Hailey Baptiste

Hailey Baptiste
	Baptiste at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Born	November 3, 2001 (age 23); Washington, D.C., United States
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,188,441
Singles
Career record	184–126
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 80 (14 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 80 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2021, 2024)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2024)
US Open	1R (2020, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	67–50
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 92 (July 22, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 101 (September 9, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	2R (2022)
	Last updated on: September 9, 2024.

Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. On 18 March 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 92, achieved on 22 July 2024. She has also won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Juniors

On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on January 29, 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles' tournament in 2018.

2019-2022: WTA Tour, WTA 1000 and major debuts and first wins

Baptiste made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her hometown tournament, the 2019 Washington Open and defeated Grand Slam finalist and former top-ten player, Madison Keys.^[1]

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard.

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 Miami Open after reaching the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.^[2]

On her debut at the 2021 French Open, she qualified for the main draw and recorded her first win at a major over Anna Blinkova.

2023-2024: First WTA 500 & 1000 wins, top 100

She received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open.^[3]

At the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open, she defeated wildcard player Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares and 16th seed Karolína Plíšková for the second time in the season having prevailed also earlier at the 2023 Washington Open, ^[4] to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time.

Following her first round main-draw win as a qualifier at the 2024 Indian Wells Open over fellow American qualifier Robin Montgomery, she reached the top 100 in the rankings on 18 March 2024. She received a wildcard for the main draw at the Miami Open.

At the 2024 French Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser^[5] and defeated Kayla Day for her second win at this major.

At the WTA 500 Korea Open, she defeated compatriot Sloane Stephens in straight sets.^[6]^[7] At the WTA 1000 China Open where she qualified for the main draw, she also recorded a first round victory over Varvara Gracheva. With her second round win over seventh seed Barbora Krejčíková at the 2024 Wuhan Open as a qualifier, Baptiste became the first player ranked outside the top 100 (at No. 102) to defeat a top-10 since the inception of the tournament. Krejčíková led 5-3, 40-0 in the second set before Baptiste won in straight sets, recording her first top 10 win and reaching her second third round at a 1000-level in her career.^[8]

World Team Tennis

Baptiste made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Vegas Rollers as an alternate, later ending up on the roster for the New York Empire in the 2020 season at The Greenbrier.^[9]

Performance timelines

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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[10]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	2R	Q1	Q3	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	Q3	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0 / 6	3–6	33%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	A			0 / 0	0–0	–
Dubai^[a]	A	A	A	A	A			0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	NH	Q1	1R	A	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	NH	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	NH	A	A		1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A		Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	NH	A	A			0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q1			0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH				A	3R	NMS	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Wuhan Open	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	1	6	7	4	6	Career total: 25
Overall win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–6	3–7	4–4	2–5	0 / 25	13–24	35%
Year-end ranking	457	285	231	160	181	131		$670,753

Doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	A	0–0
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–4
WTA 1000
Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	0–0
Dubai^[a]	A	A	A	A	0–0
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	A	0–0
Miami Open	A	NH	1R	A	0–1
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	A	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Canadian Open	A	NH	A	A	0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wuhan Open	A	NH			0–0
China Open	A	NH			0–0
Mexican Open	NMS/NH				0–0

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 250	Clay	Caty McNally	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, [10–6]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Golden Gate Open, United States	Hard	Claire Liu	Jodie Burrage Olivia Gadecki	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2023	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Sophie Chang Ashley Lahey	2–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Win	2–1	Jun 2024	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Alycia Parks	Miriam Kolodziejová Anna Sisková	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	ITF Plantation, United States	W25	Clay	Anna Bondár	7–5, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	ITF Sumter, United States	W25	Hard	Victoria Duval	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Nov 2019	ITF Tucson, United States	W25	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Apr 2023	ITF Boca Raton, United States	W25	Clay	Caroline Dolehide	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	W60	Clay	Raluca Șerban	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Feb 2024	ITF Morelia, Mexico	W50	Hard	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	7–6⁽¹¹⁾, 1–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–1)
W60/75 tournaments (1–3)
W25 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	W25	Clay	Emina Bektas	Anna Bondár Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2020	Kentucky Open, US	W100	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Quinn Gleason Catherine Harrison	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2022	ITF Orlando Pro, US	W60	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jan 2023	Canberra International, Australia	W60	Hard	Robin Anderson	Irina Khromacheva Anastasia Tikhonova	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Mar 2023	ITF Boca Raton, US	W25	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Francesca Di Lorenzo Makenna Jones	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–3	Nov 2023	ITF Charleston Pro, US	W100	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	Nigina Abduraimova Carole Monnet	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	3–4	Jan 2024	Vero Beach Open, US	W75+H	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	3–5	Jan 2024	Georgia's Rome Open, US	W75	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Angela Kulikov Jamie Loeb	walkover
Win	4–5	Feb 2024	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	W100	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Ann Li Rebecca Marino	7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	US Open	Hard	Dalayna Hewitt	Caty McNally Coco Gauff	3–6, 2–6

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

She has a 1–3 (25%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2024
1.	Barbora Krejčíková	10	Wuhan Open	Hard	2R	6–3, 7–5	102

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 until 2024. 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.

References

^ "'I knew every other person in the crowd': Hometown teen Baptiste advances at Citi Open". July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
^ "Player of the Day: Baptiste secures main-draw spot". March 23, 2021.
^ "Erika Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova awarded Miami Open wild cards". March 14, 2023.
^ "Baptiste saves match point to upset Pliskova; Azarenka rolls in Mexico".
^ "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". May 25, 2024.
^ "2024 Seoul; Baptiste defeats Stephens in Seoul after coming through first-set thriller". September 17, 2024.
^ "Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens loses in first round in South Korea". AP News. September 17, 2024.
^ @OptaAce (October 9, 2024). "102 - Hailey Baptiste has become the first player ranked outside the top-100 (World No. 102) to defeat a top-10 at the Wuhan Open (Krejcikova, #10) since the inception of the event in 2014. Upset.#wuhanopen @wuhanopentennis @WTA @WTA_insider" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "2020 Teams". WTT.com. July 25, 2020.
^ "Hayley Baptiste [USA]- Australian Open". ausopen.com.

External links

Hailey Baptiste at the Women's Tennis Association
Hailey Baptiste at the International Tennis Federation

[DubaiDoha-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 until 2024. 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.

[1] "'I knew every other person in the crowd': Hometown teen Baptiste advances at Citi Open". July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[2] "Player of the Day: Baptiste secures main-draw spot". March 23, 2021.

[3] "Erika Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova awarded Miami Open wild cards". March 14, 2023.

[4] "Baptiste saves match point to upset Pliskova; Azarenka rolls in Mexico".

[5] "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". May 25, 2024.

[6] "2024 Seoul; Baptiste defeats Stephens in Seoul after coming through first-set thriller". September 17, 2024.

[7] "Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens loses in first round in South Korea". AP News. September 17, 2024.

[8] @OptaAce (October 9, 2024). "102 - Hailey Baptiste has become the first player ranked outside the top-100 (World No. 102) to defeat a top-10 at the Wuhan Open (Krejcikova, #10) since the inception of the event in 2014. Upset.#wuhanopen @wuhanopentennis @WTA @WTA_insider" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] "2020 Teams". WTT.com. July 25, 2020.

[10] "Hayley Baptiste [USA]- Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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