Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, born Bethanie Lynn Mattek on 23 March 1985, is an American tennis player who has stepped back from regular competition. She is best known as a doubles specialist and spent 32 consecutive weeks as the world No. 1 in doubles. Across her career she won nine Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal, along with 35 career doubles and mixed doubles titles. Five of her major titles came in women's doubles, all with Lucie Safarova, at the 2015 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open, the 2016 US Open, the 2017 Australian Open and the 2017 French Open. She also won mixed doubles at the 2012 Australian Open and the 2015 French Open, and after a serious knee injury in 2017 that needed surgery and a year away, she returned to win the 2018 and 2019 US Open mixed doubles with Jamie Murray. In singles her best ranking was No. 30, reached in July 2011.