis.. love of competition is my best attribute." | "Anyone in London want to lend me their dog?"
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Loves | Fashion | Dogs | |
Others say | "This girl is so resourceful. She's the most organised person I've ever met." | "She's got a good poker face"..."with Katie you can never tell what the score is." |