Alison Van Uytvanck

Van Uytvanck played her first professional tennis match aged 15 in 2009. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Brussels Open where she entered as a qualifier and defeated Patty Schnyder in the first round, before losing to fellow Belgian and sixth seed Yanina Wickmayer in her next match.

In February 2012, she debuted for Belgium in Fed Cup against Serbia, partnering with Yanina Wickmayer in the deciding doubles match, which they lost to Ana Ivanovic and Bojana Jovanovski.

As a wildcard entrant at the 2012 Brussels Open, Van Uytvanck reached her first WTA quarterfinal, where she lost to top seed Agnieszka Radwańska.

Ranked world No. 129, she won her first WTA 125 title at the 2013 Taipei Ladies Open, defeating world No. 50 and second seed Yanina Wickmayer in the final.

Van Uytvanck made her major main-draw debut at the 2014 Australian Open, losing to Virginie Razzano in the first round. In June 2014 at Wimbledon, she got her maiden win at a major, overcoming Monica Niculescu to make it through to the second round, at which point she lost to 10th seed Dominika Cibulková in three sets.

Her best run at a major came at the 2015 French Open, where she made the quarterfinals, losing to Timea Bacsinszky.

Van Uytvanck won her first WTA title at the 2017 Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City, defeating Tímea Babos in the final in three sets.

Her second WTA title came in February 2018 at Hungarian Ladies Open, where she outlasted top seed Dominika Cibulková in a three set final played over two hours and 11 minutes.

At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, she defeated Polona Hercog in the first round and then eliminated defending champion and third seed, Garbiñe Muguruza, to record her first win over a top-10 ranked player. Next Van Uytvanck overcame 28th seed Anett Kontaveit, before losing in the fourth round to 14th seed Daria Kasatkina.

Partnering Greet Minnen, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the 2018 Luxembourg Open, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final.

In February 2019, Van Uytvanck successfully defended her title at the Hungarian Ladies Open, with a win over Markéta Vondroušová in the final. She won her second title of 2019 at the Tashkent Open in September, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in the final.

Representing Belgium at the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Van Uytvanck defeated 10th seed Petra Kvitová in the second round, before losing to seventh seed Garbiñe Muguruza in her next match.

Alongside Greet Minnen, she beat Erin Routliffe and Kimberley Zimmermann in the final to win the doubles title at Luxembourg Open in September 2021. The following week Van Uytvanck claimed her fifth, and last, WTA title at the 2021 Astana Open, defeating top seed Yulia Putintseva in the final.

She won the WTA 125 event in Limoges in December 2021, overcoming Ana Bogdan in the final.

As top seed, Van Uytvanck defeated Sara Errani in the final to claim the title at the 2022 WTA 125 Veneto Open.

She won the 24th, and final, singles title of her career at the ITF W100 Surbiton Trophy in June 2024, overcoming second seed Tatjana Maria in the championship match.

On 19 August 2024, Van Uytvanck announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30, stating she no longer had the "same fire it takes to give my all" after struggling "physically and especially mentally" following a back injury which had forced her to miss most of the 2023 season.