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Ayana Akli
American tennis player (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ayana Akli (born July 6, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 285 in singles, achieved on August 11, 2025, and No. 171 in doubles, achieved on August 11, 2025. She played collegiate tennis at the University of Maryland and the University of South Carolina.
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Early life
Akli was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, to Komi and Linda Akli.[1] Her father is a former professional tennis player who immigrated to the United States from Togo in 1996; he was the childhood coach of Frances Tiafoe.[2][3] She began playing tennis at the age of four and trained at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park.[1] She attended Wheaton High School, where she was a three-time state champion in girls' singles.[4][5][6] She later received a degree in civil engineering from the University of South Carolina.[7]
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Career
In 2019, Akli signed a letter of intent to play collegiate tennis for the Maryland Terrapins.[1] After two years, she transferred to the University of South Carolina.[8] Playing for the South Carolina Gamecocks, she reached career-high national rankings of No. 3 in singles and No. 10 in doubles. She also received ITA All-American and All-SEC honors and was named the SEC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year.[7]
In October 2023, she reached the semifinals of the Christus Health Pro Challenge as a qualifier.[9] In July 2024, she reached the semifinals of the Championnats de Granby as a qualifier.[10] Later that year, she won her first professional doubles title at the W35 USTA Pro Circuit event in Redding, partnering Eryn Cayetano.[11]
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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