She was quickly identified by her coaches for her natural athletic ability and started competing on the national stage by the age of 11.

[5] On August 15, 2021, Rogers was awarded with a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Indiana University East in a ceremony at the Western Southern Open (WSO) tournament.

At the 2010 Charleston Open, she had a chance to reach her first WTA Tour main draw, but she failed in qualifying.

Later that year, she won the USTA 18s Girls National Championship to earn a wildcard into the US Open, that was her first appearance in the main draw of any Grand Slam tournament.

In July 2012, she won her first ITF title at the $50k Yakima Challenger, defeating Samantha Crawford in the final.

At the 2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she recorded her first win on the WTA Tour, defeating Marta Domachowska in the first round.

She then earned another Grand Slam main-draw wildcard at the 2013 French Open, after winning the "Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge".

Soon after that, she scored her first career top-ten win after beating Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of the Canadian Open.

In the opening week, she defeated top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard, in her first match of the year at the 2017 Brisbane International.

[10][11] She started her clay-court season with a quarterfinal at the Premier-level Charleston Open, where she also defeated compatriot and world No.

At the US Open, she reached the third round of a major for the third time during the season, but was stopped by another top-10 player, Elina Svitolina.

She returned to action at the Charleston Open in April 2019 and won her first match, defeating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.

Rogers reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, her best showing at this major, where she was defeated by world No.

Shelby raised to a career-high of 46, after reaching the round of 16 of the Charleston Open where she lost again to Ash Barty.

At the French Open, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles, partnering Petra Martić and defeating ninth-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos.

9, Danielle Collins, to reach the third round for the third time in her career before losing to 20th seed Daria Kasatkina.

At the Silicon Valley Classic, she reached the semifinals again defeating Bianca Andreescu, top seed Maria Sakkari again (the third top-5 win in her career)[30] and Amanda Anisimova.

[32] She ended up reaching the third final and first at a WTA 500 event in her career, defeating Veronika Kudermetova, also in straight sets.

[39] After a hiatus of more than half a year, Rogers returned to the WTA Tour at the 2024 Australian Open, suffering a straight sets defeat in the first round against Emma Raducanu.

[40] She also entered the main draw at the Miami Open using protected ranking, and won her first match after being back over wildcard Linda Fruhvirtová[41] before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

[42] On 23 August 2024, Rogers announced her impending retirement from professional tour, with the US Open as her final tournament.

[44] Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.