Ashleigh Barty is an Australian professional tennis player and former cricketer. She is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the second Australian WTA singles No. 1 after fellow Indigenous Australian player Evonne Goolagong Cawley. She is also a top 20 player in doubles, having achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world. Barty has won eight singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including one Grand Slam singles title at the 2019 French Open and one Grand Slam doubles title at the 2018 US Open with partner CoCo Vandeweghe. She is also the reigning champion in singles at the WTA Finals.
On the same day Aboriginal Australian Ashleigh Barty became the first local woman to reach the Australian Open semifinals in 36 years, a protest called for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed after.. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty has withstood a fierce challenge from Petra Kvitova to become the first local woman to reach the Australian Open semifinals in 36 years. SBS - Published
Australian Open favourite and world No.1 Ashleigh Barty isn't the first big local hope trying to break a title drought at their home grand slam tournament. SBS - Published
World No.1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty has pledged to donate all of her Brisbane International prize money to the fundraising efforts for bushfire victims. SBS - Published
Former perennial local hope Samantha Stosur says world No.1 Ashleigh Barty needs to get selfish in order to win next month's Australian Open. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty has capped off her stellar season, which included winning the French Open and finishing at No.1, by being voted WTA Player of the Year. SBS - Published
Winning big in the WTA Finals tournament hasn't satisfied Australia's world No.1 Ashleigh Barty, who says the Fed Cup trophy is still a major prize for her. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty has beaten Elina Svitolina to claim the elite season-ending championship and the biggest cash prize in tennis history, a cheque for $6.4 million. SBS - Published
World No.1 Ashleigh Barty has scored a crushing win over Petra Kvitova to book her place in the semi-finals of the rich season-ending championships in China. SBS - Published
Unlike Ashleigh Barty, who's a decision to choose an all year round sport like tennis ended her cricket career, Ash Brazill's chosen sports work well together SBS - Published
World No.1 tennis star Ashleigh Barty and Paralympic great Louise Sauvage were honoured at the Sport Australia Hall Of Fame annual awards SBS - Published
World No.1 Ashleigh Barty says frequent trips home have helped her win trophies on clay, hard and grass courts this year as she vies for the Wuhan Open title. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty is a win away from becoming the first woman in 12 years to claim successive US Open doubles titles after making the final with Victoria Azarenka. SBS - Published
Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty will regain the world No.1 ranking if she beats Russian veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals. SBS - Published
Despite being world number one, Ashleigh Barty didn't play her second round match at Wimbledon on either of the two main show courts at the All England Club. SBS - Published
Despite being world No.1, Ashleigh Barty didn't play her second-round match at Wimbledon on either of the two main show courts at the All England Club. SBS - Published
Despite being world No.1, Ashleigh Barty won't play her second-round match at Wimbledon on either of the two main show courts at the All England Club. SBS - Published
Serena Williams claims she didn't know Ashleigh Barty was world No.1, but says the Australian ace is "the sweetest, cutest girl on tour". SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty has become the second Indigenous Australian to win the French Open. Moments after lifting the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, she paid homage to the trailblazer who came before her. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty has become the second Indigenous Australian to win the French Open. Moments after lifting the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, she paid homage to the trailblazer who came before her. SBS - Published
The victory lifts Ashleigh Barty to number two in the world with the teenager also becoming the first Indigenous Australian to win the French Open since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1971. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty will become Australia's first French Open winner since Margaret Court 46 years ago if she beats Marketa Vondrousova at Roland Garros. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty is preparing to play in her first ever grand slam semi-final at the French Open, and a win will take her a step closer to creating history. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty is closing in on a first Australian singles triumph at the French Open in 46 years after surging into the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. SBS - Published
Ashleigh Barty's French Open run is wide open after Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka - the next two big guns in her path - were beaten at Roland Garros. SBS - Published
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