Ashleigh Barty

Ashleigh Barty

Country	Australia
Residence	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Born	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.66 m)
Weight	137 lb (62 kg)
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	US$283,437
Singles
Career record	51–22
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 175 (26 November 2012)
Current ranking	No. 185 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2013)
French Open	1R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012)
US Open	LQ (2011)
Doubles
Career record	40–14
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 34 (29 April 2013)
Current ranking	No. 37 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2011)
US Open Junior	R2 (2011)
Mixed Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)

Ashleigh Barty (born 24 April 1996 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian women's tennis player.

Career

2011

Barty won the Junior Wimbledon Championships in July, beating Irina Khromacheva in the final. In December 2011, she competed with other Australian players for a Wildcard berth into the main draw of the 2012 Australian Open, and despite being the youngest player in the draw, won the competition and the Wildcard, beating established players including Casey Dellacqua, Arina Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska in the process.

Junior Grand Slam Singles results:

Australian Open: 1R (2011)
French Open: 2R (2011)
Wimbledon: W (2011)
US Open: SF (2011)

Junior Grand Slam Doubles results:

Australian Open: 1R (2011)
French Open: QF (2011)
Wimbledon: QF (2011)
US Open: 2R (2011)

2012

Due to her strong results at the end 2011, Barty received a wildcard into the qualifying event of the Brisbane International (a WTA Premier tournament). There she lost in the first round to number one seed Vania King 1–6 2–6. Partnered with Casey Dellacqua, Barty also received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, reaching the semi-finals before bowing out to the American pairing of Spears and Kops-Jones 7–5 6–7(3) [7–10]. Barty then received a wildcard into the Hobart International, losing in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2–6 2–6. Due to winning a play-off against other Australian players, Barty was given a Wildcard into the women's singles at the Australian Open, where she lost 2–6 6–7(4) to Anna Tatishvili in the first round. She also entered the women's and mixed doubles, pairing up with Laura Robson and Benjamin Mitchell respectively. Barty and her respective partners failed to make it past the first round in either event. In February, Barty won her first senior title at the Sydney $25,000 ITF tournament on hard courts, beating countrywoman Olivia Rogowska in the final. The following week she won her second straight ITF title at the Mildura Grand International on grass courts, beating countrywomen Viktorija Rajicic in the final 6–1 7–6(8). The following week she participated in the ITF event in Ipswich on clay courts, losing to Pole Sandra Zaniewska in the final 6–7(5) 1–6.

In May, after playing junior events across Europe, Barty received a wildcard into the main draw at the French Open, where she was defeated in the first round by fourth seed and eventual semi-finalist Petra Kvitová, 1–6 2–6. Barty then rebounded on the grass courts, winning the biggest title of her career to date at the $50,000 ITF event at Nottingham, beating Tatjana Malek 6–1, 6–1 in the final, as well as winning the doubles title with Sally Peers. Following her victory, Barty's qualifying draw Wildcard at Wimbledon (earned for winning the 2011 Junior event) was improved to a main draw Wildcard, losing in the first round to Roberta Vinci 2–6 4–6.

Barty then returned to Australia to play a string of $25,000 ITF events. The first was in Esperance where she made the final, losing to countrywoman Olivia Rogowska 0–6 3–6. A few weeks later Barty won the Traralgon event, defeating Arina Rodionova in the final 6–2 6–3. Although Rodionova got her revenge on Barty the next week in Bendigo defeating her in the semi-final. Barty played her final ITF event of the year in Japan which was a $75,000 event. She lost in the Quarterfinals. Barty was shocked in the second round of the Australian open Wildcard Playoff by Bojana Bobusic. Barty finished 2012 ranked number 175.

2013

Barty started her 2013 season in Perth, partnering Bernard Tomic at the Hopman Cup after Casey Dellacqua had to withdraw with a foot injury. Following a win over Andrea Petkovic (who retired hurt) and a comprehensive loss to Ana Ivanovic, Barty scored the biggest victory of her career in Perth, defeating former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6–0 6–3 in just 55 minutes. Barty said after the win:

"I can't believe it myself, I don't remember anything about it. This tops Wimbledon (she won the girls' tournament in 2011), this trumps everything. I'm just so happy with the way I played."

Barty then received a wildcard to the Hobart International where she drew defending champion Mona Barthel, losing 6–2 0–6 1–6. In the doubles event, Barty partnered Bojana Bobusic and reached her second WTA doubles semi-final.

Barty drew Slovakian 15th seed Dominika Cibulková for the first round of the 2013 Australian Open. However, after a promising start to the match she lost 6–3 0–6 1–6. In the doubles event, Barty partnered Australia's Casey Dellacqua. They opened the tournament by cruising past Francesca Schiavone and Polona Hercog 6–2 6–4. Barty's win in the doubles event was her first ever Grand Slam victory. They then stuned the third seeded team of Maria Kirilenko and Lisa Raymond 6–4 6–4 and 14th seeded team of Natalie Grandin and Vladimira Uhlirova 7–6(3) 6–3 en route to the Quarterfinals. The duo then reached the semi-final by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova 6–2 6–3. Their semi-final was played on Rod Laver Arena, which was Barty's first match on the court. Barty and Dellacqua made the final by defeating Saisai Zheng and Varvara Lepchenko 6–2 6–4 and became the first Australian duo to reach the womens doubles final of the Australian open since 1977. They played top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final. In the final they dropped the opening set 6–2 in just 29 minutes. But gained composure in the second to take it 6–3. The Italians won the third set and the match. They took home the title after being defeated the previous year, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.

In her next tournament, Barty won her first WTA main draw singles match at the 2013 Malaysian Open defeating Chanel Simmonds in the first round 6–4 6–2. Barty then reached the quarterfinal by defeating qualifier Zarina Diyas 7–6(3) 6–4. She lost to world number 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinal.

Barty then travelled to USA playing a series of ITF tournaments and the WTA tournament in Charleston. She had limited success in singles with her best result being a semi-final finish in the $25,000 ITF tournament in Pelham. In doubles, however, she continued to perform well, reaching a WTA semi-final in Charleston (w/ Anastasia Rodionova) which meant she had reached the semi-finals in all three WTA doubles tournaments she had entered. She also won ITF titles in Pelham (w/ Arina Rodionova) and Innisbrook (w/ Alize Lim).

Fed Cup

Barty was chosen to represent the Australia Fed Cup team for the first time in 2013. She was just 16 years old. This tie was a World Group First Round match against the Czech Republic. Barty and Casey Dellacqua are scheduled to play in the doubles rubber. This is after a strong showing at the 2013 Australian Open, where they reached the doubles final.

Major finals

Grand Slam

Women's Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6, 6–3, 2–6

Girls' Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Irina Khromacheva	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 January 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6 6–3 2–6

ITF career

ITF Circuit singles finals (4–2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 February 2012	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	26 February 2012	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Viktorija Rajicic	6–1, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	1.	25 March 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner	3.	17 June 2012	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Tatjana Malek	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	6 October 2012	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	0–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	28 October 2012	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	6–2, 6–3

ITF Circuit doubles finals (6–1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 June 2012	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Sally Peers	Réka-Luca Jani Maria João Koehler	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	2.	5 October 2012	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Sally Peers	Victoria Larrière Olivia Rogowska	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	28 October 2012	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Sally Peers	Arina Rodionova Cara Black	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Winner	3.	2 November 2012	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Sally Peers	Arina Rodionova Cara Black	7–6(14–12), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	24 November 2012	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Casey Dellacqua	Miki Miyamura Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	24 March 2013	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Alize Lim	Paula Cristina Gonçalves María Irigoyen	6–1, 6–3
Winner	6.	13 April 2013	Pelham, United States	Clay	Arina Rodionova	Shao-Yuan Kuan Hua-Chen Lee	6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam Performance Timeline

Women's singles

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	0–2
French Open	A	A	1R		0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	1R		0–1
US Open	A	Q1	A		0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–4
Career Statistics
WTA Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–6
ITF Win–Loss	3–2	4–2	34–4	0–0	41–8
Year-End Ranking	N/A	669	195

Women's doubles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	1R	F	5–2
French Open	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	5–1	5–2
Career Statistics
Win–Loss	0–0	2–2	7–2	9–4
Year-End Ranking	N/A	172

External links

• Ashleigh Barty at the International Tennis Federation
• Ashleigh Barty at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile