Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37.
Van Uytvanck won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 15 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Personal life Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated from high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she was coached by Ann Devries. She admires Roger Federer, and her compatriot Kim Clijsters. Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen. In July 2023, she married Emilie Vermeiren.
Career Van Uytvanck played her first professional tennis match aged 15 in 2009. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Brussels Open where she entered as a qualifier and defeated Patty Schnyder in the first round, before losing to fellow Belgian and sixth seed Yanina Wickmayer in her next match.
In February 2012, she debuted for Belgium in Fed Cup against Serbia, partnering with Yanina Wickmayer in the deciding doubles match, which they lost to Ana Ivanovic and Bojana Jovanovski.
As a wildcard entrant at the 2012 Brussels Open, Van Uytvanck reached her first WTA quarterfinal, where she lost to top seed Agnieszka Radwańska.
Ranked world No. 129, she won her first WTA 125 title at the 2013 Taipei Ladies Open, defeating world No. 50 and second seed Yanina Wickmayer in the final.
Van Uytvanck made her major main-draw debut at the 2014 Australian Open, losing to Virginie Razzano in the first round. In June 2014 at Wimbledon, she got her maiden win at a major, overcoming Monica Niculescu to make it through to the second round, at which point she lost to 10th seed Dominika Cibulková in three sets.
Her best run at a major came at the 2015 French Open, where she made the quarterfinals, losing to Timea Bacsinszky.
Van Uytvanck won her first WTA title at the 2017 Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City, defeating Tímea Babos in the final in three sets.
Her second WTA title came in February 2018 at Hungarian Ladies Open, where she outlasted top seed Dominika Cibulková in a three set final played over two hours and 11 minutes.
At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, she defeated Polona Hercog in the first round and then eliminated defending champion and third seed, Garbiñe Muguruza, to record her first win over a top-10 ranked player. Next Van Uytvanck overcame 28th seed Anett Kontaveit, before losing in the fourth round to 14th seed Daria Kasatkina.
Partnering Greet Minnen, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the 2018 Luxembourg Open, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final.
In February 2019, Van Uytvanck successfully defended her title at the Hungarian Ladies Open, with a win over Markéta Vondroušová in the final. She won her second title of 2019 at the Tashkent Open in September, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in the final.
Representing Belgium at the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Van Uytvanck defeated 10th seed Petra Kvitová in the second round, before losing to seventh seed Garbiñe Muguruza in her next match.
Alongside Greet Minnen, she beat Erin Routliffe and Kimberley Zimmermann in the final to win the doubles title at Luxembourg Open in September 2021. The following week Van Uytvanck claimed her fifth, and last, WTA title at the 2021 Astana Open, defeating top seed Yulia Putintseva in the final.
She won the WTA 125 event in Limoges in December 2021, overcoming Ana Bogdan in the final.
As top seed, Van Uytvanck defeated Sara Errani in the final to claim the title at the 2022 WTA 125 Veneto Open.
She won the 24th, and final, singles title of her career at the ITF W100 Surbiton Trophy in June 2024, overcoming second seed Tatjana Maria in the championship match.
On 19 August 2024, Van Uytvanck announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30, stating she no longer had the "same fire it takes to give my all" after struggling "physically and especially mentally" following a back injury which had forced her to miss most of the 2023 season.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1R1R1RA1R1R1R2R2R1RA0 / 92–9French OpenAAA1RQFA2R2R1R2R1R2RA1R0 / 98–9WimbledonAAQ22R1R1R1R4R2RNH1R1RA1R0 / 95–9US OpenAAQ31R1R1R1R1R2R1R1R2RAA0 / 92–9Win–loss0–00–00–01–44–40–31–34–42–41–31–43–40–10–20 / 3617–36National representationSummer OlympicsNHANHANH3RNHA0 / 12–1United CupNHRRA0 / 12–0WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAA2RA2RAA0 / 22–2Indian Wells OpenAAA1R2R1RQ11R2RNHA2RAA0 / 63–6Miami OpenAAAQ12R1RQ22RANHA1RAA0 / 42–4Madrid OpenAAAQ1AAA1R1RNHQ1AAA0 / 20–2Italian OpenAAAAAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 11–1Canadian OpenAAAA1RAQ22RANH1RAAA0 / 31–3Cincinnati OpenAAAQ1AQ1Q1Q1A1RAAAA0 / 10–1Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAQ2AAA1RANHA0 / 10–1China OpenAAAQ22RAA1RANHAA0 / 21–2Career statisticsTournaments2131718138232011161344Career total: 153Titles00000011201000Career total: 5Finals00000011201000Career total: 5Overall win–loss1–23–21–410–1719–184–138–821–2224–207–1115–158–145–40–45 / 153126–154Year-end ranking2972201298042124755047636854299–$4,068,237
Doubles Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RA1R1R1R1R1R3R0 / 72–70%French OpenAAAA1R1R2R1R2RA0 / 52–5WimbledonA3RAAA2RNH2RAA0 / 34–3US Open1R1RAA1RA1R3R1RA0 / 62–6Win–loss0–12–20–10–00–31–31–33–41–32–10 / 2110–21Titles0000100100Career total: 2Finals0100100200Career total: 4
WTA Tour finals Singles: 5 (5 titles) LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000WTA 500WTA 250 (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Carpet (i) Tímea Babos 5–7, 6–4, 6–1Win 2–0 Hungarian Ladies Open International Hard (i) Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 3–6, 7–5Win 3–0 Hungarian Ladies Open (2) International Hard (i) Markéta Vondroušová 1–6, 7–5, 6–2Win 4–0 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Sorana Cîrstea 6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win 5–0 Astana Open, Kazakhstan WTA 250 Hard (i) Yulia Putintseva 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000WTA 500 (0–1)WTA 250 (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–1)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Diamond Games, BelgiumPremier Hard (i) An-Sophie Mestach Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 6–3, [5–10]Win 1–1 Luxembourg Open International Hard (i) Greet Minnen Vera Lapko Mandy Minella 7–6(7–3), 6–2Loss 1–2 Serbia Open WTA 250 Clay Greet Minnen Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović 0–6, 2–6Win 2–2 Luxembourg Open (2) WTA 250 Hard (i) Greet Minnen Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann 6–3, 6–3
WTA Challenger finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Taipei Ladies Open, TaiwanCarpet (i) Yanina Wickmayer6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Karlsruhe Open, GermanyClay Patricia Maria Țig6–3, 1–6, 2–6Win2–1Open de Limoges, FranceHard (i) Ana Bogdan6–2, 7–5Win3–1Veneto Open, ItalyGrass Sara Errani6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 2 (runner–ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Taipei Ladies Open, TaiwanCarpet (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Karlsruhe Open, GermanyClay Yana Sizikova Mayar Sherif Panna Udvardy7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (3–2)$50/60,000 tournaments (2–1)$25/35,000 tournaments (6–3)$10,000 tournaments (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (3–1)Grass (3–1)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2011ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal10,000 Hard Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win 2–0 Mar 2011ITF Dijon, France10,000 Hard Claire Feuerstein 6–2, 6–3Loss 2–1 Apr 2011ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium25,000 Clay (i) Anna-Lena Grönefeld 3–6, 5–7Win 3–1 May 2011ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom10,000 Clay Justyna Jegiołka 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2Win 4–1 Nov 2011ITF Sunderland, UK10,000 Hard (i) Tara Moore 6–4, 6–1Win 5–1 Jan 2012GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK10,000 Hard (i) Francesca Stephenson 6–3, 6–1Loss 5–2 Jan 2012ITF Kaarst, Germany10,000 Hard (i) Dinah Pfizenmaier 4–6, 4–6Loss 5–3 Oct 2012GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25,000 Hard (i) Samantha Murray 3–6, 6–2, 3–6Win 6–3 Nov 2012ITF Equeurdréville, France25,000 Hard (i) Julie Coin 6–1, 3–6, 6–3Win 7–3 Jan 2013Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France25,000 Hard (i) Ana Vrljić 6–1, 6–4Loss 7–4 Mar 2013ITF Sunderland, UK10,000 Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam 2–6, 6–7(4)Win 8–4 Apr 2013Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000 Clay Katarzyna Kawa 7–6(2), 6–3Win 9–4 Sep 2013GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK25,000 Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–1Loss 9–5 Sep 2013GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK25,000 Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam 3–6, 0–6Win 10–5 Jul 2016Stockton Challenger, United States50,000 Hard Anastasia Pivovarova 6–3, 3–6, 6–2Win 11–5 Oct 2016Las Vegas Open, United States50,000 Hard Sofia Kenin 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2Loss 11–6 Jun 2017Ilkley Trophy, UK100,000 Grass Magdaléna Rybáriková 5–7, 6–7(3)Loss 11–7 Oct 2017Internationaux de Poitiers, France100,000 Hard (i) Mihaela Buzărnescu 4–6, 2–6Win12–7Jun 2021Nottingham Trophy, UKW100Grass Arina Rodionova6–0, 6–4Win13–7Jun 2022Surbiton Trophy, UKW100Grass Arina Rodionova7–6(3), 6–2Win14–7Oct 2023ITF Reims, FranceW25Hard (i) Julia Avdeeva6–4, 6–4Loss14–8Feb 2024AK Ladies Open, GermanyW75Carpet (i) Julia Avdeeva4–6, 4–6Win15–8Apr 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35Clay Sada Nahimana6–4, 6–2Win16–8Surbiton Trophy, UKW100Grass Tatjana Maria6–7(5), 6–1, 6–2
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups) Legend$50,000 tournaments (2–0)$10,000 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2010ITF Westende, Belgium10,000 Hard Irina Khromacheva Quirine Lemoine Demi Schuurs 6–3, 4–6 [4–10]Loss 0–2 Mar 2012ITF Dijon, France10,000 Hard (i) Yana Sizikova Diāna Marcinkēviča Despina Papamichail 5–7, 6–7(7)Win 1–2 Mar 2013Open de Seine-et-Marne, France50,000 Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Stéphanie Foretz Eva Hrdinová 6–3, 6–4Win 2–2 Jul 2016Stockton Challenger, US50,000 Hard Kristýna Plíšková Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse 6–2, 6–3
Head-to-head records Record against top 10 players Van Uytvanck's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.