Wins and Accolades
As of 8 August 2012, Vergeer has won 162 singles and 134 doubles titles at international tournaments. Her overall record is 687 wins and 25 losses in singles, and 440 wins and 35 losses in doubles. In singles, she has won 21 Grand Slam, 13 year-end championship, and 3 Paralympic titles while in doubles she has shared 21 Grand Slam, 9 year-end, and 2 Paralympic titles. She has also been part of the Dutch team that has won 14 World Team Cups.
Since 31 March 2001 Vergeer has lost only one singles match (on 30 Jan 2003 at the Sydney International to Daniela Di Toro from Australia). Between August 2004 and October 2006 she even won 250 consecutive sets, only one of which ended with a tiebreaker. As of 8 September 2012 (2012 -09-08), when she won the Paralympic gold medal, Vergeer is on a 470-match winning streak.
She has been nominated five times for the Laureus Award for Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year, winning it twice in 2002 and 2008.
In October 2010 she posed nude for ESPN The Magazine's annual Body Issue, marking the first time the magazine has featured a disabled athlete in the Body Issue.
In December 2010 Esther Vergeer was featured on CNN for her tennis record of 401 straight wins receiving congratulations from Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters.
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