Keys during the 2015 Madrid Open
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Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Born |
Rock Island, Illinois, U.S. |
February 17, 1995
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | February 17, 2009 |
Plays | Right handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) |
Lindsay Davenport (2014–2015) Thomas Högstedt (2015–2016) |
Prize money | $ 3,080,062 |
Singles | |
Career record | 191–107 (64.09%) |
Career titles | 2 WTA, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (10 October 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 9 (30 January 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2015) |
French Open | 4R (2016) |
Wimbledon | QF (2015) |
US Open | 4R (2015, 2016) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2016) |
Olympic Games | SF – 4th (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 14–22 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 115 (September 22, 2014) |
Current ranking | No. 232 (May 9, 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2014) |
French Open | 3R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
US Open | 2R (2012) |
Last updated on: June 18, 2016. |
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has won two WTA Premier grass court tournaments, and is the first American woman to debut in the Top 10 since Serena Williams in 1999, seventeen years earlier. As of October 2016, she was ranked world no. 7 in singles and was the second-highest ranked American player overall behind Serena Williams.
Since the age of 9, Keys has been part of the Chris Evert Academy in Boca Raton, Florida. She is one of the youngest tennis players to win a match on the WTA Tour, at the age of 14 years and 48 days, by beating world No. 81 Alla Kudryavtseva at the 2009 MPS Group Championships.
During her early years, Keys played mostly on the ITF tour, where she won three titles in singles and one in doubles.
Keys' first appearance on the WTA Tour came at the 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach Championships, where she received a wildcard into the main draw. She beat world no. 81 Alla Kudryavtseva in the first round, but she was then defeated by top seed Nadia Petrova in straight sets. In July 2009, Keys played World Team Tennis as a member of the Philadelphia Freedoms. Still only 14 years old, she beat reigning Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in women's singles by a score of 5–1.
In 2011, Keys won a spot in her first US Open by beating Beatrice Capra in the finals of an eight-player wildcard playoff. Keys won her first match, beating fellow American Jill Craybas, but then lost in three sets to world #27 Lucie Šafářová.
In 2012, Keys won another wildcard competition amongst American players, this time for the 2012 Australian Open. However, she then lost in the first round to 2010 semi-finalist, Zheng Jie.