Ash Barty to return to playing tennis at Wimbledon invitational event
Former world No 1 will play at the All England Club for the first time since her 2021 triumph in an invitational doubles event
January 2024
Ash Barty’s 2022 Australian Open win was a defining moment for blak women in sport
Laura Murphy-Oates
A kick, a catch, courage, bliss – what makes a great Australian sporting moment?
Caitlin Cassidy
July 2023
‘Beautiful boy’: Ash Barty announces birth of her first child
The Australian tennis champion and her husband Garry Kissick have named the boy Hayden
May 2023
French Open: Kimberly Birrell hopes to put Australian women back on map
Ash Barty: ‘What I miss the most is the thrill of the fight’
January 2023
Ajla Tomljanovic pulls out of Australian Open with injury, as Ash Barty launches mentor role
Tomljanovic, Australia’s top-ranked player withdraws with knee injury, a major blow after being a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022
Concerns mount for Naomi Osaka after withdrawal from Australian Open
Two-time champion Naomi Osaka has formally withdrawn from the Australian Open, adding to the growing list of superstar casualties
Ash Barty announces on Instagram she is pregnant
Former world No 1 says ‘2023 set to be the best year yet’ – she retired after winning the 2022 Australian Open
December 2022
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2022 in sport: the moments that took our breath away
Guardian Australia’s sport editor, Mike Hytner, on the future of football in Australia after the Fifa World Cup, the athletes walking away at their peak and the sporting moments that took our breath away in 2022
Nick Kyrgios feels 'no respect' after retired Barty wins Newcombe medal
Ash Barty’s fifth Newcombe medal as Australia’s top tennis player has been viewed dimly by compatriot Nick Kyrgios
Ash Barty claims fifth Newcombe medal despite retirement from tennis
Ash Barty has hailed her record fifth consecutive Newcombe medal as the ideal exclamation mark on her decorated tennis career
November 2022
Ash Barty: ‘I miss competing but not a lot that comes with it’
The retired former world No 1 is enjoying life at home while she puts the final touches to her foundation, which will have a focus on Indigenous communities
July 2022
Tennis star Ash Barty marries longtime partner Garry Kissick
Ash Barty: ‘I didn’t watch this year’s Wimbledon finals. I’ve hit enough tennis balls in my life’
June 2022
Cricket great Shane Warne recognised posthumously in Queen’s birthday honours
Warne and retired former world No 1 tennis player Ash Barty become officers of the Order of Australia
April 2022
Ash Barty: former tennis world No 1 to play in Icons Series golf event
Australian team would ‘certainly be interested’ in Ash Barty return to cricket
March 2022
All praise to Ash Barty for refusing to chase trophies at all costs – it’s time the whole sports world caught on
Cath Bishop
‘Never say never’: Ash Barty refuses to rule out returning to tennis in future
