Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional
tennis
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player. She has reached career-high
WTA rankings of world No. 7 in singles and No. 79 in doubles. Collins has won four singles titles, including a
WTA 1000 title at the
2024 Miami Open, and one doubles title. She contested a
major
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singles final at the
2022 Australian Open.
Collins played collegiate tennis at the
University of Virginia
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and won the
NCAA singles title twice, during her sophomore and senior years in 2014 and 2016. She finished her career with Virginia as the top-ranked collegiate player. Having first established herself on the WTA Tour when she reached the semifinals of the
2018 Miami Open as a qualifier, her breakthrough came at the
2019 Australian Open where she advanced to the semifinals, defeating world No. 2
Angelique Kerber en route. She won her first
WTA Tour title in 2021 at the
Palermo Ladies Open. She followed with an Australian Open final, and after initially announcing 2024 would mark her final season, Collins went on a run of form that included the Miami Open title.
Early life
Collins is the daughter of Walter and Cathy Collins. She is of
Dutch descent on her mother’s side through her grandmother.
Collins graduated from
Northeast High School,
St. Petersburg, Florida, in 2012.
She trained at the Isla Del Sol Yacht & Country Club in St. Petersburg for six years and
IMG Academy from 2010 to 2012.
She was considered the recruit of the class of 2012, and she received a scholarship from the
University of Florida
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.
College career
Collins played one season of college tennis for the
Florida Gators, going 24–8 in singles.
She then transferred to the
University of Virginia
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.
Collins had a stellar career with the
Virginia Cavaliers, with a cumulative record of 101–20. Named to the All-ACC first team in all three seasons, she helped Virginia win consecutive
ACC Championships in 2014 and 2015.
At the
NCAA Championships, she became the first Cavalier to the win the singles title in
2014
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and became the seventh two-time champion in
2016
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.
She finished her college career in 2016 as the nation's top-ranked player and received the
Honda Sports Award for tennis.
Collins graduated from Virginia with a bachelor's degree in media studies and business. She returned to the University of Florida for graduate school to earn a master's degree in sports management in a program partnering with the WTA.
Professional career
2009–2012: ITF Tour
In 2009, Collins played her first events on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
. She won her first ITF singles title in 2011.
2013–2017: WTA Tour debut, turning pro
She did not play any professional matches in 2013 and 2015 while she was playing college tennis at Virginia.
Collins made her
WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard player at the
2014 US Open in the
Arthur Ashe Stadium, where she forced second seed
Simona Halep to a third-setter in the first round.
In mid-2016, she turned fully professional. During her time on the ITF Circuit, she won four singles titles.
2018: Breakthrough and top 50
Collins started the year reaching the final round of
qualifying at the
Australian Open, before being outclassed by
Denisa Allertová, in two sets.
However, she received a wildcard at the
WTA 125 tournament at
Newport Beach and claimed the title there, which saw her rise to a career-high ranking of No. 120 at that time.
Another impressive run at another WTA 125 tournament, this time in
Indian Wells, saw her reach the quarterfinals and thus earn a wildcard for the
Indian Wells Open, a
Premier Mandatory tournament that also takes place there. There, she won her first WTA Tour match, defeating compatriot
Taylor Townsend, before beating world No. 14,
Madison Keys, in straight sets, followed by a victory over
Sofya Zhuk. Although her run ended in the fourth round against former world No. 6,
Carla Suárez Navarro, Collins made her top-100 debut, jumping from No. 117 to 93.
Getting through the qualifying rounds at the
Miami Open, Collins beat world No. 37,
Irina-Camelia Begu
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, in straight sets, before upsetting two-time major semifinalist
CoCo Vandeweghe, in three sets. Victories over
Donna Vekić and
Monica Puig followed, before she earned the biggest victory of her career, beating her idol, former world No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion,
Venus Williams, who was the eighth-ranked player coming into their encounter. With this win, she became the first qualifier ever to reach the semifinals at the Miami Open. She then faced sixth-seeded
Jeļena Ostapenko and lost in straight sets, despite having a set point in the first set. After making it to the quarterfinals in
Monterrey
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, Collins broke into the top 50 for the first time.
Collins won back-to-back main-draw matches at only two other tournaments the rest of the season, reaching the third round of the
Eastbourne International and the semifinals in
San Jose (both Premier-level events) and lost in the opening round at the remaining three Grand Slams. Nonetheless, she finished the year ranked No. 36 in the world, more than 100 spots above her previous best year-end ranking.
2019: Australian Open semifinal, top 25
Her rise continued at the
Australian Open. Prior to the tournament, she had never won a match at a major event. After upsetting 14th seed
Julia Görges in a tough first-round match, Collins won her next three matches in straight sets; first against
Sachia Vickery, then against 19th seed
Caroline Garcia. In the round of 16, Collins pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament, dominating the second seed and three-time major champion
Angelique Kerber, in straight sets. She thus reached the quarterfinals, where she defeated
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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in three sets. In the semifinals, she lost to eighth seed
Petra Kvitová
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, in two sets. Collins rose to a career-high ranking of No. 23 on January 28, 2019, following the tournament.
She also recorded wins at all the other major events, reaching the second round at the
French Open
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and
US Open as well as the third round at
Wimbledon
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. She achieved her best-ever Grand Slam doubles result at
Wimbledon
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* W ...
, reaching the quarterfinals with
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
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. Collins struggled outside of the majors though, reaching the quarterfinals at just one tournament (the
Charleston Open
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). In December, she won the
Hawaii Open, an exhibition tournament, upon the withdrawal of her finals opponent Angelique Kerber. Collins finished the year ranked world No. 31.
At the end of 2019, Collins revealed that she was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis,
similar to
Caroline Wozniacki
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.
2020: French Open quarterfinalist
Collins began 2020 with three wins over top-15 opponents. She defeated world No. 5,
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour single ...
, in the first round at the
Brisbane International
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before falling to world No. 13, Madison Keys, in straight sets in the quarterfinals. The following week at the
Adelaide International, she defeated No. 15
Sofia Kenin
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in the second round, and then No. 7
Belinda Bencic
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in the quarterfinals. Collins fell to world No. 1,
Ashleigh Barty
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, in three sets in the semifinals. She lost in the second round to
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025.
Puti ...
at the
Australian Open
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, and dropped outside the top 50 due to failing to defend her semifinalist points.
Due to the six-month shutdown of the WTA Tour caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Collins did not play again after the Australian Open until August. She lost in the opening round of her first two tournaments back, to
Jil Teichmann
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Teichmann has won two titles in singles ...
at the
Western & Southern Open and
Anett Kontaveit
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at the
US Open. However, Collins rebounded at the
French Open
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where she reached her second career Grand Slam quarterfinal. Along the way, she upset two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1,
Garbiñe Muguruza
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, in the third round (handing the Spaniard her earliest exit from Roland Garros since 2013) as well as 30th seed
Ons Jabeur
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, both in three sets. Her run ultimately came to an end against compatriot and reigning Australian Open champion, Sofia Kenin, in a match that for both players was their fourth three-setter of five matches.
2021: First WTA Tour title, return to top 30
Danielle Collins was sidelined for the first half of the season with debilitating pain in her back. She was diagnosed with
endometriosis
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and proceeded to have a "tennis ball-sized" cyst removed. In addition to that surgery, Collins was also taking medication for
rheumatoid arthritis
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.
Collins won her first WTA Tour title at the
Palermo Ladies Open, defeating
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
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, in straight sets in the final. The following month, she won her second WTA title at the
Silicon Valley Classic, defeating
Daria Kasatkina
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in three sets. The Silicon Valley Classic win marked her first
WTA 500 title. As a result, she reentered the top 30 at world No. 28, on August 9, 2021.
She continued her win streak at the
Canadian Open. She beat
Jil Teichmann
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Teichmann has won two titles in singles ...
in the first round, and went on to defeat sixth seed
Simona Halep in the second. Her 12-match win streak eventually came to an end in the third round, after losing to compatriot
Jessica Pegula
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, in three sets. At the
US Open, she reached the third round for the first time after defeating former world No. 6, Carla Suárez Navarro, and
Kaja Juvan
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. She lost her third-round match to
Aryna Sabalenka
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, in straight sets.
In her next two tournaments, Collins reached the quarterfinals in
Chicago
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and the third round in
Indian Wells before concluding her season in
Linz
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, where she was forced to retire in her semifinal match against compatriot
Alison Riske
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S ...
due to a shoulder injury. Nonetheless, Collins finished the year ranked inside the top 30 for the first time, at No. 29.
2022: Major finalist, world No. 7, American No. 1
At the
Australian Open
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, Collins reached the semifinals for the second time, after defeating 19th seed
Elise Mertens
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to become the third American woman in the quarterfinals. It was the second year in a row that three Americans have featured at this stage of the tournament. In the quarterfinals, she beat
Alizé Cornet
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in straight sets. She defeated
Iga Świątek
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also in straight sets in the semifinals to advance to her first Grand Slam final, where she faced world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty. Świątek said that Collins hits "the fastest ball I have ever played against in a match." In the final, Collins lost in straight sets despite being 5–1 up in the second set. As a result of her performance, Collins made her top-10 debut and became the American No. 1 female player. At the
French Open
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, she lost to fellow American
Shelby Rogers
Shelby Nicole Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. R ...
, in straight sets, in the second round. In
Wimbledon
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Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
, Collins lost in the first round to
Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the 2022 P ...
, in three sets. At the same tournament, partnering
Desirae Krawczyk
Desirae Marie Krawczyk ( , ; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7, achieved August 2024, and has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA T ...
, she reached the quarterfinals for a second time and then the semifinals for the first time at a major in doubles in her career.
Seeded 19th at the
US Open, she reached the round of 16 for the first time upon defeating two-time US Open champion
Naomi Osaka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...
,
Cristina Bucșa
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, and Alizé Cornet. In the fourth round, she lost to world No. 6 and eventual semifinalist Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.
2023: First WTA Tour doubles title
Collins started her 2023 season in
Adelaide
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. Seeded fifth at
the first tournament, she lost in the first round to
Elena Rybakina
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in three sets. Seeded 10th at
the second tournament, she reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated by sixth seed and world No. 9,
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In ...
in three sets, despite having five match points during the match. Seeded 13th as the prior year's finalist at the
Australian Open
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, she beat
Anna Kalinskaya
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in the first round. In the second round, she outlasted
Karolína Muchová
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in a two-hour-and-56-minute three-set marathon match. In the third round, she lost to 22nd seed and eventual finalist, Elena Rybakina, in three sets. Due to not defending her finalist points earned in 2022, Collins's ranking fell from 11 to 40 after the Australian Open.
In the beginning of February, at the
Abu Dhabi Open
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, Collins was defeated in the first round by fifth seed and world No. 12, Jeļena Ostapenko, in three sets. At the
Qatar Ladies Open
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, she suffered a second-round thrashing at the hands of defending champion, world No. 1, and eventual champion, Iga Świątek, winning only one game. In
Dubai
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, she fell in the first round to 17-year-old
Linda Fruhvirtová
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She made ...
. Seeded fourth at the inaugural edition of the
ATX Open in Austin, Texas she reached the semifinals where she lost to eighth seed,
Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( ; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she h ...
, who would end up winning her first WTA Tour singles title. At the
Indian Wells Open
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, she was defeated in the first round by lucky loser
Dalma Gálfi
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On 12 September 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79. On 19 September 2022, she peaked at No. 126 in the WTA doubles rankings. Gál ...
. Seeded 30th at the
Miami Open, she lost in the third round to third seed and compatriot, Jessica Pegula.
Collins started her clay-court season in April at the
Charleston Open
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. Seeded 13th, she lost in the first round to Shelby Rogers. In
doubles, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title alongside compatriot Desirae Krawczyk, beating top seeds
Giuliana Olmos
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Olmos, a graduate of USC, has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 10 April 2023. She has won seven doubles titles on the ...
and
Ena Shibahara
is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She reached her career-high rankings of world No. 4 in doubles and No. 119 in singles. Shibahara has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two W ...
in the final. She withdrew from both the
Madrid Open and the
Italian Open. Returning to action at the
French Open
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, she was defeated in the first round by third seed Jessica Pegula.
2024: Two titles, top 10, retirement U-turn
After her loss to world No. 1 Iga Świątek at the
Australian Open
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, Collins announced that 2024 would be her last year of playing professional tennis.
At the
Abu Dhabi Open
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where she qualified for the main draw, she defeated former No. 1, wildcard Naomi Osaka, in straight sets.
The following week, she also qualified for the WTA 1000
Qatar Ladies Open
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and reached the quarterfinals, defeating 13th seed Veronika Kudermetova, and Czechs Marie Bouzková and
Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...
. In the quarterfinals, Collins lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.
In
Indian Wells, Collins defeated Russian qualifier
Erika Andreeva
Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva ( rus, Эрика Александровна Андреева, p=ˈɛrʲɪkə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvə, born 24 June 2004) is a Russian tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world N ...
and then lost to Iga Świątek in the second round.
In
Miami
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, she reached the quarterfinals for the third time at this tournament, with wins over
Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved ...
, Russians 30th seed
Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova. (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 21 by the WTA rankings, WTA, achieved on 19 June 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 40, reached on 5 ...
and
Elina Avanesyan, and 19th seed
Sorana Cirstea. She reached her second career WTA 1000 semifinal (after 2018 Miami) with a straight-set win against Caroline Garcia, increasing the head-to-head to 4–0. In the semifinals, she then defeated 14th seed
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA To ...
, also in straight sets, to advance to her first WTA 1000 final. Ranked No. 53, she became the second lowest-ranked finalist in Miami behind only Naomi Osaka, and the fourth-oldest first-time WTA 1000 finalist since the category was introduced in 2009. She secured her inaugural WTA 1000 title with a decisive victory in straight sets over Elena Rybakina, the fourth seed and previous year's runner-up. This historic win marked her as the lowest-ranked champion, only the second unseeded woman to achieve the feat, and the third woman to claim her maiden singles title in Miami after turning 30 years old, following Chris Evert (1986) and Petra Kvitová (2023), since the tournament's inception in 1985. Additionally, she joined the champions list as the sixth American to triumph in Miami. As a result, she returned to the top 25 in the rankings, at No. 22.
Unseeded again at the
Charleston Open
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, she defeated
Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa Gibert () (born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles by the WTA and No. 124 in doubles, achieved on 25 April 2022. She has won four WTA Tour singles titl ...
, and second seed and defending champion
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP ranking ...
. Next, she defeated
Sloane Stephens
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(her second match in one day), 11th seed
Elise Mertens
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, and world No. 7 and third seed,
Maria Sakkari
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, all in straight sets, to reach the final, extending her record to 12 consecutive match wins. She lifted her second straight singles trophy in two weeks and fourth overall, defeating fourth seed
Daria Kasatkina
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, achieved in October 2022. Kasatkina ha ...
in straight sets. This marked her 22nd win since the beginning of the season, and tied her for the most wins with Świątek and Rybakina. She became the first player to win back-to-back titles in Miami and Charleston since
Serena Williams
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in 2013. With the title, she returned to the top 15 on April 8, 2024.
In
Madrid
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, Collins continued her winning streak to 15 matches, securing victories over qualifiers
Olga Danilović
Olga Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Олга Даниловић, ; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 5 May 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 33. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA double ...
and
Jaqueline Cristian
Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 49 in singles and No. 108 in doubles. She is currently the No. 1 Romanian player. Cristian has won one WTA 125 tit ...
. However, her streak ended in the fourth round when she was defeated by world No. 2,
Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles. ...
, in three sets. Seeded 13th at the
Italian Open, she reached her maiden WTA 1000 clay-court semifinal without dropping a set, with wins over
Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best single ...
by retirement, 22nd seed
Caroline Garcia,
Irina-Camelia Begu
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and 24th seed
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...
. Her run was once again halted by Aryna Sabalenka, this time in straight sets. At the WTA 500 in
Strasbourg
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, she advanced to her third final of the season, defeating Kateřina Siniaková,
Clara Burel
Clara Burel (; born 24 March 2001) is a French professional tennis player. On 10 June 2024, she peaked at No. 42 in the WTA singles rankings.
Career Juniors
In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian ...
, and
Anhelina Kalinina
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. In an All-American final, she lost to fourth seed
Madison Keys in straight sets. As a result, she returned to the top 10 for the first time since August 2022. At the
French Open
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, she was upset in the second round by qualifier Olga Danilović.
Seeded 11th at
Wimbledon
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she defeated
Clara Tauson
Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 21 in singles, achieved on 3 March 2025 and No. 124 in doubles, on 16 June same year. Tauson has won three WTA Tour titles, all o ...
,
Dalma Gálfi
Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player.
On 12 September 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79. On 19 September 2022, she peaked at No. 126 in the WTA doubles rankings. Gál ...
and 20th seed
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz "Bia" Haddad Maia (; born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high of world No. 10 in singles and in doubles, becoming the first Brazilian woman to enter the top 10 in singles in the history of t ...
to reach the round-of-16 at the grass-court Major for the first time where she lost to eventual champion
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
.
Collins reached the quarterfinals at the
Paris Olympics but retired due to injury while trailing in the third set of her match with world number one
Iga Świątek
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.
At the
US Open, she lost in the first round to
Caroline Dolehide. Collins also lost her opening match at the
Guadalajara Open to
Olivia Gadecki
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.
In October, Collins announced she had changed her mind about retiring and would play on in 2025.
2025: Strasbourg semifinal, Australian Open third round
Collins defeated qualifiers
Daria Snigur
Daria Serhiivna Snigur (; born 27 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles, achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the IT ...
and
Destanee Aiava to reach the third round at the
Australian Open
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, where she lost to 10th seed and eventual champion
Madison Keys.
In March, seeking to defend her title at the
Miami Open, she overcame
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
and qualifier
Rebeka Masarova
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Masarova won the juniors' 2016 ...
, before losing to world No.1 and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka.
At the
Charleston Open
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, again as defending champion and seeded seventh, Collins reached the quarterfinals with wins over
Robin Montgomery and 11th seed
Jeļena Ostapenko, before losing in the last eight to top seed
Jessica Pegula
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in three sets.
In May at the
Strasbourg Open, she defeated
Sofia Kenin
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and wildcard entrant
Emma Raducanu, before being given a walkover into the semifinals when her scheduled opponent,
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...
, withdrew due to injury. Collins lost in the last four to eighth seed
Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 12 in singles ...
.
World TeamTennis
Collins played her first season with
World TeamTennis
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The league's season normally took place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA would ...
in 2019 with
Billie Jean King
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's
Philadelphia Freedoms. She started the 2020 season on the
Orlando Storm
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roster which began July 12, but was dismissed from the league after leaving the state and breaching COVID-19 safety protocols.
Playing style
Collins employs a highly aggressive playing style that has been described as "fearless," "ferocious," and "fun to watch."
Career statistics
Grand Slam tournament performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Notes
References
External links
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Danielle Collinsa
Virginia Sports*
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1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from St. Petersburg, Florida
Virginia Cavaliers women's tennis players
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Florida
21st-century American sportswomen
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for the United States
American people of Dutch descent