Ashley Harkleroad
Ashley Harkleroad playing World Team Tennis in 2007 (age 22).
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Born |
May 2, 1985 Rossville, Georgia, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | 2012 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Prize money | $1,022,094 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 213–140 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (June 9, 2003) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2007) |
| French Open | 3R (2003) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2006) |
| US Open | 2R (2003) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 96–77 |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (January 27, 2007) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2007) |
| French Open | QF (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2006) |
| US Open | 3R (2002, 2006) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2001) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 2–4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2003) |
| US Open | QF (2007) |
Ashley Harkleroad Adams is a retired American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of No. 39 on June 9, 2003.
Harkleroad turned pro on June 12, 2000, after she turned 15 years old. Her debut was at the ITF tournament in Largo, Florida, in 1999. The following year she played her first WTA qualifying event in Miami, Florida and her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. In 2001, she returned to the same events while improving her status on the ITF Circuit. In 2002, she won her first tour matches, reaching the second round at San Diego, Hawaii, and Bratislava, where she made her first doubles semifinal with partner María Emilia Salerni. She ended 2002 in the top 200 for the first time in her career.
Her breakthrough year was 2003, when at Charleston Harkleroad defeated three top-20 players (no. 16 Elena Bovina, no. 19 Meghann Shaughnessy, and no. 9 Daniela Hantuchová), losing just 11 games along the way to reach her first tour semifinal, before losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne. She became the lowest-ranked semifinalist (no. 101) in the event's history since unranked Jennifer Capriati reached the finals in 1990.
After that performance, Harkleroad climbed from no. 101 to climb to no. 56. She then reached the semifinals again at Strasbourg and scored her second top-10 win and second over Daniela Hantuchová at Roland Garros while reaching the third round. It was the second time she had passed the first round at a Grand Slam. On June 9, 2003, she entered the top 50 at no. 39 and reached the final in doubles at the Japan Open in Tokyo.
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