Caroline Dolehide

Caroline Dolehide (/ˈdɒləhaɪd/ doll-Ə-hyde; born September 5, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 102 in July 2018. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came in doubles at the 2019 US Open, where she reached the semifinals with compatriot Vania King. Dolehide has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of World No. 21 in May 2022 and has won 15 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, six in singles and nine in doubles.

As a junior, Dolehide was a two-time Grand Slam finalist in doubles. She made her WTA Tour debut in July 2017, and won her first WTA title at the Monterrey Open in Mexico in March 2021. Dolehide also won her first Grand Slam match at the 2018 French Open. She has an aggressive style of play, and possesses the ability to hit powerful groundstroke winners, especially on the forehand side.

Early life and background

Dolehide grew up in the Chicago suburbs, where she began playing tennis at five years old. She has an older sister Courtney who played college tennis at UCLA, coached women's tennis at UT Austin, and became the head coach of men's and women's tennis at Georgetown in 2018. Her younger sister Stephanie also plays tennis, and has committed to West Point. Her brother Brian plays collegiate golf at Florida Atlantic University.

Dolehide worked with her youth coach Tom Lockhart since the age of six. Dolehide attended Hinsdale Central High School until her sophomore year, when she moved to Florida to train with the United States Tennis Association (USTA). At this point, she began working with Stephen Huss, a former Australian professional tennis player. Dolehide had verbally committed to play tennis at UCLA, but ultimately decided to forgo attending college to pursue a career as a professional.

Junior career

In 2014, Dolehide reached the semifinals of the girls' singles event at the US Open, despite needing to qualify for the main draw. She upset three of the top ten seeds in the tournament, including Markéta Vondroušová in the first round, before losing to the eventual champion Marie Bouzková. Later that year, she also made it to the semifinals of the Eddie Herr Championships and the quarterfinals at the Orange Bowl, two prestigious Grade 1 tournaments. This helped her rise to a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 16 in the world the following summer. Dolehide was then forced to skip the 2015 US Open and most of the remaining events that season after breaking her left foot. This injury prevented her from continuing to climb in the rankings.

As a junior, Dolehide was more successful in doubles than in singles. In April 2015, she partnered with Ena Shibahara to win the USTA International Spring Championships, her only title at a Grade 1 event. The following week, the duo made it to another final at the Easter Bowl, this time losing to Sofia Kenin and Katie Swan. In the last few tournaments of her junior career, Dolehide achieved two of her best results with two Grand Slam runner-ups, the first at the 2015 French Open with partner Katerina Stewart and the second at the 2016 US Open with partner Kayla Day.

Professional career

2016–17: First ITF titles in singles and doubles

Dolehide began playing regularly on the ITF pro circuit in 2016 after missing the second half of 2015 with a broken left foot. In June, she won both the singles and doubles events at the $10K tournament in Buffalo for her first professional titles. The following year in 2017, she then won two more tournaments at the $25K tier, including Winnipeg in July. Later that month, Dolehide qualified for the Stanford Classic to make her WTA Tour main-draw debut. She won her first WTA Tour-level match against No. 48 Naomi Osaka before losing to compatriot Madison Keys in the next round. This success helped her crack the Top 200 of the WTA rankings for the first time. After the US Open, Dolehide made her first WTA quarterfinal at the Tournoi de Québec to rise to a career-high ranking of No. 137.

Dolehide also played in the doubles event at Stanford with her Junior US Open partner Kayla Day. The pair had already reached two finals and won one title on the ITF Circuit in February, and they continued their success together by making it to the semifinals in their doubles debut on the WTA Tour. The two of them were also awarded a wild card into the US Open, where they upset 10th-seeded veteran doubles specialists Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik in their Grand Slam debut in doubles. A few weeks later, Dolehide followed up this performance by winning a $100K ITF title at the Abierto Tampico with veteran María Irigoyen, a victory that helped her finish the year just inside the top 100 of the WTA doubles rankings.

2018–21: US Open and Wimbledon doubles semifinals, top 25 in doubles

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Dolehide at the 2018 French Open

In March 2018, Dolehide was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the Indian Wells Open, where she picked up her first two match wins at a Premier Mandatory tournament, including a second round victory over No. 30 Dominika Cibulkova. She also pushed Simona Halep to three sets in her third round loss to the world No. 1 player. Dolehide continued her momentum into the clay-court season, where she won the $60K event at Indian Harbour Beach, the biggest title of her career. She closed out the clay season by qualifying for the French Open. In her Grand Slam main-draw debut in singles, Dolehide defeated Viktorija Golubic before losing to Keys in the following match. In the next few months, she also made her debuts at Wimbledon as a lucky loser and the US Open as a direct acceptance, but lost in the opening round in both tournaments. She also received a wildcard into the US Open doubles event with Christina McHale and reached the third round.

Following the 2018 US Open, Dolehide did not win multiple main draw matches at a singles event again until a $25K event in April 2019 where she finished runner-up to Barbora Krejčíková. Nonetheless, she dropped out of the top 200 since she was defending points from a $60K title. Dolehide fared better in doubles in the first half of the year, reaching two $100K finals. She finished runner-up at Bonita Springs in Florida with Usue Maitane Arconada before winning a title at the Surbiton Trophy with Jennifer Brady. Nonetheless, Dolehide continued to struggle in singles and reached a year-low of No. 283 in the singles rankings in August.

Dolehide's form began to rebound in a big way after she brought back two medals from the Pan-Am Games in Lima, Peru. The first was a gold medal in doubles, pairing with Usue Arconada to make the 20 year-old duo the first American gold medalists in women’s doubles at the Pan Am Games since Pam Shriver and Donna Faber in 1991 in Havana. The next day, Dolehide earned a second place finish in singles and added a silver medal to her haul.

Back in the US, Dolehide promptly won her first singles title of the year at the $60K Thoreau Open. She then qualified for the US Open, where she lost her only WTA match of the year to No. 18 Wang Qiang. In the doubles event, Dolehide partnered with compatriot Vania King to produce her best result of the year. The pair reached the semifinals, defeating the 14th-seeded team of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jeļena Ostapenko before losing to the eventual champions Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka. With this performance, Dolehide rose to No. 72 in the world in doubles. Before the end of the year, Dolehide won another $60K title at the Charleston Pro to return to the top 200 of the singles rankings.

Playing style

Dolehide is an aggressive baseliner. She is known for having a strong serve and powerful groundstrokes, which she uses to a hit a high number of winners. Her forehand in particular is one of her best shots and was already very advanced while she was still a teenager. CiCi Bellis faced Dolehide at the 2014 Orange Bowl when both players were still juniors and commented that Dolehide "hits probably the hardest by far" compared to Bellis's other opponents and said "her serve is amazing." Venus Williams defeated Dolehide at the 2018 Canadian Open, but commented that "she had a really great second serve."

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 French Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	2R	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	Q2	NH	Q1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q3		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 6	1–6	14%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	3R	Q1	NH	Q2	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	NH	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	Q1	A	NH	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	NH	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	Q1	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	Q1	A	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	0–0	3–2	4–8	0–0	0–0	1–6	1–2	9–18
Year-end ranking	347	148	128	154	151	195		$768,423

Doubles

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	QF	1R	QF	0 / 3	6–3	67%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	NH	SF		0 / 1	4–1	80%
US Open	2R	3R	SF	1R	QF		0 / 5	10–5	67%
Win–loss	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–3	8–4	4–2	0 / 12	23–12	66%
WTA 1000
Cincinnati Open	A	2R	A	2R	A		0 / 2	2–2	–
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	3–3	3–2	4–2	8–7	21–12	8–4	47–30
Year-end ranking	99	163	62	38	27

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 (0–1) WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–2) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Heather Watson Zheng Saisai	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2021	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Storm Sanders	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [8–10]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2021	Chicago Fall Classic, United States	WTA 500	Hard	CoCo Vandeweghe	Květa Peschke Andrea Petkovic	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2022	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Beatriz Haddad Maia Zhang Shuai	6–7(2–7), 3–6

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–0) $80,000 tournaments (0–0) $60,000 tournaments (3–1) $25,000 tournaments (2–2) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2016	ITF Buffalo, United States	10,000	Clay	Lauren Herring	6–1, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Oct 2016	ITF Stillwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Danielle Collins	0–1 ret.
Win	2–1	Feb 2017	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Danielle Lao	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Apr 2017	ITF Charlottesville, United States	60,000	Clay	Madison Brengle	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Jul 2017	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Mayo Hibi	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–2	Apr 2018	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	60,000	Clay	Irina Bara	6–4, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Apr 2019	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2019	ITF Concord, United States	60,000	Hard	Ann Li	6–3, 7–5
Win	6–3	Oct 2019	ITF Charleston, United States	60,000	Clay	Grace Min	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (3–2) $80,000 tournaments (2–0) $60,000 tournaments (0–1) $25,000 tournaments (3–1) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (3–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2016	ITF Buffalo, U.S.	10,000	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	1–1	Feb 2017	ITF Midland, U.S.	100,000	Hard (i)	Kayla Day	Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	2–1	Feb 2017	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Kayla Day	Anhelina Kalinina Chiara Scholl	6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–2	Jul 2017	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Kimberly Birrell	Hiroko Kuwata Valeria Savinykh	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–2	Sep 2017	ITF Tampico, Mexico	100,000	Hard	Maria Irigoyen	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–2	Apr 2019	ITF Pelham, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Usue Maitane Arconada	Oana Georgeta Simion Gabriela Talaba	6–3 6–0
Win	5–2	Apr 2019	ITF Dothan, U.S.	80,000	Clay	Usue Maitane Arconada	Destanee Aiava Astra Sharma	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	5–3	May 2019	ITF Bonita Springs, U.S.	100,000	Clay	Usue Maitane Arconada	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	6–3	Jun 2019	ITF Surbiton, UK	100,000	Grass	Jennifer Brady	Heather Watson Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–4	July 2019	ITF Honolulu, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Oct 2019	ITF Macon, U.S.	80,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Jaimee Fourlis Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	8–4	Feb 2020	ITF Midland, U.S.	100,000	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Valeria Savinykh Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–4	Feb 2021	ITF Boca Raton, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Camila Osorio Conny Perrin	6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	French Open	Clay	Katerina Stewart	Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová	0–6, 3–6
Loss	2016	US Open	Hard	Kayla Day	Jada Hart Ena Shibahara	6–4, 2–6, [11–13]

External links

• Caroline Dolehide at the Women's Tennis Association
• Caroline Dolehide at the International Tennis Federation