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| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Jackson, Georgia[1] |
| Born | (1991-01-28)January 28, 1991 (age 34) |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2012 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $316,417 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 42–30 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 68 (June 24, 2013) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 2R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2013) |
| US Open | 3R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 11–15 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 292 (August 13, 2012) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2013) |
| US Open | 2R (2011) |
Mallory Burdette (born January 28, 1991) is an American former professionaltennis player.
Burdette was born to Alan and Judy Burdette inMacon, Georgia. She has two sisters,Erin andLindsay, and a brother Andy, who all played tennis at thecollege-level.
She would have been a senior atStanford University in the fall of 2012, but she gave up her final year of college eligibility to turn professional after her strong run at the2012 US Open, when she reached the third round, falling to then-world No. 3,Maria Sharapova.
She announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2014, after being inactive for over a year due to a shoulder injury.
Burdette made her debut at theUS Open, as awildcard, 2006 in the women's doubles event. She partnered her sister Lindsay, and they were beaten byMichaëlla Krajicek andCorina Morariu in two sets.
In October, she received a wildcard to play in the qualifying draw of a $25k tournament inAugusta, Georgia, however, she lost the match to Bulgarian Svetlana Krivencheva in three tight sets. In November, she competed in the qualifying of the $50k tournament inLawrenceville, Georgia, again as a wildcard, but was beaten byTetiana Luzhanska. Burdette ended the year, after having competed in three events.
She was absent from the tour in 2007.
In July 2008, Mallory entered her first tournament since 2006, an $10k event inAtlanta. For the first time, she not only qualified, but reached round two with a straight-sets win over Anastasia Kharchenko. She also made the quarterfinals in doubles (with sister Lindsay), losing toMallory Cecil andMelanie Oudin.
This was the only tournament on the professional tour Burdette played in 2008.
In her only event of 2009, Burdette got a main draw wildcard at a $25k event inLutz, Florida. She was beaten in the first round by Soledad Esperón. She made the quarterfinals in doubles (partneringGrace Min) though, falling in a tight match toKimberly Couts andSharon Fichman.
She did not play in 2010.
Burdette's only tournament of 2011 was theUS Open women's doubles, where she received a wildcard together with her partnerHilary Barte. In the first round, they beat compatriotsAlexa Glatch andJamie Hampton in straight sets.[2] – before advancing to the second round, where they lost againstAndreja Klepač from Slovenia andAnna Tatishvili from Georgia.[3]
Burdette received a wildcard into the main draw of the2012 Stanford Classic in California. In the first round, she defeatedAnne Keothavong in three sets.[4] She lost toMarion Bartoli in round two, after leading in the first set.[5][6]
A week after her second-round defeat in Stanford, on July 16, Burdette headed to compete in her first ITF event, a $10k hardcourt tournament held inEvansville. She qualified for the main draw following three straight-sets victories.[7] Burdette defeatedSally Peers,Naomi Osaka,Bojana Bobusic, and Julia Elbaba, and reached her first final on the ITF Circuit. She faced top seed Duan Yingying and won in two sets.[7][8] Burdette didn't drop a single set throughout the tournament. On top of that, she also managed a runner-up showing of doubles at the same event, partnering compatriotNatalie Pluskota.[9]
The following week, Burdette headed toLexington to compete in the$50k hardcourt event there, on a wildcard. She defeated top seedOlivia Rogowska and took her winning streak to ten when she defeated Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. However, her unbeaten run was ended in the third round when she was defeated byMadison Keys.[10]
In the first week of August 2012, Burdette received a wildcard entry in the$100k Vancouver Open. She defeated lucky loser Sherazad Benamar,Olga Savchuk, Olivia Rogowska, andChiara Scholl to secure her place in the final. Another straight-sets victory over Jessica Pegula brought Burdette her second ITF title within the space of a month.[11] Similar to her first tournament win in Evansville, she won the title without dropping a set.[11] As a result of the win in Vancouver, Burdette earned a main-draw wildcard for theUS Open.[12] In the first round, Burdette defeated SwissTimea Bacsinszky,[13] backing it up with another straight-sets win overLucie Hradecká. Burdette's run came to an end in the third round, with a defeat by third-seededMaria Sharapova.
While she did not play at the2013 Australian Open, she entered theFrench Open for the first time and beatDonna Vekić in the first round but was eliminated in the second by top-ten playerAgnieszka Radwańska. She also entered in doubles withSloane Stephens. The pair lost in the opening round to the eventual champions,Ekaterina Makarova andElena Vesnina.
Burdette had a nagging shoulder injury which kept her out of play during the2014 season. She announced an official retirement from the sport in October 2014, citing the aforementioned injury the reason.
Her last match on the professional tour was a tight first-round loss toMarina Erakovic inQuebec City at the2013 Challenge Bell, on September 9, 2013.
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | July 22, 2012 | Evansville, United States | Hard |  Duan Yingying | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | August 5, 2012 | Vancouver Open, Canada | Hard |  Jessica Pegula | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | July 22, 2012 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Natalie Pluskota | Duan YingyingXu Yifan | 6–2, 6–3 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 2R | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R | 1R | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
