25 years old Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, announced her retirement on March 22. She was the world's number one professional female tennis player. Her fans were shocked after hearing the news of her retirement. She was three times grand slam champion. She defeated Danielle Collins at the Australian Opens finals to win 2022 singles title. Here are 10 interesting facts about Ashleigh Barty that you would love to know:
1. At just the age of four, she started working with her junior coach Jim Joyce. (Image source- Childhood Biography)
2. At the age of 9, she was practicing against boys, who were older than her. At the age of 12, she faced them in a tennis match. (Image source- Daily telegraph)
3. At the age of 13, she started playing low-level events on the ITF Junior Circuit and she had won her first title at the Grade 4 Australian International. (Image source- wikipedia)
4. At the age of 15, she won the junior Grand slam title at Wimbledon and became the second Australian to win the girl's singles event after Debbie Freeman in 1980. (Image source- The New York Times)
5. Let’s talk about her parents, her father worked for the State Library of Queensland and her mother works as a radiographer. (Image source- Fox Sports)
6. Barty is known to get her opponents into trouble with her aggressive shots and fearless style. (Image source- Wimbledon)
7. People compared Barty with the former world No. 1, and five-time Grand Slam singles champion, Martina Hingis. (Image source- US Open)
8. Barty Defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final at 2021 Wimbledon Championships for the singles title. She became the first Australian women’s champion at Wimbledon to win the title since 1980. (Image source- Sky Sports)
9. She became the first Australian to win any junior grand slam singles title since 1998. (Image source- Sky Sports)
