Asia Muhammad

Muhammad at the2024 Transylvania Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Born	(1991-04-04)April 4, 1991 (age 33) Long Beach, California
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2006[1]
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Tim Blenkiron
Prize money	US$ 2,347,234
Singles
Career record	346–290
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 124 (April 24, 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023)
French Open	Q2 (2020,2021)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2017)
US Open	1R (2008,2018,2020)
Doubles
Career record	447–243
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 8 (March 17, 2025)
Current ranking	No. 8 (March 17, 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019,2025)
French Open	QF (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2021,2022,2024)
US Open	SF (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2025)
French Open	QF (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2019,2021,2024)
US Open	1R (2014,2019,2021,2023,2024)
Last updated on: 28 March 2025.

Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professionaltennis player who specializes in doubles. She has beenranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by theWTA, achieved on 17 March 2025.Muhammad has won twelve doubles titles on theWTA Tour including the2024 CincinnatiWTA 1000 title withErin Routliffe and the2025 Indian Wells withDemi Schuurs.

She also has reached the finals in2022 Indian Wells withEna Shibahara and in2024 Wuhan withJessica Pegula. In addition Muhammad has won five doubles titles on theChallenger Tour and 35 doubles titles on theITF Circuit. In singles she has a carer-high No. 124, achieved on 24 April 2017 and has won 14 ITF singles titles.

Muhammad has been training at the No Quit Tennis Academy withTim Blenkiron. He started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi's Team Agassi tennis and education program in Las Vegas, where she developed into a top junior player.^[2] Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.^[3]

Muhammad reached the semifinals of amajor at the2020 US Open and won two WTA 500 titles, at the2023 Adelaide International 1^[4] and the2024 Washington Open, all partnering withTaylor Townsend.^[5] As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 on 12 August 2024.^[6] After winning her biggest title, a WTA 1000 inCincinnati with Routliffe, Muhammad reached the top 20.^[7] Next she reached the final at the WTA 10002024 Wuhan Open with Pegula and finished the 2024 season ranked No. 15. Following three round of 16 showings at the2025 Australian Open, and at the2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open and the2025 Dubai Tennis Championships with new partnerDemi Schuurs, Muhammad reached the top 10 in the rankings on 24 February 2025.^[8] Again with partner Schuurs, Muhammad reached the final at the2025 BNP Paribas Open defeating top seeds world No. 1Katerina Siniakova and world No. 2 Taylor Townsend.^[9] They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo ofTereza Mihalikova andOlivia Nicholls.^[10][11]

Muhammad was born inLong Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad.^[12] Ron Holmes was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year startingpoint guard for theUSC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. Muhammad's mother, Faye, was a point guard andtrack star atLong Beach State.^[12][13]

She is the oldest of three children. One brother,Shabazz Muhammad, is a professional basketball player, who played for five seasons in theNBA.^[12][14][15]

An uncle,Stephone Paige, played nine seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) with 377 careerreceptions. Her aunt,Robin Holmes-Sullivan, was a four-year starter forCal State Fullerton's basketball team.^[13]

In 2020, she got engaged to her boyfriend, Australian tennis playerDayne Kelly.^[16][17]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2022	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2024	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Erin Routliffe	Leylah Fernandez Yulia Putintseva	3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	2024	Wuhan Open	Hard	Jessica Pegula	Irina Khromacheva Anna Danilina	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	2025	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International[a]	Grass	Laura Siegemund	Jelena Janković Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Sep 2016	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Peng Shuai	Olga Govortsova Vera Lapko	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–0	Sep 2018	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Maria Sanchez	Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–0	Apr 2019	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	5–0	Jan 2020	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–0	Mar 2021	Monterrey Open, Mexico(2)	WTA 250	Hard	Caroline Dolehide	Heather Watson Zheng Saisai	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–0	Jan 2022	Melbourne Summer Set, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Jessica Pegula	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	6–3, 6–1
Loss	7–1	Mar 2022	Indian Wells Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	7–2	Sep 2022	Korea Open, South Korea	WTA 250	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Kristina Mladenovic Yanina Wickmayer	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–2	Jan 2023	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win	9–2	Feb 2024	Transylvania Open, Romania	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Caty McNally	Harriet Dart Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–3	May 2024	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 500	Clay	Aldila Sutjiadi	Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	10–3	Aug 2024	Washington Open, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Jiang Xinyu Wu Fang-hsien	7–6(7–0), 6–3
Win	11–3	Aug 2024	Cincinnati Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Erin Routliffe	Leylah Fernandez Yulia Putintseva	3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	11–4	Oct 2024	Wuhan Open, China	WTA 1000	Hard	Jessica Pegula	Irina Khromacheva Anna Danilina	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	12–4	Mar 2025	Indian Wells Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2016	Hawaii Open, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–2	Nov 2017	Hawaii Open, United States	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–3	Sep 2018	Chicago Challenger, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Mona Barthel Kristýna Plíšková	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2020	Indian Wells Challenger, United States	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Caty McNally Jessica Pegula	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–3	Nov 2021	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Harriet Dart	Peangtarn Plipuech Aldila Sutjiadi	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	3–3	Aug 2022	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Miyu Kato	Tímea Babos Angela Kulikov	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–3	Nov 2022	Midland Tennis Classic, United States(2)	Hard (i)	Alycia Parks	Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	May 2023	Firenze Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Giuliana Olmos	Vivian Heisen Ingrid Neel	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	5–4	May 2024	Clarins Open, France	Clay	Aldila Sutjiadi	Monica Niculescu Zhu Lin	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [11–9]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2007	ITF Houston, United States	10,000	Hard (i)	Jelena Pandžić	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
W	1–1	Mar 2008	Las Vegas Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Camille Pin	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	May 2013	ITF Raleigh, United States	25,000	Clay	Chalena Scholl	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–1	Nov 2015	Canberra International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Oct 2016	Bendigo International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	Feb 2017	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–3	Oct 2017	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Kimberly Birrell	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–4	Feb 2018	Launceston International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Gabriella Taylor	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	Feb 2018	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Kurumi Nara	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(3)
Win	6–4	Aug 2018	Lexington Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Ann Li	7–5, 6–1
Win	7–4	Sep 2018	ITF Templeton Pro, United States	60,000	Hard	Sesil Karatantcheva	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	8–4	Sep 2019	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–4	Oct 2019	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Maddison Inglis	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	10–4	Feb 2020	Launceston International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–4	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2
Win	12–4	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	6–1, 7–6(7)
Win	13–4	Mar 2022	Bendigo International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	6–2, 6–4
Win	14–4	Jul 2023	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Park So-hyun	6–2, 1–0 ret.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2009	ITF Szczecin, Poland	25,000	Clay	Christina McHale	Michaela Paštiková Lenka Tvarošková	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2010	Osprey Challenger, United States	25,000	Clay	Madison Brengle	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	1–6, 6–7(3)
Win	1–2	Oct 2010	Tennis Classic of Troy, United States	50,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–3	May 2011	Raleigh Challenger, United States	50,000	Clay	Beatrice Capra	Marie-Ève Pelletier Sharon Fichman	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	May 2011	Carson Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Alexandra Mueller	Christina Fusano Yasmin Schnack	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–3	Jul 2011	Waterloo Challenger, Canada	50,000	Clay	Alexandra Mueller	Eugenie Bouchard Megan Moulton-Levy	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	4–3	Sep 2011	Albuquerque Championships, United States	75,000	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Grace Min Melanie Oudin	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss	4–4	May 2012	Raleigh Challenger, United States	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Mueller	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	5–4	Jun 2012	Sacramento Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Kaitlyn Christian Maria Sanchez	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	6–4	Sep 2012	Albuquerque Championships, United States	75,000	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	6–2, 1–6, [12–10]
Win	7–4	Feb 2013	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Allie Will	Anamika Bhargava Macall Harkins	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–5	May 2013	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	50,000	Clay	Allie Will	Jan Abaza Louisa Chirico	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–5	May 2013	Raleigh Challenger, United States	25,000	Clay	Allie Will	Jessica Moore Sally Peers	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Jun 2013	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Allie Will	Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	8–7	Oct 2013	ITF Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Allie Kiick	Mariana Duque-Marino María Irigoyen	6–4, 6–7(5), [10–12]
Loss	8–8	Nov 2013	ITF New Braunfels, United States	50,000	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Anna Tatishvili CoCo Vandeweghe	6–3, 3–6, [11–13]
Loss	8–9	Jan 2014	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Allie Will	Nicole Melichar Teodora Mirčić	7–6(5), 6–7(1), [1–10]
Win	9–9	Apr 2014	Charlottesville Open, United States	50,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	6–3, 6–1
Win	10–9	May 2014	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	50,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Jan Abaza Sanaz Marand	6–2, 6–1
Loss	10–10	Jun 2014	ITF Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Louisa Chirico	Sanaz Marand Florencia Molinero	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	11–10	Aug 2014	Vancouver Open, Canada	100,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Jamie Loeb Allie Will	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	11–11	Sep 2014	Las Vegas Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	11–12	Nov 2014	ITF Captiva Island, United States	50,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Tatishvili	3–6, 3–6
Win	12–12	Jan 2015	ITF Plantation, United States	25,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Jan Abaza Sanaz Marand	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–12	Feb 2015	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	İpek Soylu Nina Stojanović	6–0, 6–3
Loss	13–13	Oct 2015	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jennifer Elie	Jessica Moore Storm Sanders	0–6, 3–6
Win	14–13	Oct 2015	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lauren Embree	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	14–14	Nov 2015	Canberra International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Lauren Embree	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	6–7(13), 6–1, [12–14]
Win	15–14	Nov 2015	Bendigo International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Lauren Embree	Natela Dzalamidze Hiroko Kuwata	7–5, 6–3
Win	16–14	Jan 2016	Championships of Maui, United States	50,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	17–14	Feb 2016	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Jessica Pegula Carol Zhao	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–14	Apr 2016	Osprey Challenger, United States	50,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Louisa Chirico Katerina Stewart	6–1, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Win	19–14	Apr 2016	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Sophie Chang Caitlin Whoriskey	6–2, 6–3
Win	20–14	Apr 2016	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	50,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Caitlin Whoriskey Keri Wong	6–0, 6–1
Win	21–14	Apr 2016	Charlottesville Open, United States	50,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Alexandra Panova Shelby Rogers	7–6(4), 6–0
Loss	21–15	Jun 2016	Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Maria Sanchez	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6–7(5), 1–6
Win	22–15	Oct 2016	Bendigo International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3
Win	23–15	Nov 2017	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Jessica Moore Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	23–16	Nov 2017	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Alison Bai Zoe Hives	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	24–16	May 2018	Fukuoka International, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Naomi Broady	Tara Moore Amra Sadiković	6–2, 6–0
Win	25–16	May 2018	Kurume Cup, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Naomi Broady	Katy Dunne Abigail Tere-Apisah	6–2, 6–4
Loss	25–17	Jun 2018	Manchester Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Naomi Broady	Luksika Kumkhum Prarthana Thombare	6–7(5), 3–6
Win	26–17	Jun 2018	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Maria Sanchez	Natela Dzalamidze Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Win	27–17	Jul 2018	Berkeley Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Ellen Perez Sabrina Santamaria	6–4, 6–1
Win	28–17	Sep 2018	ITF Templeton Pro, United States	60,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	6–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	29–17	Nov 2018	Tyler Pro Challenge, United States	80,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Desirea Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	3–6, 6–3, [14–12]
Win	30–17	Nov 2018	Las Vegas Open, United States	80,000	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–3, 6–4
Win	31–17	Apr 2019	Charlottesville Open, United States	80,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Lucie Hradecká Katarzyna Kawa	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win	32–17	May 2019	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Madison Brengle Lauren Davis	6–2, 6–2
Loss	32–18	Sep 2019	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Emily Fanning Abbie Myers	6–2, 6–7(2), [7–10]
Win	33–18	Nov 2019	Playford International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Storm Sanders	Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalikova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	33–19	Jan 2020	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Desirae Krawczyk	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	3–6, 2–6
Win	34–19	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	35–19	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	7–6(2), 7–6(5)
Loss	35–20	Apr 2023	Zaragoza Open, Spain	80,000	Clay	Eden Silva	Diane Parry Arantxa Rus	1–6, 6–4, [5–10]

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