Ashley Barty Net Worth
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What is Ashleigh Barty’s net worth?
Ashleigh Barty is an Australian professional tennis player with a net worth of US$16 million. Ashley was named the world’s number one singles by the Women’s Tennis Association. She has won numerous singles and doubles titles in the WTA Tour, including two Grand Slam singles titles: French Open and Wimbledon. In addition, Batty is the defending singles champion of the WTA Finals.
Early life and career start
Ashleigh Barty was born in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia in 1996, the daughter of Josie and Robert. Through her father, she is a member of the Aboriginal Ngaragu people in New South Wales and northeastern Victoria. Batty has two older sisters, Sara and Ali. When she was young, she attended Woodcrest State College and started playing tennis near Brisbane at the age of four.
Batty continues to have an auspicious junior career. In 2009, she won her first championship in the Australian International Fourth Grade Competition. Two years later, after winning the women’s singles championship at Wimbledon, she reached the second highest ITF World Youth Ranking of her career.
The beginning of a career
In 2010, Batty started her career in Ipswich’s International Tennis Federation tournament. Later, in 2012, she made her debut singles and doubles matches on the WTA Tour. Batty had a breakthrough year on the ITF Women’s Tour, with a singles record of 34-4 and a doubles record of 25-5 in nine games. She won consecutive singles titles in Sydney and Mildura, and won singles and doubles titles in the Nottingham Challenge.
Barty achieved further success in the 2013 WTA Tour doubles competition, she and her partner Casey Dellacqua (Casey Dellacqua) won the runner-up in three major events including the Australian Open. At only 16 years old, she played in the finals of the latter event, making her the youngest Grand Slam finalist since 2004. As a team, Batty and Delaqua became the first Australian combination to enter the Australian Open Women’s Doubles final since 1977. In the late 2014 season, after choosing to suspend the tennis game indefinitely, Batty played cricket for the Brisbane Heat in the first Women’s Major Basketball League.
Breakthrough year
Batty returned to tennis in early 2016 and made a breakthrough in singles in 2017. She won her first career victory at the Australian Open and won her first WTA singles title at the Malaysian Open. As a result, she went from ranking outside the top 100 to 17th in the world. Later in the season, Batty reached the top 5 of the Premier League at the Wuhan Open, beating three top ten players. Also in 2017, Batty and Delaqua had another successful year in doubles, reaching the quarterfinals or better in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. This team became the third-ranked doubles team at the end of the year, earning them a place in the WTA Finals.
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Rise to the top in the world
In 2018, Barty won the second WTA championship of her career at the Nottingham Open. With Delaqua, Barty also won the Miami Open, which was her first super mandatory championship. Then she played with Demi Shure and won the Italian Open and Canadian Open. Later this season, Barty teamed up with CoCo Vandeweghe to win her first Grand Slam title at the US Open.
Batty continued to win victories in 2019, including her first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open. After winning another Birmingham Classic, Batty officially became the number one player in the world, becoming the second Australian to reach this position in the WTA singles ranking. At the end of the season, Batty made his singles debut in the WTA Finals. Winning the championship in the knockout rounds, she received a prize of 4.42 million US dollars, which is the largest prize in a single men’s or women’s game in tennis history. Barty later won the WTA Player of the Year award, becoming the first Australian to receive the honor.
Sustained success
After a COVID-related interruption, Batty returned to the game at the Yarra Valley Classic and the Australian Open. Later, she defeated Bianca Andrescu and successfully defended her title of the Miami Open. Batty continued to win the Stuttgart Open and Wimbledon.
Fed and Hopman Cup
In addition to the WTA Tour, Batty also represented Australia in the Confederations Cup and the Hopman Cup. She made her debut in the former in 2013 and participated in two competitions in 2018. In the world group, she helped the Australian team enter the 2019 Confederations Cup finals. In the first two rounds, she won all six games. However, Australia eventually lost to France.
Batty participated in the Hopman Cup for the first time in 2013, fighting alongside Bernard Tomic. She returned to the championship in 2019, working with Matthew Ebden. Batty and Ebden won the first two matches against Spain and France, but lost in both singles matches against Germany.
personal life
Inspired by her tradition, Barty is the National Aboriginal Tennis Ambassador of the Australian Tennis Association. In this position, she advocated more indigenous participation in this sport. Outside of tennis, Batty is a fan and supporter of the Richmond Football Club, Manchester United and the West Tigers of the National Rugby League.
In 2016, Barty met Australian professional golfer Gary Kissick at Brookwater Golf Club. In the second year, the two began dating.
