Ylena In-Albon (born 6 March 1999) is a Swiss tennis player.

Ylena In-Albon
In-Albon at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 (age 25)
Visp, Switzerland[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGonzalo Vitale
Prize moneyUS$544,023
Singles
Career record335–212
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 110 (6 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 280 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record119–91
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 225 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 504 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorSF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2016)
US Open Junior1R (2016)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 110 in singles, achieved on 6 June 2022, and world No. 225 in doubles, set on 3 February 2020.

Career

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In-Albon made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne in the doubles draw, partnering fellow Swiss player Leonie Küng.[2]

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a direct entry at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, replacing Sofia Kenin.[3] In-Albon lost to 28th seed Alison Riske in the first round.[4]

She qualified for the main draw at the 2023 French Open, but lost in the opening round to Claire Liu.[5]

As a qualifier, In-Albon reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2024 MundoTenis Open, defeating top seed María Lourdes Carlé in the semifinals,[6] before losing the championship match to seventh seed Maja Chwalińska in straight sets.[7][8]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2019 ... 2022 2023 SR W–L Win
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 5 3 Career total: 10
Overall win-loss 0–2 0–5 0–3 0 / 10 0–10 0%

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner–ups)

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Legend
W80 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (10–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2016 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Alice Balducci 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Nov 2016 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Vanda Lukács 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Irina Ramialison 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2018 ITF Palma Nova, Spain W15 Clay   Isabella Shinikova 6–1, 7–5
Win 3–2 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Anna Bondár 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–1
Win 4–2 May 2018 ITF Oeiras, Portugal W15 Clay   Tamaryn Hendler 7–5, ret.
Win 5–2 Jul 2018 ITF Setúbal, Portugal W25 Hard   Dea Herdželaš 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–2 Feb 2019 All Japan Indoor Championships W60 Hard (i)   Zhang Kailin 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–2 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Luisa Meyer auf der Heide 6–3, 6–2
Win 8–2 Jun 2021 ITF Klosters, Switzerland W25 Clay   Andreea Prisăcariu 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–2 Jul 2021 ITF Les Contamines, France W25 Hard   Jodie Burrage 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 10–2 Aug 2021 Verbier Open, Switzerland W25 Clay   Erika Andreeva 6–1, 6–4
Loss 10–3 Oct 2021 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain W80+H Hard   Maryna Zanevska 6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 10–4 Mar 2022 Open Medellín, Colombia W25 Clay   Suzan Lamens 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–4 May 2022 Open Saint-Gaudens, France W60 Clay   Carolina Alves 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 11–5 May 2022 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy W60 Clay   Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2–6, 2–6
Win 12–5 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Noma Noha Akugue 6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–6 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Caijsa Hennemann 1–6, 5–7
Loss 12–7 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Brenda Fruhvirtová 0–6, 1–6
Loss 12–8 Nov 2022 Open de Valencia, Spain W80+H Clay   Marina Bassols Ribera 4–6, 0–6
Loss 12–9 Apr 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Nikola Bartůňková 0–6, 5–7
Loss 12–10 Jan 2024 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W35 Clay   Maria Sara Popa 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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Legend
W80 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (8–5)
Carpet (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2016 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay   Giorgia Marchetti   Federica Bilardo
  Tatiana Pieri
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Oct 2016 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Giorgia Marchetti   Lisa Ponomar
  Michele Alexandra Zmău
4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Nov 2016 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W10 Clay   Giorgia Marchetti   Anna Remondina
  Dalila Spiteri
6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Feb 2017 ITF Bergamo, Italy W15 Clay (i)   Martina Colmegna   Tatiana Pieri
  Lucrezia Stefanini
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–3 Mar 2017 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet   Tatiana Pieri   Laura-Ioana Andrei
  Petra Krejsová
0–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Mar 2017 ITF Solarino, Italy W15 Carpet   Georgia Brescia   Laura-Ioana Andrei
  Petra Krejsová
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Mana Ayukawa   Franziska Kommer
  Laura Schaeder
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Sep 2019 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland W60 Clay   Conny Perrin   Mandy Minella
  Xenia Knoll
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–6 Oct 2019 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Giorgia Marchetti   Amina Anshba
  Anastasia Dețiuc
5–7, 1–6
Loss 3–7 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain W15 Hard   Valentina Ryser   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Oksana Selekhmeteva
1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 4–7 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain W15 Hard   Camilla Rosatello   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Oksana Selekhmeteva
7–6(3), 6–7(9), [10–5]
Loss 4–8 Feb 2021 AK Ladies Open, Germany W25 Carpet (i)   Viktorija Golubic   Paula Kania-Choduń
  Julia Wachaczyk
6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 4–9 Mar 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain W15 Hard   Rebeka Masarova   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Oksana Selekhmeteva
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 5–9 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski   Eva Vedder
  Stéphanie Visscher
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–10 Jul 2021 ITF Les Contamines, France W25 Hard   María Lourdes Carlé   Diāna Marcinkēviča
  Chiara Scholl
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 6–10 Oct 2021 ITF Hamburg, Germany W25 Hard (i)   Kamilla Bartone   Olivia Gadecki
  Sada Nahimana
6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–11 Nov 2021 ITF Ortisei, Italy W25 Hard (i)   Susan Bandecchi   Moyuka Uchijima
  Eudice Chong
2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 7–11 Mar 2022 ITF Anapoima, Colombia W25 Clay   Réka Luca Jani   María Lourdes Carlé
  Laura Pigossi
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 8–11 Nov 2022 Open de Valencia, Spain W80+H Clay   Cristina Bucșa   Irina Khromacheva
  Iryna Shymanovich
6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–12 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski   Martina Colmegna
  Guillermina Naya
2–6, 7–6(6), [8–10]
Win 9–12 Sep 2024 ITF Reus, Spain W35 Clay   María Portillo Ramírez   Julia Grabher
  Caroline Werner
6–4, 6–3
Win 10–12 Oct 2024 ITF Seville, Spain W35 Clay   Ángela Fita Boluda   Aliona Bolsova
  Martha Matoula
6–2, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "Ylena In-Albon". Billie Jean King Cup. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ "DigiSport".
  3. ^ "Wimbledon 2022's Grand Slam debuts: Hontama, Chwalinska, Kartal and more". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ^ "Riske is Wimbledon's first match winner of 2022, beats In-Albon". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Roland-Garros: Liu beats qualifier in straight sets for spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ^ "MundoTenis Open: In-Albon scraps her way into final". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ^ "MundoTenis Open: Chwalinska wins the trophy". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Chwalinska triumphs; Parks defeats Bencic at this week's WTA 125 events". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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