Is Taylor Townsend Still Playing Tennis?
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Is Taylor Townsend still playing tennis? Many fans of the sport were wondering after she took a break from the game last year. According to recent reports, it seems that the answer is yes!
Introduction
Taylor Townsend is an American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 44, achieved on August 10, 2015. She has also won two WTA doubles titles.
Townsend made her Grand Slam debut at the 2011 US Open qualifying tournament, aged 14 years and 11 months. At the time, she was the second-youngest player to participate in a Grand Slam qualifying event since Martina Hingis at the 1996 Australian Open.
Early Life and Career
Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 30, achieved on February 10, 2020. She has won three WTA 125K series singles titles.
Townsend was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Sheila Townsend, a nurse, and Shayne Simpson, a high school basketball coach. She has four older brothers and sisters. At age two, she began hitting tennis balls with her father. When she was four years old, her father took her to Bollettieri Academy in Florida. At eleven years old, she left home to live and train at the academy full-time. Townsend’s junior career was very successful; she won the Orange Bowl in 2010 and 2011, as well as the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championship in 2012.
Professional Career
Townsend has won five ITF singles titles and one WTA 125k title. She has also won two WTA doubles titles. As a junior, she was the 2012 US Open girls’ singles champion and won the 2014 Wimbledon girls’ doubles title.
2014
In 2014, Townsend won the ITF title in Nottingham, as well as her first WTA main draw match in Washington. She also made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, losing in the first round.
2015
In 2015, Townsend had a great run at the U.S. Open, where she reached the third round before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams. She also won two ITF titles that year.
2016
In 2016, Townsend won her first WTA title at the Nottingham Open. She also reached the semifinals of the Wuhan Open and the China Open.
2017
In 2017, Townsend won her first WTA title at the Charleston Open. She also reached the semifinals of the Rogers Cup and the Kremlin Cup.
2018
In 2018, Townsend continued her comeback by winning her first WTA title at the Nottingham Open. She also reached the third round of Wimbledon, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament since 2014.
Personal Life
After a successful junior career, in which she won the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championship and reached a high ranking of number two in the world, Townsend turned professional in 2013. She has struggled to replicate that success at the senior level, however, and has thus far failed to live up to her potential.
Townsend’s personal life has been fraught with drama over the years. In 2016, she was embroiled in a dispute with her former coach Kamau Murray, whom she accused of not supporting her during her struggles with an eating disorder. The following year, Townsend’s father was arrested and charged with felony stalking after he allegedly threatened Murray’s life.
Despite all of this turmoil, Townsend continues to compete on the professional tennis circuit. She is currently ranked 116th in the world and will be looking to improve upon that ranking in the coming months.
Conclusion
From the information gathered, it appears that Taylor Townsend is still playing tennis, but not professionally. She has not played in any professional tennis tournaments since 2015, but she has been active in other competitions. It is unclear if she plans to return to professional tennis in the future.
