Hayley Carter

Not to be confused with Haley Carter.

Hayley Carter

File:Carter RG21 (2) (51376195036).jpg Carter at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of North Carolina
Prize money	$353,552
Singles
Career record	62–44 (58.49%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 438 (July 29, 2019)
Current ranking	No. 924 (16 May 2022)
Doubles
Career record	124–56 (68.89%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 25 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 256 (16 May 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020, 2021)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	QF (2020)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	1R (2021)
Last updated on: 17 May 2022.

Hayley Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. She has won two WTA and two WTA 125 doubles titles, as well as nine on the ITF Circuit.

Junior career

Carter played at the Smith Stearn's Tennis Academy growing up. She also won a record 14 South Carolina state championships. Between 2009 and 2012, she won three ITF Junior Circuit singles titles, as well as one doubles title.

Carter played collegiate tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she earned All-American honors each of the four years she competed. She is the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leader in women's tennis singles victories with 168.

Professional career

2019

In September 2019, with Luisa Stefani as partner, they reached their first WTA doubles final at the Korea Open, and the following week, they won their first WTA Tour title together at the 2019 Tashkent Open. Thereafter, Carter established a fixed partnership with Stefani.

2020

The Carter/Stefani duo reached the third round for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open where they were defeated by sixth seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski/Jelena Ostapenko.

They won the title at the Newport Beach Challenger, which was the second year in a row that Carter had won this event (with Ena Shibahara in 2019). They also reached the Dubai Tennis Championships quarterfinals in February, and won the Lexington Open in August. With that, they entered the top 40 for the first time.

At the Italian Open, they had another great tournament, reaching the semifinals and losing only to the top seeds Hsieh/Strycová.

The pair best result at a Grand Slam championship came at the US Open where they reached the quarterfinals, defeating the No. 6 seeds Japan duo of Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the round of 16.

2021

Carter reached her best result at the WTA 1000 level by becoming a doubles finalist alongside Stefani at Miami, being eventually defeated by the fifth seeded Japanese duo Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara. During the Wimbledon Championships, Carter injured her foot and decided to sit out the rest of the 2021 season, instead joining the coaching staff of the Vanderbilt Commodores. Before going through surgery, she took part in three WTA tournaments in the United States, the Cincinnati Open alongside Sabrina Santamaria, the US Open with Astra Sharma, and Indian Wells alongside her new partner Gabriela Dabrowski.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	3R	0 / 2	4–2
French Open	A	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	A	NH	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	1R	QF	1R	0 / 3	3–3
Win–loss	0–1	7–3	2–4	0 / 8	9–8

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
French Open	A	NH	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	NH	3R	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	2R	NH	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	3–3	0 / 4	4–4

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2021	Miami Masters	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	2–6, 5–7

WTA career finals

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–1) Premier / WTA 500 (0–2) International / WTA 250 (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2019	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Ena Shibahara	Zoe Hives Astra Sharma	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–7(7–9), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–2	Sep 2019	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–2	Aug 2020	Lexington Open, United States	International	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann	6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Sep 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2021	Abu Dhabi Open, United Arab Emirates	WTA 500	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2021	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	2–6	Apr 2021	Miami Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	2–6, 5–7

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	Newport Beach Challenger, United States	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Taylor Townsend Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 7–6(1)
Win	2–0	Feb 2020	Newport Beach Challenger, United States (2)	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Marie Benoît Jessika Ponchet	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–2	May 2021	L'Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–7(4), 6–4, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2013	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Hard	Yana Koroleva	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2012	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Brooke Austin	Ulrikke Eikeri Akiko Omae	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2013	ITF Hilton Head, United States	10,000	Hard	Josie Kuhlman	Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Stefanie Tan	Catherine Harrison Mary Weatherholt	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–2	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	25,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Astra Sharma Gabriela Talabă	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Aug 2018	Lexington Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Sanaz Marand Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–3	Sep 2018	ITF Lubbock, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Naomi Broady Nadia Podoroska	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–3	Oct 2018	Stockton Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	5–3	Feb 2019	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	25,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Francesca Di Lorenzo Caty McNally	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–3	Jun 2019	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Usue Maitane Arconada	Dea Herdželaš Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Jun 2019	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Brynn Boren Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Jun 2019	ITF Denver, United States	25,000	Hard	Vladica Babić	Brynn Boren Gail Brodsky	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–4	Jul 2019	ITF Honolulu, United States	60,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–4	Aug 2019	ITF Landisville, United States	60,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Vania King Claire Liu	6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	9–5	Nov 2019	ITF Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Anna Danilina Conny Perrin	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]

World TeamTennis

Carter made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020.

External links

• Hayley Carter at the Women's Tennis Association
• Hayley Carter at the International Tennis Federation
• Profile on North Carolina's website
• Profile on Vanderbilt's website