Ashleigh Barty biography: 13 things about Australian tennis player born in Ipswich, Queensland

Ashleigh Barty is an Australian professional tennis player born in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. She is also a former cricketer.

Barty is 5’5″ tall and right-handed. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2000, she started playing tennis in Brisbane, Australia.
2. In 2010, she made her professional tennis debut.
3. In 2012, she finished in the first round in the Australian Open, the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships.
4. In 2013, she finished in the first round in the Australian Open and in the second round in the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships.
5. In 2014, she finished in the first round in the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open.
6. From September 2014 to February 2016, she took a break from professional tennis and played semi-professional cricket during the second half of the hiatus.
7. In 2016, she met Australian professional golfer Garry Kissick at the Brookwater Golf Club in Brookwater, Queensland, Australia. They started dating in 2017 and announced their engagement in November 2021.
8. In 2017, she finished in the first round in the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships and the third round in the Australian Open and the US Open. Also in 2017, the National Dreamtime Awards named her as the Female Sportsperson of the Year. She won the same award in 2018.
9. In 2018, she finished in the second round in the French Open, the third round in the Australian Open and the Wimbledon Championships and the fourth round in the US Open. In April 2018, she was named the National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia.
10. She was a 2019 Australian Open quarterfinalist. She won the 2019 French Open women’s singles.
11. In 2020, she was named the Young Australian of the Year. She was a 2020 Australian Open semifinalist.
12. She was a 2021 Australian Open quarterfinalist. She won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place in Tokyo, Japan from July 23, 2021 to August 8, 2021. She finished in the first round in singles while she and her partner Storm Sanders reached the quarterfinal in doubles. She and her partner John Peers won bronze in mixed doubles.
13. She was 25 years old when she won the 2022 Australian Open women’s singles at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on January 30, 2022.