Laura Robson is a British tennis player. Born in January 1994 in Australia, Robson moved to the UK at an early age. She first appeared on the tennis scene when in 2007 she played in the International Tennis Federation junior tour, then the next year won the Wimbledon Junior Girls’ Championship at the age of 14, launching her into the public eye. In 2009, Robson managed to get to the final of the Australian Open Junior Girls Championships, but lost to Ksenia Pervak in straight sets. In February 2009, Robson was ranked second on the ITF Junior Girls rankings, with a WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) ranking of 482nd (June ’09). In June 2009, Robson received a wildcard to play in the Ladies Singles of the Championships at Wimbledon, but was defeated in the first round after winning the first set against Daniela Hantuchova.
Commentator David Mercer is forced to apologise to British tennis star Laura Robson after saying she needed to lose her “puppy fat” to improve her game... more
Britain's Laura Robson reached her second successive Australian Open girls’ final and believes she won’t be affected by the nerves which saw her miss out on the title last time... more
Teenager Laura Robson stormed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open girls' championships with a comfortable 6-1 6-0 victory over Ester Goldfeld... more
Laura Robson admitted she was below her best but still won her first-round qualifier for the Australian Open today to set up a clash with former world No30 Michaella Krajicek... more
Andy Murray believes he made the perfect start to his Australian Open preparations after helping Great Britain to a closely-fought victory over Kazakhstan in their opening Hopman Cup tie in Perth... more
Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper has backed Heather Watson and Laura Robson to break into the world's top 100 and then "go a lot higher"... more
Rafael Nadal's bid for his first US Open title has been disrupted by strong winds and rain which forced his quarter-final with 11th seed Fernando Gonzalez to be halted last night with the Spaniard leading 7-6 and 3-2 up in the second-set tiebreak... more
Junior Wimbledon title contender Laura Robson has revealed how she is enjoying mixing with the seniors, even if she is overawed by one particular former champion... more
If proof was needed that fighting qualities do exist in British tennis then it should be provided in Laura Robson and Georgie Stoop's second-round women's doubles match... more
Robson plays tennis left-handed, with a two-handed backhand, and is known for having a ‘dominant’ serve
Part of what made her 2008 Wimbledon victory such a media sensation, (apart from being the first British player to win the event since 1984), was the fact that not only did she enter the event unseeded, but she was also the youngest player in the tournament.
Robson was shortlisted to be the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in late 2008, but eventually lost to Eleanor Simmonds, a Paralympic swimmer.
After Robson’s early defeat in the 2009 Olympics, her mother Kathy Robson, blamed the loss on exam stress, as Laura had taken her GCSE exams ten days earlier, a year earlier than most girls of Robson’s age.
Robson currently has a racquet deal with Wilson Sporting Goods
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