Harriet Dart

Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 on 9 September 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024.

Dart reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles with Joe Salisbury. She has won two WTA 125 doubles titles as well as seven singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal life

Dart was born in Hampstead, London, and attended The Royal School. She started playing tennis aged seven.

Career

2015–2018: WTA Tour and major debuts

Dart was given a wildcard entry for her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Eastbourne International, losing to Dominika Cibulková.

Again entering with a wildcard at the 2018 Eastbourne International, she defeated qualifier Kristýna Plíšková before losing to 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova in the second round.

Dart made her major main-draw debut at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships as a wildcard entrant, losing in the first round against former world No. 1 Karolina Plíšková in three sets.

2019–20: Wimbledon third round, Fed Cup debut

At the 2019 Australian Open, Dart lost to Maria Sharapova in the first round without winning a single game.

In February 2019, she made her Fed Cup debut for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Bath against Slovenia, partnering Katie Swan to defeat Dalila Jakupović and Kaja Juvan in the doubles rubber. The pair also overcame Anna Arkadianou and Despina Papamichail.

At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, Dart defeated Christina McHale and Beatriz Haddad Maia, progressing to the third round where she lost to Ashleigh Barty, only winning two games.

Dart qualified for the 2019 US Open to make her first time main-draw appearance at this major. She lost in the first round to Ana Bogdan in straight sets.

In February 2020, Dart made her Fed Cup singles debut in the qualifying round, losing to Viktória Kužmová and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová as her team were defeated 3–1 by Slovakia in Bratislava.

2021: Wimbledon mixed doubles final

At Wimbledon, Dart reached her first major final, making the mixed doubles decider alongside partner Joe Salisbury, which they lost to Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk.

Partnering Asia Muhammad, she won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Midland Tennis Classic, defeating Peangtarn Plipuech and Aldila Sutjiadi in the final.

2022: WTA 1000 fourth round, top 100

Dart came through qualifying at Indian Wells and went on to reach the last 16, including defeating Elina Svitolina for her first win over a top-20 player, before losing to Madison Keys. The points she gained took her into the top-100 of the rankings for the first time. After a lack of success on clay, Dart entered the Nottingham Open where she defeated Donna Vekić and third seed Camila Giorgi before losing her first WTA Tour quarterfinal to sixth seed Alison Riske. She then entered the Birmingham Classic and defeated Camila Osorio, before losing to Simona Halep. At the Eastbourne International, she defeated Madison Brengle, Jil Teichmann and Marta Kostyuk, before losing to Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals. On 25 July, she rose to a new career-high of No. 84 in the WTA rankings.

At the US Open, she secured her first top-10 win, defeating Daria Kasatkina in the first round in three sets. She exited the tournament in the second round, losing to Dalma Gálfi in straight sets.

In November, Dart defeated world No. 13, Paula Badosa, to help Great Britain reach the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup. Despite Dart overcoming Ajla Tomljanović, Great Britain lost in the last four to Australia 2–1.

2023: Back-to-back grass-court quarterfinals

In June, Dart reached successive WTA Tour quarterfinals, with runs to the last eight at the grass-court events in Nottingham, where she lost to eventual champion Katie Boulter, and Birmingham, when it was Anastasia Potapova who ended her challenge. However, she could not continue her good form on the lawns of Wimbledon later that month as she went out in the first round of her home Grand Slam losing in three sets to Diane Parry.

In November, Dart secured the winning point for Great Britain in their 3–1 Billie Jean King Cup play-off victory against Sweden at the Copper Box Arena in London with a straight sets win over Caijsa Hennemann, after being brought into the team as a late replacement for Jodie Burrage.

2024: First WTA Tour semifinal

Dart returned to the world's top 100, after reaching her first WTA singles semifinal at the Transylvania Open defeating lucky loser Anna Bondár, fifth seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Nuria Párrizas Díaz, before bowing out against eventual champion Karolína Plíšková. At the same event, she also made the doubles final with partner Tereza Mihalíková.

In April, Dart won two rounds in qualifying for the Madrid Open to reach the main draw, but lost to Cristina Bucșa in the first round.

Alongside Diane Parry, Dart was runner-up in the doubles at the Nottingham Open, losing to top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the final. At the Eastbourne International, she reached the quarterfinals thanks to wins over Marie Bouzková and Sofia Kenin, before going down to a straight sets defeat against Leylah Fernandez.

Dart made it through to the third round at Wimbledon with victories over Bai Zhuoxuan and Katie Boulter, but then lost six games in a row from 3-0 ahead in the deciding set against Wang Xinyu to bring her run in the tournament to an end.

She retired due to cramp in her final qualifying match at the Canadian Open, but was given a place in the main-draw as a lucky loser only to be defeated in the first round by 14th seed Diana Shnaider in three sets.

Dart made it through qualifying at the Cincinnati Open, but lost in the first round to Yulia Putintseva. Playing with Ellen Perez, Dart reached the semifinals of the doubles recording a win over second seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on the way to the last four where they lost to third seeds Asia Muhammad and Erin Routliffe. This was her first appearance in a WTA 1000 doubles semifinal.

Having gained automatic qualification into the main-draw through her ranking, Dart defeated Chloé Paquet in the first round at the US Open, before losing to 19th seed Marta Kostyuk in round two. Despite the defeat, Dart moved into the top 70 in the singles rankings. Playing with Diane Parry in the doubles, she reached the round of 16 after a three set win over Olympic champions and sixth seeds, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, in the second round. They lost to 10th seeds Chan Hao-ching and Veronika Kudermetova.

Dart reached the second round at the Japan Women's Open in October with a win over qualifier Laura Siegemund, before losing to Clara Tauson.

2025: Second WTA 125 doubles title

Wins over Lizette Cabrera and Taylah Preston saw Dart reach the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open, where she lost to Nao Hibino. However, she was handed a reprieve and entered the main draw as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of Markéta Vondroušová and defeated Jana Fett in the first round. Dart lost in the second round to 18th seed Donna Vekić in three sets.

Partnering Maia Lumsden, she reached the doubles semifinals at the Singapore Open. Given a wildcard into the main-draw at Wimbledon, Dart lost to Dalma Gálfi in the first round.

In September, Dart won her second WTA 125 doubles title, teaming with Maia Lumsden to claim the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, defeating Madeleine Brooks and Anastasia Tikhonova in the final. She also claimed her first singles title in two years at the ITF W35 Monastir, overcoming Alina Granwehr in the final in three sets.

The following month, Dart combined again with Maia Lumsden to reach the final of the WTA 125 Samsun Open, losing to Naïma Karamoko and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah in a deciding champions tiebreak. In November, she won the biggest singles title of her career to date at the W75 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto, losing only one set throughout the entire tournament and defeating Fiona Crawley in straight sets in the final.

2026: BJK Cup qualifier

In April, Dart was part of the Great Britain team for their BJK Cup qualifier against Australia in Melbourne. She defeated Kimberly Birrell in three sets and then teamed up with Jodie Burrage to overcome Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez in the doubles to clinch the overall tie and secure Britain's progress to the finals.

Performance timelines

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 2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals.

Doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (7 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Doubles: 32 (17 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (2–3)

Doubles (2–1)

Head-to-head record

Top 10 wins

Notes

External links

• at the Women's Tennis Association
• at the International Tennis Federation
• at the Billie Jean King Cup ()
• at Wimbledon
• at ESPN.com
• at LTA.org.uk