Ashleigh Barty Parents: Who Are Ash Barty Parents? Meet Josie And Robert Barty, the father and mother of the former Australian professional tennis player and cricketer.
Ash Barty is the second Australian tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association, after fellow Indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who is holding the ranking for 120 weeks overall.
Her performance was also among the top ten doubles player, who attained a career-high rank of No. 5 in the world. Barty is three times Grand Slam singles champion, and reigning champion at Wimbledon and the Australian Open.
She’s also a Grand Slam doubles champion, winning in the year 2018 US Open with CoCo Vandeweghe. Barty was the winner of 15 singles titles as well as 12 doubles title during the WTA Tour.
Ashleigh Barty Parents: Who Are Ash Barty Parents? Meet Josie And Robert
Barty was born on April 24, 1997 in Ipswich, Queensland to Josie Barty and Robert Barty. Her father was raised in the remote North Queensland town of Bowen, which was where he worked as an official of the Queensland as well as an Australian representative in golf. He later worked for the State Library of Queensland.
Her mother is the daughter of English immigrants. She served as the governor of Queensland playing golf in her youth, and began her career in radiography after she retired from golf.
Through her great-grandmother, Barty is part of the Indigenous Australian Ngaragu people, the Aboriginal people from northern New South Wales and northeastern Victoria.
Source: Kingaziz.com