Sofia Kenin Reunites with Father and Coach, Alex Kenin Ahead of 2022. Sofia Kenin and her dad are back in the groove. The American, who parted ways with her father during the 2021 season, announced today on Instagram that Alex Kenin, her longtime coach, has rejoined her team.
Sofia Kenin is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women’s Tennis Association of No. 4 in the world, which she achieved on March 9th 2020.
She was the 2020 WTA Player of the Year, an award she earned by winning the 2020 Australian Open and finishing runner-up at the 2020 French Open.
Kenin has won five singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2019 China Open at the Premier Mandatory level with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
She was a child prodigy who drew the attention of veteran coach Rick Macci at the age of five and became a celebrity in the tennis community soon after.
Coached primarily by her father, Kenin developed into a promising junior player, reaching No. 2 in the world after winning the Orange Bowl at the age of 16 and finishing runner-up in the 2015 US Open girls’ singles event the following year.
She also won the USTA Girls 18s National Championship during that summer. On the professional tour, Kenin made her debut in the top 100 of the WTA rankings in 2018 as a teenager.
Kenin won her first three titles in 2019 and finished the year just outside the top 10. With her title at the 2020 Australian Open, Kenin became the youngest American to win a Grand Slam women’s singles title since Serena Williams in 1999.
At the end of the season, she followed up her 2019 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award by being named the 2020 WTA Player of the Year.