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Ashley Harkleroad (born May 2, 1985), is an
American tennis player. Born in Rossville, Georgia, Harkleroad reached a
career-high ranking of No. 39 on June 9, 2003. As of March 6, 2006, she is
ranked 78 in singles and 100 in doubles. Her career prize money to date is
$486,794.
Harkleroad turned pro on June 12, 2000. Her debut was at the ITF tournament
in Largo, Florida in 1999. The following year she played her first tour
qualifying in Miami and her first grand slam at the US Open. In 2001, she
debuted her tour at the same events while improving her status in the ITF
circuit.
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2002 saw her win her first tour matches, reaching the 2nd round at San
Diego, Hawaii and Bratislava where she made her first doubles semi-final
with partner Maria Emilia Salerni. She ended that year in the top 200 for
the first time.
Her breakthrough year was in 2003, when at Charleston she defeated three top
20 players at the time (No.16 Elena Bovina, No.19 Meghann Shaughnessy and
No.9 Daniela Hantuchova) losing just 11 games along the way to reach her
first WTA tour semifinal before losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne. She became
the lowest ranked semifinalist (No. 101) in the event's history since
unranked Jennifer Capriati reached the finals in 1990. After that
performance, on April 14, 2003 she broke out from a No.101 to climb to a
No.56 ranking. Subsequently she reached the semifinals again at Strasbourg
and scored her second Top 10 win and second over Daniela Hantuchova at
Roland Garros while reaching the 3rd round and for the second time winning
past the first round at a grand slam. On June 9, 2003 she soared into the
Top 50 at No.39 and reached the final in doubles at the Japan Open in Tokyo.
In 2004, she made her career first Tour final at Auckland before losing to
defending champion Eleni Daniilidou. For most of the 2005 season, Harkleroad
sat out due to various injuries, but the time she was on court was spent on
the ITF Women's circuit winning 2 titles. She did however reach a tour
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