Jennifer Brady

At the US Open, she defeated Andrea Petkovic in the first, 23rd seed Barbora Strýcová in the second, and Monica Niculescu in the third round.

Facing top-seeded Karolína Plíšková in the fourth round, Brady was beaten in straight sets.

Brady had more success in doubles than singles.

In January, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with Vania King.

In March, she reached the final of the WTA 125 Indian Wells Challenger with King, where they fell to Taylor Townsend and Yanina Wickmayer in two sets.

Brady began to come back into form.

She began the year by reaching the semifinals in doubles of the Australian Open with Alison Riske, before falling to the world No. 2 team of Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.

In February, she made it to the third round of the Dubai Championships where she defeated world No. 22, Jeļena Ostapenko, and No. 20, Caroline Garcia, before falling to No. 4, Petra Kvitová, in three sets.

The following week, she reached the final of the Indian Wells Challenger, in which she fell to Viktorija Golubic, in three sets.

To keep the hot streak going, the following week at the Indian Wells Open, she defeated world No. 19, Caroline Garcia, before falling to No. 12, Ashleigh Barty, in the third round.

Brady's next notable result of the year came during the grass-court swing at the Nottingham Open when she reached semifinals, before falling to eventual champion Caroline Garcia, in three sets.

She also had a strong showing at the Premier Mandatory China Open where she defeated fellow Americans Amanda Anisimova and Madison Keys, before falling to US Open champion Bianca Andreescu in the third round.

Brady began the season at the Brisbane International, where she made it through qualifying and went on to defeat Maria Sharapova, before stunning world No. 1 and home favorite, Ash Barty, in the round of 16.

It was the biggest win of her career to date, and helped her reach a new career-high singles ranking of No. 49 in the world.

She went on to lose in the quarterfinals to No. 4, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.

Brady got a tough draw at the Australian Open, where she fell to No. 4, Simona Halep, in the first round.

She did push the former world No. 1 though, as Halep had to save three set points in the first set.

Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995 ) is an American professional tennis player.

She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019.

Brady has won one WTA Tour singles title and one doubles title as well as four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Brady had previously attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and made her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013.

At the French Open, she lost her opening-round match to 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic.

At Wimbledon, she lost in the second round to eighth seed Dominika Cibulková, in straight sets.

During her freshman year at UCLA, she helped her team win the 2014 Division 1 Women's Tennis National Championship in Athens, Georgia.

She completed her sophomore year of college before turning professional in 2014.

Brady made her Grand Slam debut at the 2014 US Open, having received a wildcard with Samantha Crawford for the women's doubles main-draw.

Brady won four titles in singles and five in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In the main draw, she defeated Maryna Zanevska, Heather Watson, and 14th seed Elena Vesnina.

Her run came to an end in the fourth round with a straight set loss to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.

Due to her success at the Australian Open, Brady obtained a spot in the main draw of the remaining three Grand Slam tournaments without playing qualifyings.

She first played in the main draw of a WTA 125 tournament at the Carlsbad Classic in November 2015, reaching the semifinals.

On the WTA Tour, she reached the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International Open, in singles and doubles in September 2016.

Brady reached the singles main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Australian Open, after winning all three of her qualifying matches.

Brady first rose to prominence following her surprise run to the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open as a qualifier, registering victories over Heather Watson and 14th seed Elena Vesnina.

She also reached the fourth round of that year's US Open, defeating Barbora Strýcová and Monica Niculescu before falling to then-world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková.

Following struggles with injuries and an increased focus on doubles, including a semifinal showing at the 2019 Australian Open, Brady returned to prominence in singles in 2020, where she defeated Maria Sharapova, and recorded her first No. 1 victory by defeating Ashleigh Barty at Brisbane, and defeated Elina Svitolina, Markéta Vondroušová, and Garbiñe Muguruza at Dubai.

She won her first WTA singles title at the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky, where she defeated Jil Teichmann in straight sets.

She progressed to her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2020 US Open, defeating former world No. 1, Angelique Kerber, en route.

Following her impressive US hardcourt swing, she reached a then career-high singles ranking of No. 24 on November 16.

At the first Grand Slam of the following year, Brady reached her first major final at the 2021 Australian Open, where she lost to Naomi Osaka.