Mallory Burdette

She announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2014, after being inactive for over a year due to a shoulder injury.

Burdette had a nagging shoulder injury which kept her out of play during the 2014 season. She announced an official retirement from the sport in October 2014, citing the aforementioned injury the reason.

While she did not play at the 2013 Australian Open, she entered the 2013 French Open for the first time and beat Donna Vekić in the first round but was eliminated in the second round by top-ten player Agnieszka Radwańska. She also entered in doubles with Sloane Stephens. The pair lost in the opening round to eventual champions Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

Her last match on the professional tour was a tight first-round loss to Marina Erakovic in Quebec City at the 2013 Challenge Bell, on September 9, 2013.

She would have been a senior at Stanford University in the fall of 2012, but she gave up her final year of college eligibility to turn pro after her strong run at the 2012 US Open, where she reached the 3rd round, falling to then World No. 3 Maria Sharapova.

Burdette received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2012 Bank of The West Classic in Stanford. In the first round, she defeated Anne Keothavong in three sets. She lost to Marion Bartoli in round two after leading in the first set.

In the first week of August 2012, Burdette was a wildcard entry in the $100,000 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. She defeated lucky loser Sherazad Benamar, Olga Savchuk, Olivia Rogowska, and Chichi Scholl to secure Burdette's place in the final. Another straight sets victory in the final over Jessica Pegula, gave Burdette her second ITF title within the space of a month. Similar to her first tournament win in Evansville, she won the title without dropping a set. As a result of the win in Vancouver, Burdette earned a main draw wildcard for the 2012 US Open. In the first round, Burdette defeated Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, backing it up with another straight sets win over Lucie Hradecká. Burdette's run came to an end in the third round, with a defeat to third seed Maria Sharapova.

Burdette's only tournament of 2011 was the 2011 US Open double tournament, where she received together with her partner Hilary Barte a wildcard. In the first round, they beat compatriots Alexa Glatch and Jamie Hampton in straight sets. – before advancing to the second round, where they lost against Andreja Klepač from Slovenia and Anna Tatishvili from Georgia.

In her only event of 2009, Burdette got a main draw wildcard at an ITF $25,000 tournament in Lutz, Florida. She was beaten in the first round by Soledad Esperón. She made the quarterfinals in doubles (partnering Grace Min) though, falling in a tight match to Kimberly Couts and Sharon Fichman.

In July 2008, Mallory entered her first tournament since 2006, an ITF $10,000 event in Atlanta. For the first time, she not only qualified, but reached round two with a straight set win over Anastasia Kharchenko. She also made the quarterfinals in doubles (with sister Lindsay), losing to Mallory Cecil and Melanie Oudin.

This was the only tournament on the professional tour Burdette played in 2008.

Burdette made her debut at the 2006 US Open, as a wild card in the women's doubles event. She partnered her sister Lindsay, and was beaten by Michaëlla Krajicek and Corina Morariu in two sets.

Mallory Burdette (born January 28, 1991 in Macon, Georgia) is a retired American collegiate and professional tennis player.