{"id":369209,"date":"2025-12-24T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369209\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:57:15","slug":"american-tennis-star-collins-ruled-out-of-australian-open-the-whistler-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369209\/","title":{"rendered":"American Tennis Star Collins Ruled Out Of Australian Open \u2013 The Whistler Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Tennis star Danielle Collins has confirmed that she will miss the 2026 Australian Open due to a troublesome back injury that ended her 2025 season.<\/p>\n

She was a losing finalist in the 2022 edition of the tournament, following a 7-6, 6-3 defeat to Ashleigh Barty.<\/p>\n

Collins hasn\u2019t played since losing to Romania\u2019s Jaqueline Christian in the first round of the U.S. Open in August.<\/p>\n

She revealed earlier that month that she had a herniated disk in her back after losing to Taylor Townsend in the first round of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n

Collins said in her Instagram post that she is also undergoing fertility treatments.<\/p>\n

She wrote: \u201cI\u2019ve been taking the last few months off to recover from the back injury I had at the end of the season. I\u2019ve also been undergoing a few egg freezing procedures. It\u2019s been one of the coolest things I\u2019ve honestly ever done! But at the same time these hormones I have had to be on are a real b****.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins went on a memorable Australian Open run in 2022 when she lost to Australian favorite Ash Barty in the final in what turned out to be Barty\u2019s last match due to retirement.<\/p>\n

She dominated Poland\u2019s Iga Swiatek in a straight-set semifinal win to reach the title match.<\/p>\n

She earned her career-best ranking of No. 7 in the world in July 2022.<\/p>\n

Collins also made a deep Australian Open run in 2019 before losing in the semifinals to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Collins, 32, enjoyed a banner 2024 season in which she had a 42-17 singles record, and won the Miami Open and Charleston Open back-to-back, made the U.S. Olympic team and returned to the Top 10.<\/p>\n

She indicated during the season that she would retire following it but changed her mind late in the year.<\/p>\n

Last season, Collins struggled with injuries and was just 15-14.<\/p>\n

Collins didn\u2019t indicate a return timetable, saying \u201cI will not be competing during the first part of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins has been open about her battle with endometriosis, a condition in which the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus, causing painful menstrual cycles and fertility issues.<\/p>\n

She underwent emergency surgery in 2021 and had a tennis-ball sized ovarian cyst removed.<\/p>\n

Collins was a two-time NCAA singles champion (2014, 2016) at Virginia before turning professional. She has won four WTA singles crowns with the victory in Miami ranking as the biggest.<\/p>\n

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