Asia Muhammad

Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles, and has been ranked as high as world No. 8 by the WTA, achieved in March 2025. Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000 titles, 2024 at Cincinnati with Erin Routliffe and 2025 at Indian Wells with Demi Schuurs.

She also reached the finals of the 2022 Indian Wells Open with Ena Shibahara and the 2024 Wuhan Open with Jessica Pegula. In addition, Muhammad has won five doubles titles on the Challenger Tour and thirty-five on the ITF Circuit. In singles, she has a career-high of 124, achieved in April 2017, and has won 14 ITF titles.

Early and personal life Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad. An uncle, Stephone Paige, played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with 377 career receptions. Her aunt, Robin Holmes-Sullivan, was a four-year starter for Cal State Fullerton's basketball team.

In 2020, she got engaged to Australian tennis player Dayne Kelly. In 2022, she and Kelly annulled their marriage. In 2025, she got engaged to her boyfriend, James Cross. The couple married in 2026.

Career Juniors Muhammad has been training at the No Quit Tennis Academy with Tim Blenkiron. He started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi's Team Agassi tennis and education program in Las Vegas, where she developed into a top junior player. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.

Professional tour Muhammad reached the semifinals of a major at the 2020 US Open and won two WTA 500 titles, at the 2023 Adelaide International 1 and the 2024 Washington Open, all partnering with Taylor Townsend. As a result, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 24 on 12 August 2024. After winning her biggest title at the WTA 1000 2024 Cincinnati Open with Erin Routliffe, Muhammad reached the top 20. She also reached the final at the WTA 1000 2024 Wuhan Open with Jessica Pegula and finished the season ranked No. 15. Following three round of 16 showings at the 2025 Australian Open, at the 2025 Qatar Ladies Open, and the 2025 Dubai Open with new partner Demi Schuurs, Muhammad reached the top 10 on 24 February 2025. Again with partner Schuurs, she reached the final of the 2025 Indian Wells Open, defeating top seeds world No. 1, Kateřina Siniaková, and world No. 2, Taylor Townsend. They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls.

Performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam WTA 1000 (2–2)WTA 500 (3–1)WTA 250 (8–1)Finals by surfaceHard (10–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (2–0)Carpet (1–0)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (14 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments (4–2)$25,000 tournaments (9–2)$10,000 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (13–4)Clay (1–0)

Doubles: 55 (35 titles, 20 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (3–2)$75/80,000 tournaments (5–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (18–9)$25,000 tournaments (9–8)Finals by surfaceHard (21–9)Clay (11–9)Grass (1–2)Carpet (2–0)