Madison Brengle

Madison Brengle (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success she had in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. In May, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 35. Her greatest victory came in 2017 over world No. 2, Serena Williams. She has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, 19 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In August 2007, she was ranked fourth in the world in juniors. Brengle then toiled for years in the ITF Circuit. Over the course of 24 consecutive majors between 2008 and 2014, she failed to make it out of the pre-tournament qualifier. The streak ended when she earned a wildcard for the 2014 US Open main draw, which she capitalized on for her first major match-win. Her ranking soon rose into the top 100 for the first time in September 2014.

Early life

Brengle was born and raised in Dover, Delaware, and is Jewish.">"Madison Brengle leads Jewish tennis players at Miami Open,"
''Florida Jewish Journal''. Her mother (Gaby née Gamberg) coaches her, her father is Dan Brengle, and she has a brother named David.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100044116

Playing style

Brengle is what some coaches call a scrappy player, and her game is built around counter-punching and outlasting her opponents in long rallies while waiting for her opponent's error. When serving she uses an abbreviated service motion. Her forehand has a low follow-through. Sometimes on her backhand she will drive the ball flat, using a half-swing. Brengle moves quickly around the court, and is willing to battle to win her matches.

Junior career

As a teenager, Brengle participated in an experimental USTA training regimen.

In 2006, she won the Easter Bowl doubles championships with Kristy Frilling, defeating Sanaz Marand and Ashley Weinhold in the final. In 2007, Brengle reached the Australian Open girls' singles final, before going down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Brengle and Julia Cohen were the top seeds at the 2007 French Open girls' doubles competition, but the team lost in the first round.

Seeded seventh, Brengle lost in the final of the Wimbledon girls' singles competition to Urszula Radwańska, in three sets. Brengle and Chelsey Gullickson reached the girls' doubles semifinals there before losing to top seeds and eventual champions, Pavlyuchenkova and Radwańska. In August 2007, she was ranked fourth in the world in juniors.

Professional career

2005-06: Early years, first ITF title

2005 saw Brengle win her first ITF title, when, as a 15-year-old, she won a tournament in Baltimore. In the final, she defeated Beau Jones.

2007-08: Grand Slam debut

In 2007, Brengle received wildcard entries into two Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the first round both times. Accepted into the Australian Open main draw, Brengle lost to ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder. She was allowed another wildcard into the US Open, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Brengle and Ashley Weinhold were doubles wildcards, but lost in the first round of the doubles competition to eventual quarterfinalists, Stéphanie Foretz and Yaroslava Shvedova.

Brengle won her first WTA match of the season in August by defeating former top-20 player Flavia Pennetta, before losing to Elena Dementieva in the following round at the 2007 East West Bank Classic WTA tournament in Los Angeles. In addition, earlier in the year, the American reached the second round of the 2007 French Open qualifying draw.

On the ITF Circuit, Brengle reached three out of four singles finals in the first four months of the year. Brengle and Kristy Frilling won an ITF doubles title in Augusta, Georgia. In the final, the team defeated Angelina Gabueva and Alisa Kleybanova.

In 2008, Brengle received a wildcard into the French Open (after winning a playoff tournament), defeating Ahsha Rolle in the finals. The US Open and the French Open agreed to exchange wildcards in their respective tournaments.

2011-13

In 2011, Brengle finally won her second ITF title at Hammond, LA. She also reached the final at another ITF event at Rancho Santa Fe, California. At College Park, she defeated recent Wimbledon third rounder Melinda Czink to win her first WTA Tour match since Quebec City in 2009.

In 2012, Brengle won her third ITF title at Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She also won the doubles title with Paula Kania of Poland.

And in 2013, she won her fourth ITF title at Rancho Santa Fe.

2014: First major match-win, top 100 debut

Brengle had a strong start to her 2014 season, qualifying through to the main draw at the Hobart International, but was narrowly defeated in the first round by top seed Samantha Stosur in a final-set tiebreak. The next week, she was in touching distance of a main-draw berth at the Australian Open, but lost to Irina-Camelia Begu in the final qualifying round. In July, she won the $50k Lexington Challenger, beating Nicole Gibbs in the final.
Later in the year, she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the US Open, where she recorded her first ever Grand Slam win over Julia Glushko of Israel.

She moved into the top 100 for first time on September 29, 2014, after winning the $50k event Redrock Open in Las Vegas defeating Nicole Vaidišová, Kateryna Bondarenko and Michelle Larcher de Brito, all in straight sets.

2015-16: Australian Open fourth round, top 35 debut, career-high ranking

At the 2015 Australian Open Brengle defeated the 13th-ranked Andrea Petkovic in the first round. Then, she won in straight sets against both Irina Falconi and CoCo Vandeweghe, eventually losing in the fourth round to Madison Keys, 2–6, 4–6. This was her best performance in a Grand Slam tournament so far. In Stuttgart, she defeated No. 4 ranked Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.
In May, her singles ranking reached a career-best of No. 35 in the world.
She finished the 2015 season ranked No. 40.

In 2016 in Dubai, she defeated No. 8 ranked Kvitová in three sets.

2017: First Wimbledon third round

Brengle began the season with an upset win over compatriot and world No. 2, Serena Williams, at the Auckland Open. Then, she won the $60k tournaments of Charlottesville and Charleston. At Wimbledon, she beat No. 12 ranked Petra Kvitová, in the second round.

2020-21: Second US Open and Wimbledon third rounds

At the 2020 US Open, Brengle reached the third round for a second time since 2015 in which she was defeated by eventual quarterfinalist Shelby Rogers.

She also reached the third round at 2021 Wimbledon for the second time in her career, and sixth at a major overall, defeating two fellow Americans en route Christina McHale and fourth seed, world No. 6 and former Grand Slam champion, Sofia Kenin.

She finished the 2021 season ranked No. 58 in the world.

2022: Two WTA 1000 third rounds, back to top 50

Among Brengle's top upsets were her defeat of world No. 30, Liudmila Samsonova, in straight sets at the Miami Open to reach her second third round at this event and third overall at a WTA 1000 level, and of world No. 28 and third seed, Ekaterina Alexandrova, at the Cleveland in August to reach the quarterfinals.

Brengle reached back the top 50 at No. 48, on 3 October 2022, following two consecutive ITF titles in California.

She finished the year ranked No. 57 in the world.

Honors

In 2016, Brengle was named to the Delaware Tennis Hall of Fame. She was the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That year, she was also the first tennis player granted the Delaware Sportswriters & Broadcasters Association's John J. Brady Delaware Athlete of the Year Award.

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 2022 US Open.''

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 30 (19 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

''Active players are in boldface.''

Top 10 wins

See also

* List of select Jewish tennis players

Notes

References

External links

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1990 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Jewish American sportspeople
Jewish tennis players
People from Dover, Delaware
Tennis people from Delaware
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American women