Mashona Washington

Mashona Washington
	Mashona at Stanford, 2010
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas
Born	May 31, 1976 (age 48); Flint, Michigan
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2012
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$975,863
Singles
Career record	373–353
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 8, 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	3R (2005)
US Open	2R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	213–207
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 55 (July 18, 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
US Open	3R (1998, 2004)

Mashona Washington (born May 31, 1976) is a former tennis player from the United States.

Her career-high singles ranking is No. 50, achieved on November 8, 2004. On July 18, 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings. Washington retired from professional tennis in 2012, aged 36.

Biography

Washington attended high school in Michigan, moved to Delray Beach, Florida in her sophomore year, graduating from Lake Worth Christian School, Boynton Beach, Florida in 1994, and moved to Houston, Texas, in 1997.^[1]

She is the younger sister of Mashiska and of MaliVai Washington, who reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.

Tennis career

As a junior player, Washington won the U.S. Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the U.S. National Hardcourt 16s and U.S. Indoor National 16s in 1991. She turned professional in 1995.

After a slow start to her professional career, Washington's breakthrough year came in 2004 when she broke into the world's top 100 for the first time and then finished the year ranked in the top 50. She recorded her first win against a top-10 player when she defeated Maria Sharapova at New Haven, and reached her first top-level singles final in Tokyo where she lost to Sharapova.

She also came within a hair's breadth of beating Sharapova in the first round of the 2006 French Open. She served for the match at 5–2 but could not hold serve. At 5–4 in the third set, she held match points before the then world No. 4 broke back and won the final set 7–5.

In 2005, she reached the third round at Wimbledon, before Elena Dementieva beat her 7–5, 6–1.

She was a member of the Washington Kastles World TeamTennis squad from 2008–09 and the Boston Lobsters from 2010-12.

Mashona Washington has since retired.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	October 10, 2004	Japan Open	Hard	Maria Sharapova	0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

Result	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	October 9, 2004	Japan Open	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	1–6, 4–6
Loss	February 28, 2008	U.S. National Indoors	Hard	Angela Haynes	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	3–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	July 4, 1994	ITF Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Kristina Brandi	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	June 24, 1995	ITF Hilton Head, U.S.	Hard	Kori Davidson	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	January 11, 1998	ITF San Antonio, U.S.	Hard	Andrea Šebová	5–7, 1–6
Loss	4.	January 26, 1998	ITF Clearwater, U.S.	Hard	Kristina Brandi	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	April 15, 2001	ITF Columbus, U.S.	Hard (i)	Lea Ghirardi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	September 30, 2001	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	Hard	Marissa Irvin	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6.	December 3, 2001	ITF Columbia, U.S.	Hard	Samantha Reeves	1–6, 0–6
Loss	7.	February 10, 2002	Midland Classic, U.S.	Hard (i)	Li Na	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	March 28, 2004	ITF Redding, U.S.	Hard	Anne Keothavong	3–6, 6–2, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	9.	May 9, 2004	ITF Raleigh, U.S.	Clay	Marissa Irvin	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	June 1, 2008	ITF Carson, U.S.	Hard	Alexa Glatch	7–5, 6–4
Loss	10.	June 14, 2009	ITF El Paso, U.S.	Hard	Valérie Tétreault	4–6, 3–6

Doubles (15–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jan 1998	ITF San Antonio, U.S.	Hard	Kim Grant	Andrea Šebová Silvia Uricková	4–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2
Loss	1.	Sep 1998	ITF Seattle, United States	Hard (i)	Lilia Osterloh	Els Callens Liezel Horn	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2.	May 2000	ITF Virginia Beach, U.S.	Clay	Dawn Buth	Lisa McShea Jessica Steck	1–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽²⁾
Loss	2.	Nov 2001	ITF Pittsburgh, U.S.	Hard (i)	Karin Miller	Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir	1–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Oct 2002	ITF Sedona, U.S.	Hard	Jennifer Russell	Milagros Sequera Christina Wheeler	7–6⁽³⁾, 7–5
Loss	3.	Mar 2004	ITF Orange, U.S.	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Jennifer Hopkins Abigail Spears	3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	4.	Mar 2004	ITF Redding, U.S.	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	Lilia Osterloh Riza Zalameda	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	Apr 2004	ITF Augusta, U.S.	Hard	Francesca Lubiani	Julie Ditty Jessica Lehnhoff	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4.	Jun 2005	Surbiton Trophy, UK	Grass	Jennifer Hopkins	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	6.	Oct 2007	ITF Troy, U.S.	Hard	Angela Haynes	Eva Hrdinová Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5.	Nov 2007	ITF La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Angela Haynes	Christina Fusano Ashley Harkleroad	4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	6.	Jan 2008	Waikoloa Championships, U.S.	Hard	Angela Haynes	Maria Fernanda Alves Betina Jozami	5–7, 4–6
Loss	7.	Nov 2008	ITF San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Angela Haynes	Christina Fusano Alexa Glatch	3–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	Jan 2009	ITF Lutz, U.S.	Clay	Story Tweedie-Yates	Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman	4–6, 5–7
Win	7.	Sep 2009	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	Hard	Riza Zalameda	Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–3, 6–2
Win	8.	Nov 2009	ITF Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Marie-Ève Pelletier Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	9.	Nov 2009	ITF Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Maureen Drake Marianne Jodoin	3–2 ret.
Win	9.	Dec 2009	ITF Veracruz, Mexico	Hard	Dominika Diesková	Hsu Chieh-yu Nika Kukharchuk	7–5, 6–4
Win	10.	Jan 2010	ITF Plantation, U.S.	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Jorgelina Cravero María Irigoyen	6–0, 6–2
Win	11.	Jan 2010	ITF Lutz, U.S.	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Maria Fernanda Alves Florencia Molinero	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	Sep 2010	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	Hard	Abigail Spears	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	12.	Nov 2010	ITF Grapevine, U.S.	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Julie Ditty Chanelle Scheepers	5–7, 6–2, [11–9]
Win	13.	Jan 2011	ITF Plantation, U.S.	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Christina Fusano Yasmin Schnack	6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	Jan 2011	ITF Lutz, U.S.	Clay	Ahsha Rolle	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	6–4, 6–4
Win	15.	Oct 2011	Las Vegas Open, U.S.	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Varvara Lepchenko Melanie Oudin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11.	Oct 2011	ITF Troy, U.S.	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	Elena Bovina Valeria Savinykh	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 3–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	1R	Q3	2R	A	A	A	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	0–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	2R	3R	2R	A	Q1	4–4
US Open	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	1R	Q2	2R	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	A	1–6

Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1–4
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	A	4–6
US Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	4–6

References

^ "Getting to Know Mashona Washington". Newsroom. WTA. August 31, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2009.

External links

Mashona Washington at the Women's Tennis Association
Mashona Washington at the International Tennis Federation
Mashona Washington at the Billie Jean King Cup
Mashona Washington at ESPN.com

[1] "Getting to Know Mashona Washington". Newsroom. WTA. August 31, 2004. Retrieved March 19, 2009.

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