Peyton Stearns

Peyton Stearns

Stearns at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(2001-10-08) October 8, 2001 (age 22) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	June 2022
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Texas
Coach	Tom Hill Gabriel Trifu (2022-2023) [1] Eric Hechtman (2023)
Prize money	US$ 1,306,607
Singles
Career record	146–95 (60.6%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 43 (September 18, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 62 (May 27, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	3R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	38–37 (50.7%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (March 4, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 93 (May 20, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Last updated on: 27 May 2024.

Peyton Mckenzie Stearns (born October 8, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 43 in singles, achieved on 18 September 2023, and No. 87 in doubles, achieved on 4 March 2024. She has won one WTA Tour singles title, and five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She played college tennis for the Texas Longhorns. In spring 2022, Stearns became the first Texas player to become the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in women's tennis and elected to turn professional later that year. In her first full season on tour in 2023, Stearns made her top 100 debut in April, after reaching her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the inaugural ATX Open in March, before reaching her first career final at the Copa Colsanitas the following month.

College career

Stearns played two seasons of college tennis at the University of Texas at Austin, ^[2] where she became the first Texas player ^[3] to win the NCAA Division I Women's Singles National Championship in spring 2022. She has cited the success of fellow American Danielle Collins as inspiration for helping her decide to attend college before eventually turning professional, which she elected to do in June 2022. ^{[1] [4]}

Professional career

2021–2022: WTA Tour & Grand Slam debuts

Stearns made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she received entry as an alternate into the doubles main draw. She made her major debut as a wildcard at the 2022 US Open. ^[5]

2023: WTA Tour final & top 50

Stearns at the 2023 French Open

At the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, Stearns earned her first WTA Tour win as a wildcard over qualifier Katie Boulter in a three-hour marathon. ^[6] Next, she defeated fellow wildcard Mirjam Björklund to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she lost to Katie Volynets in straight sets. ^{[7] [8]} The following week, she made her main-draw debut at the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open as a wildcard and overcame a set deficit to defeat Rebeka Masarova in the first round, before succumbing to Bianca Andreescu from a set up in the next round. ^{[1] [9]}

Stearns reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Copa Colsanitas, after defeating Rosa Vicens Mas, Elina Avanesyan, Tamara Zidanšek and Kamilla Rakhimova. ^[10] Though she fell in three sets to defending champion Tatjana Maria in the championship match, her results at the tournament propelled her into the top 100 for the first time, at world No. 89, on April 10. ^{[11] [12]} This also ensured Stearns a direct entry into the main draw of the 2023 French Open. Later that month, she reached the final of the $100k Charleston Pro, losing to compatriot Emma Navarro in three sets.

At the Morocco Open in Rabat, Stearns defeated Panna Udvardy and Leylah Fernandez to reach her third WTA Tour quarterfinal. She lost to Sloane Stephens in a third-set tiebreak, despite holding three match points. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Ranked world No. 69 at the French Open, Stearns recorded her first top-50 win, defeating No. 49 Kateřina Siniaková. She immediately followed that up with her first top-20 win, defeating former champion and 17th seed, Jeļena Ostapenko, in three sets. She was defeated by ninth seed Daria Kasatkina, in the third round.

At the US Open, she reached the fourth round defeating Viktoriya Tomova, Clara Tauson and Katie Boulter. ^[13] As a result, she reached the top 50 at world No. 44 on 11 September 2023.

2024: Maiden career title, consecutive major third round

In Indian Wells, she recorded her second WTA 1000 win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto. She held four match points against world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in the second round but lost the match in the third set tiebreak. On her debut in the main draw at the Miami Open, she also reached the second round recording her first win at this tournament over Wang Yafan. ^[14]

She won her maiden career title in Rabat, Morocco, defeating Aleksandra Krunić, sixth seed Wang Xinyu, defending champion and fourth seed Lucia Bronzetti, Viktoriya Tomova, and Mayar Sherif in the final.

She reached for the second consecutive time the third round of a major at the French Open, with wins over first time Grand Slam qualifier Lucija Ćirić Bagarić in three sets, after missing five match points in the second set, ^[15] and tenth seed Daria Kasatkina.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	1R	4R		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	5–3	2–2	0 / 6	7–6	54%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open	NTI	A	NTI	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Dubai Championships	A	NTI	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Indian Wells Open	Q2	A	2R	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Miami Open	A	A	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	Q1	Q2	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH	A	1R	NTI	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wuhan Open	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	NH		1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–5	3–5	0 / 10	4–10	29%
Career statistics
	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	2	14	12	Career total: 28
Titles	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	1	1	Career total: 2
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–2	8–10	3–8	0 / 20	11–20	35%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	8–3	7–3	1 / 7	15–6	71%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–2	16–14	10–11	1 / 28	26–27	49%
Win %	–	0%	53%	48%	Career total: 49%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 1]	392	209	53		$1,306,607

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Morocco Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open	NTI	A	NTI	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Dubai Championships	A	NTI	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	1R	A	2R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Guadalajara Open	NH	A	2R	NTI	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wuhan Open	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	NH		SF		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	6–5	0–0	0 / 6	6–6	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	2	9	4	Career total: 17
Overall win–loss	0–2	1–2	8–9	2–4	0 / 17	11–17	39%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 2]	538	266	101

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–0) WTA 250 (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2023	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Tatjana Maria	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	1–1	May 2024	Morocco Open, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Mayar Sherif	6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–1) $60,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (4–3)

Finals by surface Hard (5–2) Clay (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2019	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Claire Liu	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2021	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Fernanda Contreras	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 2022	ITF Columbus, United States	25,000	Hard	Katrina Scott	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2022	ITF Austin, United States	25,000	Hard	Clervie Ngounoue	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–2	Oct 2022	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Alexandra Vecic	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 7–5
Loss	3–3	Jan 2023	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Emma Navarro	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Jan 2023	ITF Orlando, United States	25,000	Hard	Robin Montgomery	6–2, 6–0
Win	5–3	Feb 2023	Georgia's Rome Open, United States	60,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Knutson	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Apr 2023	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Emma Navarro	6–2, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend $60,000 tournaments (1–1) $25,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2021	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	60,000	Clay	Rasheeda McAdoo	Fanny Stollár Aldila Sutjiadi	0–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2022	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Kylie Collins	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	2–1	Sep 2022	Berkeley Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Elvina Kalieva	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	7–6(5), 7–6(5)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

• She has a 0–6 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank	H2H
2023
Loss	0–1	Daria Kasatkina	No. 9	French Open, France	Clay	3R	0–6, 1–6	No. 69
Loss	0–2	Jessica Pegula	No. 4	Washington Open, US	Hard	2R	3–6, 4–6	No. 59
Loss	0–3	Caroline Garcia	No. 7	Tennis in the Land, US	Hard	2R	6–7(4–7), 3–6	No. 58
Loss	0–4	Markéta Vondroušová	No. 9	US Open, United States	Hard	4R	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 2–6	No. 59
2024
Loss	0–5	Markéta Vondroušová	No. 8	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	2R	1–6, 7–5, 2–6	No. 65
Loss	0–6	Aryna Sabalenka	No. 2	Indian Wells Open, US	Hard	2R	7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)	No. 64

Notes

1. 2018: WTA ranking–887, 2019: WTA ranking–520, 2020: WTA ranking–478.
2. 2018: WTA ranking-1005, 2019: WTA ranking-877, 2020: WTA ranking-756.

References

1. Garber, Greg (March 11, 2023). "'Go big or go home': Swinging freely the key for Stearns". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
2. "Peyton Stearns - Women's Tennis". University of Texas Athletics.
3. "Women's Tennis' Stearns wins NCAA Singles title". University of Texas Athletics.
4. "Women's Tennis' Peyton Stearns elects to turn professional". Texas Longhorns. June 3, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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6. Ferro, Juan (February 28, 2023). "Former Texas tennis star Peyton Stearns seals three-set victory in ATX Open first round". The Daily Texan . Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
7. "Collins, Volynets surge into Austin semifinals". Women's Tennis Association. March 3, 2023. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
8. Plotkin, Jay (March 3, 2023). "Volynets ends Peyton Stearns' run, moves into ATX Open semifinals". Austin American-Statesman . Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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10. "Defending champion Maria stops Jones' run in Bogota semifinals". Women's Tennis Association. April 8, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
11. "Maria holds off Stearns to win second straight Bogota title". Women's Tennis Association. April 9, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
12. "Rankings Watch: Stearns cracks Top 100, Jabeur edges higher".
13. "Stearns concludes run at U.S. Open in the Round of 16".
14. "How a candid conversation helped Peyton Stearns rediscover her edge".
15. https://x.com/WTA/status/1795499662369022053

External links

• Peyton Stearns at the Women's Tennis Association
• Peyton Stearns at the International Tennis Federation