Ashleigh Barty is about to face Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon semifinal. The world number 1 is widely appreciated for her incredible success and bright personality. Here her bio.
Bio, family and aboriginal ancestry
Ashleigh was born on 24 April 1996 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, to Josie and Robert Barty. Her father’s grandmother is a member of the Ngaragu people who are indigenous to southern New South Wales and northeastern Victoria.
Ashleigh has always been proud of her aboriginal ancestry, and she has always been an inspiration for girls of similar origin.
Barty’s mother works as a radiographer, and like many other Australians, she is the daughter of English immigrants. Ashleigh has 2 older sisters: Sara and Ali.
Ashleigh loves sport in general and she famously got a long break from tennis after the 2014 US Open to play cricket. Barty was back to tennis in 2016, and she became the world no.1 in 2019. As of now, Ashleigh won 11 titles, and the Roland Garros in 2019.
Coach and Boyfriend
Craig Tyzzer currently coaches Ashleigh. She has been dating for long her boyfriend Garry Kissick, who tries to follow her girlfriend all over the world whenever he can.
Ranked world no.1, Ashleigh has an overall 33-6 win-loss record in 2021. Barty is playing at the moment in Wimbledon where she conquered Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-71 6-1, Anna Blinkova 6-4 6-3, Katerina Siniakova 6-3 7-5, Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 6-3 and Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 6-3.
Ashleigh Barty will compete against the world no.28 Angelique Kerber in the semifinal on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. Their current head to head is 2-2.
The Australian has won 3 titles in 2021 in Melbourne, in Miami and in Stuttgart. The Australian got to the final in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open).
Ashleigh won 11 titles in her career: 6 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Kerber in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.28, the German has managed to achieve an overall 19-10 win-loss record in 2021. Angelique is currently playing in Wimbledon where she defeated Nina Stojanovic 6-4 6-3, Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-5 5-7 6-4, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6 6-0 6-1, Cori Gauff 6-4 6-4 and Karolina Muchova 6-2 6-3.
Angelique Kerber will compete against the world no.1 Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. The head to head is 2-2.
Angelique has won 1 title in 2021 in Bad Homburg.
Kerber won 13 titles in her career: 4 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts, 3 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Ashleigh Barty and Angelique Kerber squared off 4 times. Their head to head is 2-2. The last time they squared off, Ashleigh Barty won 7-5 6-1 in the 3rd round in Wuhan (Wuhan Tennis Open) in September 2018.
Ashleigh Barty and boyfriend Garry Kissick |
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