Raquel Atawo

Raquel Atawo (née Kops-Jones; born December 8, 1982) is a professional tennis player from the United States of America. 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.

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

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 has won 18 WTA doubles titles.

She played for the Boston Lobsters 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.

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Doha	Hard	Abigail Spears	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2012	Tokyo	Hard	Abigail Spears	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2014	Cincinnati	Hard	Abigail Spears	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 2–0 ret.

Doubles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	November 4, 2007	Bell Challenge, Quebec City	Hard	Christina Fusano	Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	May 10, 2009	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Abigail Spears	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	3.	May 23, 2009	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	June 14, 2009	Aegon Classic, Birmingham	Grass	Abigail Spears	Cara Black Liezel Huber	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	August 7, 2011	Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego	Hard	Abigail Spears	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	0–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	September 18, 2011	Bell Challenge, Quebec City (2)	Hard	Abigail Spears	Jamie Hampton Anna Tatishvili	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	3.	January 7, 2012	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Abigail Spears	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	February 19, 2012	Qatar Ladies Open, Doha	Hard	Abigail Spears	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	3–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	July 23, 2012	Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad	Hard	Abigail Spears	Vania King Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	September 23, 2012	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Abigail Spears	Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	7.	September 29, 2012	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Hard	Abigail Spears	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Winner	8.	October 14, 2012	HP Open, Osaka	Hard	Abigail Spears	Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	July 29, 2013	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford	Hard	Abigail Spears	Julia Görges Darija Jurak	6–2, 7–6
Winner	10.	August 5, 2013	Southern California Open, Carlsbad (2)	Hard	Abigail Spears	Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	September 22, 2013	KDB Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Abigail Spears	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	February 22, 2014	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	Hard	Abigail Spears	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	11.	June 15, 2014	Aegon Classic, Birmingham	Grass	Abigail Spears	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7–6, 6–1
Winner	12.	August 18, 2014	Cincinnati Masters, U.S.	Hard	Abigail Spears	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 2–0 ret.
Runner-up	7.	January 16, 2015	Apia International Sydney, Australia	Hard	Abigail Spears	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	3–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	February 28, 2015	Qatar Total Open, Doha	Hard	Abigail Spears	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–4
Winner	14.	June 14, 2015	Aegon Nottingham Open, U.K.	Grass	Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Winner	15.	October 18, 2015	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 7–5
Winner	16.	July 23, 2016	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford (2)	Hard	Abigail Spears	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	17.	April 30, 2017	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart	Clay (i)	Jelena Ostapenko	Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
Winner	18.	April 29, 2018	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart (2)	Clay (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	6–4, 6–7, [10–5]
Runner-up	8.	October 14, 2018	Linz Open, Austria (2)	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]