Ashley Harkleroad was born on May 2, 1985 in Rossville, Georgia, USA. She is a famous professional tennis player.
Biography and Career:
She is a pretty tennis player who became a professional player in June 2000 and was soon considered to be a future superstar.
Since then she has won five ITF single tournaments and three ITF single tournaments, but none WTA titles.
In 2000 she played at the US Open and Miami and next year the same.
After two Years she reached the second round at San Diego. At Bratislava she played as a doubles player and reached the semi-finals along Maria Emilia Salerni.
In 2003 at Charleston she managed to beat players like Elena Bovina, Meghann Shaughnessy and Daniela Hantuchovi¡ and lost to Justine Henin.
That year she played the semi-finals at
Strasbourg and the third round at the French Open.
At the Japan Open she played as a doubles player the final, but lost it.
In 2004 at Aukland she lost the final to Eleni Daniilidou.
Next year she had some injuries and had to stay away from the tennis court most of the year.
At the Australian Open she played into the second round in 2006. In the next year she reached the third round after she beat Meng Yuan and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, but lost to Daniela Hantuchovi¡.
Her coach is Jay Berger and her favorite activities are listening to music, reading, and shopping.
In 2004 she decided to marry Alex Bogomolov Jr, who is a tennis player, but they divorced later.
Trivia :
- Height: 165 cm
- Weight: 54.8 kg
- She plays: right-handed.
- She turned pro in 2000.
Career Review :
- Singles Record: 172-118
- Singles Titles: 5
- Doubles Record: 81-68
- Doubles Titles: 3
- Prize Money: $773,626
- Career High ATP Ranking - Singles: 39 (9-Jun-2003).