McCartney Kessler (born 8 July 1999) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 217 in singles, achieved on 1 January 2024, and 241 in doubles, set on 6 November 2023.

Personal and early life

Kessler is from

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and her parents Carl Kessler and Julie Diggers played collegiate tennis at

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. Her brother McClain Kessler is also a collegiate tennis player in Florida. Kessler attended Calhoun High School. She signed on to the

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on a tennis scholarship to play collegiate tennis for the

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in November 2017.

Career

Juniors

Kessler won the girls u16 doubles title at the

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with Emma Kurtz in 2015.

Professional

2023

Partnering Alana Smith, Kessler won her first $60k tournament in September 2023 at the Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, defeating Jessie Aney and

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in the final.

2024: WTA and Grand Slam debuts and first win

She made her WTA debut at the

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after qualifying. For her Grand Slam debut she received a wildcard for the

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and reached the second round recording her first Major win over qualifier Fiona Ferro.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

References

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