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Shelby Nicole Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Rogers won the girls' national championship at 17. Her best results at the majors were quarterfinals at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open.
Rogers was noted for her victories against top-ranked players which include Simona Halep (No. 4) at the 2017 Australian Open, Serena Williams (No. 9) at the 2020 Lexington Challenger and Ashleigh Barty (No. 1) at the 2021 US Open. Rogers is also undefeated against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, with wins at the 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open, the latter in which she saved four match points. Both are also the only instances in her career where she made the quarterfinals at the majors.
In 2009, she decided to forgo college and become a professional tennis player. On August 15, 2021, Rogers was awarded with a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Indiana University East in a ceremony at the Western Southern Open (WSO) tournament.
Rogers is a Christianity. On December 2, 2023, she married John Slavik.
At the 2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she recorded her first win on the WTA Tour, defeating Marta Domachowska in the first round. She then earned another Grand Slam main-draw wildcard at the 2013 French Open, after winning the "Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge". With the wildcard, she won her first career Grand Slam match, over Irena Pavlovic. She then lost in the following round to the world No. 20, Carla Suárez Navarro. After that, she won titles at the $50k Lexington Challenger, and later at the $75k Albuquerque Championships.
The following year, she reached her first WTA final at the 2014 Gastein Ladies where she lost to Andrea Petkovic. There she also defeated two top-20 players, Carla Suárez Navarro and Sara Errani. Soon after that, she scored her first career top-ten win after beating Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of the Canadian Open. The following week, she debuted at the top 100. In September, she reached semifinal of the Tournoi de Québec, but then lost to Venus Williams. Despite not producing such good performances during the season of 2015, Rogers played in all four Grand Slam main draws for the first time in her career, and also reached her first Grand Slam third round at the US Open.
However, she then reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open. She became the first American other than Serena Williams to reach the quarterfinals since Venus Williams in 2006. Along the way, she defeated three seeded players including No. 12, Petra Kvitová and No. 19, Karolína Plíšková. In the quarterfinal match, she lost to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza. With this run, she also rose to the top 60 for the first time. Despite making big progress, she then continued to struggle again with results by the end of the year.
During the 2017 season, she continued to progress. In the opening week, she defeated top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard, in her first match of the year at the 2017 Brisbane International. She then participated at the Hobart International, where she reached the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open, she upset world No. 4, Simona Halep, 6–3, 6–1 in the first round. She started her clay-court season with a quarterfinal at the Premier-level Charleston Open, where she also defeated compatriot and world No. 11, Madison Keys. After early losses at the Italian Open and Madrid Open, she reached the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
She followed this up with a third round showing at the French Open. At Wimbledon, she reached another major third round, but then lost to world No. 1, Angelique Kerber. At the US Open, she reached the third round of a major for the third time during the season, but was stopped by another top-10 player, Elina Svitolina.
She returned to action at the Charleston Open in April 2019 and won her first match, defeating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets. However, she lost her next match to Jeļena Ostapenko in three sets, after having been 5–1 up in the third set and having match points.
Later, she reached the second round of the French Open and Mallorca Open. In September 2019, she won the $60k Templeton Open, that was her first ITF title since September 2013. In October 2019, she reached the final of the $80k Classic of Macon which she lost to her compatriot Katerina Stewart.
She enjoyed a successful campaign on American hardcourts in the summer of 2020. She made the semifinals at the Lexington Open, after upsetting Serena Williams in the previous round. Then, at the US Open, she beat Irina Khromacheva, 11th seed Elena Rybakina, Madison Brengle, and sixth seed Petra Kvitová before losing to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals. She returned to the top 60 after that.
Shelby raised to a career-high of 46, after reaching the round of 16 of the Charleston Open where she lost again to Ash Barty.
At Indian Wells, she reached the first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal of her career.
At the French Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles, partnering Petra Martić and defeating ninth-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos. The pair reached also as alternates the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.
At Wimbledon, Rogers reached the third round for a second time, defeating 15th seed Maria Sakkari. This was her 16th victory over a top-20 player in her career. As a result, she marked a new career-high at world No. 40.
At the US Open, Rogers reached the round of 16 by defeating the top seed, Ash Barty.
In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, partnering Petra Martić. Following the tournament, she reached also a new career-high in the top 40, on 28 February 2022. She hired Piotr Sierzputowski, Iga Świątek's former coach, around this time.
At the French Open, she upset world No. 9, Danielle Collins, to reach the third round for the third time in her career before losing to 20th seed Daria Kasatkina.
At the Rosmalen Open, she reached the semifinals defeating Kirsten Flipkens. However, she lost to top seed Aryna Sabalenka.
At the Silicon Valley Classic, she reached the semifinals again defeating Bianca Andreescu, top seed Maria Sakkari again (the third top-5 win in her career) and Amanda Anisimova. She did not lose a set in the three matches, while only dropping 18 games. She ended up reaching the third final and first at a WTA 500 event in her career, defeating Veronika Kudermetova, also in straight sets. She lost to seventh seed Daria Kasatkina in the final. As a result, she entered the top 30 in singles, on 8 August 2022.
At the Charleston Open, she advanced to the round of 16 defeating 13th seed Danielle Collins and Caty McNally, before losing to defending champion and eventual runner-up, fourth seed Belinda Bencic.
Seeded 33rd at the Madrid Open, she reached the third round for the first time at this tournament defeating Ana Bogdan, before losing to another Romanian, 31st seed Irina Camelia Begu.
After a hiatus of more than half a year, Rogers returned to the WTA Tour at the 2024 Australian Open, suffering a straight sets defeat in the first round against Emma Raducanu. She also entered the main draw at the Miami Open using protected ranking, and won her first match after being back over wildcard Linda Fruhvirtová before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
On 23 August 2024, Rogers announced her impending retirement from professional tour, with the US Open as her final tournament. She lost in the first round to sixth seed Jessica Pegula.
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 10–10 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | NH | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | |
| US Open | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | Q1 | QF | 4R | 3R | A | 0 / 9 | 15–9 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 7–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0 / 33 | 34–33 | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | NH | QF | 3R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 3R | A | A | NH | 2R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 3R | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| China Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||||
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | Career total: 129 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 3 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 12–9 | 4–14 | 13–15 | 23–20 | 0–2 | 3–9 | 8–6 | 28–22 | 19–19 | 9–9 | 0 / 130 | 121–131 | |
| Year-end ranking | 341 | 434 | 217 | 123 | 72 | 146 | 60 | 59 | 780 | 174 | 58 | 40 | 46 | 145 | $4,942,487 | ||
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 24 | 17–24 |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| Guadalajara Open | NMS/NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 285 | 460 | 158 | 120 | 246 | N/A | 331 | 156 | 73 | 126 | 482 | |||
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| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| WTA 1000 (0–0) |
| WTA 500 (0–1) |
| WTA 250 (0–2) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | International | Clay | Andrea Petkovic | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Rio Open, Brazil | International | Clay | Francesca Schiavone | 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Silicon Valley Classic, United States | WTA 500 | Hard | Daria Kasatkina | 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 2–6 |
| {class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" !Legend |
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| WTA 1000 (0–0) |
| WTA 500 (0–0) |
| WTA 250 (0–1) |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Loss | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | Irina Falconi | Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia | 3–6, 6–3, 6–10 |
| {class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" !Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75/80,000 tournaments |
| $50/60,000 tournaments |
| Hard (5–3) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2010 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | Edina Gallovits-Hall | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2012 | Yakima Challenger, US | 50,000 | Hard | Samantha Crawford | 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2012 | Las Vegas Open, US | 50,000 | Hard | Lauren Davis | 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2013 | Charlottesville Open, US | 50,000 | Clay | Allie Kiick | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2013 | Lexington Challenger, US | 50,000 | Hard | Julie Coin | 6–4, 7–6(3) |
| Win | 4–2 | Sep 2013 | Albuquerque Championships, US | 75,000 | Hard | Anna Tatishvili | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2015 | Las Vegas Open, US | 50,000 | Hard | Michaëlla Krajicek | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Sep 2019 | Templeton Open, US | 60,000 | Hard | CoCo Vandeweghe | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Tennis Classic of Macon, US | 80,000 | Hard | Katerina Stewart | 7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2020 | Midland Tennis Classic, US | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Anhelina Kalinina | walkover |
| {class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" !Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Hard (1–3) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (1–0) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2010 | ITF Mount Pleasant, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Petra Rampre | Kaitlyn Christian Caitlin Whoriskey | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2012 | Colorado International, US | 50,000 | Hard | Marie-Ève Pelletier | Lauren Embree Nicole Gibbs | 6–3, 3–6, 12–10 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2013 | Charlottesville Open, US | 50,000 | Clay | Nicole Gibbs | Nicola Slater CoCo Vandeweghe | 3–6, 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2014 | Dothan Pro Classic, US | 50,000 | Hard | Olivia Rogowska | Anett Kontaveit Ilona Kremen | 1–6, 7–5, 5–10 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jun 2015 | Eastbourne Trophy, UK | 50,000 | Grass | CoCo Vandeweghe | Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith | 7–5, 7–6(1) |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2016 | Midland Tennis Classic, US | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Naomi Broady | CiCi Bellis Ingrid Neel | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | May 2016 | Charlottesville Open, US | 50,000 | Clay | Alexandra Panova | Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend | 6–7(4), 0–6 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226,718 | 119 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302,655 | 107 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 587,327 | 57 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 662,138 | 49 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,134 | 265 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236,447 | 147 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 645,776 | 25 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,150,273 | 27 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 776,725 | 47 |
| Career | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,942,487 | 135 |
| 2010 | absent | absent | absent | wild card |
| 2011 | absent | absent | absent | absent |
| 2012 | absent | absent | absent | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | wild card | did not qualify | wild card |
| 2014 | did not qualify | not seeded | did not qualify | not seeded |
| 2015 | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded | qualifier |
| 2016 | absent | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded |
| 2017 | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded |
| 2018 | not seeded | absent | absent | absent |
| 2019 | absent | protected ranking | protected ranking | did not qualify |
| 2020 | qualifier | not seeded | cancelled | not seeded |
| 2021 | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded |
| 2022 | not seeded | not seeded | 30th | 31st |
| 2023 | not seeded |
| {class="wikitable nowrap" style="float:left" | Australian Open | |||
| 2021 (unseeded) | ||||
| 1R | Francesca Jones (Q) | 245 | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 2R | Olga Danilović (Q) | 183 | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| 3R | Anett Kontaveit (21) | 22 | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 4R | Ashleigh Barty (1) | 1 | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| French Open | |||
| 2016 (unseeded) | |||
| 1R | Karolína Plíšková (17) | 19 | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2R | Elena Vesnina | 49 | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 3R | Petra Kvitová (10) | 12 | 6–0, 6–7, 6–0 |
| 4R | Irina-Camelia Begu (25) | 28 | 6–3, 6–4 |
| QF | Garbiñe Muguruza (4) | 4 | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Wimbledon Championships | |||
| 2017 (unseeded) | |||
| 1R | Julia Boserup | 81 | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 2R | Lucie Šafářová (32) | 34 | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 3R | Angelique Kerber (1) | 1 | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 |
| 2021 (unseeded) | |||
| 1R | Samantha Stosur | 166 | 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2R | Maria Sakkari (15) | 18 | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 3R | Elena Rybakina (18) | 20 | 1–6, 4–6 |
| US Open | |||
| 2020 (unseeded) | |||
| 1R | Irina Khromacheva | 674 | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2R | Elena Rybakina (11) | 17 | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 3R | Madison Brengle | 84 | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 4R | Petra Kvitová (6) | 12 | 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
| QF | Naomi Osaka (4) | 9 | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 1. | Eugenie Bouchard | 8 | Rogers Cup, Canada | Hard | 2R | 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 | 113 | |
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2. | Simona Halep | 4 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 6–1 | 57 | |
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 3. | Serena Williams | 9 | Lexington International, US | Hard | QF | 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | 116 | |
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 4. | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | US Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) | 43 | |
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 5. | Maria Sakkari | 6 | Adelaide International, Australia | Hard | 2R | 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–4 | 40 | |
| 6. | Danielle Collins | 9 | French Open, France | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–3 | 50 | |
| 7. | Maria Sakkari | 3 | Silicon Valley Classic, US | Hard | 2R | 6–1, 6–3 | 45 | |
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