Danielle Collins

Danielle Collins wins my admiration for sheer grit. Born in St. Petersburg, Florida and forged through college tennis at the University of Virginia, she took the unglamorous long road to the top, peaking at world No. 7 with an Australian Open final and a Miami Open WTA 1000 title. What I appreciate most is her unfiltered fire on court; she plays with raw emotion rather than calculated cool, and I find that human and compelling. Climbing from the collegiate ranks to elite professional tennis is rare and brutally hard. Her competitive spirit and self-made resilience earn my deep, lasting respect.

Name (English)

Danielle Collins

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・コリンズ

Reading

だにえる・こりんず

Born

December 13, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

tennis player

High school

Northeast High School

University

University of Virginia

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Honda Sports Award for Tennis

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danimalcollins/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle%20Collins
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17523802

Tags

• Florida
• tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.