Ashlyn Krueger (born May 7, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 65, achieved on 20 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 75, attained on 15 July 2024.[2]
Junior career
In 2020, Ashlyn Krueger won the Orange Bowl junior tournament as a wildcard player.[3]
Professional career
2021: WTA Tour, WTA 1000 and major debuts
Krueger made her WTA 1000 debut at the Indian Wells Open, after receiving a wildcard for the main draw.
She also received a wildcard on her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open in singles and doubles.
2022-2023: First WTA Tour quarterfinal and title, top 100
At the 2022 US Open, she qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.[4]
She also qualified for the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells in 2022 and 2023. She received wildcards for the main draw at the 2022 and the 2023 Miami Open.[5]
She recorded her first top-20 victory over world No. 19 and third seed Viktoria Azarenka at the Rosamlen Open where she reached her WTA first quarterfinal.
Krueger won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Veneto Open defeating Tatjana Maria in the final, in three sets.[6]
She also won her first WTA 250 title at the Japan Women's Open without dropping a set, defeating Zhu Lin in the final.[7]
As a result, she reached world No. 73 climbing 50 spots on 18 September 2023, becoming the seventh American to make her top 100 debut in 2023 and the first American teenager to crack the top 100 since Gauff as a 15-year-old on 14 October 2019.[8]
She also qualified for the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing.
2024: First WTA 1000 third round, top 65
She qualified for the WTA 1000, the Qatar Ladies Open but lost to wildcard player Paula Badosa.
Following a second-round showing as a wildcard at the next WTA 1000, the Dubai Championships, she reached the top 70 in the rankings. It was her second career top-25 win over world No. 21 Caroline Garcia, and her first main-draw victory in a WTA 1000 event.[9]
At the Madrid Open, she reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time with wins over Nao Hibino and 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.[10] Following the next WTA 1000, the Italian Open where she lost in the first round, she was No. 65 in the singles rankings on 20 May 2024.
Performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11]
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.