Mashona Washington

Mashona Washington

Country	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Born	May 31, 1976 (1976-05-31) (age 35) Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$946,012
Singles
Career record	354-328
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 8, 2004)
Current ranking	No. 276 (April 26, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2005)
French Open	1r (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	3r (2005)
US Open	2r (2002)
Doubles
Career record	180-184
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 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)
Last updated on: April 26, 2010.

Mashona Washington (b. May 31, 1976, in Flint, Michigan) is a professional tennis player from the United States.

Mashona's career high singles ranking is no. 50 which she reached on November 8, 2004, and her career high doubles ranking is no. 55 which she reached on July 18, 2005.

Biography

Early Years

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]

Tennis career

As a junior player, Washington won the US Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the US National Hardcourt 16s and US 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 Maria 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, where Elena Dementieva beat her 7-5 6-1.

She joined the Washington Kastles in 2008.

She is now a member of the Boston Lobsters since 2010

Personal life

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

ITF Singles Winner (2)

• 2008 – $50k Carson, USA
• 2001 – $75k Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

ITF Doubles Winner (11)

• 2010 – $25k Lutz, USA w/ Aurélie Védy
• 2010 – $25k Plantation, USA w/ Aurélie Védy
• 2009 – $10k Lutz, MEX w/ Dominika Dieskova
• 2009 – $50k Phoenix, Arizona, USA w/ Sharon Fichman
• 2009 – $75k Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA w/ Riza Zalameda
• 2007 – $50k Troy, Alabama, USA w/ Angela Haynes
• 2004 – $25k Augusta^{[disambiguation needed  Francesca Lubiani}
• 2004 – $25k Redding, USA w/ Jennifer Hopkins
• 2002 – $25k Sedona, USA w/ Jennifer Embry
• 2000 – $25k Virginia Beach, USA w/ Dawn Buth
• 1998 – $10k San Antonio, USA w/ Kim Grant

References

1. ^ "Getting to Know Mashona Washington". Newsroom. WTA. 2004-08-31. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/?ContentID=111. Retrieved 2009-03-19. 

External links

• Mashona Washington at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mashona Washington at the International Tennis Federation

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Name	Washington, Mashona
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Date of birth	May 31, 1976
Place of birth	Flint, Michigan, U.S.
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