Kayla Day

Kayla Day

Kayla Day at Wimbledon 2016.
Full name	Kayla Day
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Born	(1999-09-28) September 28, 1999 Santa Barbara, California, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Left-handed (Two-handed backhand)
Coach	Henner Nehles
Prize money	$97,000.00
Singles
Career record	42 - 22
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	195 (November 14, 2016)
Current ranking	195 (November 14, 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	2R (2016)
French Open Junior	3R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2016)
US Open Junior	W (2016)
Doubles
Career record	29–33
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2015, 2016)
US Open Junior	F (2016)
Last updated on: October 31, 2016.

Kayla Day (born September 28, 1999) is an American junior tennis player. She is the reigning US Open junior champion and the reigning USTA Girls' 18s national champion.

Personal life

Day started playing tennis when she was 7 years old.

Junior career

Day has been No. 1 in the Girls' 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s US national rankings. In 2016, she climbed to No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings by winning the Junior US Open, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, and reaching the final at the Orange Bowl the previous year. She also won the 2016 USTA Girls 18s national championship to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open.

Professional career

2016

Day made her WTA debut at the 2016 Connecticut Open in New Haven after reaching the main draw as a lucky loser, having defeated Naomi Broady and Kirsten Flipkens along the way. The following week, she played in her first career grand slam at the US Open and won her first match against compatriot Madison Brengle.

Shortly after turning 17, Day won her first career title at a $50,000 tournament in Macon. The following week, she reached the semifinal at Scottsdale to enter the Top 200 for the first time. With her combined performance at these two events, Day won the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a spot in the main draw at the first grand slam of 2017.

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 15, 2016	Naples, United States	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	4–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	October 30, 2016	Macon, United States	Hard	Danielle Collins	6–1, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2016	US Open	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	6–3, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2016	US Open	Hard	Caroline Dolehide	Jada Hart Ena Shibahara	6–4, 2–6, [11–13]

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wimbledon	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
US Open	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0
Year End Ranking		$7,446

External links

• Kayla Day at the Women's Tennis Association