Английская Википедия:Astra Sharma

Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and world No. 91 in doubles. Sharma has won two singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Circuit as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In December 2017, she won the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff alongside Belinda Woolcock, their main-draw entry into the 2018 Australian Open.

The highlight of her career came in the 2019 Australian Open, when she and fellow Australian John-Patrick Smith reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw.

Early life

Sharma's father, Devdutt Sharma, is a Singaporean Indian with roots from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India.^[1] He was a high jumper.^[2] He attended Raffles Institution and National University of Singapore.^[2] He worked as an acoustic engineer.^[2] Astra's mother, Susan Tan, is a Singaporean Chinese. She was a sprinter from CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent.^[2] Astra, named after the Astras wielded by the Hindu gods, has a younger brother Ashwin who also went into a tennis career.^[1]

Astra was born and raised in Singapore, before her parents emigrated to Perth, Western Australia in 2005, when she was ten years old.^[3] She attended Applecross Senior High School.^[4] As a junior, she did some training at Bullcreek Tennis Club, near Willeton.

Career

2011–2014: Career beginnings and first title

Sharma made her ITF Circuit debut in October 2011, after qualifying in Kargoorlie. In 2012, Sharma played just four tournaments, without a win. In March 2013, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at an ITF event in Sydney. In 2014, she competed in qualifying in three tournaments across the U.S., making the main draw in just one, where she lost in the first round.

In 2015, Sharma played just three tournaments on the ITF Circuit, reaching the quarterfinal or better in all three. She won her first title in July 2015 at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Sharma ended the season with a singles rank of 787. She also received a scholarship to Vanderbilt University, graduating in 2018, majoring in medicine, Health and Society, along the way helping the Commodores win their first NCAA team tournament in 2015, with various honors such as a selection to the 2014 SEC All Freshman team and being the 2017 SEC Player of the Year.^[5] Originally intent on becoming an orthopedic surgeon, she decided not to continue in medical school as her professional tennis career took off.^[6] Still in 2022, she used a partnership between the WTA and the University of Florida to earn a master's degree in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology.^[7]

2016–2018: ITF Circuit

In 2016, Sharma competed on the European ITF Circuit. She experienced little singles success but partnering Frances Altick, won two doubles titles in July.

She commenced the next season in June, qualifying and making the main draw in Sumter, USA. Across July and August 2017, Sharma won her second and third ITF titles in Târgu Jiu and Graz. She ended the year with a singles rank of 440.

In 2018, Sharma competed mostly on ITF events across North America. In March, she reached the final of the ITF Orlando. In June and July, she won her fourth and fifth singles titles in Baton Rouge and Gatineau, Canada. In October, she returned to Australia and reached the quarterfinals in three consecrative tournaments. Sharma ended 2018 with a singles rank of 225.

2019: First WTA Tour final

In January 2019, Sharma qualified for the Australian Open and won her first-round match over fellow Australian Priscilla Hon, before losing in the second round.^[8] In mixed doubles, she and John-Patrick Smith made it through to the final after they defeated the second seed team of Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar in the semifinals, but lost to the third seeds, Barbora Krejčíková and Rajeev Ram.^[9] In March, Sharma won the $25k singles and doubles at Irapuato, Mexico. In April, Sharma reached her first WTA Tour final, losing to Amanda Anisimova at the Copa Colsanitas. In May, she qualified for and reached the second round of the Strasbourg International, and later lost in the first round at the French Open. Sharma competed in qualifying events across the European grass-court season and lost in the first round of Wimbledon. In August, she travelled to North America and qualified for Cincinnati. At the US Open, Sharma lost in the first round. She ended the year with a singles rank of 108, and a doubles rank of 136.

2020: First French Open match win

Sharma started 2020, losing in the singles and doubles first rounds of both Hobart International and Australian Open. For the mixed doubles, she partnered again with John-Patrick Smith, and they reached the semifinals in Melbourne. In March, Sharma reached the second round of the Monterrey Open and the quarterfinal of the ITF event in Irapuato, Mexico, before the tour was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

At the US Open, Sharma lost in the first round to 19th seed Dayana Yastremska in a third set tie-breaker.

She qualified for the French Open and reached the second round of this year's much later held event.

2021: First WTA title, career-high ranking

Sharma started 2021, losing in the first round of the Gippsland Trophy. She defeated top seed Ons Jabeur to win the Charleston Open, her first WTA Tour-level title.

In May, Sharma made the second round of the French Open for a second consecutive year. In June, she entered Wimbledon as a lucky loser and was defeated by Kristýna Plíšková in the first round.

Sharma lost in the first round of qualifying for both Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open. At the US Open, she qualified before losing to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round. In October, she reached the second round at the Indian Wells Open.

Sharma ended 2021 with a singles ranking of 98, a career year-end high, and a doubles ranking of world No. 107.

2022–2023: Out of top 200

She reached the second round at Indian Wells for the second consecutive year. Later in the season, her singles ranking dropped to No. 200, on 25 July 2022.

Performance timelines

Шаблон:Performance key Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[11]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	0 / 4	1–4	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	A		0 / 4	2–4	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	NH	1R	1R	A		0 / 3	0–3	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q1		0 / 3	0–3	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	3–14	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open Шаблон:Efn	A	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	2R	2R	A		0 / 2	2–2	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Miami Open	A	NH	Q1	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Canadian Open	Q1	NH	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati Open	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Wuhan Open	A	NH			A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
China Open	Q1	NH			A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Guadalajara Open	NH			A	A		0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Career statistics
Tournaments	10	5	12	11	1	0	Career total: 39
Titles	0	0	1	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Overall win–loss	7–10	2–5	12–11	3–11	0–1	0–0	1 / 39	24–39	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	108	128	96	231	120		$1,599,235

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 6	0–6	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A		0 / 3	0–3	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	2R	NH	A	1R	A		0 / 2	1–2	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 12	1–12	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	6	5	13	9	1	1	Career total: 36
Titles	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	Career total: 3
Finals	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	Career total: 4
Overall win–loss	0–1	4–5	2–5	11–12	8–8	0–1	0–1	3 / 36	25–33	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	327	136	109	107	117	204

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Win %
Australian Open	F	SF	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	7–4	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	4–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 4	7–4	Шаблон:Tennis win percentage

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith	Шаблон:Flagicon Barbora Krejčíková Шаблон:Flagicon Rajeev Ram	6–7^(3–7), 1–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 Шаблон:Efn (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2019 Copa Colsanitas – Singles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Amanda Anisimova	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	[[2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Singles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 250	ClayШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Flagicon Ons Jabeur	2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[2019 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Zoe Hives	Шаблон:Flagicon Hayley Carter Шаблон:Flagicon Ena Shibahara	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	[[2021 Abierto Zapopan – Doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Abierto Zapopan, Шаблон:WbrMexico	WTA 250	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Ellen Perez	Шаблон:Flagicon Desirae Krawczyk Шаблон:Flagicon Giuliana Olmos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	[[2021 Hamburg European Open – Women's doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Hamburg European Open, Germany	WTA 250	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Rosalie van der Hoek	Шаблон:Flagicon Jasmine Paolini Шаблон:Flagicon Jil Teichmann	0–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	[[2022 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)	WTA 250	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Aldila Sutjiadi	Шаблон:Flagicon Emina Bektas Шаблон:Flagicon Tara Moore	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W-L	Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2023	WTA 125 Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Sara Errani	0–6, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[2024 Canberra Tennis International – Women's doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	WTA 125 Canberra, Australia	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Kaylah McPhee	Шаблон:Flagicon Veronika Erjavec Шаблон:Flagicon Darja Semeņistaja	2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–2)
Clay (2–3)

Result	W–L	Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Шаблон:WbrEgypt	10,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Ola Abou Zekry	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	2–0	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Târgu Jiu, Шаблон:WbrRomania	15,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Belinda Woolcock	1–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Graz, Шаблон:WbrAustria	15,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Vendula Žovincová	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Toowoomba, Шаблон:WbrAustralia	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Eri Hozumi	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Orlando, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	15,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Sophie Chang	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	4–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Baton Rouge, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Maria Mateas	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Gatineau, Шаблон:WbrCanada	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Rodríguez	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Cairns, Шаблон:WbrAustralia	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Destanee Aiava	0–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Win	7–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Irapuato, Шаблон:WbrMexico	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Verónica Cepede Royg	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–3	Jun 2023	ITF Ystad, Sweden	40,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon İpek Öz	1–6, 3–6
Loss	7–4	Jul 2023	ITF Montpellier, France	60,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Clara Burel	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–4	Oct 2023	ITF Playford, Australia	60,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Joanna Garland	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–0
Loss	8–5	Oct 2023	ITF Sydney, Australia	60,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Destanee Aiava	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$40,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (5–2)

Result	W–L	Шаблон:NsDateШаблон:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Amstelveen, Шаблон:WbrNetherlands	10,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Frances Altick	Шаблон:Flagicon Erika Vogelsang Шаблон:Flagicon Mandy Wagemaker	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Knokke, Шаблон:WbrBelgium	10,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Frances Altick	Шаблон:Flagicon Déborah Kerfs Шаблон:Flagicon Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Cairns, Шаблон:WbrAustralia	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Belinda Woolcock	Шаблон:Flagicon Naiktha Bains Шаблон:Flagicon Abigail Tere-Apisah	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	3–1	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Sumter, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Luisa Stefani	Шаблон:Flagicon Julia Elbaba Шаблон:Flagicon Xu Shilin	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	3–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Baton Rouge, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Gabriela Talabă	Шаблон:Flagicon Hayley Carter Шаблон:Flagicon Ena Shibahara	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Шаблон:Dts	ITF Irapuato, Шаблон:WbrMexico	25,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Paige Hourigan	Шаблон:Flagicon Verónica Cepede Royg Шаблон:Flagicon Renata Voráčová	6–1, 4–6, [12–10]
Loss	4–3	[[2019 Hardee's Pro Classic – Doubles\|Шаблон:Dts]]	ITF Dothan, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	80,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Destanee Aiava	Шаблон:Flagicon Usue Maitane Arconada Шаблон:Flagicon Caroline Dolehide	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston, Шаблон:WbrUnited States	100,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Mayar Sherif	Шаблон:Flagicon Magdalena Fręch Шаблон:Flagicon Katarzyna Kawa	6–4, 4–6, [2–10]
Win	5–4	May 2023	ITF Naples, United States	60,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Christina Rosca	Шаблон:Flagicon Sophie Chang Шаблон:Flagicon Angela Kulikov	6–1, 7–6^(15-13)
Win	6–4	Jun 2023	ITF Ystad, Sweden	40,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Valeriya Strakhova	Шаблон:Flagicon Jenny Dürst Шаблон:Flagicon Fanny Östlund	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [11–9]
Win	7–4	Sep 2023	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	40,000	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Valeriya Strakhova	Шаблон:Flagicon Anastasia Gasanova Шаблон:Flagicon Ekaterina Makarova	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Oct 2023	ITF Playford, Australia	60,000	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Kaylah McPhee	Шаблон:Flagicon Talia Gibson Шаблон:Flagicon Priscilla Hon	1–6, 2-6

Notes

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References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

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[Reddy-1] 1,0 ^1,1 Шаблон:Cite news

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[5] Astra Sharma: From Currey Tennis Center to the Australian Open Finals

[6] Medical school? Vanderbilt star Astra Sharma is going pro in tennis after postseason

[7] GAME, SET, MATCH: WTA AND UF'S WINNING PARTNERSHIP

[8] Шаблон:Cite web

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