BIOGRAPHY

Vania King was born on February 3, 1989 in Monterey Park, California.

On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking of 50th overall. In 2009, she reached the Mixed Doubles final at the French Open, alongside Brazilian player Marcelo Melo, losing to number 1 seeds Liezel Huber/Bob Bryan. At the 2009 U.S. Open King upset World No. 15 Samantha Stosur 7–5,6–4. It was her first trip to the 3rd round of a grand slam.

King began 2010 ranked 80th in the world at the Brisbane International. At the 2010 Australian Open, King upset World No. 23 Dominika Cibulková 6–3 6–7(5) 7–5 in the first round before losing to Roberta Vinci 7–6(7) 7–5.

At Wimbledon, King won the 2010 Ladies' Doubles title in straight sets on July 3, 2010 with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova. They defeated Russians Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva 7–6(6), 6–2 in the final.

At the 2010 US Open, King and doubles partner Yaroslava Shvedova won their second Grand Slam doubles title defeating the second seeded pair Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4) in the final.