Danielle Collins enjoyed a fairytale Miami Open this week, winning one of the biggest titles of her career and accomplishing one of her major goals before she retires at the end of the season.

The 30-year-old American, who reached the 2022 Australian Open final, stunned No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s final to win her first ever WTA 1000 event, and her first title at any level since 2021.

Collins has endured much adversity over the years, battling a number of health issues including rheumatoid arthritis and endometriosis, and announced in January that this would be her farewell season.

Despite this, she has achieved much in her career, including becoming the world No. 7 and highest ranked American female player at one point.

“I have always wanted to win every tournament that I have signed up for, but I do think that because it is my last year, I’m like, I really want to try to win a [WTA] 1000 this year,” Collins said afterwards, per the WTA. “That’s really important to me. That’s something that I talked a lot about with everybody close to me.”

Collins, currently the world No. 53, produced an imperious display filled with powerful hitting to become the lowest ranked woman to ever win the Miami Open.

Danielle Collins enjoyed a fairytale Miami Open this week, winning one of the biggest titles of her career and accomplishing one of her major goals before she retires at the end of the season.

The 30-year-old American, who reached the 2022 Australian Open final, stunned No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s final to win her first ever WTA 1000 event, and her first title at any level since 2021.

Collins has endured much adversity over the years, battling a number of health issues including rheumatoid arthritis and endometriosis, and announced in January that this would be her farewell season.

Despite this, she has achieved much in her career, including becoming the world No. 7 and highest ranked American female player at one point.

“I have always wanted to win every tournament that I have signed up for, but I do think that because it is my last year, I’m like, I really want to try to win a [WTA] 1000 this year,” Collins said afterwards, per the WTA. “That’s really important to me. That’s something that I talked a lot about with everybody close to me.”

Collins, currently the world No. 53, produced an imperious display filled with powerful hitting to become the lowest ranked woman to ever win the Miami Open.