Kayla Day

Kayla Day
Kayla Day at Wimbledon 2016.
Full name Kayla Day
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Lake Nona, Florida, United States
Born (1999-09-28) September 28, 1999
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays Left-handed (Two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$334,274
Singles
Career record 74 - 51
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking 122 (June 19, 2017)
Current ranking 128 (August 28, 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2017)
French Open Q2 (2017)
Wimbledon Q1 (2017)
US Open 2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 12–12
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior 2R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2015, 2016)
US Open Junior F (2016)
Last updated on: August 28, 2017.

Kayla Day (born September 28, 1999) is an American professional tennis player. In 2016, she won the Junior US Open and the USTA Girls' 18s national championship.[1][2]

Personal life

Day started playing tennis when she was 7 years old.[3] Her mother is from the Czech Republic.[4]

Junior career

Day has been No. 1 in the Girls' 12s, 14s, 16s, and 18s US national rankings.[3] In 2016, she climbed to No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings by winning the Junior US Open, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, and reaching the final at the Orange Bowl the previous year.[5] She also won the 2016 USTA Girls 18s national championship to earn a wild card into the main draw of the US Open.

Professional career

2016

Day made her WTA debut at the 2016 Connecticut Open in New Haven after reaching the main draw as a lucky loser, having defeated Naomi Broady and Kirsten Flipkens along the way. The following week, she played in her first career grand slam at the US Open and won her first match against compatriot Madison Brengle.

Shortly after turning 17, Day won her first career title at a $50,000 tournament in Macon. The following week, she reached the semifinal at Scottsdale to enter the Top 200 for the first time. With her combined performance at these two events, Day won the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge to earn a spot in the main draw at the first grand slam of 2017.

2017

Day picked up her first WTA wins of the season — and first wins of her career at a Premier Mandatory event — at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, including a victory over 2017 Australian Open semifinalist Mirjana Lučić-Baroni to reach the third round of the tournament.

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 May 2016 Naples, United States Clay Russia Valeria Solovyeva 4–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 30 October 2016 Macon, United States Hard United States Danielle Collins 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 26 February 2017 Rancho Santa Fe, United States Hard Canada Bianca Andreescu 4–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 5 February 2017 Midland, United States Hard (i) United States Caroline Dolehide United States Ashley Weinhold
United States Caitlin Whoriskey		 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Winner 2. 26 February 2017 Rancho Santa Fe, United States Hard United States Caroline Dolehide Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina
United States Chiara Scholl		 6–3, 1–6, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2016 US Open Hard Slovakia Viktória Kužmová 6–3, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2016 US Open Hard United States Caroline Dolehide United States Jada Hart
United States Ena Shibahara		 6–4, 2–6, [11–13]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament201620172018SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Wimbledon A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 0%
US Open 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Year End Ranking 195 154 $233,245

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Mmoh, Kayla Day earn US Open Wild-card Entries". Tennis Magazine. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Latest: American Kayla Day Wins US Open Junior Title". New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Kayla Day cruises into Junior singles' semi-final". Wimbledon. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Meet Kayla Day, American Teenager with Plenty to Smile About". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Day captures Junior Crown at US Open". WTA. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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