Madison Brengle
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Madison Brengle is an American
professional tennis
player.
singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011. Her highest doubles ranking on tour is World Number 202, which she achieved on October 13, 2008.
In juniors, Brengle attained the World Number 4 ranking on August 27, 2007.
in the final. In 2007, Brengle reached the 2007 Australian Open
girls' singles
final, before going down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
. Even though Brengle and Julia Cohen
were the top seeds at the 2007 French Open
girls' doubles
competition, the team lost in the first round.
Seeded seventh, Brengle lost in the 2007 Wimbledon
girls' singles competition
to Urszula Radwańska
, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0. Along with this singles performance, Brengle and Chelsey Gullickson
reached the girls' doubles
semifinals of Wimbledon before losing to top seeds and eventual champions Pavlyuchenkova and Radwańska.
At the 2007 U.S. Open
girls' singles competition
, Brengle was upset, despite attaining a third seeding, by Jessica Moore
of Australia.
. In the final, she defeated Beau Jones.
In 2006, Brengle lost to Yuliana Fedak
in the second round. Brengle's results improved in 2007 when Madison received wildcard entries into two Grand Slam
tournaments, losing in the first round both times. Accepted into the 2007 Australian Open
women's draw
, Brengle lost to ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder
6–3, 6–4. She was allowed another wildcard into the 2007 U.S. Open
, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek
, 6–4, 6–1. Brengle and Ashley Weinhold
were doubles wildcards, but lost in the first round of the doubles competition, losing to eventual quarterfinalists Stéphanie Foretz
and Yaroslava Shvedova
6–0, 6–3.
Brengle won her first WTA match of the 2007 season
by defeating former top 20 player Flavia Pennetta
6–1, 6–3, before losing to Elena Dementieva
, Pennetta's former doubles partner, 6–2, 6–0 the following round. In addition, the American reached the second round of the 2007 French Open
qualifying draw.
On the ITF Circuit, Brengle reached three out of four singles finals in the first four months of the year. Brengle and Kristie Frilling won an ITF doubles title in Augusta, Georgia
. In the final, the team defeated Angelina Gabueva and Alisa Kleybanova
.
In 2008, Brengle received a wild card into the French Open after winning a wild card tournament, defeating Ahsha Rolle in the finals. The US Open and the French Open agreed to exchange wild cards in their respective tournaments.
In 2011, Brengle finally won her second ITF title at Hammond, LA. At College Park she defeated recent Wimbledon 3rd rounder Melinda Czink
to win her first WTA match since Quebec City in 2009.
United States
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professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player.
Background
Brengle has won two ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011. Her highest doubles ranking on tour is World Number 202, which she achieved on October 13, 2008.
In juniors, Brengle attained the World Number 4 ranking on August 27, 2007.
Junior career
In 2006, Brengle won the Easter Bowl doubles championships with Kristy Frilling, defeating Sanaz Marand and Ashley WeinholdAshley Weinhold
Ashley Weinhold is a professional American tennis player.Weinhold's highest singles ranking was World Number 362 on October 18, 2010. Her highest doubles rank was World Number 235 on July 26, 2010. She has received six various entries into the U.S. Open. Weinhold enjoys playing on clay, and has...
in the final. In 2007, Brengle reached the 2007 Australian Open
2007 Australian Open
The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players...
girls' singles
2007 Australian Open - Girls' Singles
-Seeds:# Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova # Chan Yung-jan # Ksenia Milevskaya # Ayumi Morita # Tamira Paszek # Alizé Cornet # Sharon Fichman ...
final, before going down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...
. Even though Brengle and Julia Cohen
Julia Cohen
Julia Cohen is an American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit.On November 29, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 153, and on September 12, 2011, her highest doubles ranking of 208....
were the top seeds at the 2007 French Open
2007 French Open
The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
girls' doubles
2007 French Open - Girls' Doubles
-Seeds:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...
competition, the team lost in the first round.
Seeded seventh, Brengle lost in the 2007 Wimbledon
2007 Wimbledon Championships
The 2007 Wimbledon Championships were held between 25 June and 8 July 2007. For the first time there was equal prize money for the men's and women's singles champions. Reconstruction work on Centre Court was in progress and thus it had no roof....
girls' singles competition
2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles
-Seeds:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...
to Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwanska
Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...
, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0. Along with this singles performance, Brengle and Chelsey Gullickson
Chelsey Gullickson
Chelsey Gullickson is an American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 399, which she reached on June 9, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 665, which she reached on July 7, 2008...
reached the girls' doubles
2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...
semifinals of Wimbledon before losing to top seeds and eventual champions Pavlyuchenkova and Radwańska.
At the 2007 U.S. Open
2007 U.S. Open (tennis)
The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City....
girls' singles competition
2007 U.S. Open - Girls' Singles
The 2007 US Open – Girls' Singles was an event that was won by Kristína Kučová.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. They are shown by the round in which they were eliminated.# Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ...
, Brengle was upset, despite attaining a third seeding, by Jessica Moore
Jessica Moore (tennis)
Jessica Moore is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is grass.-Career:...
of Australia.
Senior career
2005 saw Brengle win her first ITF title, when, as a fifteen-year-old, she won a title in BaltimoreBaltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
. In the final, she defeated Beau Jones.
In 2006, Brengle lost to Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...
in the second round. Brengle's results improved in 2007 when Madison received wildcard entries into two Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
tournaments, losing in the first round both times. Accepted into the 2007 Australian Open
2007 Australian Open
The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players...
women's draw
2007 Australian Open - Women's Singles
-Seeds:# Maria Sharapova # Amélie Mauresmo # Svetlana Kuznetsova # Kim Clijsters # Nadia Petrova # Martina Hingis # Elena Dementieva ...
, Brengle lost to ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
6–3, 6–4. She was allowed another wildcard into the 2007 U.S. Open
2007 U.S. Open (tennis)
The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City....
, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek
Bethanie Mattek
Bethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands is an American professional tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. She lives in Miami, Florida, but trains in Phoenix, Arizona...
, 6–4, 6–1. Brengle and Ashley Weinhold
Ashley Weinhold
Ashley Weinhold is a professional American tennis player.Weinhold's highest singles ranking was World Number 362 on October 18, 2010. Her highest doubles rank was World Number 235 on July 26, 2010. She has received six various entries into the U.S. Open. Weinhold enjoys playing on clay, and has...
were doubles wildcards, but lost in the first round of the doubles competition, losing to eventual quarterfinalists Stéphanie Foretz
Stéphanie Foretz
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon is a professional female tennis player from France...
and Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player of Russian descent. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29 as of 21 June 2010. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US...
6–0, 6–3.
Brengle won her first WTA match of the 2007 season
2007 WTA Tour
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also...
by defeating former top 20 player Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
6–1, 6–3, before losing to Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
, Pennetta's former doubles partner, 6–2, 6–0 the following round. In addition, the American reached the second round of the 2007 French Open
2007 French Open
The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
qualifying draw.
On the ITF Circuit, Brengle reached three out of four singles finals in the first four months of the year. Brengle and Kristie Frilling won an ITF doubles title in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
. In the final, the team defeated Angelina Gabueva and Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010...
.
In 2008, Brengle received a wild card into the French Open after winning a wild card tournament, defeating Ahsha Rolle in the finals. The US Open and the French Open agreed to exchange wild cards in their respective tournaments.
In 2011, Brengle finally won her second ITF title at Hammond, LA. At College Park she defeated recent Wimbledon 3rd rounder Melinda Czink
Melinda Czink
Melinda Czink is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37....
to win her first WTA match since Quebec City in 2009.
Singles Titles (2)
Summary |
Grand Slam Title (0) |
WTA Tour Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV-V (0) |
ITF (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Tier | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | July 17, 2005 | Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore... , MD Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east... |
Hard | ITF | Beau Jones | 6–4, 6–1 |
2. | March 06, 2011. | Hammond Hammond, Louisiana Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University... , LA Lá Lá Nua was an Irish language daily newspaper based in Belfast. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. Lá Nua belonged to the Belfast Media Group, and is sister paper of The Andersonstown News.... |
Hard | ITF | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | 6-3, 6-3 |
Doubles Titles (3)
Summary |
Grand Slam Title (0) |
WTA Tour Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV-V (0) |
ITF (3) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Tier | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
1. | October 28, 2007 | Augusta Augusta, Georgia Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County... , Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... |
Hard | ITF | Kristy Frilling | Angelina Gabueva Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010... |
6–3, 6–3 |
2. | May 11, 2008 | Indian Harbour Beach, Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
Hard | ITF | Kristy Frilling | Alina Jidkova Alina Jidkova Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova , soubriquet Alinka, is a former Women's Tennis Association tennis player.... Laura Siegemund Laura Siegemund Laura Siegemund is a professional German tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 February 2011 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 183. She started playing tennis at the age of 3. She has won 2 ITF singles and 14 ITF doubles titles.- Singles: 7 :- Doubles: 23 :-... |
6-2, 6-4 |
3. | October 17, 2010 | Troy Troy, Alabama Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,003. Troy experienced a growth spurt of over 4,000+ people since 2000. The city is the county seat of Pike County.... , Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland... |
Hard | ITF | Asia Muhammed Asia Muhammed Asia Muhammed is a professional American tennis player. On October 5, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 348 whilst her best doubles ranking was 179 on August 15, 2011.-External links:... |
Raquel Kops-Jones Raquel Kops-Jones Raquel Kops-Jones is a professional tennis player from the United States of America. She made her debut in professional competition in 2000, aged 17, at an ITF tournament in Boca Raton.... Abigail Spears Abigail Spears Abigail Michal Spears is an American professional tennis player.Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 U.S. Open... |
2-6, 6-4, 10-7 |