Ashlyn Krueger

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Ashlyn Krueger
Ashlyn Krueger (2023 DC Open) 01 (cropped).jpg
Krueger at the 2023 Washington Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Dallas, Texas [1]
Born (2004-05-07) May 7, 2004 (age 20)
Springfield, Missouri [1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 980,917
Singles
Career record115–85 (57.5%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 65 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 65 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open 1R (2021, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record58–40 (59.2%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 85 (April 8, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 91 (May 20, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2023)
US Open 2R (2021, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open 2R (2023)
Last updated on: 20 May 2024.

Ashlyn Krueger (born May 7, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 65, achieved on 20 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 85, attained on 8 April 2024. [2]

Contents

Junior career

In 2020, Ashlyn Krueger won the Orange Bowl junior tournament as a wildcard player. [3]

Professional career

2021: WTA Tour, WTA 1000 and Major debuts

Krueger made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open after receiving a wildcard for the main draw.

Krueger made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Robin Montgomery.

She also received a wildcard on her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open in singles and doubles.

2022-2023: First WTA quarterfinal and title, top 100

At the 2022 US Open, she qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition. [4]

She also qualified for the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells in 2022 and 2023. She received wildcards for the main draw at the 2022 Miami Open and at the 2023 Miami Open. [5]

She recorded her first top 20 victory over world No. 19 and third seed Viktoria Azarenka at the 2023 Libéma Open where she reached her WTA first quarterfinal. Krueger won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Veneto Open defeating Tatjana Maria in the final, in three sets. [6]

She also won her first WTA 250 title at the Japan Women's Open without dropping a set, defeating Zhu Lin in the final. [7] As a result, she reached world No. 73 climbing 50 spots on 18 September 2023, becoming the seventh American to make her top 100 debut in 2023 and the first American teenager to crack the top 100 since Gauff as a 15-year-old on 14 October 2019. [8] She also qualified for the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing.

2024: First WTA 1000 third round, top 65

She qualified for the WTA 1000, the Qatar Ladies Open but lost to wildcard player Paula Badosa. Following a second-round showing as a wildcard, at the next WTA 1000 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships, she reached the top 70 in the rankings. It was her second career top-25 win over world No. 21 Caroline Garcia, and her first main-draw victory in a WTA 1000 event. [9]

At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, she reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time with wins over Nao Hibino and 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. [10] Following the next WTA 1000, the Italian Open where she lost in the first round, she reached the top 65 in the singles rankings on 20 May 2024.

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [11]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Guadalajara Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0  
French Open AA Q3 0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon AA Q2 0 / 00–0  
US Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–10–10 / 30–30%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open [lower-alpha 1] AAA0 / 00–0  
Indian Wells Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 30–30%
Miami Open A 1R 1R 0 / 20–20%
Madrid Open AAA0 / 00–0  
Italian Open AAA0 / 00–0  
Canadian Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati Open AAA0 / 00–0  
Guadalajara Open NHAA0 / 00–0  
Wuhan Open NH0 / 00–0  
China Open NH 1R 0 / 10–1  
Win–loss0–10–20–30 / 60–60%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Tournaments247Career total: 13
Titles001Career total: 1
Finals001Career total: 1
Hardcourt win–loss0–20–45–50 / 125–1131%
Clay win–loss0–00–00–00 / 00–0  
Grass win–loss0–00–02–10 / 12–167%
Overall win–loss0–20–47–60 / 137–1237%
Win %0%0%58%Career total: 37%
Year–end ranking536178$649,367

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Sep 2023 Japan Women's Open, JapanWTA 250Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Apr 2024 Charleston Open, U.S.WTA 500Clay (green) Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok
Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2023 WTA 125 Gaiba, ItalyGrass Flag of Germany.svg Tatjana Maria 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Oct 2022 WTA 125 Tampico, MexicoHard Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Mandlik Flag of Slovakia.svg Tereza Mihalíková
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aldila Sutjiadi
5–7, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2022ITF Sarasota, United States25,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Halbauer 5–7, 2–6
Win1–1 Jul 2022 ITF Evansville, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Sachia Vickery 6–3, 7–5
Loss1–2Apr 2023ITF Charlottesville, United States60,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Emma Navarro 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2019ITF Orlando, United States15,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Kimmi Hance Flag of the United States.svg Allura Zamarripa
Flag of the United States.svg Maribella Zamarripa
3–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Sep 2019ITF Lubbock, United States15,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Shiori Fukuda Flag of Mexico.svg María Portillo Ramírez
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Sewing
2–6, 4–6
Win1–2 Mar 2022 ITF Arcadia, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery Flag of Mexico.svg Giuliana Olmos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
w/o
Loss1–3 Jul 2022 ITF Evansville, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Kylie Collins Flag of the United States.svg Kolie Allen
Flag of the United States.svg Ava Markham
6–3, 1–6, [3–10]
Win2–3Feb 2023 ITF Orlando, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Vedder
7–5, 6–1
Loss2–4Apr 2023ITF Charleston, United States100,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang
Flag of the United States.svg Angela Kulikov
3–6, 4–6
Loss2–5May 2023ITF Bonita Springs, United States100,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Loeb
Flag of the United States.svg Makenna Jones
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2021 US Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Robin Montgomery Flag of the United States.svg Reese Brantmeier
Flag of the United States.svg Elvina Kalieva
5–7, 6–3, [10–4]

Notes

  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

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