Hayley Carter
Carter at the 2021 French Open
Full nameHayley Nicole Carter[1]
Country (sports) United States
Born (1995-05-17) May 17, 1995 (age 28)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of North Carolina
Prize money$353,552
Singles
Career record62–44 (58.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 438 (July 29, 2019)
Doubles
Career record124–56 (68.9%)
Career titles2 WTA, 2 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 25 (June 14, 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020, 2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US OpenQF (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US Open1R (2021)

Hayley Nicole Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American former professional 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. Over her career, she won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine titles on the ITF Women's 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 and 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.[2]

Professional career

2019: New partnership with Stefani, first WTA Tour title

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

2020: Top 40 debut

The Carter/Stefani duo reached the third round for the first time at a major at the 2020 Australian Open where they were defeated by sixth seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski/Jeļena Ostapenko.[3]

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).[4] 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.[5]

The pair's 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.[6]

2021: WTA 1000 doubles final and top 25, coaching

Carter reached her best result at the WTA 1000 level by becoming a doubles finalist alongside Stefani in Miami, where they were defeated by the fifth-seeded duo Aoyama/Shibahara. Following Wimbledon, she joined the coaching staff of the Vanderbilt Commodores college team in July 2021.[7] Through the rest of the year, she took part in three WTA tournaments in the US: the Cincinnati Open with Sabrina Santamaria, the US Open with Astra Sharma, and Indian Wells Open with Dabrowski.

2023

Carter returned to the University of North Carolina as an assistant coach in July 2023.[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Women's 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 Open Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara 		2–6, 5–7

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
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 Japan Ena Shibahara Australia Zoe Hives
Australia Astra Sharma 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 Korea Open, South Korea International Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Germany Tatjana Maria 		6–7(7–9), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 1–2 Sep 2019 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
United States Sabrina Santamaria 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–2 Aug 2020 Lexington Open, United States International Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Switzerland Jil Teichmann 		6–1, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Sep 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Brazil Luisa Stefani United States Nicole Melichar
Netherlands Demi Schuurs 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open,
United Arab Emirates 		WTA 500 Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2021 Adelaide International, Australia WTA 500 Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Chile Alexa Guarachi
United States Desirae Krawczyk 		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 2–6 Apr 2021 Miami Open, United States WTA 1000 Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara 		2–6, 5–7

WTA Challenger 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 Japan Ena Shibahara United States Taylor Townsend
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 		6–3, 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 Newport Beach Challenger,
United States (2) 		Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Belgium Marie Benoît
France Jessika Ponchet 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–2 May 2021 Open de Saint-Malo,
France 		Clay Brazil Luisa Stefani United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria 		6–7(4), 6–4, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$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 Russia Yana Koroleva 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 ITF Fort Worth, United States 10,000 Hard Germany 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 United States Brooke Austin Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Japan Akiko Omae 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 May 2013 ITF Hilton Head,
United States 		10,000 Hard United States Josie Kuhlman United States Kristy Frilling
United States Alexandra Mueller 		3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2014 ITF Fort Worth,
United States 		10,000 Hard Singapore Stefanie Tan United States Catherine Harrison
United States Mary Weatherholt 		6–3, 6–3
Win 2–2 Jun 2018 ITF Baton Rouge,
United States 		25,000 Hard United States Ena Shibahara Australia Astra Sharma
Romania Gabriela Talabă 		6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Aug 2018 Lexington Challenger,
United States 		60,000 Hard United States Ena Shibahara United States Sanaz Marand
Mexico Victoria Rodríguez 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Sep 2018 ITF Lubbock,
United States 		25,000 Hard Montenegro Vladica Babić United Kingdom Naomi Broady
Argentina Nadia Podoroska 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Oct 2018 Stockton Challenger,
United States 		60,000 Hard United States Ena Shibahara United States Quinn Gleason
Brazil Luisa Stefani 		7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 5–3 Feb 2019 Rancho Santa Fe Open,
United States 		25,000 Hard United States Ena Shibahara United States Francesca Di Lorenzo
United States Caty McNally 		7–5, 6–2
Win 6–3 Jun 2019 ITF Bethany Beach,
United States 		25,000 Clay United States Usue Maitane Arconada Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–4 Jun 2019 ITF Sumter,
United States 		25,000 Hard Montenegro Vladica Babić United States Brynn Boren
United States Caitlin Whoriskey 		4–6, 4–6
Win 7–4 Jun 2019 ITF Denver,
United States 		25,000 Hard Montenegro Vladica Babić United States Brynn Boren
United States Gail Brodsky 		6–2, 6–3
Win 8–4 Jul 2019 Championships of Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard United States Jamie Loeb United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Caroline Dolehide 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–4 Aug 2019 Landisville Tennis Challenge,
United States 		60,000 Hard United States Jamie Loeb United States Vania King
United States Claire Liu 		6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 9–5 Nov 2019 Copa Santiago,
Chile 		60,000 Clay Brazil Luisa Stefani Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Switzerland Conny Perrin 		5–7, 6–3, [10–6]

World TeamTennis

Carter made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020.[9]

References

  1. ^ Carter, Hayley N. [@hayleyncarter] (August 31, 2020). "You know, my first teacher always told me I would peak in 17th grade ..." Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Hayley Carter Bio". Go Heels. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Canada's Milos Raonic moves on to Australian Open quarterfinals". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Voegele sets up final showdown with Brengle at Newport Beach". WTA Tennis. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hsieh and Strycova reunite to reach Rome doubles final". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Adding to the Staff". Vanderbilt University Athletics. July 20, 2021. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "WTEN Adds Carter to Coaching Staff". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. July 18, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  9. ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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