Asia Muhammad
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| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Turned pro | 2006[1] |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Tim Blenkiron |
| Prize money | US$ 3,085,053 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 346–290 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 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 | 483–280 |
| Career titles | 13 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (March 17, 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 25 (May 4, 2026) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2019, 2025, 2026) |
| French Open | QF (2020) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2021, 2022, 2024) |
| US Open | SF (2020) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2025) |
| French Open | SF (2026) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2019, 2021, 2024, 2025) |
| US Open | 1R (2014, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
| Last updated on: 11 May 2026. | |
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Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour including the 2024 Cincinnati WTA 1000 title with Erin Routliffe and the 2025 Indian Wells with Demi Schuurs.
She also reached the finals in 2022 Indian Wells with Ena Shibahara and in 2024 Wuhan with Jessica Pegula. In addition, Muhammad has won five doubles titles on the Challenger Tour and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In singles, she has a career-high No. 124, achieved on April 24, 2017, and has won 14 ITF singles titles.
Career
Junior years
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.[2] Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.[3]
Senior years
Muhammad reached the semifinals of a major at the 2020 US Open and won two WTA 500 titles, at the 2023 Adelaide International 1[4] and the 2024 Washington Open, all partnering with Taylor 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 at the 2024 Cincinnati Open, a WTA 1000, with Erin Routliffe, Muhammad reached the top 20.[7] Next, she reached the final at the WTA 1000 2024 Wuhan Open with Jessica Pegula and finished the 2024 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 Championships with new partner Demi Schuurs, Muhammad reached the top 10 in the rankings, on 24 February 2025.[8] Again with partner Schuurs, Muhammad reached the final at the 2025 Indian Wells Open, defeating top seeds world No. 1, Kateřina Siniaková, and world No. 2, Taylor Townsend.[9] They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls.[10][11]
Early and personal life
Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad.[12] Ron Holmes was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year starting point guard for the USC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. Muhammad's mother, Faye, was a point guard and track star at Long 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 the NBA.[12][14][15]
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.[13]
In 2020, she got engaged to Australian tennis player Dayne Kelly.[16][17] In 2022, she and Kelly annulled their marriage.[18]
In 2025, she got engaged to her boyfriend, James Cross.[19]
Performance timelines
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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Doubles
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | ... | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | SF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | QF | 0 / 14 | 17–14 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 0 / 39 | 42–39 | |
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| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | NH | 2R | F | 1R | SF | W | 1 / 7 | 14–6 | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | NH | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | ||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | ||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 1R | NH | A | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | ||
| Cincinnati | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | W | 1 / 3 | 5–2 | ||
| Guadalajara | NH | A | SF | NMS | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
| China Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| Wuhan | A | NH | F | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 660 | 420 | 127 | 89 | 46 | 108 | 62 | 55 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 50 | 15 | 19 | |||
Mixed doubles
| Tournament | 2014 | ... | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | NH | A | 1R | QF | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | 2R | NH | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | |
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | |
| Win–loss | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0 / 13 | 5–13 |
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2022 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Ena Shibahara | Template:Flagicon Xu Yifan Template:Flagicon Yang Zhaoxuan |
5–7, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 2024 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Erin Routliffe | Template:Flagicon Leylah Fernandez Template:Flagicon Yulia Putintseva |
3–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
| Loss | 2024 | Wuhan Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Jessica Pegula | Template:Flagicon Irina Khromacheva Template:Flagicon Anna Danilina |
3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 2025 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Demi Schuurs | Template:Flagicon Tereza Mihalíková Template:Flagicon Olivia Nicholls |
6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2007 | ITF Houston, United States | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Jelena Pandžić | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| W | 1–1 | Mar 2008 | Las Vegas Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Camille Pin | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2013 | ITF Raleigh, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Template:Flagicon Chalena Scholl | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2015 | Canberra International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Eri Hozumi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2016 | Bendigo International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Risa Ozaki | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Feb 2017 | Burnie International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Kimberly Birrell | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2018 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Gabriella Taylor | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb 2018 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Kurumi Nara | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(3) |
| Win | 6–4 | Aug 2018 | Lexington Challenger, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Ann Li | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Templeton Pro, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Sesil Karatantcheva | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–4 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Zuzana Zlochová | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Maddison Inglis | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–4 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Destanee Aiava | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–4 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Priscilla Hon | 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–4 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Arina Rodionova | 6–1, 7–6(7) |
| Win | 13–4 | Mar 2022 | Bendigo International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Olivia Gadecki | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 14–4 | Jul 2023 | ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Template:Flagicon Park So-hyun | 6–2, 1–0 ret. |
Doubles: 55 (35 titles, 20 runner-ups)
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Notes
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- ^ a b The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad Bio". WTATennis.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Araton, Harvey (August 26, 2008). "From Tennis's Outer Edge, a Vision for Its Future". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local teen Muhammad ready to turn pro". Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 26, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Muhammad and Townsend win doubles title at Adelaide International 1, first event of 2023". January 6, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend Secure DC Doubles Title". August 3, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad Rankings history". WTATennis.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiafoe, Pegula finish runner-up in Cincinnati; Muhammad wins first WTA 1000 doubles title". August 19, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taylor Townsend is up to a new career-high doubles ranking of No. 2 after winning Dubai". Tennis. February 24, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Women's Doubles: Top Seeded Townsend/Siniakova Pairing Upset In Semis". March 13, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MUHAMMAD AND SCHUURS CAPTURE WTA 1000 INDIAN WELLS DOUBLES TITLE". March 15, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells 2025: Olivia Nicholls & Tereza Mihalikova finish as runners-up in first WTA 1000 final". Lawn Tennis Association. March 15, 2025.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bensinger, Ken (March 22, 2013). "NCAA to NBA millions: UCLA star's father mapped out a dream". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Foster, Chris (April 12, 2012). "Shabazz Muhammad looks to add to family history". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bolch, Ben; Holmes, Baxter (April 12, 2012). "There's quite a buzz about Shabazz Muhammad". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holmes, Baxter (January 2, 2013). "Shabazz Muhammad's 'killer instinct' at play". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sideline support helps first champ do it again at Cairns Tennis International".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad engaged to tennis player Dayne Kelly". December 22, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad, Plaintiff. vs. Dayne Kelly, Defendant".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia Muhammad gets engaged with her boyfriend James Cross". September 8, 2025.
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