Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American former tennis player.

Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup.

Professional career Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbow. It took her eight months until she could start regularly playing competitive tennis again.

In 2007, she won the Southlake $25k USTA Pro Circuit event for her second career pro title and reached the quarterfinals of the Washington, D.C. $75k USTA Pro Circuit event. She was a finalist at the French Open junior doubles with partner Sorana Cîrstea of Romania. She also reached the quarterfinals of three $50k events. In 2008, Glatch reached the quarterfinals of the Dothan $75k USTA Pro Circuit event, was a finalist at the Carson $50k event, and was the singles champion at both the Toronto and Saguenay $50k events. She was one of three American women to make the 2008 US Open as a qualifier. She also had two semifinal finishes in doubles and won the doubles title at the $50k San Diego Pro Circuit tournament.

Glatch reached the third round of the 2009 Indian Wells Open as a wildcard; one of her wins was against world No. 29, Carla Suárez Navarro. At the 2009 Miami Open, Alexa advanced to the second round before losing to No. 1 seed, Serena Williams, 2–6, 3–6. She made her Fed Cup debut in April in the semifinals against the Czech Republic. As a rookie, she was dubbed the MVP for keeping the US alive by pulling off upset wins in both of her singles matches against No. 29, Iveta Benešová, and future world No. 2, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.

In May 2009, Glatch made her French Open debut by defeating 14th-seeded clay-court specialist Flavia Pennetta in the first round.

Glatch lost in the first round of the 2009 US Open to defending champion Serena Williams. In women's doubles, Glatch played with fellow American Carly Gullickson and advanced to the round of 16.

In March 2012, she began working with Australian coach Sarah Stone, who is the former coach of 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur.

At the 2012 French Open, she won three matches and beat two seeds to qualify for the main draw. She defeated Anna Tatishvili to advance to the second round where she lost to 18th-seeded Flavia Pennetta.

In July 2012, she reached the second round of the Carlsbad Open, losing to former world No. 3, Nadia Petrova, 4–6 3–6.

In October 2012, Glatch won two back-to-back grass-court tournaments in Japan.

Following an appearance at Wimbledon in 2013, Glatch took 15 months off to deal with injuries. She had wrist and hip surgeries and went through extensive rehabilitation. Upon her return to competitive tennis in October 2014, she won the doubles event at the $50k Macon Pro Circuit event.

In 2015, Glatch used her protected singles ranking to enter the 2015 Australian Open qualifying, where she defeated No. 3 seed and world No. 110, Lourdes Dominguez-Lino, and advanced to the final round of qualifying. In March/April, Glatch continued her post-injury, rapid rise up the rankings by winning the $25k Iripuato Mexico and the $50k Osprey Florida event (as a wildcard) defeating top seeded world No. 44, Madison Brengle, in the final. She continued her good form by qualifying for the 2015 French Open, and subsequently added a tenth ITF Circuit title by winning the $25k Gatineau event in Canada without dropping a set.

The ITIA listed her as a retired player on 31 May 2024.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20202021 Australian Open A A A A A Q1 A A A Q1 A Q3 Q1 A A A A A 0–0 French Open A A A A A 2R Q1 A 2R A A 1R A Q1 A A A A 2–3 Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A 1R Q3 1R A Q1 A A A A A A 0–3 US Open Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q3 A A Q1 A Q2 A A A A 1–5 Year-end ranking3622255412661651363011511194046391378035745813222912983–11

Personal life Alexa graduated from Laurel Springs High School. She was accepted to UCLA but opted not to attend. Some of her favorite tennis players include Steffi Graf and Roger Federer. After many years with Nike and time with ASICS, she now endorses Roche sportswear, Babolat rackets, and SOS Rehydrate sports drinks.

ITF Circuit finals Legend$100,000 tournaments$75/80,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups) Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jun 2004ITF Hamilton, Canada25,000 Clay Stéphanie Dubois 1–6, 5–7 Win 1–1 Jun 2006ITF Fort Worth, United States10,000 Hard Jamie Hampton 6–4, 6–1 Loss 1–2 Jun 2006 ITF Edmond, United States 10,000 Hard Riza Zalameda 4–6, 1–6 Win 2–2 Jul 2007ITF Southlake, US25,000 Hard Sunitha Rao 6–2, 7–5 Loss 2–3 May 2008Carson Challenger, US50,000 Hard Mashona Washington 5–7, 4–6 Win 3–3 Oct 2008Toronto Challenger, Canada50,000 Hard (i) Stéphanie Dubois 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–3 Oct 2008Challenger de Saguenay, Canada50,000 Hard (i) Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–1 Win 5–3 Jan 2009ITF Laguna Niguel, US25,000 Hard Chanelle Scheepers 6–1, 6–0 Loss 5–4 May 2011Carson Challenger, US50,000 Hard Camila Giorgi 6–7(4), 1–6 Loss 5–5 Oct 2011Las Vegas Open, US50,000 Hard Romina Oprandi 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–7(4) Win 6–5 Oct 2012ITF Makinohara, Japan25,000 Grass Monique Adamczak 6–3, 6–4 Win 7–5 Oct 2012ITF Hamamatsu, Japan25,000 Grass Monique Adamczak 6–2, 6–3 Win 8–5 Mar 2015ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000 Hard Renata Voráčová 6–2, 7–5 Win 9–5 Apr 2015Osprey Challenger, US50,000 Clay Madison Brengle 6–3, 6–7, 6–2 Win 10–5 Jul 2015ITF Gatineau, Canada25,000 Hard Bianca Andreescu 6–4, 6–3 Loss 10–6 Jun 2019ITF Denver, US25,000 Hard Usue Maitane Arconada 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 Loss 10–7 Nov 2019Pro Challenge Tyler, US80,000 Hard Mandy Minella 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups) Result W–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponents Score Win 1–0 Jun 2006ITF Edmond, US10,000 Hard Ashley Weinhold Elizabeth Kaufman Lindsey Nelson 6–4, 6–4 Win 2–0 Nov 2008ITF San Diego, US50,000 Hard Christina Fusano Angela Haynes Mashona Washington 6–3, 6–2 Win 3–0 Jun 2009Nottingham Trophy, UK75,000 Grass Natalie Grandin Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] Win 4–0 Apr 2011ITF Osprey, US25,000 Clay Stéphanie Foretz María Irigoyen Erika Sema 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] Loss 4–1 May 2011ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US50,000 Clay Christina Fusano Alyona Sotnikova Lenka Wienerová 4–6, 3–6 Win 5–1 Sep 2011ITF Albuquerque, US75,000 Hard Asia Muhammad Grace Min Melanie Oudin 4–6, 6–3, [10–2] Win 6–1 Oct 2011Las Vegas Open, US50,000 Hard Mashona Washington Varvara Lepchenko Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–2 Loss 6–2 Oct 2012ITF Hamamatsu, Japan25,000 Grass Monique Adamczak Shuko Aoyama Miki Miyamura 6–3, 4–6, [6–10] Win 7–2 Oct 2014Classic of Macon, US50,000 Hard Madison Brengle Anna Tatishvili Ashley Weinhold 6–0, 7–5 Loss 7–3 Nov 2014John Newcombe Challenge, US50,000 Hard Bernarda Pera Mariana Duque Verónica Cepede Royg 0–6, 3–6 Win 8–3 Aug 2021Landisville Challenge, US100,000 Hard Hanna Chang Samantha Murray Sharan Valeria Savinykh 7–6(3), 3–6, [11–9]Loss 8–4 Oct 2022ITF Redding, US25,000 Hard Aldila Sutjiadi Rasheeda McAdoo Hanna Poznikhirenko 6–7(3), 5–7Win 9–4 May 2023ITF Bethany Beach, US25,000 Clay Hanna Poznikhirenko Victoria Osuigwe Gabriella Broadfoot 7–5, 7–5

References

External links

Interview with Alexa Glatch