Australian Open Melbourne Park Day 13 29/01/2022 ASH BARTY (AUS) v DANIELLE COLLINS (USA) LADIES SINGLES FINAL Photo Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd
Ash Barty winning AustralIAn Open title 2022 – by KARL WINTER
April 2010 – Barty turns professional at 14, playing in an ITF Women’s tournament in her hometown of Ipswich in Queensland.
June 2011 – She wins the girls’ singles title at Wimbledon – her first junior Grand Slam
January 2012 – Debuts in her first professional Slam at 16 as a wildcard at the Australian Open
February 2013 – First WTA Tour win at the Malaysian Open
May 2013 – Wins her first Slam match at French Open
June 2013 – Wins first WTA title in the doubles with Casey Dellacqua at the Birmingham Open
September 2014 – Takes a break from tennis to be a ‘normal teenage girl’
July 2015 – Signs to play cricket for the Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League
February 2016 – Returns to tennis
February 2017 – Wins first WTA title at the Malaysian Open
January 2018 – Earns first Grand Slam seeding as no.18 at the Australian Open
September 2018 – Wins first Slam title in the doubles at the US Open alongside Coco Vandeweghe
June 2019 – Wins her first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open – the first Australian to win at Roland Garros since Margaret Court in 1973
June 2019 – Becomes the first Australian woman to be world no.1 since Evonne Goolagong
August 2020 – Takes 11-month break from tennis due to Covid pandemic and Australian travel restrictions
July 2021 – Wins Wimbledon title, the first Australian woman since Goolagong in 1980
July 2021 – Wins bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in mixed doubles with John Peers
August 2021 – Withdraws from remainder of WTA season to concentrate on the Australian Open
January 2022 – Wins Australian Open title, the first Australian woman to do so in 44 years
March 2022 – Retires from tennis
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