Mashona Washington

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.

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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)

ITF Doubles Winner (11)

References

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