Mashona Washington

Mashona Washington

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Born	May 31, 1976 Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $975,863
Singles
Career record	373–353
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (November 8, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	3R (2005)
US Open	2R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	213–207
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 55 (July 18, 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2003)
US Open	3R (1998 & 2004)

Mashona Washington (born May 31, 1976) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.

Mashona's career high singles ranking is no. 50 which she reached on November 8, 2004, and her career high doubles ranking is no. 55 which she reached on July 18, 2005. Mashona retired from professional tennis in 2012, aged 36.

Biography

Early years

Washington attended high school in Michigan, moved to Delray Beach, Florida in her sophomore year, graduating from Lake Worth Christian School, Boynton Beach, Florida in 1994, and moved to Houston, Texas, in 1997.^[1]

Tennis career

As a junior player, Washington won the US Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the US National Hardcourt 16s and US Indoor National 16s in 1991. She turned professional in 1995.

After a slow start to her professional career, Washington's breakthrough year came in 2004 when she broke into the world's top-100 for the first time and then finished the year ranked in the top-50. She recorded her first win against a top-10 player when she defeated Maria Sharapova at New Haven, and reached her first top-level singles final in Tokyo where she lost to Sharapova.

She also came within a hair's breadth of beating Maria Sharapova in the first round of the 2006 French Open. She served for the match at 5–2, but could not hold serve. At 5–4 in the third set, she held match points before the then World No.4 broke back and won the final set 7–5.

In 2005, she reached the third round at Wimbledon, where Elena Dementieva beat her 7-5 6-1.

She joined the Washington Kastles in 2008.

She is now a member of the Boston Lobsters since 2010

Personal life

She is the younger sister of MaliVai Washington, who reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	W–L
Women's Singles
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	1R	Q3	2R	A	A	A	1-2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	0-2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	2R	3R	2R	A	Q1	4-4
US Open	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	1R	Q2	2R	Q2	1R	1R	A	A	A	1-6

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	W–L
Women's Singles
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1-4
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1-3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	A	4-6
US Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	4-6

Singles 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-Up	1.	4 October 2004	Tokyo	Hard	Maria Sharapova	0-6, 1-6

Doubles 2 (0-2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 4, 2004	Tokyo	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	1-6, 4-6
Runner-up	2.	February 24, 2008	Memphis	Hard	Angela Haynes	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	3-6, 1-6

ITF Singles Finals 11 (2-9)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-Up	1.	July 4, 1994	Indianapolis	Hard	Kristina Brandi	1-6, 3-6
Runner-Up	1.	June 24, 1995	Hilton Head	Hard	Kori Davidson	1-6, 4-6
Runner-Up	3.	January 5, 1998	San Antonio	Hard	Andrea Sebova	5-7, 1-6
Runner-Up	4.	January 26, 1998	Clearwater	Hard	Kristina Brandi	1-6, 2-6
Runner-Up	5.	April 9, 2001	Columbus	Hard	Lea Ghirardi	4-6, 3-6
Winner	1.	September 24, 2001	Albuquerque	Hard	Marissa Gould	7-5, 6-3
Runner-Up	6.	February 5, 2002	Midland	Hard	Li Na	1-6, 2-6
Runner-Up	7.	March 23, 2004	Redding	Hard	Anne Keothavong	3-6, 6-2, 6-7
Runner-Up	8.	May 4, 2004	Raleigh	Hard	Marissa Gould	3-6, 3-6
Winner	2.	May 26, 2008	Carson	Hard	Alexa Glatch	7-5, 6-4
Runner-Up	9.	June 8, 2009	El Paso	Hard	Valérie Tétreault	4-6, 3-6

ITF Doubles finals 26 (13-13)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	January 5, 1998	San Antonio	Hard	Kim Grant	Andrea Sebova Silvia Urickova	4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Runner-up	1.	September 21, 1998	Seattle	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	Els Callens Liezel Huber	2-6, 6-3, 3-6
Winner	2.	May 1, 2000	Virginia Beach	Hard	Dawn Buth	Lisa McShea Jessica Steck	1-6, 6-3, 7-6(2)
Runner-up	2.	November 5, 2001	Pittsburgh	Hard	Karin Miller	Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir	1-6, 4-6
Winner	3.	October 15, 2002	Sedona	Hard	Jennifer Russell	Milagros Sequera Christina Wheeler	7-6(3), 7-5
Runner-up	3.	March 16, 2004	Orange	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Jennifer Hopkins Abigail Spears	6-3, 2-6, 6-0
Runner-up	4.	March 23, 2004	Redding	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	Lilia Osterloh Riza Zalameda	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	6.	May 31, 2005	Surbiton	Grass	Jennifer Hopkins	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	6-4, 4-6, 2-6
Winner	4.	October 1, 2007	Troy	Hard	Angela Haynes	Eva Hrdinová Marie-Ève Pelletier	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	7.	November 12, 2007	La Quinta	Grass	Angela Haynes	Christina Fusano Ashley Harkleroad	2-6, 2-6
Runner-up	8.	January 21, 2008	Waikoloa	Hard	Angela Haynes	Maria Fernanda Alves Betina Jozami	5-7, 4-6
Runner-up	9.	November 10, 2008	San Diego	Hard	Angela Haynes	Christina Fusano Alexa Glatch	3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	10.	January 19, 2009	Lutz	Clay	Story Tweedie-Yates	Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman	4-6, 5-7
Winner	5.	September 21, 2009	Albuquerque	Hard	Riza Zalameda	Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters	6-3, 6-2
Winner	6.	November 9, 2009	Phoenix	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Marie-Ève Pelletier Anna Tatishvili	4-6, 6-4, [10-8]
Runner-up	11.	November 16, 2009	Toronto	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Maureen Drake Marianne Jodoin	3-2 RET
Winner	7.	December 14, 2009	Veracruz	Clay	Dominika Dieskova	Chieh-Yu Hsu Nika Kukharchuk	7-5, 6-4
Winner	8.	January 11, 2010	Plantation	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Jorgelina Cravero María Irigoyen	6-0, 6-2
Winner	9.	January 18, 2010	Lutz	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Maria Fernanda Alves Florencia Molinero	6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	12.	September 20, 2010	Albuquerque	Hard	Abigail Spears	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Winner	10.	November 1, 2010	Grapevine	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Julie Ditty Chanelle Scheepers	5-7, 6-2, 6-2
Winner	11.	January 10, 2011	Plantation	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Christina Fusano Yasmin Schnack	6-4, 6-2
Winner	12.	January 17, 2011	Lutz	Clay	Ahsha Rolle	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	6-4, 6-4
Winner	13.	September 26, 2011	Las Vegas	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Varvara Lepchenko Melanie Oudin	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	13.	October 10, 2011	Troy	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	Elena Bovina Valeria Savinykh	6-7, 3-6

References

1. "Getting to Know Mashona Washington". Newsroom. WTA. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2009-03-19.

External links

• Mashona Washington at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mashona Washington at the International Tennis Federation