Mashona Washington
Mashona Washington is a retired tennis player from the United States.
Her career-high singles ranking is No. 50, achieaved on November 8, 2004. On July 18, 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings. Mashona retired from professional tennis in 2012, aged 36.
Biography
Washington attended high school in Michigan, moved to Delray Beach, Florida in her sophomore year, graduating from Lake Worth Christian School, Boynton Beach, Florida in 1994, and moved to Houston, Texas, in 1997.She is the younger sister of MaliVai Washington, who reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.
Tennis career
As a junior player, Washington won the U.S. Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the U.S. 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 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.
In 2005, she reached the third round at Wimbledon, where Elena Dementieva beat her 7–5, 6–1.
She joined the Washington Kastles in 2008.
Mashona Washington is now a member of the Boston Lobsters since 2010.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
ITF finals
Singles: 12 (2–10)
Doubles: 26 (15–11)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | January 11, 1998 | San Antonio, U.S. | Hard |  Kim Grant |  Andrea Šebová Silvia Uricková | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | September 27, 1998 | Seattle, U.S. | Hard |  Lilia Osterloh |  Els Callens Liezel Horn | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | May 7, 2000 | Virginia Beach, U.S. | Clay | Dawn Buth |  Lisa McShea Jessica Steck | 1–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | November 11, 2001 | Pittsburgh, U.S. | Hard | Karin Miller | Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | October 20, 2002 | Sedona, U.S. | Hard | Jennifer Russell |  Milagros Sequera Christina Wheeler | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | March 21, 2004 | Orange, U.S. | Hard | Bryanne Stewart | Jennifer Hopkins Abigail Spears | 3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Winner | 4. | March 28, 2004 | Redding, U.S. | Hard | Jennifer Hopkins | Lilia Osterloh Riza Zalameda | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | April 4, 2004 | Augusta, U.S. | Hard |  Francesca Lubiani | Julie Ditty Jessica Lehnhoff | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | June 3, 2005 | Surbiton, U.K. | Grass | Jennifer Hopkins |  Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 6. | October 7, 2007 | Troy, U.S. | Hard | Angela Haynes |  Eva Hrdinová  Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | November 18, 2007 | La Quinta, U.S. | Hard | Angela Haynes | Christina Fusano Ashley Harkleroad | 4–6, 6–2, |
| Runner-up | 6. | January 27, 2008 | Waikoloa, U.S. | Hard | Angela Haynes |  Maria Fernanda Alves  Betina Jozami | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | November 16, 2008 | San Diego, U.S. | Hard | Angela Haynes | Christina Fusano Alexa Glatch | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | January 25, 2009 | Lutz, U.S. | Clay | Story Tweedie-Yates | Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 7. | September 27, 2009 | Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | Riza Zalameda |  Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 8. | November 15, 2009 | Phoenix, U.S. | Hard | Sharon Fichman | Marie-Ève Pelletier  Anna Tatishvili | 4–6, 6–4, |
| Runner-up | 9. | November 22, 2009 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Sharon Fichman | Maureen Drake Marianne Jodoin | 3–2 ret. |
| Winner | 9. | December 20, 2009 | Veracruz, Mexico | Hard | Dominika Diesková | Hsu Chieh-yu  Nika Kukharchuk | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | January 17, 2010 | Plantation, U.S. | Clay |  Aurélie Védy | Jorgelina Cravero María Irigoyen | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 11. | January 24, 2010 | Lutz, U.S. | Clay | Aurélie Védy | Maria Fernanda Alves Florencia Molinero | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 10. | September 26, 2010 | Albuquerque, U.S. | Hard | Abigail Spears | Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy | 6–2, 3–6, |
| Winner | 12. | November 7, 2010 | Grapevine, U.S. | Hard | Ahsha Rolle | Julie Ditty Chanelle Scheepers | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 13. | January 15, 2011 | Plantation, U.S. | Hard | Ahsha Rolle | Christina Fusano Yasmin Schnack | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 14. | January 22, 2011 | Lutz, U.S. | Clay | Ahsha Rolle | Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 15. | October 2, 2011 | Las Vegas, U.S. | Hard | Alexa Glatch | Varvara Lepchenko Melanie Oudin | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 11. | October 15, 2011 | Troy, U.S. | Hard | Varvara Lepchenko | Elena Bovina Valeria Savinykh | 6–7, 3–6 |