Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2020 - Lexington.
FInalist (1): 2021 - Australian Open.
DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2021 - Stuttgart (w/Barty).
ADDITIONAL
WTA 125K Series Titles - Singles: Finalist (1): 2019 - Indian Wells; Doubles: Finalist (1): 2018 - Indian Wells (w/King)
Career in Review
Returned to WTA Tour at 2023 Washington DC after two years out with right foot injuries - made 2r (l. Keys). Made further 2r appearances at Montreal (l. Rybakina) and Beijing (l. Linette) with best comeback result achieved at US Open with 3r (l. Wozniacki – also during her comeback month on Tour).
Reached debut Grand Slam singles final at 2021 Australian Open (l. Osaka)
Posted career-best US Open result in 2020 by reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) – had not dropped a set through first five rounds including wins over fellow Top 50 players Garcia, Kerber and Putintseva. Was first former college player to reach US Open SF since Lori McNeil in 1987
Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington in first career final appearance (d. Teichmann in F) - did not drop a set and was broken just three times all week
Earned second Top 10 win of career in defeat of No.6 Svitolina en route to SF at 2020 Dubai as a qualifier (l. eventual champion Halep); also beat No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza that week to reach first SF at a WTA500 event
Scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty at 2020 Brisbane as a qualifier (l. Kvitova in QF); broke into Top 50 following result (No.49 on January 13, 2020)
Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights included SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Garcia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu)
Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova)
Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era
Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 22 years: V.Williams (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016) – since then Anisimova (2019), Collins (2019) and Gauff (2020) have joined this list
Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic)
Fell 1r in first career main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier), Stanford and Montréal
Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Falconi in 1r)
Made ITF Circuit debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA in 2010; owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles
Played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles – part of 2014 team that won NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National Championship
