Alison Riske
Alison serving at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
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| Residence | Atlanta, United States |
| Born |
July 3, 1990 Pittsburgh, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Turned pro | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,043,236 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 283-214 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 39 (21 November, 2016) |
| Current ranking | 39 (21 November 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014, 2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2013, 2014) |
| US Open | 4R (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 56–83 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 78 (October 20, 2014) |
| Current ranking | 247 (9 May 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
| US Open | 2R (2013) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 0–2 |
| Last updated on: 31 October 2016. | |
Alison Riske (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She has won one WTA title, six singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour. She reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2014, the third round at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2014 and the fourth round of the US Open in 2014. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number 40 on June 9, 2014 and she won her first WTA tour title on October 12, 2014, when she won the Tianjin Open.
The daughter of Al and Carol Riske, she first played tennis at the age of 3 years old after her dad took her out to hit. Her father worked in the Secret Service and later as an FBI investigator, while her mother was a school teacher, but both are now retired. Her sister, Sarah, is also a tennis player who played for Vanderbilt and had a brief professional career, reaching as high as No. 372. Her brother, Dan, played college tennis for West Liberty State, and is now an accountant.
Educated by the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, she played the fall of 2006 for Peters Township High School, where she led the girls' tennis team to the Pennsylvania State championship, and won the championship in singles. The following year, she won the USTA National Collegiate Clay Court Championship to earn a spot in the US Open qualifying draw, where she won her first match over Sorana Cîrstea before losing to Julie Ditty. She also won the ITA Summer Claycourt Championship and finished second at the USTA National Hardcourts that year. In early 2008, she earned the No. 1 ranking in her country in Girls 18s competition. She got her first taste of the professional circuit later that year, when she served as a hitting partner for the United States Fed Cup team in their semifinal against Russia.
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