Quartet of Florida Women’s Tennis alumnae ready For Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, London — The 139th edition of the Wimbledon Championships gets underway on Monday, June 29, and four Florida Women's Tennis alumnae are among those competing in what is widely regarded as the most prestigious tennis championship in the world.

Alicia Dudeney (2021-25) is making her first appearance at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club competing in both singles and doubles. McCartney Kessler (2017-22) is making her third singles appearances and her second in doubles, while Anna Danilina (2015-18) is competing in doubles for the fourth time, and Ingrid Neel (2016-17) is participating in doubles for the fifth time.

Ladies' singles competition begins on Monday, June 29, while doubles competition begins on Thursday, July 2.

INGRID NEEL doubles (No. 148)

         Wimbledon Doubles History
                  2021      Alongside Elixane Lechemia, defeated Kiki Bertens and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in the 1st round 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
                                Fell to the 7 seed Hao-Ching Chan and Latisha Chan in the 2nd round 6-4, 6-1

                  2022      Alongside Aliona Bolsova, defeated 12 seed Latisha Chan and Samantha Stosur in the 1st round 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
                                Fell to Alison Riske-Amritraj and Coco Vandeweghe in the 2nd round 7-6 (7-1), 6-3

                  2023      Alongside Emma Navarro, fell to the 16 seed Caroline Dolehide and Shuai Zhang in the 1st round 6-4, 6-3

                  2024      As the 16 seed alongside Ulrikke Eikeri, defeated Camilla Rosatello and Liudmila Samsonova in the 1st round 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3
                                Fell to Leylah Fernandez and Ena Shibahara in the 2nd round 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

ANNA DANILINA doubles (No. 6)

         Wimbledon Doubles History
                  2023      Alongside Yifan Xu fell to N Baines and M Lumsden 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (11-9)

                  2024      Alongside Yifan Xu defeated Magdalena Frech and Katarzyna Kawa in the 1st round 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
                                Fell to Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)

                  2025      Alongside Marie Bouzkova defeated Katarzyna Piter and Mayar Sherif in the 1st round 6-3, 6-3
                                Fell to Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens in the 2nd round 6-2, 6-4

McCARTNEY KESSLER singles (No. 62) and doubles (No. 64)

         Wimbledon Singles History
                  2024      Went 3-0 in the qualifying rounds to earn a spot in The Championships.
                                Fell to the nine seed Maria Sakkari in the 1st round 6-3, 6-1.

                  2025      Fell to Markéta Vondroušová in the 1st round 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)

         Wimbledon Doubles History
                  2025      Alongside Clara Tauson, defeated Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden in the 1st round 6-3, 6-7 (0-7), 6-4
                                Fell to the 1 seed Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend in the 2nd round 6-3, 6-0

ALICIA DUDENEY singles (No. 246) and doubles (No. 208)

         Wimbledon Singles History
                  Making her first singles appearance at Wimbledon

         Wimbledon Doubles History
                  Making her first doubles appearance at Wimbledon alongside partner Mimi Xu

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