Ashleigh Barty

Ashleigh Barty 2022: Net Worth, Salary and Endorsements

Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty was born on April 24, 1996, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. She made her breakthrough at French Open 2019 when Barty filled up the Grand Slam drought in Australian tennis since 2011. She is the WTA world number one.

She has an all-court game and comes up with creative tennis, and her favorite surface is grass. And Barty trains under the tennis coach, Craig Tyzzer.

She is also a former cricketer. In 2014, she took a break from tennis and switched to cricket. She made a comeback in tennis in 2016 and broke into the top-20 rankings in 2017. 

On-court Achievements

Ashleigh Barty’s WTA singles title count extends to 12 and in doubles, she has won 11 titles which includes the US Open 2018 title where she teamed up with Coco Vandeweghe. In doubles, she has also reached the finals of the other three slams.

Barty pulled off her first singles title at the year-end WTA Elite Trophy in 2018. In 2019, she was the Miami Open champion, and she defeated a few top ten players in Miami and made her debut in the top ten WTA rankings.

Barty's maiden WTA title came at the Malaysian Open in 2017. She also has other important titles in Adelaide, Birmingham, WTA Finals, Zhuhai, Nottingham, etc.

After her victory at Roland-Garros 2019, a few days later, Ashleigh Barty’s ranking rose to World Number one after her Birmingham Classic victory. She was the first Australian woman to be ranked as World Number one after Evonne Goolagong, who did it in 1973.

Ashleigh Barty later won Wimbledon Championships 2021 as the number one seed. This was the second Grand Slam of her career and the first Wimbledon won by an Australian since Evonne Goolagong won it in 1980.

Ashleigh Barty's form leading up to the 2022 season

Barty's 2021 campaign can be considered one of the best seasons by a tennis players in recent times. The Australian star won five titles, including the prestigious Wimbledon Championships. It was a long dream for the Aussie star to clinch the title at SW19 and she fulfilled her desire last year.

During the second half of the 2021 season, Barty went on to win the Cincinnati Masters but failed to back it up with a win at the US Open.

Personal life

Since 2017, Barty has been in a relationship with professional golfer, Australian Garry Kissick.

Retirement

In what can be considered a shock to the world of tennis, Ashleigh Barty decided to retire from the sport at just the age of 25. On 23rd March 2022, the Australian star sat up with good friend Casey Dellacqua and talked that she had nothing more to give to the game and that she was very happy with what she was able to achieve.

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Ashleigh Barty: Net worth 2022

Presently her on-court earnings are about $23,829,071, from singles and doubles tennis on the WTA Tour. In 2020, Forbes ranked Barty as the third-highest paid female athlete in the world.

Ashleigh Barty’s Endorsements 2022

Ash Barty uses racquets manufactured by global sports equipment brand, Head, and her tennis apparel and footwear are taken care of by FILA. She became the part of Rado YoungStar family in 2017. She joined hands with the luxury car brand, Jaguar, in December 2018, the online video streaming platform, Kayo Sports sponsored her. Australian food spread firm, Vegemite also endorses her, and so do Banana Boat and Esmi.

Foundation and Charity

In 2020, she gave her support to the Indigenous tennis programs in Australia, in connection with the Australian Tennis Foundation.

How to contact Ashleigh Barty?

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