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Alexa Glatch

American professional tennis player (born 1989)

Field	Value
image	Glatch WM13-009 (9461200354).jpg
name	Alexa Glatch
country
birth_date
birth_place	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
height	1.83 m
turnedpro	2005
retired	2024
plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$ 825,740
singlesrecord
singlestitles	10 ITF
highestsinglesranking	No. 102 (August 3, 2009)
AustralianOpenresult	Q3 (2015)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (2009, 2012)
Wimbledonresult	1R (2009, 2011, 2013)
USOpenresult	2R (2005)
doublesrecord
doublestitles	9 ITF
highestdoublesranking	No. 98 (October 5, 2009)
WimbledonDoublesresult	1R (2009)
USOpenDoublesresult	3R (2009)
updated	June 23, 2024

Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American former tennis player.

Junior career

She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup.

Professional career

Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbow. It took her eight months until she could start regularly playing competitive tennis again.

In 2007, she won the Southlake $25k USTA Pro Circuit event for her second career pro title and reached the quarterfinals of the Washington, D.C. $75k USTA Pro Circuit event. She was a finalist at the French Open junior doubles with partner Sorana Cîrstea of Romania. She also reached the quarterfinals of three $50k events. In 2008, Glatch reached the quarterfinals of the Dothan $75k USTA Pro Circuit event, was a finalist at the Carson $50k event, and was the singles champion at both the Toronto and Saguenay $50k events. She was one of three American women to make the 2008 US Open as a qualifier. She also had two semifinal finishes in doubles and won the doubles title at the $50k San Diego Pro Circuit tournament.

Glatch reached the third round of the 2009 Indian Wells Open as a wildcard; one of her wins was against world No. 29, Carla Suárez Navarro. At the 2009 Miami Open, Alexa advanced to the second round before losing to No. 1 seed, Serena Williams, 2–6, 3–6. She made her Fed Cup debut in April in the semifinals against the Czech Republic. As a rookie, she was dubbed the MVP for keeping the US alive by pulling off upset wins in both of her singles matches against No. 29, Iveta Benešová, and future world No. 2, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.

In May 2009, Glatch made her French Open debut by defeating 14th-seeded clay-court specialist Flavia Pennetta in the first round.

Glatch lost in the first round of the 2009 US Open to defending champion Serena Williams. In women's doubles, Glatch played with fellow American Carly Gullickson and advanced to the round of 16.

In March 2012, she began working with Australian coach Sarah Stone, who is the former coach of 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur.

At the 2012 French Open, she won three matches and beat two seeds to qualify for the main draw. She defeated Anna Tatishvili to advance to the second round where she lost to 18th-seeded Flavia Pennetta.

In July 2012, she reached the second round of the Carlsbad Open, losing to former world No. 3, Nadia Petrova, 4–6 3–6.

In October 2012, Glatch won two back-to-back grass-court tournaments in Japan.

Following an appearance at Wimbledon in 2013, Glatch took 15 months off to deal with injuries. She had wrist and hip surgeries and went through extensive rehabilitation. Upon her return to competitive tennis in October 2014, she won the doubles event at the $50k Macon Pro Circuit event.

In 2015, Glatch used her protected singles ranking to enter the 2015 Australian Open qualifying, where she defeated No. 3 seed and world No. 110, Lourdes Dominguez-Lino, and advanced to the final round of qualifying. In March/April, Glatch continued her post-injury, rapid rise up the rankings by winning the $25k Iripuato Mexico and the $50k Osprey Florida event (as a wildcard) defeating top seeded world No. 44, Madison Brengle, in the final. She continued her good form by qualifying for the 2015 French Open, and subsequently added a tenth ITF Circuit title by winning the $25k Gatineau event in Canada without dropping a set.

The ITIA listed her as a retired player on 31 May 2024.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q3	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	2–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	Q3	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–3
US Open	Q2	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	1–5
Year-end ranking	362	225	541	266	165	136	301	151	119	404	639	137	803	574	581	322	291	298

Personal life

Alexa graduated from Laurel Springs High School. She was accepted to UCLA but opted not to attend. Some of her favorite tennis players include Steffi Graf and Roger Federer. After many years with Nike and time with ASICS, she now endorses Roche sportswear, Babolat rackets, and SOS Rehydrate sports drinks.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2004	ITF Hamilton, Canada	25,000	Clay	CAN Stéphanie Dubois	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jun 2006	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	USA Jamie Hampton	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Jun 2006	ITF Edmond, United States	10,000	Hard	USA Riza Zalameda	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2007	ITF Southlake, US	25,000	Hard	USA Sunitha Rao	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2–3	May 2008	Carson Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	USA Mashona Washington	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2008	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	CAN Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–3	Oct 2008	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	ITA Alberta Brianti	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–3	Jan 2009	ITF Laguna Niguel, US	25,000	Hard	RSA Chanelle Scheepers	6–1, 6–0
Loss	5–4	May 2011	Carson Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	ITA Camila Giorgi	6–7(4), 1–6
Loss	5–5	Oct 2011	Las Vegas Open, US	50,000	Hard	SWI Romina Oprandi	7–6(2), 3–6, 6–7(4)
Win	6–5	Oct 2012	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	AUS Monique Adamczak	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–5	Oct 2012	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Grass	AUS Monique Adamczak	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–5	Mar 2015	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	CZE Renata Voráčová	6–2, 7–5
Win	9–5	Apr 2015	Osprey Challenger, US	50,000	Clay	USA Madison Brengle	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	10–5	Jul 2015	ITF Gatineau, Canada	25,000	Hard	CAN Bianca Andreescu	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–6	Jun 2019	ITF Denver, US	25,000	Hard	USA Usue Maitane Arconada	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	10–7	Nov 2019	Pro Challenge Tyler, US	80,000	Hard	LUX Mandy Minella	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1–0	Jun 2006	ITF Edmond, US	10,000	Hard	USA Ashley Weinhold	USA Elizabeth Kaufman
USA Lindsey Nelson	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Nov 2008	ITF San Diego, US	50,000	Hard	USA Christina Fusano	USA Angela Haynes
USA Mashona Washington	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jun 2009	Nottingham Trophy, UK	75,000	Grass	RSA Natalie Grandin	GRE Eleni Daniilidou
JPN Rika Fujiwara	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	4–0	Apr 2011	ITF Osprey, US	25,000	Clay	FRA Stéphanie Foretz	ARG María Irigoyen
JPN Erika Sema	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	4–1	May 2011	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	USA Christina Fusano	UKR Alyona Sotnikova
SVK Lenka Wienerová	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–1	Sep 2011	ITF Albuquerque, US	75,000	Hard	USA Asia Muhammad	USA Grace Min
USA Melanie Oudin	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	6–1	Oct 2011	Las Vegas Open, US	50,000	Hard	USA Mashona Washington	USA Varvara Lepchenko
USA Melanie Oudin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–2	Oct 2012	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Grass	AUS Monique Adamczak	JPN Shuko Aoyama
JPN Miki Miyamura	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	7–2	Oct 2014	Classic of Macon, US	50,000	Hard	USA Madison Brengle	USA Anna Tatishvili
USA Ashley Weinhold	6–0, 7–5
Loss	7–3	Nov 2014	John Newcombe Challenge, US	50,000	Hard	USA Bernarda Pera	COL Mariana Duque
PAR Verónica Cepede Royg	0–6, 3–6
Win	8–3	Aug 2021	Landisville Challenge, US	100,000	Hard	USA Hanna Chang	GBR Samantha Murray Sharan
RUS Valeria Savinykh	7–6(3), 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	8–4	Oct 2022	ITF Redding, US	25,000	Hard	INA Aldila Sutjiadi	USA Rasheeda McAdoo
UKR Hanna Poznikhirenko	6–7(3), 5–7
Win	9–4	May 2023	ITF Bethany Beach, US	25,000	Clay	UKR Hanna Poznikhirenko	USA Victoria Osuigwe
RSA Gabriella Broadfoot	7–5, 7–5

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