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Junior career

Carter played at the Smith Stearn's Tennis Academy growing up. She also won a record 14

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state championships. Between 2009 and 2012, she won three

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singles titles, as well as one doubles title. Carter played collegiate tennis for the

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, 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.

Professional career

2019: New partnership with Stefani, maiden WTA Tour title

In September 2019, with

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as partner, they reached their first doubles final on

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at the Korea Open, and the following week, they won their first WTA title together at the

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. 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

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at the

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where they were defeated by sixth seeded duo

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. They won the title at the Newport Beach Challenger, which was the second year in a row that Carter had won this event (with

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in 2019). They also reached the

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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. The pair 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

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and

in the round of 16.

2021: WTA 1000 doubles finalist, top 25, surgery & early end of season

Carter reached her best result at the WTA 1000 level by becoming a doubles finalist alongside Stefani at

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, being eventually defeated by the fifth seeded Japanese duo Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara. During the

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, Carter injured her foot and decided to sit out the rest of the 2021 season, instead joining the coaching staff of the

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. Before going through surgery, she took part in three WTA tournaments in the United States, the

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alongside

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, the US Open with

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, and Indian Wells alongside her new partner

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA career finals

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

WTA 125 tournament finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner–ups)

World TeamTennis

Carter made her

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debut in 2020.

References

External links

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Profile on North Carolina's website

Profile on Vanderbilt's website
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