Ashleigh Barty

On court

• Started playing tennis aged five when her parents, Robert and Josie, introduced her to the game.
• Claimed both the 14/u and 16/u Australian national junior titles.
• Won the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2011, beating Irina Khromacheva in the final.
• Made her WTA debut at the Brisbane International in 2012.
• Secured a wildcard for her first Grand Slam event, the 2012 Australian Open.
• Won her maiden ITF Futures Pro Tour title on home soil in Sydney in 2012, following up with wins in Mildura and Nottingham.
• Received a wildcard into the 2012 French Open, losing to former Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova in the first round.
• Awarded Australian Institute of Sport Pro Tour Program Scholarship in 2012.
• Career goal is to achieve a top 10 ranking.
• Favourite shot is the forehand.
• Favourite surface is clay.
• Person she most admires is former World No. 1 Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Off court

• Hobbies include fishing, reading and playing computer games.
• Loves her pets (two dogs, two cats and a bird).