tennis Christina McHale
usinfo | 2013-06-19 09:36
Country  United States
Residence Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.
Born May 11, 1992 (age 21)
Teaneck, New Jersey,U.S.
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 6.9 in)
Weight 58 kg (130 lb)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,108,566
Singles
Career record 161–121
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 24 (August 20, 2012)
Current ranking No. 53 (May 27, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2012)
French Open 3R (2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2012)
US Open 3R (2011)
Doubles
Career record 37–34
Career titles 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 111 (June 11, 2012)
Current ranking No. 140 (May 27, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 2R (2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2011)
US Open 1R (2009)

Christina McHale
Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for   United States
Pan American Games
Silver 2011 Guadalajara Doubles
Bronze 2011 Guadalajara Singles

Christina McHale (born May 11, 1992[1]) is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is no. 24, and in doubles it is no. 111. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki (ranked world no. 1 at the time), former world No. 3 Nadia Petrova, 2011 Wimbledon championPetra Kvitová, two-time Indian Wells champion and former top 5 player Daniela Hantuchová, and Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli.

Biography
Christina McHale was born in Teaneck, New Jersey.[1] She is the daughter of John and Margarita McHale. Her father John is an Irish American while her mother Margarita was born in Cuba. Her family lived in Hong Kong from the time she was three until she was eight, and she speaks a degree of Mandarin Chinese. In 2000, the McHale family moved back to the United States and bought a home inEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey. In June 2006, she graduated from Upper School of the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools as the eighth-grade valedictorian.[3]
Christina McHale currently trains at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California. At the age of 15, she left her home to train at the USTA Training Center headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. She was also homeschooled through Kaplan Online High School since she was 15. Her sister Lauren is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she plays tennis for the Tar Heels.[4]
Her favorite tennis players include Andy Roddick, Serena and Venus Williams, and Rafael Nadal. She currently resides in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[5]

Career
2009

McHale was granted a wildcard into the main draw of the 2009 Australian Open, where she lost a three-set match in the first round to Jessica Moore.
She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2009 US Open, where she won her first career Grand Slam and WTA match by defeating Polona Hercog in straight sets. However, in the second round she lost to Maria Sharapova.

2010
In Boca Raton, Florida, McHale beat Asia Muhammad in qualifying. Soon afterwards, she earned a qualifying victory over Beatrice Capra for the 2010 French Open. She lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.
At The Kennedy Funding Invitational Tournament, she defeated Melanie Oudin in three sets, and Victoria Azarenka in two. This tournament raised $475,000 to support breast cancer care facilities. McHale received a $40,000 cheque following her performance.
At the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, McHale defeated Nadia Petrova in the first round and Ayumi Morita in the second. She then lost in the third round to the eventual winner and former world no. 1 Kim Clijsters.[6]

2011
At the 2011 Family Circle Cup, Christina defeated Heather Watson in the first round, eighth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova in the second round, and tenth-seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the third. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal, but lost to third-seeded Jelena Janković in straight sets.
At Roland Garros, McHale lost in the first round to Sara Errani, having led 5–0 in the final set.[7]
In June, she gained her first ITF singles title, winning a $50,000 event in Italy.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, McHale won her second Grand Slam match by defeating 28th seed Ekaterina Makarova in three sets.[8] She lost in the second round to Tamira Paszek of Austria.[9] In the second round of the Western & Southern Open, McHale beat then-world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets.[10]
In the first round of the US Open, she earned a three-set victory over Aleksandra Wozniak. She went on to beat eighth seed Marion Bartoli in straight sets.[11] McHale exited after a third-round loss to 25th seeded Maria Kirilenko.[12]

2012
McHale kicked off her season with a straight sets win over Alexandra Dulgheru at the 2012 ASB Classic in Auckland. She lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round. At the 2012 Australian Open, she beat Lucie Šafářová in the first round and Marina Erakovic in the second, only to be defeated in the third round by Jelena Janković. She won both of her Fed Cup matches against Belarus in February, beating Anastasiya Yakimova and Darya Kustova. McHale then traveled to Doha, where she recorded wins over Chanelle Scheepers, Shuai Peng, and Shahar Peer, before falling to Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Qatar Total Open.
McHale opened March with wins over Elena Vesnina and Petra Kvitová after receiving a bye in the opening round, before losing to Angelique Kerber in the 4th Round of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open. McHale wrapped up March with a win over Galina Voskoboeva, before going out to Petra Cetkovska in the 2nd Round of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open.

McHale started the clay court season in Charleston at the 2012 Family Circle Cup, where she lost in the first round to Aleksandra Wozniak. She was then selected for the Fed Cup World Group Playoff Tie in Kharkiv, Ukraine. McHale played the opening rubber against Lesia Tsurenko, and prevailed in three sets.
In the 2012 French Open, McHale defeated Kiki Bertens and fellow American Lauren Davis in the first two rounds before falling to defending champion Li Na in the 3rd round.
McHale advanced to the 3rd round for the 4th consecutive grand slam event in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. She advanced over Johanna Konta and Mathilde Johansson but was defeated by 8th seeded Angelique Kerber in the 3rd round.

McHale then participated at the Olympic tennis tournament in London where she was defeated in the first round by Serb Ana Ivanovic in a close match.
It was later revealed that at this time, Christina was dealing with a bout of mononucleosis, which lasted until November.
In New York at the 2012 US Open, McHale was defeated in the first round by Kiki Bertens.
McHale then competed in the China Open in Beijing, but she was defeated in the first round by Ana Ivanovic once again.

2013
McHale started her 2013 season in Auckland, New Zealand at the 2013 ASB Classic, but lost to Pauline Parmentier in the opening round. The following week, McHale competed in the 2013 Apia Sydney International, losing to Li Na in the first round, marking a seventh consecutive defeat.
McHale's slump continued into the 2013 Australian Open, falling to YuliaPutintseva in the first round.
McHale then recorded her first win of the year (and first since August of 2012) in Paris at the 2013 Open GDF Suez, defeating Pauline Parmentier in the first round. She subsequently lost to Marion Bartoli in the second round.
McHale's next tournament was the 2013 Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar, where she defeated Vera Dushevina in the opening round. Following that, she went on to defeat Lucie Šafářová in the second round (marking her first back-to-back victory in 2013) before falling to Victoria Azarenka in the third round.
The following week, McHale continued in the middle east swing by partaking in the qualifying event for the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, in which she defeated Kai-Chen Chang before falling to Kurumi Nara.
McHale continued her 2013 campaign at the WTA Premier Mandatory 2013 BNP Parbias Open in Indian Wells, California, opening with a victory against TsvetanaPironkova. She subsequently lost to Maria Kirilenko in the next round.

McHale made yet another early exit at her next tournament, losing to Roberta Vinci in the second round of the 2013 Sony Open in Miami, Florida.
The first week of April marked McHale's clay court opener for the season, a loss to fellow American VarvaraLepchenko in the opening round of the 2013 Family Circle Cup. The match was the only one Christina played in April.

McHale started her European Clay Swing at the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open in Madrid Spain. She was the second seed in the qualifying event in which she advanced through to the main draw with victories over Andrea Hlavackova and Mathilde Johansson. In the main draw, McHale opened with a win again ShuaiPeng, before falling to Maria Sharapova in the second round. In Rome, McHale defeated Karin Knapp in the first round, before losing to seventh seed Sara Errani in the second. The match against Errani was the third time in as many meetings in which the match was decided in the third set.

Sponsors
McHale is sponsored by Head, and currently uses their Youtek Radical IG racquet. She also has a contract with Adidas for apparel and a partnership with Buddy Fruits, a company that sells pouches of fresh fruit to eat on-the-go.
 
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