Laura Robson

At the 2012 Guangzhou International Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei.

In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with Andy Murray, with whom she also reached the 2010 Hopman Cup final.

[7] Robson suffered from various injuries throughout the 2014 and 2015 seasons, notably to her left (and dominant) wrist for which she underwent surgery in April 2014, resulting in multiple prolonged absences from the WTA Tour.

[9] Since her retirement, Robson was tournament director at the Nottingham Open in 2023 and 2024, before being appointed to the same role at the new women's event to be held at Queen's Club in 2025.

At the junior singles at the 2010 Australian Open, Robson was unseeded and defeated Belinda Woolcock, Yulia Putintseva, and Cristina Dinu to reach the quarterfinals.

In the last eight, she easily overcame American Ester Goldfeld to move through to her fourth junior Grand Slam semifinal where she defeated Kristýna Plíšková of the Czech Republic.

Returning again at the end of April 2011, Robson's best performance to date came at the 50k tournament at Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, where she reached the semifinals.

Robson came through three rounds of qualifying at the Australian Open, beating Melanie Oudin, Anna Floris and Olga Savchuk to advance to the main draw for the first time.

Robson was selected for the first time in her career to be a member of British Fed Cup team to play in the Europe/Africa Group-1 match at Eilat, Israel, on 1–4 February 2012.

However, she got a place in the first round of the main draw as a lucky loser when Sílvia Soler Espinosa withdrew, but then lost her first-round match to Anabel Medina Garrigues.

[76] She also competed in the doubles competition with Heather Watson, losing in the first round to the German pairing of Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki.

[85] Robson qualified for the main draw of the China Open after defeating Garbiñe Muguruza and Johanna Larsson and reached the second round but she lost to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in straight sets.

[92] After the Australian Open, Robson played six matches in Fed Cup competition that saw Great Britain earn a World Group II play-off spot against Argentina.

1 pairing of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, in straight sets in the semifinals, before losing to Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik.

After Johanna Konta lost her opening rubber to Paula Ormaechea, Robson easily won her first match over Florencia Molinero.

[97] Robson then made her debut at the Italian Open where she defeated Venus Williams in the first round but subsequently lost to her sister, world No.

At the US Open, Robson returned after intensive rehab on her wrist injury and began her campaign against Spain's Lourdes Domínguez Lino, whom she had lost to twice previously.

Robson started her 2014 season at the Hobart International, where she had to retire in her first-round match against Yanina Wickmayer due to a left wrist injury.

[109] After an absence of a year and a half, Robson's first competitive match was at the qualifying draw of the Eastbourne International when she lost to top-seed Daria Gavrilova, in straight sets.

In Gatineau, she retired from her first-round match, generating fear that her wrist injury had returned, but Robson said that she had been hampered by a stomach strain she had suffered during practice.

She also received a wildcard entry into the main draw of Miami and used her protected ranking to enter into the qualifying of Charleston but lost in the first round at both events.

Robson also used her protected ranking to enter Premier clay events in Madrid and Rome, where she lost her first round matches to Victoria Azarenka and Christina McHale, respectively.

Straight-set victories over Jang Su-jeong,[citation needed] Isabella Shinikova[115] and Tatjana Maria[116] gained her entry to the main draw of the tournament, losing in the first round to fellow Brit Naomi Broady, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6.

[122] Robson won the biggest title of her career at a 60k Kurume Cup, defeating fellow Briton Katie Boulter, in straight sets.

[127] She continued to struggle with form throughout the latter half of the season post-Wimbledon, losing eleven matches and winning just seven on the ITF Circuit, including a loss in the first round of the qualifying draw at the US Open to world No.

Robson was unable to play in the Australian Open qualifying draw as her ranking – at 230 – remained too low to gain direct entry.

[8] After eight months recovering from surgery, Robson returned to tennis on 12 February at the 60k event in Shrewsbury, losing to Kathinka von Deichmann, in three sets.

She won her first-round match in a tight three-setter but eventually fell to fellow Brit and top seed Harriet Dart, after having to retire before the second set.

[132] After missing the entire 2020 and 2021 seasons following continuous injuries and multiple hip surgeries, Robson announced her retirement from the sport shortly before the 2022 French Open.

[136] Commentator Simon Reed said that she "has every tool she needs",[137] and former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash called her "a special talent" who "seems to have all the attributes to progress".

Robson on her way to winning the girls' title at Wimbledon
Robson on her way to her second junior Grand Slam final at the 2009 Australian Open; she repeated the trip a year later
During the 2010 Hopman Cup
Laura Robson at the 2012 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
With Andy Murray in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Laura Robson at the 2013 Australian Open