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
Calhoun, Georgia
Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,949. Calhoun is the county seat of Gordon County.
History
In December 1827, Georgia had already claimed the Cherokee lands that be ...
and her parents Carl Kessler and Julie Diggers played collegiate tennis at
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
. Her brother McClain Kessler is also a collegiate tennis player in Florida.
Kessler attended
Calhoun High School. She signed on to the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
on a tennis scholarship to play collegiate tennis for the
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as t ...
in November 2017.
Career
Juniors
Kessler won the girls u16 doubles title at the
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in th ...
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
Jaeda Daniel
Jaeda Daniel is an American tennis player.
Daniel currently plays college tennis at North Carolina State
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and ...
in the final.
2024: WTA and Grand Slam debuts and first win
She made her WTA debut at the
2024 ASB Classic
The 2024 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint professional men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland. The 37th edition of the women's event (a WTA 250 tournament) was hel ...
after qualifying.
For her Grand Slam debut she received a wildcard for the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
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
External links
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1999 births
Living people
American female tennis players
21st-century American women