Raquel Atawo

Raquel Atawo (née Kops-Jones; born December 8, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player, who is currently the head women's tennis coach for the Purdue Boilermakers.

She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 18 WTA doubles titles, including two Premier-5 titles at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open and the 2014 Cincinnati Masters, and reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside her regular partner, fellow American Abigail Spears.

Before serving as the head coach at Washington State, Atawo was an assistant women's tennis coach for Auburn University and a volunteer coach for University of California women's tennis.

Biography Raquel's mother is Nancy Kops, and her father was Lawrence Jones. She has two sisters, Renee and Khristy. She married Toby Atawo on July 18, 2015.

Career Her best results in doubles at Grand Slam events have been reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open in 2014 and Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016, both while partnered with Abigail Spears. Kops-Jones has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 10, achieved on March 2, 2015. She won 18 WTA doubles titles.

In 2008, she played for the Boston Lobsters, and in 2019, played for the Philadelphia Freedoms—both teams in the World TeamTennis Pro League.

2012 Kops-Jones and compatriot Abigail Spears were one of the most successful doubles teams of the 2012 season, winning four titles, at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo, and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

Significant finals Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runner-ups) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (2–1)Tier II / Premier (9–4)Tier III, IV & V / International (7–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Nov 2007 Bell Challenge, Quebec City Hard Christina Fusano Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová 6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win 2. May 2009 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Abigail Spears Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]Win 3. May 2009 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–1Loss 1. Jun 2009 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Abigail Spears Cara Black Liezel Huber 1–6, 4–6Loss 2. Aug 2011 San Diego Open, United States Hard Abigail Spears Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 0–6, 2–6Win 4. Sep 2011 Bell Challenge, Canada (2) Hard Abigail Spears Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili 6–0, 3–6, [10–6]Loss 3. Jan 2012 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Abigail Spears Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)Loss 4. Feb 2012 Qatar Ladies Open, Doha Hard Abigail Spears Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 3–6, 1–6Win 5. Jul 2012 San Diego Open, US Hard Abigail Spears Vania King Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–4Win 6. Sep 2012 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Abigail Spears Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win 7. Sep 2012 Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo Hard Abigail Spears Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 6–1, 6–4Win 8. Oct 2012 Osaka Open, Japan Hard Abigail Spears Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson 6–1, 6–4Win 9. Jul 2013 Stanford Classic, US Hard Abigail Spears Julia Görges Darija Jurak 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win 10. Aug 2013 San Diego Open, US (2) Hard Abigail Spears Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová 6–4, 6–1Loss 5. Sep 2013 Korea Open, South Korea Hard Abigail Spears Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan 5–7, 3–6Loss 6. Feb 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships, U.A.E. Hard Abigail Spears Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 2–6, 7–5, [8–10]Win 11. Jun 2014 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Abigail Spears Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 7–6(7–1), 6–1Win 12. Aug 2014 Cincinnati Open, US Hard Abigail Spears Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 2–0 ret.Loss 7. Jan 2015 Sydney International, Australia Hard Abigail Spears Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 3–6, 3–6Win 13. Feb 2015 Qatar Ladies Open, Doha Hard Abigail Spears Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–4Win 14. Jun 2015 Nottingham Open, UK Grass Abigail Spears Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]Win 15. Oct 2015 Ladies Linz, Austria Hard (i) Abigail Spears Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 7–5Win 16. Jul 2016 Stanford Classic, US (2) Hard Abigail Spears Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–4Win 17. Apr 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart Clay (i) Jeļena Ostapenko Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–4Win 18. Apr 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart (2) Clay (i) Anna-Lena Grönefeld Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]Loss 8. Oct 2018 Linz Open, Austria (2) Hard (i) Anna-Lena Grönefeld Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 6–4, 4–6, [5–10]

Doubles performance timeline