Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional

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player. Dart entered the WTA top 100 for the first time in March 2022 and achieved her career-high singles ranking of 84 on 25 July 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 92, achieved April 2019. She reached the final of the

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in mixed doubles with

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. Dart has won one doubles title on

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. She made her

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debut at the 2015 Eastbourne International.

Personal life

Dart was born in

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, London and attended The Royal School. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a surveyor. She started playing tennis aged seven, her favourite surfaces are

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and

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Professional career

2018

Dart began playing at ITF events where she beat Freya Christie,

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before she reached the final of an ITF event in Germany and beat

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to win her first 2018 title. She reached another final in Japan but lost to

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. In Eastbourne, she won against

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before losing to then-top 10,

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. In Wimbledon, she lost her first match against former world No. 1,

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, although taking a set off Plíšková and forcing a tiebreak in the first set. At an ITF event in Norway, she won another title;

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retired in the final.

2019

At the

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, she lost to Maria Sharapova in the first round without winning a single game. On 30 March, Dart and her doubles partner

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won the final of the Open de Seine-et-Marne against

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and

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. At the

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, Dart beat both

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and

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, progressing to the third round where she lost to Ashleigh Barty only winning two games. In August, Dart qualified for the US Open for the first time in her career; she lost in the first round to Ana Bogdan, 3–6, 1–6.

2022

Dart made a significant breakthrough at Indian Wells. Having come through qualifying, she reached the last 16, including a win over

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, her first win over a top 20 player before losing to

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. The points she gained took her into the top 100 of the rankings for the first time. After a lack of success on clay, Dart entered the

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where she defeated

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and

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before she lost her first WTA event quarterfinal to

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. She then entered the Birmingham Classic and defeated

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, before losing to

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. At the

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, she beat

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and

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, before losing to

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in the quarterfinal. On 25 July, she rose to 84 in the WTA rankings, her highest ever position. At the US Open, she secured her first top-10 win, beating

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in the first round in three sets. She exited the tournament in the second round, losing to

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in straight sets.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 Italian Open.''

Doubles

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 28 (14 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (1–3)

Doubles (2–1)

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

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Lawn Tennis Association profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dart, Harriet 1996 births Living people British female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London English female tennis players People educated at The Royal School, Hampstead