Hayley Carter

Hayley Carter
	Carter at the 2021 French Open
Full name	Hayley Nicole Carter
Country (sports)	United States
Born	May 17, 1995 (age 29); Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of North Carolina
Prize money	$353,552
Singles
Career record	62–44
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 438 (July 29, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	124–56
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 25 (June 14, 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020, 2021)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	QF (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	1R (2021)

Hayley Nicole Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American former professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. Over her career, she won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Junior career

Carter played at the Smith Stearn's Tennis Academy growing up. She also won a record 14 South Carolina state championships. Between 2009 and 2012, she won three ITF Junior Circuit singles titles and one doubles title.

Carter played collegiate tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she earned All-American honors each of the four years she competed. She is the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leader in women's tennis singles victories with 168.^[2]

Professional career

2019: New partnership with Stefani, first WTA Tour title

In September 2019, with Luisa Stefani as partner, she reached her first doubles final on the WTA Tour at the Korea Open, and the following week, they won their first WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open. Thereafter, Carter established a fixed partnership with Stefani.

2020: Top 40 debut

The Carter/Stefani duo reached the third round for the first time at a major at the 2020 Australian Open where they were defeated by sixth seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski/Jeļena Ostapenko.^[3]

They won the title at the Newport Beach Challenger, which was the second year in a row that Carter had won this event (with Ena Shibahara in 2019).^[4] They also reached the Dubai Tennis Championships quarterfinals in February, and won the Lexington Open in August. With that, they entered the top 40 for the first time.

At the Italian Open, they had another great tournament reaching the semifinals and losing only to the top seeds Hsieh/Strycová.^[5]

The pair's best result at a Grand Slam championship came at the US Open where they reached the quarterfinals, defeating the No. 6 seeds, Japan duo of Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, in the round of 16.^[6]

2021: WTA 1000 doubles final and top 25, coaching

Carter reached her best result at the WTA 1000 level by becoming a doubles finalist alongside Stefani in Miami, where they were defeated by the fifth-seeded duo Aoyama/Shibahara. Following Wimbledon, she joined the coaching staff of the Vanderbilt Commodores college team in July 2021.^[7] Through the rest of the year, she took part in three WTA tournaments in the US: the Cincinnati Open with Sabrina Santamaria, the US Open with Astra Sharma, and Indian Wells Open with Dabrowski.

2023

Carter returned to the University of North Carolina as an assistant coach in July 2023.^[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Women's doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	3R	0 / 2	4–2
French Open	A	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	A	NH	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	1R	QF	1R	0 / 3	3–3
Win–loss	0–1	7–3	2–4	0 / 8	9–8

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
French Open	A	NH	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	NH	3R	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	2R	NH	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	3–3	0 / 4	4–4

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2021	Miami Open	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	2–6, 5–7

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–1)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–2)
International / WTA 250 (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2019	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Ena Shibahara	Zoe Hives Astra Sharma	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–2	Sep 2019	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–2	Aug 2020	Lexington Open, United States	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann	6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Sep 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2021	Abu Dhabi Open, United Arab Emirates	WTA 500	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2021	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	2–6	Apr 2021	Miami Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	2–6, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	Newport Beach Challenger, United States	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Taylor Townsend Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Win	2–0	Feb 2020	Newport Beach Challenger, United States (2)	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Marie Benoît Jessika Ponchet	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–2	May 2021	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2013	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Hard	Yana Koroleva	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2012	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Brooke Austin	Ulrikke Eikeri Akiko Omae	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2013	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Hard	Josie Kuhlman	Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Stefanie Tan	Catherine Harrison Mary Weatherholt	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–2	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	25,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Astra Sharma Gabriela Talabă	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Aug 2018	Lexington Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Sanaz Marand Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–3	Sep 2018	ITF Lubbock, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Naomi Broady Nadia Podoroska	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–3	Oct 2018	Stockton Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	5–3	Feb 2019	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Francesca Di Lorenzo Caty McNally	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–3	Jun 2019	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Usue Maitane Arconada	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Jun 2019	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Brynn Boren Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Jun 2019	ITF Denver, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Brynn Boren Gail Brodsky	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–4	Jul 2019	Championships of Honolulu, United States	60,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–4	Aug 2019	Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Vania King Claire Liu	6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	9–5	Nov 2019	Copa Santiago, Chile	60,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Anna Danilina Conny Perrin	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]

World TeamTennis

Carter made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020.^[9]

References

^ Carter, Hayley N. [@hayleyncarter] (August 31, 2020). "You know, my first teacher always told me I would peak in 17th grade ..." Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Instagram.
^ "Hayley Carter Bio". Go Heels. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Canada's Milos Raonic moves on to Australian Open quarterfinals". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Voegele sets up final showdown with Brengle at Newport Beach". WTA Tennis. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Hsieh and Strycova reunite to reach Rome doubles final". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Adding to the Staff". Vanderbilt University Athletics. July 20, 2021. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
^ "WTEN Adds Carter to Coaching Staff". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. July 18, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

External links

[1] Carter, Hayley N. [@hayleyncarter] (August 31, 2020). "You know, my first teacher always told me I would peak in 17th grade ..." Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Instagram.

[2] "Hayley Carter Bio". Go Heels. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[3] "Canada's Milos Raonic moves on to Australian Open quarterfinals". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[4] "Voegele sets up final showdown with Brengle at Newport Beach". WTA Tennis. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[5] "Hsieh and Strycova reunite to reach Rome doubles final". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Adding to the Staff". Vanderbilt University Athletics. July 20, 2021. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.

[8] "WTEN Adds Carter to Coaching Staff". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. July 18, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

[9] "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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