Hailey Baptiste Explained

Hailey Baptiste
Birth Date:	2001 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C., United States
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,188,441
Singlestitles:	4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 80 (14 October 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 80 (14 October 2024)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2022)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (2021, 2024)
Wimbledonresult:	Q2 (2024)
Usopenresult:	1R (2020, 2021)
Doublestitles:	1 WTA, 2 WTA Challengers
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 92 (July 22, 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 101 (September 9, 2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	1R (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	2R (2024)
Usopendoublesresult:	2R (2022)
Updated:	September 9, 2024

Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. On 18 March 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 92, achieved on 22 July 2024. She has also won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Juniors

On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on January 29, 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles' tournament in 2018.

2019-2022: WTA Tour, WTA 1000 and major debuts and first wins

Baptiste made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her hometown tournament, the 2019 Washington Open and defeated Grand Slam finalist and former top-ten player, Madison Keys.^[1]

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard.

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 Miami Open after reaching the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.^[2]

On her debut at the 2021 French Open, she qualified for the main draw and recorded her first win at a major over Anna Blinkova.

2023-2024: First WTA 500 & 1000 wins, top 100

She received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open.^[3]

At the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open, she defeated wildcard player Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares and 16th seed Karolína Plíšková for the second time in the season having prevailed also earlier at the 2023 Washington Open, ^[4] to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time.

Following her first round main-draw win as a qualifier at the 2024 Indian Wells Open over fellow American qualifier Robin Montgomery, she reached the top 100 in the rankings on 18 March 2024. She received a wildcard for the main draw at the Miami Open.

At the 2024 French Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser^[5] and defeated Kayla Day for her second win at this major.

At the WTA 500 Korea Open, she defeated compatriot Sloane Stephens in straight sets.^[6] ^[7] At the WTA 1000 China Open where she qualified for the main draw, she also recorded a first round victory over Varvara Gracheva. With her second round win over seventh seed Barbora Krejčíková at the 2024 Wuhan Open as a qualifier, Baptiste became the first player ranked outside the top 100 (at No. 102) to defeat a top-10 since the inception of the tournament. Krejčíková led 5-3, 40-0 in the second set before Baptiste won in straight sets, recording her first top 10 win and reaching her second third round at a 1000-level in her career.^[8]

World Team Tennis

Baptiste made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Vegas Rollers as an alternate, later ending up on the roster for the New York Empire in the 2020 season at The Greenbrier.^[9]

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[10]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024			Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	2R	Q1	Q3	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	0 / 3	2–3
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	Q3	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0 / 6	3–6
WTA 1000
Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A			0 / 0	0–0
Dubai	A	A	A	A	A			0 / 0	0–0
Indian Wells Open	A	A	NH	Q1	1R	A	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Miami Open	A	A	NH	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4
Madrid Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A		1R	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A		Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A			0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q1			0 / 0	0–0
Guadalajara Open	NH				A	3R	NMS	0 / 1	2–1
Wuhan Open	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0
China Open	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	1	6	7	4	6	Career total: 25
Overall win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–6	3–7	4–4	2–5	0 / 25	13–24
Year-end ranking	457	285	231	160	181	131		$670,753

Doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
align=left colspan=6	Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	0–0
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	1–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–4
align=left colspan=6	WTA 1000
Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Dubai	A	A	A	A	0–0
Indian Wells Open	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	0–0
Miami Open	A	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	A	0–1
Madrid Open	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Canadian Open	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wuhan Open	A	NH			0–0
China Open	A	NH			0–0
Mexican Open	NMS/NH				0–0

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	class=unsortable	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Golden Gate Open, United States	Hard	Claire Liu	Jodie Burrage Olivia Gadecki	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2023	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Sophie Chang Ashley Lahey	2–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Win	2–1		bgcolor=silver	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Alycia Parks	Miriam Kolodziejová Anna Sisková	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	ITF Plantation, United States	W25	Clay	Anna Bondár	7–5, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	ITF Sumter, United States	W25	Hard	Victoria Duval	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Nov 2019	ITF Tucson, United States	W25	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Apr 2023	ITF Boca Raton, United States	W25	Clay	Caroline Dolehide	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	W60	Clay	Raluca Șerban	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Feb 2024	ITF Morelia, Mexico	W50	Hard	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	7–6⁽¹¹⁾, 1–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–1)
W60/75 tournaments (1–3)
W25 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	W25	Clay	Emina Bektas	Anna Bondár Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	0–2	Feb 2020	Kentucky Open, US	W100	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Quinn Gleason Catherine Harrison	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2022	ITF Orlando Pro, US	W60	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Jan 2023	Canberra International, Australia	W60	Hard	Robin Anderson	Irina Khromacheva Anastasia Tikhonova	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Mar 2023	ITF Boca Raton, US	W25	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Francesca Di Lorenzo Makenna Jones	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–3	Nov 2023	ITF Charleston Pro, US	W100	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	Nigina Abduraimova Carole Monnet	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	3–4	Jan 2024	Vero Beach Open, US	W75+H	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	3–5	Jan 2024	Georgia's Rome Open, US	W75	Hard (i)	Whitney Osuigwe	Angela Kulikov Jamie Loeb	walkover
Win	4–5	Feb 2024	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	W100	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Ann Li Rebecca Marino	7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

She has a 1–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

class=unsortable		Player	Event	Surface	class=unsortable		class=unsortable	Score	class=unsortable	class=unsortable
2024
1.	Barbora Krejčíková	10	Hard	2R	6–3, 7–5	102

Notes and References

Web site: 'I knew every other person in the crowd': Hometown teen Baptiste advances at Citi Open. 30 July 2019. 30 July 2019. English.
Web site: Player of the Day: Baptiste secures main-draw spot . 23 March 2021.
Web site: Erika Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova awarded Miami Open wild cards. 14 March 2023 .
Web site: Baptiste saves match point to upset Pliskova; Azarenka rolls in Mexico .
Web site: Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers. 25 May 2024 .
Web site: 2024 Seoul; Baptiste defeats Stephens in Seoul after coming through first-set thriller. 17 September 2024.
News: Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens loses in first round in South Korea. AP News. 17 September 2024.
102 - Hailey Baptiste has become the first player ranked outside the top-100 (World No. 102) to defeat a top-10 at the Wuhan Open (Krejcikova, #10) since the inception of the event in 2014. Upset.#wuhanopen @wuhanopentennis @WTA @WTA_insider. OptaAce. 9 October 2024. 1843876126407671870.
News: 2020 Teams . WTT.com . July 25, 2020 .
Web site: Hayley Baptiste [USA]- Australian Open]. ausopen.com.