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Rankings
| Pro Singles | Pro Doubles | Junior Singles | Junior Doubles |
| 256 | 261 | 12 | 62 |
Current News
4/29/02
The USTA announced 4/16/02 that Ashley Harkleroad would be one of the participants at the "USA Rock & Rally" on May 1st, 2002 to be held in New York City's Rockefeller Center. The rally kicks of the USA Tennis month. Andy Roddick, James Blake, Sister Hazel and Billie Jean King will also be on hand to help launch the event.
"USA Tennis Month is a key component of the USA Tennis Plan for Growth, a five-year, $50 million commitment spearheaded by the USTA in partnership with the Tennis Industry Association to increase tennis participation in communities across America. The USA Tennis Plan for Growth and its extension, USA Tennis Plan for Growth II, is the most ambitious initiative ever proposed to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States."
"Harkleroad, 16, made her WTA Tour debut at the 2001 Ericsson Open. Given singles and doubles wild cards in the 2001 US Open, she was the youngest player in the women's singles draw. Her junior career highlight was winning the junior Wimbledon doubles with partner Gisela Dulko of Argentina."
04/11/02
(Dothan, Alabama) The $75,000 USTA Pro Tennis Classic to be contested in Dothan, April 21-28 has a website up on the world wide web. Info for the upcoming tournament and from last years tournament is available on the website. There are 3 pictures of Ashley on the 2001 Tournament link. There is an action shot, a shot with the eventual champion (Ashley was runner-up) and a picture with her dad and a birthday cake. www.dothanprotennis.org
04/09/02
Apparently Ashley isn't playing in the ITF Challenger in Naples. She had stated in an interview at the Nasdaq-100 that she would be playing in Naples. The draw sheets show her as absent. No other details are available at this time.
Check out an article found from last years US OPEN New Anna v Old Anna (Ashley did pretty well in the poll v. Anna Kournikova)
04/01/02
Ashley played in girls portion of the Nasdaq-100 this past week. She was eliminated in the first round of the main draw in the previous week. In Girls play she received a first round bye. She then defeated Shadisha Robinson (USA) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(1) in another come from behind victory. Ashley then lost in the next round to Maria Sharapova 1-6, 4-6.
3/28/02
Ashley's schedule for the next couple of months: April 8th, Naples, Florida. April 15th, Jackson, Mississippi. April 22nd, Dothan, Alabama. May 5th, Midlothian, Virginia. Then qualifying for the French Open at the end of May.
3/24/02
See Ashley's interview at the NASDAQ-100 open at the following link. Ashley's Interview
3/21/02
Ashley gets a match on stadium court against Martina Muller at the Nasdaq-100. However it didn't go to well for Ashley. She lost the match 4-6, 4-6. Ashley was serving to tie both sets at 5 and had her serve broken both times after leading 40-30 in both sets in game 10. Ashley had 17 break chances and only converted 5 while Martina had only 12 break chances but converted 7. Ashley was 10 of 14 at the net. She won 51% of first serves and only 30% of second serves. (Sounds a little like Hingis) Muller on the other had was 58% and 40% respectively. Ashley did have the fastest serve of the match and a higher average serve but both of these number were raised to that level only after she trailed 2-5 in the second. She made a charge but came up a little short this time.
3/20/02
The Nasdaq-100 draw is out. Ashley will face Martina Muller (GER) in the first round. The match is scheduled for an 11:00 AM start, Thursday March 21st. Looking ahead to the next round if Ashley wins, she will play Iroda Tulyaganova. The third round would likely bring either Ai Sugiyama or Brie Rippner which would then slide Ashley into a match up with likely opponent Jennifer Capriati with an outside shot of Anna Kournikova waiting instead. This is, of course, assuming Ashley wins in the first 3 rounds. The potential opponents in the first three rounds, while not "easy pickings," are opponents Ashley can defeat is she plays her game and dictates the play. (Check back tomorrow for the latest update.)
Ashley lost to potential 3rd round opponent Brie Rippner in Rockford earlier this year in 3 sets.
3/17/02
Ashley was granted a wildcard entry to this years NASDAQ-100 Open. There are several wildcards of note for this tournament. Anna Kournikova, Conchita Martinez and Gisella Dulko top the list along with Ashley for the NASDAQ-100, a tournament many consider second only to the Grand Slams. Ashley's professional debut was last year at this very tournament (then known as the Erickson Open.)
2/25/02
Ashley lost to Eva Fislova (SVK) 7-6, 7-5. She obviously played her tough but she has failed to qualify for the last 3 tournaments where she was required to qualify. She did get in as a lucky loser in Rockford.
Ashley defeated Petra Rampre (SLO) 4-6, 7-6(4) 6-2. A close match and one Ashley could have lost in a second set tie-break. Ashley will play Eva Fislova (SVK) next. Eva easily won her first round match 6-0, 6-1 over wildcard Megan Tiegs. Fislova is also the #8 seed in qualifying.
02/24/02
Ashley is playing this week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is playing the qualifying rounds. Her first round opponent is Petra Rampre (SLO) The tournament is a $50,000 tournament.
02/23/02
Ashley played with Lioudmila, Skavronskaia (RUS) in the doubles at Columbus. They won in the first round 6-2, 6-4. They then lost in the second round to Tara Snyder and Jacqueline Trail, both of the USA, 5-7, 4-6. Maureen Drake (CAN) who defeated Ashley in the singles is through to the final.
02/22/02
Ashley lost in the second round to #2 Seed Maureen Drake of Canada. Ashley won the first set 6-0 and then went on to lose the next two sets 3-6, 3-6.
02/21/02
Ashley is playing at a $25K in Columbus, Ohio this week. She won her first round match against Kelly Liggan (IRL) 6-2, 6-2. When you look at the draw and if you have followed Ashley's career at all you suddenly realize that this may be her first ITF victory. There is some tough competition in the field and it won't be a cake walk but the prospects for her first victory since playing her first final last May in Dothan, Alabama look the better than they ever.
02/12/02
The good news is the virus is gone and the website is back up, well it is if your reading this right now. Man almost two months to get it back in service. There are some changes at www.harkleroad.sport.new.net and in the future a more "artistic" website is the goal. The pictures are bigger in the Photo Gallery, there will be some new articles in the Archives in a day or two and in about two months hopefully some brand new pictures. This web site is number one on many of the search engines and has been for a while on www.google.com. Kind of amazing for the webmaster of this site as this just started out as a little fun project that might get some attention from people he didn't know as opposed to a personal web site that once your friends see it, who cares? However once you get to the top of the charts you start to feel a little pressure to keep things update and new. This was suppose to be a little hobby. If you enjoy the site or have any comments you can reach the webmaster at hemichallenger@prodigy.net.
There is some news about Ashley if you haven't heard lately. She has played two recent ITF tournaments and didn't fair to well in qualifying. She was a Lucky Loser in Rockford (Illinois, I believe) but then went on to lose in the first round to Brie Rippner 3-6, 6-2, 2-6. She then played in Midland Michigan where she lost in qualifying. However she did qualify with Marie-Eve Pelletier in the doubles where they went all the way through to the semi-final round before losing to Maria Geznenga (BUL) and Michaela Pastikova (CZE) 2-6, 3-6.
12/25/01
New discussion board goes live. Go to www.harkleroad.sport.new.net and click on the "Discussion Board" link to discuss the rising career of Ashley Harkleroad.
12/14/01
The News isn't good today. Ashley lost to Marion Bartoli (FRA) in the quarters 1-6, 7-6(2), 3-6. Ashley got into the quarters by defeating Alexandra Liles 6-1, 6-4.
12/12/01
Ashley's first two matches at the Burger King Orange Bowl tennis tournament resulted in crushing wins. In round one she defeated Maria Jose Herrera Lopez (MEX) 6-1, 6-1. The next round resulted in another 6-1, 6-1 win over qualifier Daria Kustava (BLR). Ashley faces Alexandra Liles (USA) in the next round. Also there was an article in the Miami Hearld last week when she was playing in the Connolly Cup on Key Biscayne. The writer did get some of the facts wrong but it was still an article with Ashley as the topic.
12/09/01
Ashley is seeded 5th in the Burger King Orange Bowl at The Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. The tournament runs through December 16th and is the last big Junior Tournament of the year.
12/05/01
The USA is out in the Connolly Cup. Ashley defeated Gisela Dulko 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. However Amber Liu lost her match and Ashley and Amber lost to Gisela Dulko and Maria Jose Argeri 2-6, 6-7(2).
12/04/01
Ashley is playing in the Connolly Cup for the USA team. She won her match against Agustina Arechavaleta of Uruguay 6-3, 6-0. Ashley and Amber Liu then defeated Estefania Craciun and Lucia Migliarini 6-0, 6-1. The USA advanced to the third round. Bethanie Mattek lost her match but the USA moves on. Bethanie had to retire at 2-2 in the first set. I hope this doesn't DQ the USA. Since I don't know the rules for this tournament - I don't know what round 3 will present. Check back for updates in the next day or two.
12/03/01
Day one of the Connolly cup was all USA against Canada. The USA won all three matches. Ashley defeated Melanie Marois 6-3, 6-3. Then she teamed up with Bethanie Mattek to defeat Diane Srebrovic and Melanie Marois 6-3, 6-3. Amber Liu defeated Beier Ko 6-1, 6-1 for the 3-0 sweep of Canada.