Ashleigh Barty has recently retired from tennis and she was the best tennis player in the world and no woman was able to beat her but at the young age of 25, she took the brave decision of retiring from tennis to spend time with her family and she retired as a 3 Time Grand Slam winner. Ashleigh Barty was a true role model for women in sport with her humility and generous behavior.
So, without wasting any more time let’s look at the Top 5 Matches of Ashleigh Barty who was the number 1 player in the world till the time she was playing.
1) 2022 Australian Open Women’s Singles Final
This was the most special win in the career of Ashleigh Barty as she was from Australia and she wanted to win her home Slam. And after trying for years finally in 2022 she got her dream as she won the Australian Open. She was facing Danielle Collins in the final and it was a good match and she won the match in 2 sets by 6-3 and 7-6 in the second set where she won 5 games in a row. This was the moment she decided to retire from Tennis.
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2) 2019 French Open Women’s Singles Final
This is the second match on this list and this was the first Grand Slam she won in her career. Ashleigh Barty was someone who was way too talented to not win a Grand Slam and the wait ended in 2019. In the final she was facing Marketa Vondrousova and this match was a one sided affair as Ashleigh Barty won the match 6-1 and 6-3.
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3) 2021 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final
This was the second and the first Wimbledon Final she won in her career and this was the hardest final she has had to win in her career. Winning the Wimbledon singles title is very important to every tennis player. In the 2021 Final she took on Karolina Pliskova and this was a thrilling match which was 3 sets and Ashleigh Barty won the first set 6-3 but she lost the second set 6-7 but in the last set she showed perseverance and won it 6-3.
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4) 2019 WTA Final
This was another big achievement in the career of Ashleigh Barty as this tournament is the equivalent of the ATP World Tour Finals and this happens at the end of the year. In the final she took on Elina Switolina and this was an easy win for Ashleigh Barty as she won the match 6-4 and 6-3 in 2 sets. This was one of the first big titles she won.
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5) 2018 US Open Women’s Doubles Final
This was the only Doubles Grand Slam title in the career of Ashleigh Barty as she won her first overall Grand Slam in 2018. She was teaming with local hero CoCo Vandeweghe and they faced Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenavic and this was one of her best Matches as all the 3 sets were closely contested and they lost the first set but the comeback in the next 2 sets and Ashleigh Barty and her partner won both the sets by 7-6 and 7-6 in tie breaks and won the title.
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