Madison Keys biography: 13 things about tennis player born in Rock Island, Illinois

Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player based in Orlando, Florida, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Rock Island, Illinois, USA to Rick Keys and Christine Keys, who are both parents. Rick, who played basketball at Augustana College in Rock Island, is African American while Christine is European America.
2. She has an older sister named Sydney Keys and two younger sisters namely Montana Keys and Hunter Keys.
3. She is the first American ambassador for the French water company Evian.
4. She is 5’10” tall.
5. In 1999, she started watching the Wimbledon Championships on television.
6. In 2002, she started taking tennis lessons regularly.
7. In 2004, she started competing in tennis tournaments. 
8. In 2005, she, her and her younger sisters moved to Florida so she could train at the Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida and be coached by John Evert.
9. In January 2009, she won the Copa del Café in Costa Rica.
10. On February 17, 2009, she turned pro.
11. In 2011, she switched coaches to Adam Peterson.
12. In 2016, she co-hosted the first summit for Fearlessly Girl, an organization dedicated to fighting bullying and cyber-bullying.
13. In 2017, she and her fellow tennis player Bjorn Fratangelo started dating.

TIMELINE

2015

• In January 2015, she finished in the semifinals of the 2015 Australian Open women’s singles after losing to Serena Williams.
• In July 2015, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Agnieszka Radwańska.

2016

• In August 2016, she represented the U.S. in the women’s singles in tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and finished fourth.

2017

• In September 2017, she became runner-up to 2017 U.S. Open women’s singles champion Sloane Stephens.

2018

• In January 2018, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Australian Open women’s singles after losing to Angelique Kerber.
• In June 2018, she finished in the semifinals of the 2018 French Open women’s singles after losing to Stephens.
• In September 2018, she finished in the semifinals of the 2018 US Open women’s singles after losing to Naomi Osaka.

2019

• In June 2019, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open women’s singles after losing to Ashleigh Barty.

2020

• In February 2020, she relaunched Fearlessly Girl into a nonprofit organization called Kindness Wins.

2021

• In August 2021, she made her debut at the U.S. Open in mixed doubles with Fratangelo. They finished in the first round after losing to Ellen Perez and Marcelo Demoliner.

2022

• In January 2022, Georgi Rumenov Payakov started coaching her and she finished in the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open women’s singles after losing to Barty.
• In June 2022, she and Taylor Townsend finished in the semifinals of the 2022 French Open women’s doubles after losing to Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.

2023

• In June 2023, Fratangelo started coaching her.
• In July 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Aryna Sabalenka.
• In September 2023, she finished in the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles after losing to Sabalenka.