Caroline Dolehide

Dolehide began playing regularly on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2016, after missing the second half of 2015 with a broken left foot.[6] In June, she won both the singles and doubles events at the $10k tournament in Buffalo for her first professional titles.[6] The following year, she won two more tournaments at the $25k-level, including Winnipeg in July. Later that month, Dolehide qualified for the Stanford Classic to make her WTA Tour main-draw debut.[14] She won her first tour-level match against world No. 48, Naomi Osaka, before losing to compatriot Madison Keys in the next round.[15] This success helped her crack the top 200 of the WTA rankings for the first time.

After the US Open, Dolehide made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Tournoi de Québec to rise to a career-high ranking of No. 137.[16]

Dolehide also played in the doubles event at Stanford with her Junior US Open partner Kayla Day. The pair had already reached two finals and won one title on the ITF Circuit in February,[17][18] and they continued their success together by making it to the semifinals in their doubles debut on the WTA Tour.[19][20] The two of them were also awarded a wildcard into the US Open, where they upset 10th-seeded veteran doubles specialists Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik in their Grand Slam debut in doubles.[21] A few weeks later, Dolehide followed up this performance by winning a $100k title at the Abierto Tampico with veteran María Irigoyen,[22] a victory that helped her finish the year just inside the top 100 of the WTA doubles rankings.[23]

Dolehide at the 2018 French Open

In March 2018, Dolehide was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the Indian Wells Open, where she picked up her first two match wins at a Premier Mandatory tournament, including a second round victory over No. 30 Dominika Cibulková. She also pushed Simona Halep to three sets in her third-round loss to the world No. 1 player.[24][25] Dolehide continued her momentum into the clay-court season, where she won the $60k event at Indian Harbour Beach, the biggest title of her career.[26]

She closed out the clay-court season by qualifying for the French Open. In her major main-draw debut in singles, Dolehide defeated Viktorija Golubic before losing to Keys in the following match.[27] In the next few months, she also made her debuts at Wimbledon as a lucky loser and the US Open as a direct acceptance, but lost in the opening round in both tournaments.[28][29] She also received a wildcard into the US Open doubles draw with Christina McHale and reached the third round.[19]

Following the US Open, Dolehide did not win multiple main-draw matches at a singles event again, until a $25k event in April 2019 where she finished runner-up to Barbora Krejčíková.[19] Nonetheless, she dropped out of the top 200 since she was defending points from a $60k title.[23] Dolehide fared better in doubles in the first half of the year, reaching two $100k finals. She finished runner-up at Bonita Springs in Florida with Usue Maitane Arconada, before winning a title at the Surbiton Trophy with Jennifer Brady.[19] Dolehide continued to struggle in singles and reached a year-low of No. 283 in the singles rankings on 12 August 2019.[23]

Her form began to rebound in a big way after she brought back two medals from the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. The first was a gold medal in doubles, pairing with Usue Arconada to make the 20 year-old duo the first American gold medalists in women's doubles at the Pan Am Games since Pam Shriver and Donna Faber in 1991 in Havana. The next day, Dolehide earned a second-place finish in singles and added a silver medal to her haul.

Back in the States, Dolehide promptly won her first singles title of the year at the $60k 2019 Concord Open. She then qualified for the US Open, where she lost her only WTA Tour match of the year to No. 18 Wang Qiang. In the doubles event, Dolehide partnered with compatriot Vania King to produce her best result of the year. The pair reached the semifinals, defeating the 14th-seeded team of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko, before losing to the eventual champions Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka.[30][31] With this performance, Dolehide rose to No. 72 in the world in doubles.[23] Before the end of the year, she won another $60k title at the Charleston Pro to return to the top 200 of the singles rankings.[23]

Dolehide won her maiden WTA doubles title at the 2021 Monterrey Open, partnering Asia Muhammad where they defeated Heather Watson and Zheng Saisai in the final in straight sets.

She made her singles debut at the 2022 Australian Open and the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open after qualifying.

In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the semifinals at the 2022 US Open, partnering Storm Hunter.

In 2023, Dolehide reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the Australian Open, partnering Anna Kalinskaya.

Ranked No. 206, she reached her second tour-level quarterfinal at the 2023 Monterrey Open as a qualifier defeating Jule Niemeier and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová and her first since Québec City in 2017.[32] As a result, she moved close to 40 positions up in the rankings.

She reached the round of 16 at the Charleston Open defeating Sabine Lisicki[33] and Linda Fruhvirtová. She lost to eventual champion Ons Jabeur.[34]

She made her top 100 singles debut on 22 May 2023 at world No. 99, following winning the $60k title in Naples, Florida.[35]

She reached the semifinals in doubles at the Wimbledon Championships with Zhang Shuai where they lost to third seeds Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter.[36]

At the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron she reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the second time in her career. Next she defeated eight seed Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach her first WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal.[37][38] Then she defeated Martina Trevisan and reached her first WTA semifinal in a close to three hours match. She became the eight WTA player to reach a WTA 1000 semifinal with a ranking outside of the Top 100 and the lowest ranked player at world No. 111 since Svetlana Kuznetsova at world No. 153 in Cincinnati 2019.[39][40] With her win over Sofia Kenin and reaching the final, she also became the second lowest ranked finalist (after Kuznetsova) at a WTA 1000 level since the introduction of the format in 2009.[41][42] She was also the sixth first-time finalist at WTA 1000 events in 2023 - after Rybakina, Kalinina, Samsonova, Gauff and Muchova; excluding the format's start in 2009, only 2018 has had more – seven.[43][44][45] As a result she moved up close to 70 positions to a new career high ranking in the top 45 in the rankings on 25 September 2023.[46] At the same tournament, immediately following her singles quarterfinal match, she also reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad defeating Miyu Kato (tennis) and Aldila Sutjiadi in one hour. They subsequently lost to top seeds and eventual champions Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter.

She received a wildcard for the 2023 Jiangxi Open.

Current through the 2023 Guadalajara Open.

Current through the 2022 US Open