Alison Riske-Amritraj

Also known as Alison Riske

American tennis player

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Alison Riske-Amritraj, born Alison Riske on 3 July 1990 in Pittsburgh, is an American tennis player who plays right-handed. She began her career in 2009 and holds a career singles record of 414–343 and a doubles record of 88–132, with career prize money of $6,816,316.

She has represented the United States on the Billie Jean King Cup team and competed at the 2018 Fed Cup and in both the women's singles and women's doubles events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She lives in Nashville and is married to Stephen Amritraj.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1990 births, 21st-century American sportswomen and American female tennis players.

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Key facts

Country sports: United States
Born: ( 1990-07-03 ) July 3, 1990 (age 35) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height: 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach: Yves Boulais, Billy Heiser , Thomas Gutteridge
Prize money: US$ 6,816,316
Career record: 414–343
Career titles: 3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 18 (November 4, 2019)
Australian open: 4R ( 2020 )
French open: 2R ( 2014 , 2022 )
Wimbledon: QF ( 2019 )
Us open: 4R ( 2013 , 2022 )
Olympic games: 1R ( 2021 )
Fed cup: W ( 2017 ), 2–3

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Sports profile

Sport: Tennis
Position: Tennis Player
Nationality: United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Alison
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Pittsburgh
Spouse: Stephen Amritraj
Occupation: tennis player
Participant in: tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's singles
Sport: tennis
Member of team: United States Billie Jean King Cup team
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 66
Image: Riske RG19 (1) (48199060706).jpg
Height: 175
Residence: Nashville

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handedness: right-handedness
date of birth: 1990-07-03
singles record: 414–343
doubles record: 88–132
Commons category: Alison Riske-Amritraj
ranking: 40
prize money: 6816316
start of work period: 2009-00-00
birth name: Alison Riske
married name: Alison Riske-Amritraj
name in native language: Alison Riske-Amritraj
social media followers: 41196

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Encyclopedic overview

Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014, at the Tianjin Open.

She has won three WTA Tour singles titles, along with nine singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performances at Grand Slam tournaments include reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020, the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2019 (where she defeated world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the fourth round) and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. Despite having not won a WTA doubles title, Riske-Amritraj has had success in doubles at the major-level, reaching the 2019 Australian Open semifinals with Jennifer Brady and the 2020 US Open quarterfinals with Gabriela Dabrowski, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 40 on January 13, 2020. She has had numerous career wins over current and former top 10-players such as Barty, Elina Svitolina, Sloane Stephens, Petra Kvitová, Agnieszka Radwańska, Kiki Bertens, Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic, Flavia Pennetta, Garbiñe Muguruza, Daria Kasatkina, Angelique Kerber, and Julia Görges.

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