{"id":218659,"date":"2025-09-11T17:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/218659\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:01:15","slug":"sloane-stephens-provides-fitness-update-after-losing-her-first-match-in-seven-months-at-the-guadalajara-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/218659\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloane Stephens provides fitness update after losing her first match in seven months at the Guadalajara Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sloane Stephens did not have the return to the match court that she wanted after playing her first match since February.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephens, who is a former US Open champion<\/a>, has not competed since February after suffering a foot injury.<\/p>\n

The American had not been finding much form on the match court, with Stephens losing 10 consecutive matches<\/a> before the Guadalajara Open.<\/p>\n

After going through a lengthy injury layoff, Stephens returned to tennis<\/a> ranked outside the top 1000 hoping to change that.<\/p>\n

\"SloanePhoto by Simon Barber\/Getty ImagesSloane Stephens posts positive update after Guadalajara Open loss<\/p>\n

Stephens<\/a> has previously won a WTA<\/a> title in Guadalajara before, where she played qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini in the first round.<\/p>\n

Their match actually began on Tuesday, with Stephens dropping the first set, before going on to lead the second 5-3 before rain interrupted play.<\/p>\n

When returning to court the following day, Stephens was able to take that second set, but she won only one more game from that point on.<\/p>\n

After Stephens was beaten by Stefanini, 6-4 4-6 6-1, she wrote a message on her Instagram story reflecting on her comeback and providing an update on how her foot was feeling.<\/p>\n

Stephens wrote, \u201cNot the dream start, but I\u2019ll take it: pain-free, foot intact, and still plenty in the tank. Onward (star emojis). Thank you @gdlopen for the WC (wildcard).\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SloaneWhen did Sloane Stephens last win a professional tennis match?<\/p>\n

After losing to Stefanini in Guadalajara, Stephens has now lost 11 consecutive tennis matches dating back to Wimbledon<\/a> 2024.<\/p>\n

This includes a heartbreaking match for Stephens at the US Open in 2024<\/a>, where she lost to Clara Burel after winning the first nine games of the match.<\/p>\n

Stephens\u2019 last professional win came in the first round of Wimbledon last year when she beat lucky loser Elsa Jacquemot in the first round.<\/p>\n\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\nResult<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWimbledon (2R)<\/td>\nDiana Shnaider beat Stephens, 6-1 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWashington Open (1R)<\/td>\nAmanda Anisimova beat Stephens, 6-3 7-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCanadian Open (1R)<\/td>\nGreet Minnen beat Stephens, 6-2 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nUS Open (1R)<\/td>\nClara Burel beat Stephens, 0-6 7-5 7-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGuadalajara Open (1R)<\/td>\nOlivia Gadecki beat Stephens, 6-4 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nKorea Open (1R)<\/td>\nHailey Baptiste beat Stephens, 7-6(4) 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAuckland Open (1R)<\/td>\nAnn Li beat Stephens, 5-7 6-4 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHobart International (1R)<\/td>\nAnn Li beat Stephens, 7-5 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAustralian Open (1R)<\/td>\nAryna Sabalenka beat Stephens, 6-3 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMerida Open (1R)<\/td>\nPetra Martic beat Stephens, 6-2 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGuadalajara Open (1R)<\/td>\nLucrezia Stefanini beat Stephens, 6-4 4-6 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

It is unclear as to when she will next return to the match court, with the WTA Tour now heading to Asia.<\/p>\n

With Stephens now ranked outside the top 1000, she will likely require wildcards to enter tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sloane Stephens did not have the return to the match court that she wanted after playing her first…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":218660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[119318,102721,62,1464,67,132,68,2212],"class_list":{"0":"post-218659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-guadalajara-open","9":"tag-sloane-stephens","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115186741048785664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}