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[[File:Sydney International WTA Players Cruise (31974227527) (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Barty in January 2019]] | [[File:Sydney International WTA Players Cruise (31974227527) (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Barty in January 2019]] | ||
'''Ashleigh Barty''' (born 24 April 1996) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[tennis]] player and former [[cricketer]]. She is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA). She is the second Australian WTA singles No. 1 after fellow Australian player [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]]. Barty has won five singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Of her wins, she has won one [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] title at the 2019 [[French Open]] and one Grand Slam [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]] title at the 2018 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] with partner [[CoCo Vandeweghe]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/ashleigh-barty-first-australian-woman-in-46-years-to-win-french-open-20190609-p51vw8.html|title=Ashleigh Barty the first Australian woman in 46 years to win French Open|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 June 2019| | '''Ashleigh Barty''' (born 24 April 1996) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[tennis]] player and former [[cricketer]]. She is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA). She is the second Australian WTA singles No. 1 after fellow Australian player [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]]. Barty has won five singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Of her wins, she has won one [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] title at the 2019 [[French Open]] and one Grand Slam [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]] title at the 2018 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] with partner [[CoCo Vandeweghe]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/ashleigh-barty-first-australian-woman-in-46-years-to-win-french-open-20190609-p51vw8.html|title=Ashleigh Barty the first Australian woman in 46 years to win French Open|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 June 2019|access-date=13 June 2019|author=Barrett, Chris}}</ref> She also won [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] singles in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oxley |first1=Sonia |title=Wimbledon 2021: Ashleigh Barty beats Karolina Pliskova to win title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57783918 |accessdate=11 July 2021 |work=BBC Sport |date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=The first racket of the world Barty finished her career|url=https://news99india.in/snews/the-first-racket-of-the-world-barty-finished-her-career/|access-date=|website=|language=}}</ref> | ||
Barty was born in [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]], [[Queensland]] and grew up in [[Springfield, Queensland]]. She has an [[Indigenous Australian]] background through her father. | Barty was born in [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]], [[Queensland]] and grew up in [[Springfield, Queensland]]. She has an [[Indigenous Australian]] background through her father. | ||
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