Danielle Collins

Collins won the NCAA singles championship twice, in 2014 and 2016, while she was a sophomore and a senior at the University of Virginia, where she played collegiate tennis. She ended her collegiate playing career in 2016 as the top-ranked player at Virginia. Collins won the collegiate national championship while attending Virginia in 2014 and 2016, as well as the Honda Sports Award in 2016 for best female tennis player in the country. Collins participated in her first ITF Women’s Circuit tournaments in 2009. In 2011, she won her maiden ITF singles championship.

At the 2014 US Open in the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Collins made her WTA Tour debut in the main draw as a wildcard, forcing second seed Simona Halep into a third-set match in the opening round. 2019 was the year that saw Collins really get into her stride. At the year’s Australian Open, the American beat the likes of Angelique Kerber, Sachia Vickery, Caroline Garcia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She not only participated in and won all other Grand Slam competitions, but she also advanced to the second round in Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. Collins started out 2020 by defeating three top-15 opponents. At the Brisbane International, she upset world No. 5 Elina Svitolina in the opening round before losing in straight sets to Madison Keys, who is ranked No. 13, in the quarterfinals. She defeated No. 15 Sofia Kenin in the second round of the Adelaide International the following week, and then No. 7 Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals.

Due to incapacitating back discomfort, Danielle Collins missed the first half of the 2021 season. She did, however, upset Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open to win her maiden WTA championship. She defeated Daria Kasatkina in three sets at the Silicon Valley Classic the following month to earn her second WTA championship. Her first WTA 500 championship came with the Silicon Valley Classic victory. She subsequently reentered the top 30. At the Canadian Open, she later extended her winning run. In the first round, she defeated Jil Teichmann, and in the second, she defeated Simona Halep, the sixth seed. In the third round, her 12-match winning streak finally came to an end.

After defeating Elise Mertens, the 19th seed, to advance as the third American woman to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Australian Open, Collins made it to the semifinals for the second time. Three Americans participated in this level of the event for the second year in a row. She defeated Alize Cornet in straight sets in the quarterfinals. She won in straight sets against Iga Witek in the semifinals to reach her maiden Grand Slam final, when she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty, the then-world No. 1 player.

Danielle Collins reportedly has a net worth of USD 5 million. At the Silicon Valley Classic and the Palermo International in 2021, Danielle Collins won WTA Tour singles championships. She won the NCAA singles championship twice while playing collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia before this. Collins has won numerous ITF singles championships in addition to her other achievements.

Walter and Cathy Collins welcomed Danielle Collins into the world on December 13, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She competed for the University of Virginia in collegiate tennis, where she won the NCAA singles championships in 2014 and 2016. She received the Honda Sports Award, which is given to the top collegiate female athlete, for her accomplishments.