| Country |  United States |
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| Residence | Houston, Texas, U.S. | |
| Date of birth | May 31 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Flint, Michigan, U.S. | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |
| Weight | 130 lbs. (59 kg) | |
| Turned Pro | 1995 | |
| Plays | Right-handed (Two-handed backhand) | |
| Career Prize Money | US$851,986 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 304-280 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 50 (November 8, 2004) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 2r (2005) | |
| French Open | 1r (2005, 2006) | |
| Wimbledon | 3r (2005) | |
| U.S. Open | 2r (2002) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 109-134 | |
| Career titles: | 0 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 55 (July 18, 2005) | |
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Infobox last updated on: January 24, 2007. |
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Mashona Washington (b. May 31 1976, in Flint, Michigan) is a professional tennis player from the United States. As a junior player, Washington won the US Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the US National Hardcourt 16s and US Indoor National 16s in 1991. She turned professional in 1995. After a slow start to her professional career, Washington's breakthrough year came in 2004 when she broke into the world's top-100 for the first time and then finished the year ranked in the top-50. She recorded her first win against a top-10 player when she defeated Maria Sharapova at New Haven, and reached her first top-level singles final in Tokyo where she lost to Sharapova. She also came within a hair's breadth of beating Maria Sharapova in the first round of the 2006 French Open. She served for the match at 5-2, but could not hold serve. At 5-4 in the third set, she held match points before the then World No.4 broke back and won the final set 7-5. She is the younger sister of MaliVai Washington, who reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.
External links
- Mashona Washington profile on the WTA Tour's official website
