Australian Open: Who Is Ashleigh Barty? Is She Married? Ashleigh Barty is an Australian former cricketer and professional tennis player. She plays with her right hand. Barty is the top-ranked Australian in both women’s singles and doubles. On the WTA rankings, she is currently ranked No. 1 in singles and No. 19 in doubles.
She has five singles victories and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She became pro in 2010. She took an indefinite break from tennis in late 2014 before returning in early 2016. During the interval, she played in the Women’s Big Bash League.
Ashleigh Barty became the first home player to reach the Australian Open women’s singles final in 42 years as she beat Madison Keys in straight sets on a jubilant Rod Laver Arena.
Wimbledon champion Barty, 25, won 6-1 6-3 against the unseeded American.
Ashleigh Barty became the first home player to reach the Australian Open women’s singles final in 42 years as she beat Madison Keys in straight sets on a jubilant Rod Laver Arena.
Wimbledon champion Barty, 25, won 6-1 6-3 against the unseeded American.
Now the top seed is one win away from becoming the first Australian – man or woman – to win the singles since Christine O’Neil won the title in 1978.
Barty will face American 27th seed Danielle Collins in Saturday’s final.
Collins, 28, beat seventh seed Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-1 to reach her first Grand Slam final, less than a year after she had surgery for endometriosis.
Channeling her passion into power, Collins settled more quickly than 2020 French Open champion Swiatek and raced into a 4-0 lead with a double break.
Reaching the first Melbourne final is unreal – Barty
While Collins showed aggression and clinical execution to dominate Swiatek, she looks likely to face a tough task stopping Barty.
The world number one reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park in 2020, with defeats in the quarter-finals coming to either side.
This year, Barty has so far looked unstoppable and unburdened by the weight of Australian expectation.
“It’s just unreal – as an Aussie, we are spoiled that we are a Grand Slam nation, and now we have a chance to play for a title,” she said.
The 25-year-old Queenslander has been in supreme form in 2022, having now won all 10 of her singles matches this year.
After beating three top-20 players to win the Adelaide International title, she has continued that dominance in Melbourne.
Strong serving has been the bedrock of her success, with her returning game – characterized by a tricky backhand slice – also proving difficult to unpick.
Barty has not dropped a set in her opening six matches, conceding just 21 games on her way to the final.
Key, a former US Open runner-up looking to reach her second major final, was nervous from the start and never looked like troubling Barty.
