Madison Brengle - Biography

Madison Brengle (born April 3, 1990, Dover, Delaware) is an American professional tennis player.

Career

Background

Brengle has won two ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011. Her highest doubles ranking on tour is World Number 202, which she achieved on October 13, 2008.

In juniors, Brengle attained the World Number 4 ranking on August 27, 2007.

Junior career

In 2006, Brengle won the Easter Bowl doubles championships with Kristy Frilling, defeating Sanaz Marand and Ashley Weinhold in the final. In 2007, Brengle reached the 2007 Australian Open girls' singles final, before going down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Even though Brengle and Julia Cohen were the top seeds at the 2007 French Open girls' doubles competition, the team lost in the first round.

Seeded seventh, Brengle lost in the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles competition to Urszula Radwańska, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0. Along with this singles performance, Brengle and Chelsey Gullickson reached the girls' doubles semifinals of Wimbledon before losing to top seeds and eventual champions Pavlyuchenkova and Radwańska.

At the 2007 U.S. Open girls' singles competition, Brengle was upset, despite attaining a third seeding, by Jessica Moore of Australia.

Senior career

2005 saw Brengle win her first ITF title, when, as a fifteen-year-old, she won a title in Baltimore. In the final, she defeated Beau Jones.

In 2006, Brengle lost to Yuliana Fedak in the second round. Brengle's results improved in 2007 when Madison received wildcard entries into two Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the first round both times. Accepted into the 2007 Australian Open women's draw, Brengle lost to ninth-seeded Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–4. She was allowed another wildcard into the 2007 U.S. Open, where she lost to Bethanie Mattek, 6–4, 6–1. Brengle and Ashley Weinhold were doubles wildcards, but lost in the first round of the doubles competition, losing to eventual quarterfinalists Stéphanie Foretz and Yaroslava Shvedova 6–0, 6–3.

Brengle won her first WTA match of the 2007 season by defeating former top 20 player Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–3, before losing to Elena Dementieva, Pennetta's former doubles partner, 6–2, 6–0 the following round. In addition, the American reached the second round of the 2007 French Open qualifying draw.

On the ITF Circuit, Brengle reached three out of four singles finals in the first four months of the year. Brengle and Kristie Frilling won an ITF doubles title in Augusta, Georgia. In the final, the team defeated Angelina Gabueva and Alisa Kleybanova.

In 2008, Brengle received a wild card into the French Open after winning a wild card tournament, defeating Ahsha Rolle in the finals. The US Open and the French Open agreed to exchange wild cards in their respective tournaments.

In 2011, Brengle finally won her second ITF title at Hammond, LA. At College Park she defeated recent Wimbledon 3rd rounder Melinda Czink to win her first WTA match since Quebec City in 2009.

Titles (5)

Singles Titles (2)

Doubles Titles (3)

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