Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player.
A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on
WTA Challenger Tour
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2022 Indian Wells Masters
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Early career and coaching
Muhammad is coached by NCAA champion
Tim Blenkiron
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, owner of the NO QUIT Tennis Academy where Asia trains. Blenkiron started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi’s TEAM AGASSI tennis and education program in Las Vegas where she developed into one of the best junior players in the world. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16. Asia is a famed alumni and board member of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their Team Bryan program, co-created by tennis legends Bob and Mike Bryan, Ryan Wolfington and Tim Blenkiron. Her favorite surface is the hardcourt.
Personal life
Her younger brother Shabazz Muhammad played for five seasons in the NBA, played for the
Shanxi Brave Dragons
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Asia was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad. Her father was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year starting point guard for the USC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. Muhammad's mother, Faye, was a point guard and track star at Long Beach State.
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA career finals
Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 54 (35 titles, 19 runner-ups)
World TeamTennis
Muhammad has played two seasons with the WTT debuting in 2012 with the
Sacramento Capitals
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. In 2019, she was the first-even draft selection by the Vegas Rollers and played a full season with the expansion team. She was set to rejoin her hometown team during the 2020 season set to begin July 12.