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Factfile on Australian Open champion Ashleigh Barty
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Facts and figures about number one seed Ashleigh Barty who won the Australian Open women’s singles final on Saturday:
Ashleigh Barty
Nationality: Australian
Age: 25
World ranking: 1
Prize money: $21,665,851
Career titles: 15
Grand Slam titles: 3 (French Open 2019, Wimbledon 2021, Australian Open 2022)
Australian Open best: Champions 2022
Coach: Craig Tyzzer
Has won all of her three Slam final appearances and is now the first Australian woman to win on home soil since Chris O’Neill in 1978.
Has been unbeaten in 11 matches to start 2022 after taking the title at Adelaide this month.
Will be named world number one for the 113th week in succession when the new rankings come out on Monday.
Made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open in 2012.
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