Burdette, a right-handed player, was born and raised in the state of Georgia. As a junior, she was a girls' doubles runner-up at the
2000 Australian Open, partnering
Lauren Barnikow. She won her first professional singles title at El Paso in 2000. At the
2001 US Open she and
Megan Bradley received a wildcard into the women's doubles main draw, reaching the second round. They also played together in the girls' doubles and won their way through to the semi-finals. The eldest of three sisters to play college tennis for
Stanford, Burdette was a four-time All-American and featured in three NCAA championships winning teams. She was the 2005 NCAA doubles champion with Alice Barnes in 2005, beating Stanford teammate
Amber Liu and
Anne Yelsey in the final. Both of her sisters,
Lindsay and
Mallory, both also later won NCAA doubles championships. She now works as a
veterinarian in San Francisco. ==References==