{"id":139229,"date":"2025-09-07T11:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/139229\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:13:11","slug":"she-is-the-only-player-other-than-novak-djokovic-to-lose-all-four-grand-slam-semifinals-in-a-single-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/139229\/","title":{"rendered":"She is the only player other than Novak Djokovic to lose all four Grand Slam semifinals in a single season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Novak Djokovic has fallen short of a return to Grand Slam success once more, losing his US Open semifinal to Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/carlos-alcaraz-suggests-what-his-tactic-was-to-beat-novak-djokovic-after-knocking-him-out-of-the-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz loved overcoming Djokovic<\/a> in their semifinal in New York, having defeated the Serbian 6-4, 7-6(7-4), 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s now reached his second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> final and seventh career Grand Slam final, where he faces a reunion with Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic<\/a> meanwhile finishes his 2025 Grand Slam season in remarkable fashion, having reached all four semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, the Serbian retired hurt at that stage of the Australian Open against Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233236011-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic waves goodbye to the fans at the US Open\" class=\"wp-image-127402\" \/>Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty ImagesShe is the only player aside from Novak Djokovic to lose four Grand Slam semifinals in a single season<\/p>\n<p>The legendary figure then lost his French Open and Wimbledon semifinals to Sinner, with Alcaraz now continuing that trend in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is only the second player in the Open Era to experience such a scenario, with Conchita Martinez losing in all four Grand Slam semifinals in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/opinion\/american-women-continue-to-excel-at-the-us-open-as-the-men-struggle-to-keep-up-once-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American women continue to excel at the US Open as the men struggle to keep up once again<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the Spaniard was able to clinch Grand Slam success the year before, winning the 1994 Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n<p>She defeated legendary figure Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and ended her fantastic career with 33 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> titles and a career-high ranking of two.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1253360-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Conchita Martinez celebrates with the Wimbledon trophy after beating Martina Navratilova in the 1994 final\" class=\"wp-image-95555\" \/>2 JUL 1994:  CONCHITA MARTINEZ OF SPAIN HOLDS THE TROPHY AS SHE CELEBRATES HER WIN OVER MARTINA NAVRATILOVA IN THE 1994 WIMBLEDON LADIES FINAL.  MARTINEZ WON 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Mandatory Credit: Bob Martin\/ALLSPORTWhere is 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez now?<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring, Martinez has turned her hand to coaching, with the 53-year-old currently working with Mirra Andreeva, having previously coached Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/conchita-martinez-shares-what-her-relationship-with-mirra-andreeva-is-really-like-as-she-issues-her-very-stern-warning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martinez thinks Andreeva can win Wimbledon<\/a>, although her best Grand Slam run so far involved reaching the French Open semifinals in 2024.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As promised after her Quarter Final win, Mira Andreeva was there to support her coach, Conchita Martinez, in her Invitational Doubles match \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>She even made a sign for support \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/paQg7Ttl5h\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/paQg7Ttl5h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TNT Sports (@tntsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntsports\/status\/1942658923116519615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 8, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>The Russian is, however, only 18 years old, and already boasts three WTA titles and currently occupies a career-high ranking of five.<\/p>\n<p>And like her coach, Andreeva is also a very accomplished doubles player, winning twice on the WTA Tour so far.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez clinched 13 doubles titles, but will very likely look back most fondly on that stunning Wimbledon success over 18-time Grand Slam champion Navratilova.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are enjoying a hugely successful partnership, and look certain to continue their exciting work long into the future.<\/p>\n<p>World number five Andreeva will, however, be disappointed with her latest efforts, having fallen in the third round of the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>But she\u2019s had a season to be extremely proud of, winning back-to-back WTA 1000 titles at Indian Wells and Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic has fallen short of a return to Grand Slam success once more, losing his US Open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[86873,433,99,428,11883,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-139229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-conchita-martinez","9":"tag-novak-djokovic","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-us-open","13":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}