Factbox: Ashleigh Barty's rise to number one in the world


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 23 Jun 2019

Tennis - WTA Premier - Nature Valley Classic - Edgbaston Priory Club, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - June 23, 2019 Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates winning the final against Germany's Julia Goerges Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

(Reuters) - Factbox on Ashleigh Barty, who will become the first Australian woman in 43 years to be ranked world number one in singles after she beat Julia Goerges 6-3 7-5 in the final of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham on Sunday.

Born: April 24, 1996 in Ipswich, Australia (age 23)

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