Mashona Washington
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Mashona at Stanford, 2010 | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Houston, Texas |
Born | Flint, Michigan | May 31, 1976
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Singles: 1 (runner-up)
[edit]Result | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | October 10, 2004 | Japan Open | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)
[edit]Result | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | October 9, 2004 | Japan Open | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | February 28, 2008 | U.S. National Indoors | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
ITF finals
[edit]Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (2–10)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | July 4, 1994 | ITF Indianapolis, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | June 24, 1995 | ITF Hilton Head, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | January 11, 1998 | ITF San Antonio, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 4. | January 26, 1998 | ITF Clearwater, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 5. | April 15, 2001 | ITF Columbus, U.S. | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | September 30, 2001 | ITF Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 6. | December 3, 2001 | ITF Columbia, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 7. | February 10, 2002 | Midland Classic, U.S. | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8. | March 28, 2004 | ITF Redding, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 9. | May 9, 2004 | ITF Raleigh, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | June 1, 2008 | ITF Carson, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 10. | June 14, 2009 | ITF El Paso, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (15–11)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | Jan 1998 | ITF San Antonio, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(3), 6–2 |
Loss | 1. | Sep 1998 | ITF Seattle, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | May 2000 | ITF Virginia Beach, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, 7–6(2) |
Loss | 2. | Nov 2001 | ITF Pittsburgh, U.S. | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3. | Oct 2002 | ITF Sedona, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 7–5 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 2004 | ITF Orange, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Win | 4. | Mar 2004 | ITF Redding, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 5. | Apr 2004 | ITF Augusta, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 4. | Jun 2005 | Surbiton Trophy, UK | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6. | Oct 2007 | ITF Troy, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 5. | Nov 2007 | ITF La Quinta, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
Loss | 6. | Jan 2008 | Waikoloa Championships, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 7. | Nov 2008 | ITF San Diego, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8. | Jan 2009 | ITF Lutz, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 7. | Sep 2009 | ITF Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 8. | Nov 2009 | ITF Phoenix, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 9. | Nov 2009 | ITF Toronto, Canada | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–2 ret. |
Win | 9. | Dec 2009 | ITF Veracruz, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 10. | Jan 2010 | ITF Plantation, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 11. | Jan 2010 | ITF Lutz, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10. | Sep 2010 | ITF Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 12. | Nov 2010 | ITF Grapevine, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, [11–9] |
Win | 13. | Jan 2011 | ITF Plantation, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 14. | Jan 2011 | ITF Lutz, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 15. | Oct 2011 | Las Vegas Open, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 11. | Oct 2011 | ITF Troy, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(6), 3–6 |
Grand Slam performance timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | W–L |
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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
[edit]Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | W–L |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Getting to Know Mashona Washington". Newsroom. WTA. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
External links
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- African-American tennis players
- American female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Delray Beach, Florida
- Sportspeople from Flint, Michigan
- Tennis players from Florida
- Tennis players from Michigan
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American women
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
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