- Christina McHale
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Christina McHale Country United States[1]
Residence Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.A.[1] Born May 11, 1992 [1]
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.A.[1]Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1] Career prize money US $495,625[2] Singles Career record 126–89 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 42 (10 October 2011) Current ranking No. 42 (10 October 2011) Grand Slam results Australian Open 1R (2009, 2011)[1] French Open 1R (2010, 2011) Wimbledon 2R (2011) US Open 3R (2011) Doubles Career record 32–25 Career titles 3 ITF Highest ranking No. 171 (August 22, 2011) Current ranking No. 174 (October 10, 2011) Grand Slam Doubles results Wimbledon 3R (2011) US Open 1R (2009) Last updated on: October 10, 2011. Medal record Tennis Competitor for United States
Pan American Games Silver 2011 Guadalajara Doubles Bronze 2011 Guadalajara Singles Christina McHale (born May 11, 1992[1]) is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 45, and in doubles it is No. 171. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including current world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, two-time Grand Slam event winner Svetlana Kuznetsova, and former Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli.
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Biography
Christina McHale was born in Teaneck, New Jersey.[1] She is the daughter of John and Margarita McHale. Her father John is an Irish American while her mother Margarita was born in Cuba. Her family lived in Hong Kong from the time she was three until she was eight, and she knows a little Mandarin Chinese. In 2000, the McHale family moved back to the United States and bought a home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. In June 2006, she graduated from Upper School of the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools as the 8th grade valedictorian.[3]
Christina McHale currently trains at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California. At the age of 15, she left her home to train at the USTA Training Center headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. She was also homeschooled through Kaplan Online High School since she was 15. Her sister Lauren is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she plays tennis for the Tar Heels.[4]
Her favorite tennis players include Andy Roddick, Serena and Venus Williams, and Rafael Nadal. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music and spending time with friends. She currently resides in the upscale suburb of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[5]
Tennis career
2009
McHale was granted a wildcard into the main draw of the 2009 Australian Open where she lost a close match in the first round to Jessica Moore 6–1, 3–6, 7–9.
She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2009 US Open where she won her first career Grand Slam and WTA match by defeating Polona Hercog 6–3, 6–1 in the 1st round. However, in the second round she lost to Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6–2, 6–1.
2010
In Boca Raton, Florida, Christina McHale beat Asia Muhammad in a qualifying tournament by a 6–4, 6–0 victory. Soon afterwards, Christina McHale earned a wild-card spot to play in the 2010 French Open in a 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 victory over Beatrice Capra. At the French Open, she lost 7–5, 6–3 in the first-round to Varvara Lepchenko.
On July 10, 2010 at The Kennedy Funding Invitational Tournament, she beat Melanie Oudin in a 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 victory. On July 11, 2010, she defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in a 6–4, 7–5 victory. This tournament raised $475,000 to support breast cancer care facilities. Christina received a $40,000 cheque after she won the match.
At 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open Christina defeated Nadia Petrova in the first round 7–6, 5–3 ret. and Ayumi Morita in the second 6–2, 6–4. She then lost in the third round to the eventual winner and former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters in straight sets 1–6, 1–6.[6]
2011
At the 2011 Family Circle Cup, Christina defeated Heather Watson in the first round, eighth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova in the second round and tenth-seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the third. She reached her first WTA quarter-final, but lost to third-seeded Jelena Janković in straight sets 2–6, 0–6.
In June she won her first ITF singles title, winning a $50k event in Italy.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, McHale won her second grand slam match by defeating 28th seed Ekaterina Makarova in three sets.[7] She lost in the second round to Tamira Paszek of Austria.[8] McHale scored the biggest win of her career in Cincinnati, beating world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Western & Southern Open. McHale, who was granted a wildcard into the main draw, defeated Wozniacki in straight sets 6–4, 7–5.[9] In the 2011 US Open, she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round in three sets. She would then go on to beat the 8th seed Marion Bartoli in the second round in straight sets 7–6, 6–2.[10] McHale exited after a 3rd round loss to 25th seeded Maria Kirilenko.[11]
Career statistics
ITF Circuit singles finals (1–2)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner–up 1. October 22, 2007 Itu, Brazil Clay Mailen Auroux
5–7, 2–6 Runner–up 2. October 5, 2009 Troy, United States Hard Alison Riske
4–6, 6–2, 5–7 Winner 3. June 5, 2011 Rome, Italy Clay Ekaterina Ivanova
6–2, 6–4 ITF Circuit doubles finals (3–2)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner–up 1. May 29, 2007 Houston, United States Hard Kimberly Couts
Helen Besovic
Nina Munch-Soegaard
6–7(2–7), 5–7 Winner 2. October 15, 2007 Serra Negra, Brazil Clay Allie Will
Mailen Auroux
Tatiana Bua
7–5 6–3 Winner 3. June 23, 2008 Wichita, United States Hard Sloane Stephens
Dominika Diešková
Ana-Clara Duarte
6–3 6–2 Runner–up 4. June 8, 2009 Szczecin, Poland Clay Asia Muhammed
Michaela Paštiková
Lenka Tvarosková
1–6, 0–6 Winner 5. May 31, 2010 Rome, Italy Clay Olivia Rogowska
Iryna Kuryanovich
Arantxa Rus
6–4, 6–1 Grand Slam performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour are considered. This table is current through the 2011 US Open.
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Australian Open 1R LQ 1R 0 / 2 0–2 French Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 Wimbledon A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 US Open 2R 1R 3R 0 / 3 3–3 Win–Loss 1–2 0–2 3–4 0 / 8 3–8 Career Statistics Tournaments Played 2 9 15 26 Titles–Runner-ups 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 26 0–0 Hardcourt Win–Loss 1–2 3–6 11–8 0 / 17 15–16 Clay Win–Loss 0–0 2–3 4–6 0 / 6 6–9 Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 0 / 2 2–2 Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 3–1 0–0 0 / 1 3–1 Overall Win–Loss 1–2 8–10 17–16 0 / 26 26–28 Year End Ranking 218 115 References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Christina McHale, WTA – Tennis". CBSSports.com. http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/players/playerpage/1660442. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ "Christina McHale – Player Profile". WTA.com. http://www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~14078,00.html. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ Coffey, Samantha. "Christina McHale Courts Greatness", Scholastic News Kids Press Corps, September 9, 2011. Accessed September 19, 2011. "Five years ago, Christina McHale was the valedictorian of her middle school in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Today, she is the youngest women's tennis player in the top 100 of the world. Clearly, she knows a lot about what it takes to succeed."
- ^ "Lauren McHale". tarheelblue.cstv.com. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mchale_lauren00.html. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Stephenson, Colin. "Englewood Cliffs native Christina McHale wins first round match at the U.S. Open", The Star-Ledger, September 1, 2009. Accessed October 24, 2009.
- ^ Sharma, Rohit (August 13, 2010). "Clijsters teaches McHale a lesson, enters Cincinnati Quarters". TennisEarth.com. http://www.tennisearth.com/news/tennisNews/Clijsters-teaches-McHale-a-lesson-enters-Cincinnati-Quarters-280781.htm. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ Sullivan, Tara (June 20, 2011). "Northjersey.com : Sports Englewood Cliffs' Christina McHale wins first-round Wimbledon match". The Record (Woodland Park, New Jersey: North Jersey Media Group). http://www.northjersey.com/sports/062011_Englewood_Cliffs_Christina_McHale_wins_first-round_Wimbledon_match.html. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Wimbledon 2011: Englewood Cliffs-raised Christina McHale loses in second round". The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey: Advance Publications). June 23, 2011. http://www.nj.com/tennis/index.ssf/2011/06/wimbledon_2011_englewood_cliff.html. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Wozniacki out early again: McHale sends world number one packing in straight sets". SkySports.com. August 17, 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,12110_7108419,00.html. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Martin, John (August 8, 2011). "In Yet Another Upset, McHale Defeats Bartoli". The New York Times. http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/in-yet-another-upset-mchale-defeats-bartoli/?ref=sports. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ McDonald, Joe (August 31, 2011). "McHale's Navy Launches At The Open". Tennis Now. http://www.tennisnow.com/News/McHale-s-Navy-Launches-At-The-Open.aspx/?ref=sports. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
External links
- Christina McHale at the Women's Tennis Association
- Christina McHale at the International Tennis Federation
- Christina McHale at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
Australian Open girls’ doubles champions 1969 Pat Edwards / Evonne Goolagong • 1970 Janet Fallis / Janet Young • 1971 Pat Edwards / Janice Whyte • 1972 Sally Irvine / Pam Whytcross • 1973 Jenny Dimond / Dianne Fromholtz • 1974 Nerida Gregory / Julia Hanrahan • 1975 Diane Evers / Nerida Gregory • 1976 Jan Morton / Jan Wilton • 1977 (Jan) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1977 (Dec) Keryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin • 1978 Debbie Freeman / Kathy Mantle • 1979 Linda Cassell / Sue Leo • 1980 Anne Minter / Miranda Yates • 1981 Maree Booth / Sharon Hodgkin • 1982 Annette Gulley / Kim Staunton • 1983 Bernadette Randall / Kim Staunton • 1984 Louise Field / Larisa Savchenko • 1985 Jenny Byrne / Janine Thompson • 1987 Ann Devries / Nicole Provis • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan • 1989 Andrea Strnadová / Eva Sviglerova • 1990 Rona Mayer / Limor Zaltz • 1991 Karina Habšudová / Barbara Rittner • 1992 Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London • 1993 Joana Manta / Ludmila Richterova • 1994 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1996 Michaela Paštiková / Jitka Schonfeldova • 1997 Mirjana Lučić / Jasmin Wöhr • 1998 Evie Dominikovic / Alicia Molik • 1999 Eleni Daniilidou / Virginie Razzano • 2000 Anikó Kapros / Christina Wheeler • 2001 Petra Cetkovská / Barbora Strýcová • 2002 Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja • 2003 Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili • 2004 Yung-Jan Chan / Sheng-Nan Sun • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Marina Erakovic • 2006 Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Yevgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova • 2008 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Ksenia Lykina • 2009 Christina McHale / Ajla Tomljanović • 2010 Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová • 2011 An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten American female singles tennis players, as of September 19, 2011.
1. Serena Williams (14) · 2. Christina McHale (51
6) · 3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (52
25) · 4. Irina Falconi (75
1) · 5. Sloane Stephens (91
2)
6. Vania King (984) · 7. Coco Vandeweghe (101
4) · 8. Varvara Lepchenko (108
2) · 9. Venus Williams (110
5) · 10. Jill Craybas (117
3)
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players from the Americas as of November 7, 2011. 1.Serena Williams (12
) · 2.
Christina McHale (42
) · 3.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (55
) · 4.
Rebecca Marino (63
3) · 5.
Gisela Dulko (68
)
6.Vania King (76
1) · 7.
Irina Falconi (80
1) · 8.
Sloane Stephens (97
5) · 9.
Stéphanie Dubois (98
1) · 10.
Venus Williams (103
1)
Categories:- American female tennis players
- American people of Cuban descent
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- People from Boca Raton, Florida
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- Tennis people from New Jersey
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian Open junior (tennis) champions
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