Ashlyn Krueger (born May 7, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 61, achieved on 19 August 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 62, attained on 12 August 2024.[2]
At the 2022 US Open, she qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.[4]
She also qualified for the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells in 2022 and 2023. She received wildcards for the main draw at the 2022 and the 2023 Miami Open.[5]
She recorded her first top-20 victory over world No. 19 and third seed Viktoria Azarenka at the Rosamlen Open where she reached her WTA first quarterfinal.
Krueger won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Veneto Open defeating Tatjana Maria in the final, in three sets.[6]
She also won her first WTA 250 title at the Japan Women's Open without dropping a set, defeating Zhu Lin in the final.[7]
As a result, she reached world No. 73 climbing 50 spots on 18 September 2023, becoming the seventh American to make her top 100 debut in 2023 and the first American teenager to crack the top 100 since Gauff as a 15-year-old on 14 October 2019.[8]
She also qualified for the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing.
She qualified for the WTA 1000, the Qatar Ladies Open but lost to wildcard player Paula Badosa.
Following a second round showing as a wildcard at the next WTA 1000, the Dubai Championships, she reached the top 70 in the rankings. It was her second career top 25 win over world No. 21 Caroline Garcia, and her first main draw win in a WTA 1000 event.[9]
At the Madrid Open, she reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time defeating Nao Hibino and upsetting 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.[10] Following the next WTA 1000, the Italian Open where she lost in the first round, she reached the top 65 in the singles rankings on 20 May 2024.
Following reaching another round of 16 at a WTA 1000, at the 2024 National Bank Open, as a qualifier, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto and upsetting 15th seed Leylah Fernandez, she climbed to a new career high ranking in the top 65 moving close to 20 positions up in the rankings on 12 August 2024.[11] She also qualified for the 2024 Cincinnati Open making her debut at this WTA 1000 as well.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[12]
^ abThe first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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