Asia Muhammad
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Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour including the 2024 Cincinnati WTA 1000 title with Erin Routliffe and the 2025 Indian Wells with Demi Schuurs.
Muhammad at the 2024 Transylvania Open | |
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Born | Long Beach, California, U.S. | April 4, 1991
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Turned pro | 2006[1] |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Tim Blenkiron |
Prize money | US$ 2,347,234 |
Singles | |
Career record | 346–290 |
Career titles | 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 124 (April 24, 2017) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2023) |
French Open | Q2 (2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2017) |
US Open | 1R (2008, 2018, 2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 447–243 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (March 17, 2025) |
Current ranking | No. 8 (March 17, 2025) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2019, 2025) |
French Open | QF (2020) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2021, 2022, 2024) |
US Open | SF (2020) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2025) |
French Open | QF (2023) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2019, 2021, 2024) |
US Open | 1R (2014, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
Last updated on: March 28, 2025. |
She also reached the finals in 2022 Indian Wells with Ena Shibahara and in 2024 Wuhan with Jessica Pegula. In addition, Muhammad has won five doubles titles on the Challenger Tour and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In singles she has a carer-high No. 124, achieved on April 24, 2017 and has won 14 ITF singles titles.
Career
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Perspective
Junior years
Muhammad has been training at the No Quit Tennis Academy with Tim Blenkiron. He started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi's Team Agassi tennis and education program in Las Vegas, where she developed into a top junior player.[2] Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.[3]
Senior years
Muhammad reached the semifinals of a major at the 2020 US Open and won two WTA 500 titles, at the 2023 Adelaide International 1[4] and the 2024 Washington Open, all partnering with Taylor Townsend.[5] As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 on August 12, 2024.[6] After winning her biggest title, a WTA 1000 in Cincinnati with Routliffe, Muhammad reached the top 20.[7] Next she reached the final at the WTA 1000 2024 Wuhan Open with Pegula and finished the 2024 season ranked No. 15. Following three round of 16 showings at the 2025 Australian Open, and at the 2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open and the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships with new partner Demi Schuurs, Muhammad reached the top 10 in the rankings on February 24, 2025.[8] Again with partner Schuurs, Muhammad reached the final at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open defeating top seeds world No. 1 Katerina Siniakova and world No. 2 Taylor Townsend.[9] They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.[10][11]
Early and personal life
Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad.[12] Ron Holmes was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year starting point guard for the USC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. Muhammad's mother, Faye, was a point guard and track star at Long Beach State.[12][13]
She is the oldest of three children. One brother, Shabazz Muhammad, is a professional basketball player, who played for five seasons in the NBA.[12][14][15]
An uncle, Stephone Paige, played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with 377 career receptions. Her aunt, Robin Holmes-Sullivan, was a four-year starter for Cal State Fullerton's basketball team.[13]
In 2020, she got engaged to her boyfriend, Australian tennis player Dayne Kelly.[16][17]
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Doubles
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | ... | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | ||
French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | ||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | ||
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | SF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 13 | 14–13 | ||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 0 / 35 | 34–35 | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Qatar Open | |||||||||||||||||
Dubai | |||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | NH | 2R | F | 1R | SF | W | 1 / 7 | 14–6 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | NH | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | ||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | ||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 1R | NH | A | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | ||
Cincinnati | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | W | 1 / 3 | 5–2 | ||
Guadalajara | NH | A | SF | NMS | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
China Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Wuhan | A | NH | F | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 660 | 420 | 127 | 89 | 46 | 108 | 62 | 55 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 50 | 15 |
Mixed doubles
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2022 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | 5–7, 6–7(4–7) | ||
Win | 2024 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | 3–6, 6–1, [10–4] | ||
Loss | 2024 | Wuhan Open | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
Win | 2025 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2016 | Hawaii Open, United States |
Hard | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2017 | Hawaii Open, United States |
Hard | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) | ||
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2018 | Chicago Challenger, United States |
Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2020 | Indian Wells Challenger, United States |
Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Win | 2–3 | Nov 2021 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States |
Hard (i) | 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] | ||
Win | 3–3 | Aug 2022 | Vancouver Open, Canada |
Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Win | 4–3 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States (2) |
Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 4–4 | May 2023 | Firenze Ladies Open, Italy |
Clay | 6–1, 2–6, [8–10] | ||
Win | 5–4 | May 2024 | Clarins Open, France |
Clay | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [11–9] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2007 | ITF Houston, United States | 10,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | |
W | 1–1 | Mar 2008 | Las Vegas Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 2–1 | May 2013 | ITF Raleigh, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 3–1 | Nov 2015 | Canberra International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2016 | Bendigo International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 4–2 | Feb 2017 | Burnie International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Loss | 4–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2018 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 5–4 | Feb 2018 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(3) | |
Win | 6–4 | Aug 2018 | Lexington Challenger, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–1 | |
Win | 7–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Templeton Pro, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 9–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 10–4 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 11–4 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2 | |
Win | 12–4 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 7–6(7) | |
Win | 13–4 | Mar 2022 | Bendigo International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 14–4 | Jul 2023 | ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 1–0 ret. |
Doubles: 55 (35 titles, 20 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2009 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2010 | Osprey Challenger, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–7(3) | ||
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2010 | Tennis Classic of Troy, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 1–3 | May 2011 | Raleigh Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 2–3 | May 2011 | Carson Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 3–3 | Jul 2011 | Waterloo Challenger, Canada | 50,000 | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
Win | 4–3 | Sep 2011 | Albuquerque Championships, United States | 75,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [10–2] | ||
Loss | 4–4 | May 2012 | Raleigh Challenger, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, [5–10] | ||
Win | 5–4 | Jun 2012 | Sacramento Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(4) | ||
Win | 6–4 | Sep 2012 | Albuquerque Championships, United States | 75,000 | Hard | 6–2, 1–6, [12–10] | ||
Win | 7–4 | Feb 2013 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 7–5 | May 2013 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 8–5 | May 2013 | Raleigh Challenger, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 8–6 | Jun 2013 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | 6–1, 4–6, [5–10] | ||
Loss | 8–7 | Oct 2013 | ITF Rock Hill, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–12] | ||
Loss | 8–8 | Nov 2013 | ITF New Braunfels, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, [11–13] | ||
Loss | 8–9 | Jan 2014 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 7–6(5), 6–7(1), [1–10] | ||
Win | 9–9 | Apr 2014 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
Win | 10–9 | May 2014 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 10–10 | Jun 2014 | ITF Brescia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, [8–10] | ||
Win | 11–10 | Aug 2014 | Vancouver Open, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] | ||
Loss | 11–11 | Sep 2014 | Las Vegas Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 3–6, 7–5, [9–11] | ||
Loss | 11–12 | Nov 2014 | ITF Captiva Island, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 12–12 | Jan 2015 | ITF Plantation, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
Win | 13–12 | Feb 2015 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–0, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 13–13 | Oct 2015 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 0–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 14–13 | Oct 2015 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [11–9] | ||
Loss | 14–14 | Nov 2015 | Canberra International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | 6–7(13), 6–1, [12–14] | ||
Win | 15–14 | Nov 2015 | Bendigo International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
Win | 16–14 | Jan 2016 | Championships of Maui, United States | 50,000 | Hard | 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 17–14 | Feb 2016 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 18–14 | Apr 2016 | Osprey Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–7(5), [10–4] | ||
Win | 19–14 | Apr 2016 | ITF Pelham, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 20–14 | Apr 2016 | Dothan Pro Classic, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 6–0, 6–1 | ||
Win | 21–14 | Apr 2016 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 50,000 | Clay | 7–6(4), 6–0 | ||
Loss | 21–15 | Jun 2016 | Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom | 50,000 | Grass | 6–7(5), 1–6 | ||
Win | 22–15 | Oct 2016 | Bendigo International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Win | 23–15 | Nov 2017 | Canberra International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 23–16 | Nov 2017 | Bendigo International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [8–10] | ||
Win | 24–16 | May 2018 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
Win | 25–16 | May 2018 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 25–17 | Jun 2018 | Manchester Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | 6–7(5), 3–6 | ||
Win | 26–17 | Jun 2018 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | 4–6, 6–3, [10–1] | ||
Win | 27–17 | Jul 2018 | Berkeley Challenge, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Win | 28–17 | Sep 2018 | ITF Templeton Pro, United States | 60,000 | Hard | 6–7, 6–2, [10–8] | ||
Win | 29–17 | Nov 2018 | Tyler Pro Challenge, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, [14–12] | ||
Win | 30–17 | Nov 2018 | Las Vegas Open, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 31–17 | Apr 2019 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 80,000 | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [10–3] | ||
Win | 32–17 | May 2019 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | 100,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 32–18 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–7(2), [7–10] | ||
Win | 33–18 | Nov 2019 | Playford International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 33–19 | Jan 2020 | Burnie International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 34–19 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 35–19 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 7–6(2), 7–6(5) | ||
Loss | 35–20 | Apr 2023 | Zaragoza Open, Spain | 80,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Notes
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
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