Her father Phil had been a college football player at the local University of Missouri, the first African-American quarter-back to represent the team.

[2] After attending Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Bradley started her collegiate tennis career at UCLA, playing one season as a freshman in 2001-02 and reaching an NCAA doubles final.

At the 2001 US Open, she and partner Erin Burdette had a win over veteran Dutch pair Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans.

Four years later she returned to the main draw in the women's doubles partnering Kristi Miller and again made it to the second round.

[4] She won her only professional ITF title in 2005, at an event in South Lake, Texas, beating Story Tweedie-Yates in the final.