American tennis player who turned professional in 2007, Asia Muhammad, was born in Long Beach, California, to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad.
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Her parents are Americans and hail from California.
She has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, two doubles titles on WTA 125 tournaments as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Her younger brother Shabazz Muhammad currently plays for the Shanxi Brave Dragons in the Chinese Basketball Association.
She is the niece of former Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings receiver Stephone Paige.
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Her father was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year starting point guard for the USC Trojans men’s basketball program in the 1980s.
He played under the names of Ronald Muhammad, Ron Shabazz and Rashad Muhammad but settled on Ron Holmes after never finishing his religious conversion to Islam.
Muhammad’s mother, Faye, was a point guard and track star at Long Beach State.
Asia has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, two doubles titles on WTA 125 tournaments as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16.
Asia is a famed alumni and board member of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their Team Bryan program, co-created by tennis legends Bob and Mike Bryan, Ryan Wolfington and Tim Blenkiron.
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