Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins is an American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 23 in singles on January 28, 2019 and No. 86 in doubles on March 2, 2020. Collins played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA singles title twice.
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Danielle Rose Collins is an American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 23 in singles on January 28, 2019 and No. 86 in doubles on March 2, 2020. She was a quarterfinalist at the 2020 French Open in singles and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships in doubles. Collins played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA singles title twice, 2014 and 2016, during her sophomore and senior years. In 2009, Collins played her first events on the ITF Women’s Circuit. She won her first ITF singles title in 2011. In mid-2016, she turned fully professional. She has won one WTA 125K and four ITf singles titles. Collins made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2014 US Open in the Arthur Ashe Stadium, where she forced second seed Simona Halep to a third-setter in the first round.
Her big breakthrough came at the 2019 Australian Open where she reached the semifinals, defeating world no. 2 Angelique Kerber in the fourth round. She also reached the quarterfinals at the French Open and Wimbledon as well as the third round at the US Open and French Open. She recorded her best-ever Grand Slam result at Wimbledon in doubles, reaching the quarterfinal. Collins rose to a career high ranking of No 23 following the following tournament, following her win over eighth seed Petra Kvitová, in two sets, in the second round of the Wimbledon women’s doubles tournament. She is the daughter of former tennis star and U.S. Olympian, Michael Collins, and the sister of U.K. tennis star, Michaela Collins.
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