Played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia (transferred from the University of Florida after her freshman year) winning the NCAA singles title twice in 2014 and 2016
Parents are Walter and Cathy; older brother is Joel
Started playing tennis at age 3; introduced to the sport by her dad (who played recreationally and used to coach her). Favorite surface is hard
Enjoys going to the beach, fishing and running
Plays
Right-Handed
Career High
7
Height
5' 10" (1.78m)
Birthday
Dec 13, 1993December 13, 1993
Birthplace
St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2024 - Miami, Charleston
2021 - Palermo, San Jose
Finalist (2): 2024 - Strasbourg
2022 - Australian Open
WTA 125 TITLES AND FINALS
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2018 - Newport Beach
Career in Review
Top results in 2025 include Strasbourg SF (l. Samsonova), Charleston QF (l. eventual champion Pegula) and R16 finishes at WTA 1000 events in Miami and Rome (d. No.2 Swiatek in Rome 3r)
Finished the 2024 season ranked No.11, her highest year-end ranking of career; won back-to-back titles at WTA 1000 Miami and WTA 500 Charleston in a season with 42 match wins; advanced to R16 at Wimbledon, her best career result at the tournament; also advanced to final at Strasbourg
2023 season highlighted by SF runs at Austin (l. eventual champion Kostyuk) and San Diego (l. eventual champion Krejcikova); also reached QF at Montreal as qualifier (l. Swiatek)
In 2022, reached first Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Barty in F) and made Top 10 debut at No.10 on January 31, following that event; other 2022 highlights include San Diego SF (l. Vekic) and Miami QF (l. Osaka)
Captured first two WTA Tour singles titles back-to-back in 2021, winning Palermo on clay (d. Ruse in F) and San Jose on hard court two weeks later (d. Kasatkina in F); pushed winning streak to 12 straight victories before falling to Pegula in Montreal 3r
Closed out 2021 campaign with QF at Chicago 500 (l. Vondrousova), 3r at Indian Wells (l. Jabeur) and SF at Linz (l. eventual champion Riske). Posted first Top-30 year-end finish at No.29
Began 2020 with SF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion Barty) and QF at Brisbane (l. Keys); ended season with QF run at Roland Garros, upsetting No.11 seed Muguruza and No.30 seed Jabeur en route (l. eventual R-Up Kenin)
In 2019, had Grand Slam breakthrough at Australian Open, advancing to SF (l. Kvitova); she had never won a Grand Slam match in five previous main draw appearances. During that fortnight, scored first Top 5 win of her career over No.2 Kerber in R16
Season highlight of 2018 was at Miami, where she became first qualifier to reach SF (l. Ostapenko), scoring first Top 10 win over No.8 V.Williams en route. Earned USD$327,965 by reaching the Miami SF, more than doubling her career earnings at the time
Posted first Tour-level wins during R16 run at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Suarez Navarro), including first Top 50 win over No.15 Keys in 2r
Won first WTA 125 title at 2018 Newport Beach (d. Zhuk in F)
Fell 1r at WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open as wild card (l. No.2 seed Halep)
Owns four singles titles on ITF Circuit
Played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia (transferred from the University of Florida after her freshman year) winning the NCAA singles title twice in 2014 and 2016
