Abigail Spears
Abigail Michal Spears is a professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
2000–2011
Spears turned professional in 2000. She reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 US Open. She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 US Open.Spears also qualified in singles for the US Open twice. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world No. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but as of the end of December 2018, she has won 21 WTA doubles titles. She participated in the US Open doubles draw eleven times between 1998 and 2010.
2012
Spears and compatriot Raquel Kops-Jones were one of the most successful doubles team of the 2012 season, winning four titles at Carlsbad, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka. The pair also reached two other finals and also the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.2017: Grand Slam breakthrough
2017 was expected to be Spears' farewell year on tour. At the Australian Open, she partnered with Juan Sebastián Cabal to win the mixed-doubles tournament. In the final, they defeated the second seeded team of Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig 6–2, 6–4. The American-Colombian duo recovered from a 1–4 deficit in the second set to reel off five straight games to clinch the title. It was a revenge match for Spears, having lost to Mirza the last time Spears made it to a Grand Slam final, losing 9–11 in the super tiebreak to Mirza and Bruno Soares at the 2014 US Open. Spears has continued to play on tour and has not retired.Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Mixed Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | November 7, 2004 | Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada | Hard |  Martina Suchá | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
Doubles: 31 (21 titles, 10 runner-ups)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | January 5, 2003 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard |  Teryn Ashley |  Cara Black  Elena Likhovtseva | 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 2. | August 15, 2004 | Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Canada | Hard | Bethanie Mattek |  Els Callens  Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1. | February 19, 2005 | Cellular South Cup, United States | Hard | Laura Granville |  Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3. | July 24, 2005 | Western & Southern Women's Open, United States | Hard | Laura Granville |  Květa Peschke  María Emilia Salerni | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | May 10, 2009 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Raquel Kops-Jones |  Sharon Fichman  Katalin Marosi | 2–6, 6–3, |
| Loss | 2. | June 14, 2009 | Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain | Grass | Raquel Kops-Jones | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | September 27, 2009 | Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea | Hard |  Chan Yung-jan | Carly Gullickson  Nicole Kriz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | October 18, 2009 | HP Open, Osaka, Japan | Hard |  Chanelle Scheepers | Lisa Raymond Chuang Chia-jung | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | August 7, 2011 | Mercury Insurance Open, San Diego, United States | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 6. | September 18, 2011 | Bell Challenge, Quebec City | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Jamie Hampton  Anna Tatishvili | 6–0, 3–6, |
| Loss | 5. | January 7, 2012 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones |  Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 6. | February 19, 2012 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7. | July 23, 2012 | Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, United States | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Vania King Nadia Petrova | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | September 23, 2012 | Hansol Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones |  Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King | 2–6, 6–2, |
| Win | 9. | September 29, 2012 | Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 10. | October 14, 2012 | HP Open, Osaka | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Kimiko Date-Krumm  Heather Watson | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 11. | July 29, 2013 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Julia Görges  Darija Jurak | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Win | 12. | August 5, 2013 | Southern California Open, Carlsbad, United States | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7. | September 22, 2013 | KDB Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Chan Chin-wei  Xu Yifan | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | February 22, 2014 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova | 2–6, 7–5, |
| Win | 13. | June 15, 2014 | Aegon Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Raquel Kops-Jones | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 14. | August 18, 2014 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Tímea Babos  Kristina Mladenovic | 6–1, 2–0 ret. |
| Loss | 9. | January 16, 2015 | Apia International Sydney, Australia | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Bethanie Mattek-Sands  Sania Mirza | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 15. | February 28, 2015 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 16. | June 14, 2015 | Aegon Nottingham Open, Great Britain | Grass | Raquel Kops-Jones | Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith | 3–6, 6–3, |
| Win | 17. | October 18, 2015 | Generali Ladies Linz, Austria | Hard | Raquel Kops-Jones | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 18. | July 23, 2016 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Raquel Atawo | Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 19. | February 18, 2017 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Katarina Srebotnik |  Olga Savchuk  Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 10. | April 30, 2017 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | Raquel Atawo  Jelena Ostapenko | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 20. | August 6, 2017 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | CoCo Vandeweghe | Alizé Cornet  Alicja Rosolska | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 21. | June 17, 2018 | Nottingham Open, Great Britain | Grass | Alicja Rosolska |  Mihaela Buzărnescu Heather Watson | 6–3, 7–6 |