Ashleigh Barty

World number one says retired champion gave her motivation last season ‘to get even better’

Retired tennis star says she has no ‘desire’ to play any form of professional sport again

Retired tennis star says she’s ‘excited’ to be part of Iconic Series to be played in USA in June

Polish star beats Golubic 6-2, 6-0 in second round to move into top spot vacated by retired Barty

Speculations mount about what world’s top player will do after leaving tennis

Australian has played cricket and golf, but it was tennis that made her the star that she is today

Retired Australian star dominated women’s tennis since 2019, winning three Grand Slams and rising to rankings summit

Czech Pliskova praises Australian for an ‘incredible career’; British great Murray says he’s ‘gutted’ for sport

Women’s world number one says she’s ‘fulfilled, spent physically’ after winning three Grand Slam titles

World number one cites lack of preparation in wake of her Australian Open triumph

Year’s first Grand Slam will live long in the memory following unforced errors on organisers’ part

Australian Open winner says ‘there’s still work to be done’ after snaring majors on all surfaces

Tennis star beats American Collins 6-3, 7-6 to win third Grand Slam crown

Women’s world number one battles American 27th seed for Australian Open crown

Women’s world number one looking to capture her third Grand Slam title with victory in Australian Open final

World number one overwhelms 51st-ranked American 6-1, 6-3 in just 62 minutes

American tennis player says she went through some ‘hard years’ after losing her father in 2019

Unseeded American beats Japanese star 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 in Australian Open third round

World number one says she’s at ease heading into her home Slam despite weight of expectation

Home hope fired a warning to the rest of the field with victory at Adelaide warm-up event

World number one says she wants to travel directly to Melbourne for Australian Open

World number one wins 14th singles title of her career in Adelaide International finals

Kazakh tennis star eases past Japanese Doi 6-4, 6-3 in 83 minutes in semi-finals

World number one beats American opponent 6-3, 6-4 in Adelaide International quarters

World number six admits she was well below her best after reaching second round with 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 win in Adelaide

World number one says she has worked on her game in a bid to win first Australian Open

Spaniard Nadal, Japanese Osaka will kickstart their Australian Open build-up in Melbourne

Season-ending tournament will see eight women, all Europeans, compete for title

World number one wants to focus on preparing for Australian Open in January next year

World number one will miss women’s team event in Prague, increasing doubts about her participation in rest of season

Australian says top ranking doesn’t guarantee wins after reaching third round, adds ‘you have to earn that right’

Top-ranked Australian sets sights on third major crown at hardcourt Grand Slam

World number one to battle Swiss wild card Teichmann for silverware after beating German player in semis

Russian takes revenge on Carreno Busta for Tokyo 2020 loss, Australian sweeps past Krejcikova to reach semis

World number one is coming off a singles title at Wimbledon, her second Grand Slam crown after the 2019 French Open

World number one slumped 6-4 6-3 to the Spaniard Sara Sorribes on Tokyo's blue Olympic courts, in a one-sided contest

Fellow indigenous star Freeman, tennis great Laver lead tributes to newly-crowned women’s champion

Australian tennis star beats Czech Republic’s Pliskova 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 in nerve-shredding final

Australian aims to fulfil childhood dream; Czech player wants to prove critics wrong

German tennis star hoping her grasscourt major triumph three years ago will give her edge over Barty

Second Wimbledon semis in women’s singles category will have Pliskova face Sabalenka

Eight-time Wimbledon champion will face British Cameron Norrie while the Aussie star clashes with Katerina Siniakova

The 2019 French Open champion says she intended to compete in both singles and doubles at the Games

Barty retired from her last two tournaments but more worryingly, those were due to different physical ailments

After losing to Sabalenka in Madrid on Saturday, Australian says being tired meant she was doing something right

Seventh-ranked stunned world number one Ashleigh Barty to win in Madrid for the biggest title of her career

World number one beats Czech opponent 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 in quarters

71st-ranked Spaniard fires seven aces to beat women’s world number one 6-4, 6-3

Defending champ suffered 6-3, 6-2 defeat to the Estonian Kanepi while world number one reaches last 16 round

Spaniard crushes Vondrousova 6-1, 6-0 in semis; world number one gets walkover after Serena pulls out with injury