Alison Riske

About Alison Riske

Alison Riske, also known by her married name Alison Riske-Amritraj,[2] (/ˈrɪsk/ RISK;[3] born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on November 4, 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open.

She has won two WTA singles titles, as well as nine singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best singles performances at Grand Slam tournaments include reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020, the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2019 (where she defeated world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion Ashleigh Barty in the fourth round) and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. Despite having not won a WTA doubles title, Riske has had success in doubles at the Grand Slam level, reaching the 2019 Australian Open semifinals with Jennifer Brady and the 2020 US Open quarterfinals with Gabriela Dabrowski, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 40 on January 13, 2020. She has had numerous career wins over current and former top 10 players such as Barty, Elina Svitolina, Sloane Stephens, Petra Kvitová, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Agnieszka Radwańska, Kiki Bertens, Naomi Osaka, Timea Bacsinszky, Belinda Bencic, CoCo Vandeweghe, Flavia Pennetta, Sara Errani, Eugenie Bouchard, Garbiñe Muguruza, Carla Suárez Navarro, Angelique Kerber, Kiki Bertens, Kristina Mladenovic, Caroline Garcia, Daria Kasatkina, and Julia Görges.