Ashleigh Barty

Ash Barty is a professional tennis player from Australia and also a former cricketer. Barty won ten singles and ten doubles titles at WTA Tour, including one Grand Slam singles title at 2019 French Open and one Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Open. She is also the reigning singles champion at the WTA Finals. Barty is currently ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Barty also achieved her career-high WTA doubles ranking of World No. 05 and has been a permanent fixture in the top 10 doubles rankings. At the end of 2014, Barty decided to take an indefinite break from tennis. She eventually played cricket during that hiatus, signing with Brisbane Heat for the first season of the Big Bash Women's League despite having no formal training in the sport, and returned to tennis in early 2016.

Here are some of her major achievements

• In 2011, Barty won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon and reached a junior career-high ranking of No 2 in the world
• In 2013, Barty finished as a runner-up at three Grand Slam doubles events, including the Australian Open
• Bagged her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open in 2017
• In 2018, Barty won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 2018 US Open
• Earned her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2019 French Open
• Led Australia to a runner-up finish at the 2019 Fed Cup
• Bagged the WTA Finals in 2019 after defeating Elina Svitolina in the finals
• In 2021, Barty won the Miami Open after defeating Bianca Andreescu in the final