Teryn Ashley

Teryn Ashley-Fitch (born December 12, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. She won 17 titles in her career, four in singles and thirteen in doubles. In July 2004 she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 95. Her career-high doubles ranking is 59, achieved in October 2003.

Teryn Ashley

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Born	December 12, 1978 Boston, Massachusetts
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro	April 2001
Retired	January 2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$265,877
Singles
Career record	143–106
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (July 5, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2005)
French Open	1R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2004)
US Open	1R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	120–65
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (October 27, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2003)
French Open	2R (2003)
Wimbledon	1R (2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open	2R (2002, 2003)

Career

Ashley played her first ever tennis match at an ITF event in San Antonio, Texas on 8 January 1996, losing in the second qualifying round to Tu Dong.

Her best Grand Slam result came at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Tina Pisnik in the ladies' singles event to enter the second round, where she was overpowered by 27th seeded Alicia Molik.[1]

At the Auckland Open doubles event held in New Zealand in 2003, Teryn won her only WTA Tour title, playing alongside Abigail Spears to beat Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva in the final.

Ashley also won the Dow Corning Tennis Classic doubles event with Abigail Spears held 2003 in Midland, Michigan, which was her biggest ITF Women's Circuit title, beating Bethanie Mattek and Shenay Perry in the final.[2]

At the 2002 US Open doubles event, Ashley partnered Sarah Taylor to reach the second round, defeating Laura Montalvo and Elena Tatarkova 6–4, 4–6, 6–4.

Also, at the 2003 US Open, she paired-up with Abigail Spears to beat Bianka Lamade and Anastasia Myskina in three sets to reach round two for the second consecutive year.

In the 2003 French Open championship, she paired-up with Spears to beat Renata Voráčová and Marlene Weingärtner to reach the second round.

In her career overall, she won one WTA doubles title, four ITF singles and twelve ITF doubles titles. She enjoyed a successful doubles partnership with compatriot Abigail Spears.

Teryn retired from tennis in January 2006, after losing in the first round of singles and doubles at a $25k event in Tampa, Florida. She lost her singles match to Tatjana Malek.

Personal life

Teryn was born and raised by parents Allen and Anne in Boston, Massachusetts. She was introduced to tennis by her mother at the age of nine. Her preferred surface is clay. She currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She attended Stanford University in 2001.[3]

Teryn married Brian Fitch in August 2008. The couple have a daughter, Abby, and two sons, William and Nico.[4]

Awards

Ashley was a two-time NCAA champion, in 1997 and 1999, and a three-time All-American.

WTA career titles

Doubles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	January 5, 2003	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Abigail Spears	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–2, 2–6, 6–0

ITF Circuit titles

Singles (4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	May 27, 2001	ITF El Paso, United States	Hard	Alison Nash	6–1, 6–1
2.	July 1, 2001	ITF Lachine, Canada	Hard	Diana Srebrovic	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
3.	September 21, 2003	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Tara Snyder	6–3, 6–1
4.	November 9, 2003	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Meilen Tu	1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	June 3, 2001	ITF Lake Ozark, United States	Hard	Claire Curran	Alison Nash Andrea Nathan	7–5, 6–1
2.	February 24, 2002	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Kristen Schlukebir	Maria Goloviznina Eugenia Kulikovskaya	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
3.	July 7, 2002	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Vanessa Webb	Ryoko Takemura Yuka Yoshida	6–3, 6–4
4.	February 9, 2003	ITF Midland, United States	Hard	Abigail Spears	Bethanie Mattek Shenay Perry	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
5.	April 20, 2003	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Abigail Spears	Lisa McShea Christina Wheeler	6–1, 6–3
6.	September 21, 2003	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Allison Baker	María Emilia Salerni Andreea Vanc	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
7.	November 16, 2003	ITF Eugene, United States	Hard	Shenay Perry	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
8.	October 3, 2004	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Bethanie Mattek Shenay Perry	2–6, 3–0 ret.
9.	November 14, 2004	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
10.	July 3, 2005	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Lindsay Lee-Waters Kaysie Smashey	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
11.	October 2, 2005	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Amy Frazier	Maria Fernanda Alves Ahsha Rolle	6–1, 6–4
12.	November 13, 2005	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–1, 6–0

References

3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2012-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Teryn Ashley at the Women's Tennis Association
• Teryn Ashley at the International Tennis Federation