Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Calhoun, Georgia, U.S. | July 8, 1999
College | University of Florida |
Prize money | US$ 570,482 |
Singles | |
Career record | 130–68 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (August 26, 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 73 (October 21, 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2024) |
French Open | Q1 (2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 28–28 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 180 (April 8, 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 322 (October 7, 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Last updated on: 21 October 2024. |
McCartney Kessler (born 8 July 1999) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 63 in singles, achieved on 26 August 2024, and No. 180 in doubles, set on 8 April 2024. [1] [2] Kessler won her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 Tennis in the Land in Cleveland.
From Calhoun, Georgia, her parents, Carl Kessler and Julie Driggers, played collegiate tennis at University of Central Florida. Her brother McClain Kessler also played collegiate tennis in Florida. [3]
Kessler attended Calhoun High School. [4]
Kessler signed on to the University of Florida on a tennis scholarship to play collegiate tennis for the Florida Gators in November 2017. [5] [6]
Kessler won the U16 doubles title at the Orange Bowl with Emma Kurtz in 2015. [7]
Partnering with Alana Smith, Kessler won her first $60k tournament in September 2023 at the Central Coast Pro Open in Templeton, defeating Jessie Aney and Jaeda Daniel in the final.
Kessler made her WTA Tour debut at the Auckland Open after qualifying. [8]
For her major debut, she received a wildcard at the Australian Open [9] [10] after winning the USTA’s Wild Card Challenge, and reached the second round, recording her first major match win over qualifier Fiona Ferro. She lost in the second round to Linda Nosková. [11] In February, she won the biggest title of her career to that date at the WTA 125 in Puerto Vallarta. [12]
In March, she received a wildcard for the Indian Wells Open making there her WTA 1000 debut. [13] In April, she entered the main draw of the WTA 500 Charleston Open as a lucky loser, making her debut at this level.
She qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making her debut at this Grand Slam tournament. [14]
Following winning the W100 title in Landisville, Pennsylvania, she reached the top 100 on 12 August 2024. [15] [16] [17]
At the Tennis in Cleveland where she entered as a wildcard, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal by defeating fellow wildcard Katrina Scott and upsetting fourth seed Wang Xinyu for her first top 50 win. [18] Next, she defeated Arantxa Rus in straight sets to reach her first tour semifinal. [19] Kessler reached her first final with a come-from-behind three-set victory over fifth seed Anastasia Potapova, for her second top 50 win [20] and won her maiden career title defeating top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, her third top 50 win in this tournament. [21] She became the first American and also the first wildcard to reach the final in Cleveland and win the title at that tournament.
She also received a wildcard for the US Open making her debut at her home slam, [22] losing in the first round to 19th seed Marta Kostyuk. [23]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2024 | Tennis in the Land, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 1–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2024 | Puerto Vallarta Open, Mexico | Hard | Taylah Preston | 5–7, 6–3, 6–0 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lubbock, United States | W15 | Hard | Adriana Reami | 6–7(6), 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | Georgia's Rome Open, US | W60 | Hard (i) | Grace Min | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | Jan 2024 | Georgia's Rome Open, US | W75 | Hard (i) | Liv Hovde | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2024 | Landisville Tennis Challenge, US | W100 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2023 | ITF Jackson, US | W25 | Clay | Jaeda Daniel | Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa | 1–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2023 | ITF Sumter, US | W60 | Hard | Yulia Starodubtseva | Maria Mateas Anna Rogers | 4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2023 | Evansville Classic, US | W60 | Hard | Yulia Starodubtseva | Maria Kononova Veronika Miroshnichenko | 3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Win | 2–2 | Sep 2023 | ITF Templeton Pro, US | W60 | Hard | Alana Smith | Jessie Aney Jaeda Daniel | 7–5, 6–4 |
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