Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles, and has been ranked as high as world No. 8 by the WTA, achieved in March 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000 titles, 2024 at Cincinnati with Erin Routliffe and 2025 at Indian Wells with Demi Schuurs.
She also reached the finals of the 2022 Indian Wells Open with Ena Shibahara and the 2024 Wuhan Open with Jessica Pegula. In addition, Muhammad has won five doubles titles on the Challenger Tour and thirty-five on the ITF Circuit. In singles, she has a career-high of 124, achieved in April 2017, and has won 14 ITF titles.
Early and personal life Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad. Ron Holmes was point guard for the USC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. Her mother, Faye, was a point guard and track athlete at Long Beach State. She is also the oldest of three children. One brother, Shabazz Muhammad, is a professional basketball player, who played for five seasons in the NBA. An uncle, Stephone Paige, played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with 377 career receptions. Her aunt, Robin Holmes-Sullivan, was a four-year starter for Cal State Fullerton's basketball team.
In 2020, she got engaged to Australian tennis player Dayne Kelly. In 2022, she and Kelly annulled their marriage. In 2025, she got engaged to her boyfriend, James Cross. The couple married in 2026.
Career Juniors Muhammad has been training at the No Quit Tennis Academy with Tim 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. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.
Professional tour Muhammad reached the semifinals of a major at the 2020 US Open and won two WTA 500 titles, at the 2023 Adelaide International 1 and the 2024 Washington Open, all partnering with Taylor Townsend. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 on 12 August 2024. After winning her biggest title at the WTA 1000 2024 Cincinnati Open with Erin Routliffe, Muhammad reached the top 20. She also reached the final at the WTA 1000 2024 Wuhan Open with Jessica Pegula and finished the season ranked No. 15. Following three round of 16 showings at the 2025 Australian Open, at the 2025 Qatar Ladies Open, and the 2025 Dubai Open with new partner Demi Schuurs, Muhammad reached the top 10 on 24 February 2025. Again with partner Schuurs, she reached the final of the 2025 Indian Wells Open, defeating top seeds world No. 1, Kateřina Siniaková, and world No. 2, Taylor Townsend. They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls.
Performance timelines
Doubles Tournament20082009...2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAA1RA3R2R1R2R2R1R3R3R0 / 99–9 French OpenAAAA1R1RA1RQF2R3R3R2R3R1R0 / 1011–10 WimbledonAAAAA1R1R1RNH3R3R1R3R2R3R0 / 99–9 US Open1R1R1R2RQF2R3R1RSF1R3R1R3RQF2R0 / 1518–15Win–loss0–10–10–11–13–21–42–22–47–33–47–43–45–48–45–40 / 4347–43WTA 1000Qatar Open1R0 / 10–1Dubai1R0 / 10–1Indian WellsAAAAA1RAQFNH2RF1RSFW1R1 / 814–7Miami OpenAAAAA1RA1RNHQF2R2RSF1RQF0 / 89–8Madrid OpenAAAAA1RAANHAAA1R1R1R0 / 40–4Italian OpenAAAAAAAAQF2RA1R1RQF0 / 55–5Canadian OpenAAAASF1RA1RNHA2RA2R2R0 / 65–6CincinnatiNMSAAAAAAA2RAA2RW1R1 / 45–3GuadalajaraNHASFNMS0 / 13–1China OpenANHA1R0 / 10–1WuhanANHF0 / 14–1Year-end ranking66042012789461086255364428501519
Mixed doubles Tournament2014 ...2017201820192020202120222023202420252026SR W–L Australian OpenAAAAA1R1RAAQF2R0 / 43–4 French OpenAAA2RNHA1RQF2R1RSF0 / 66–6 WimbledonA1RA 2RNH2R1RA2R2RA0 / 64–6 US Open1RAA1RNH1RA1R1RAA0 / 50–5Win–loss0–10–10–02–30–01–30–32–22–33–33–20 / 2113–21
Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2022Indian Wells OpenHard Ena Shibahara Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan5–7, 6–7(4–7)Win2024Cincinnati OpenHard Erin Routliffe Leylah Fernandez Yulia Putintseva3–6, 6–1, [10–4]Loss2024Wuhan OpenHard Jessica Pegula Irina Khromacheva Anna Danilina3–6, 6–7(6–8)Win2025Indian Wells OpenHard Demi Schuurs Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendWTA Finals WTA 1000 (2–2)WTA 500 (3–1)WTA 250 (8–1)Finals by surfaceHard (10–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (2–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsInternationalGrass Laura Siegemund Jelena Janković Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–3, 7–5Win2–0 Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Peng Shuai Olga Govortsova Vera Lapko6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win3–0 Tournoi de Québec, CanadaInternationalCarpet (i) Maria Sanchez Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll6–4, 6–3Win4–0 Monterrey Open, MexicoInternationalHard Maria Sanchez Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore7–6(7–2), 6–4Win5–0Auckland Open, New ZealandInternationalHard Taylor Townsend Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–4Win6–0 Monterrey Open, Mexico (2)WTA 250Hard Caroline Dolehide Heather Watson Zheng Saisai6–2, 6–3Win7–0 Melbourne Summer Set, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Jessica Pegula Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini6–3, 6–1Loss7–1 Indian Wells Open, United States WTA 1000Hard Ena Shibahara Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan5–7, 6–7(4–7)Loss7–2 Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 250Hard Sabrina Santamaria Kristina Mladenovic Yanina Wickmayer3–6, 2–6Win8–2Jan 2023Adelaide International, AustraliaWTA 500Hard Taylor Townsend Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková6–2, 7–6(7–2)Win9–2Transylvania Open, RomaniaWTA 250Hard (i) Caty McNally Harriet Dart Tereza Mihalíková6–3, 6–4Loss9–3May 2024Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceWTA 500Clay Aldila Sutjiadi Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu6–3, 4–6, [6–10]Win10–3Aug 2024Washington Open, United States WTA 500Hard Taylor Townsend Jiang Xinyu Wu Fang-hsien 7–6(7–0), 6–3Win11–3Aug 2024Cincinnati Open, United StatesWTA 1000Hard Erin Routliffe Leylah Fernandez Yulia Putintseva3–6, 6–1, [10–4]Loss11–4Wuhan Open, ChinaWTA 1000Hard Jessica Pegula Irina Khromacheva Anna Danilina3–6, 6–7(6–8)Win12–4Indian Wells Open, United StatesWTA 1000Hard Demi Schuurs Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win13–4Queen's Club Championships, UKWTA 500Grass Demi Schuurs Anna Danilina Diana Shnaider 7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–4]
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Hawaii Open, United States Hard Nicole Gibbs Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]Loss 0–2 Hawaii Open, United States Hard Eri Hozumi Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei 1–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss 0–3 Chicago Challenger, United States Hard Maria Sanchez Mona Barthel Kristýna Plíšková 3–6, 2–6Win 1–3 Indian Wells Challenger, United States Hard Taylor Townsend Caty McNally Jessica Pegula 6–4, 6–4Win 2–3 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard (i) Harriet Dart Peangtarn Plipuech Aldila Sutjiadi 6–3, 2–6, [10–7]Win 3–3 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Miyu Kato Tímea Babos Angela Kulikov 6–3, 7–5Win 4–3 Midland Tennis Classic, United States (2) Hard (i) Alycia Parks Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok 6–2, 6–3Loss 4–4 Firenze Ladies Open, Italy Clay Giuliana Olmos Vivian Heisen Ingrid Neel 6–1, 2–6, [8–10]Win 5–4 Clarins Open, France Clay Aldila Sutjiadi Monica Niculescu Zhu Lin 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [11–9]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (14 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments (4–2)$25,000 tournaments (9–2)$10,000 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (13–4)Clay (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2007ITF Houston, United States10,000 Hard (i) Jelena Pandžić 6–3, 4–6, 6–4W 1–1 Mar 2008 Las Vegas Open, United States 50,000 Hard Camille Pin 4–6, 1–6Win 2–1 May 2013ITF Raleigh, United States25,000 Clay Chalena Scholl 6–2, 6–2Win 3–1 Nov 2015 Canberra International, Australia 50,000 Hard Eri Hozumi 6–4, 6–3Loss 3–2 Oct 2016 Bendigo International, Australia 50,000 Hard Risa Ozaki 3–6, 3–6Win 4–2 Feb 2017 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Arina Rodionova 6–2, 6–1Loss 4–3 Oct 2017Brisbane QTC International, Australia25,000 Hard Kimberly Birrell 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss 4–4 Feb 2018Launceston International, Australia25,000 Hard Gabriella Taylor 3–6, 4–6Win 5–4 Feb 2018Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States25,000 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, 6–1Win 7–4 Sep 2018 ITF Templeton Pro, United States 60,000 Hard Sesil Karatantcheva 2–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 8–4 Sep 2019ITF Cairns, AustraliaW25 Hard Zuzana Zlochová 6–2, 6–2Win 9–4 Oct 2019Brisbane QTC International, AustraliaW25 Hard Maddison Inglis 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win 10–4 Feb 2020Launceston International, AustraliaW25 Hard Destanee Aiava 6–4, 6–3Win 11–4 Feb 2022ITF Canberra, AustraliaW25 Hard Priscilla Hon 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2Win 12–4 Feb 2022ITF Canberra, AustraliaW25 Hard Arina Rodionova 6–1, 7–6(7) Win 13–4 Mar 2022Bendigo International, AustraliaW25 Hard Olivia Gadecki 6–2, 6–4Win 14–4 Jul 2023ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW25 Hard Park So-hyun 6–2, 1–0 ret.
Doubles: 55 (35 titles, 20 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (3–2)$75/80,000 tournaments (5–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (18–9)$25,000 tournaments (9–8)Finals by surfaceHard (21–9)Clay (11–9)Grass (1–2)Carpet (2–0)