Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.
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This week, Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2025 Australian Open. Keys' career-defining accomplishment came 15 years after her first professional WTA tour-level match. The 29-year-old recently credited a trailblazing American women's tennis star for piquing her interest in the sport,
Madison Keys’ Grand Slam window wasn’t just closing. It had been slammed shut. She has always been an excellent player, but it felt like women’s tennis had passed her by. Far from her peak in 2017, when she was ranked No.
Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.
From winning streaks to prize money milestones and MUCH more, here’s everything the American did Down Under this year.
Keys had to go through the world Nos. 2 and 7 in Melbourne before meeting the Belarusian Sabalenka, who was expected to win her third straight Australian Open. Keys becomes the first player to defeat a No. 1 and No. 2 in a Grand Slam since 2009. 🤯
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy that goes to the women’s champion and was placed on a pedestal near the entrance to the court.
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian Open women's champion Madison Keys returned to her career-best ranking on Monday and joins three other American women in the WTA top 10, while men's champion Jannik Sinner maintained his significant lead atop the ATP list.
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