Claire_Liu
Claire Liu
American tennis player
Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 by the WTA.
Liu at the 2023 US Open | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
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| Residence | Thousand Oaks, California |
| Born | (2000-05-25) May 25, 2000 (age 23) Thousand Oaks |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$2,077,770 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 222–161 (58.0%) |
| Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger |
| Highest ranking | No. 52 (January 30, 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 116 (April 1, 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2023) |
| French Open | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2018, 2021, 2022) |
| US Open | 2R (2018) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 28–28 (50.0%) |
| Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger |
| Highest ranking | No. 257 (January 30, 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 295 (April 1, 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2023) |
| US Open | 1R (2017, 2021, 2022) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2015) |
| Last updated on: April 2, 2024. | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘婧文 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉婧文 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Liu has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as six titles in singles and one doubles title in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
In 2017, she was the world No. 1 in the junior rankings, after winning the Wimbledon girls' singles title, and finishing runner-up at the French Open. Liu also won a junior Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016.
Claire grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. Both her parents are Chinese immigrants.[1] In 2023, Claire began maintaining a blog that accounts her experiences on the professional tennis tour and personal life. [2]
Juniors
Grand Slam results - Singles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: F (2017)
- Wimbledon: W (2017)
- US Open: 2R (2013, 2016)
Grand Slam results - Doubles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: QF (2017)
- Wimbledon: W (2016)
- US Open: QF (2016)
Liu won the Junior Wimbledon doubles tournament in 2016 with fellow American Usue Arconada, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in the final, in straight sets. The following year, after losing the French Open junior final to Whitney Osuigwe, she came back to win the Wimbledon singles title against Ann Li, making her the first American girl to win the event since Chanda Rubin in 1992.[3] With this Grand Slam success, Liu rose to world No. 1 in the girls' junior rankings.
2015: First professional title, Mixed doubles Major debut
She won her first professional title in March 2015, at an Orlando clay-court tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit.[4] At age 14, Liu was the youngest tennis player to win a professional tournament since Anna Kournikova in 1996.[5]
On her debut at the US Open, Liu was granted a wildcard into the qualifying tournament. She beat Verónica Cepede Royg and ninth seed Jana Čepelová in her first two matches, before losing to the 26th seed, Alexandra Panova, in the final round. Liu, alongside Taylor Fritz, was also given a wildcard for the mixed-doubles draw; they were defeated in the first round by the fourth seeds and eventual champions, Martina Hingis and Leander Paes.
2017: Grand Slam debut in singles and doubles
After securing two ITF tournament wins in 2017, Liu was granted again a wildcard into the qualifying for the US Open. She defeated all three of her opponents in the qualifying tournament, earning her a spot in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam championship for the first time.[6] There, she was defeated in the first round, in straight sets by Duan Yingying.
In their doubles main-draw debut at a major, Liu and Taylor Johnson lost in the first round of the US Open.[7]
2018: First Grand Slam match win
At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, Liu advanced to the main draw by winning all of her qualifying matches. She lost in the second round to the eventual champion Angelique Kerber.[8] Liu was the only player in the tournament to win a set against Kerber.[9]
2019–2021: Top 100 debut
In October 2019, Liu won her fourth title on the ITF Circuit at a $25k tournament in Florence, South Carolina.[10] After finishing as a runner-up in two tournaments in 2020 and another two in 2021, Liu won consecutive tournaments in May 2021 at a $60k tournament in Charlottesville, Virginia[11] and a $100k tournament in Charleston.[12] As a result, she entered the top 100 on 23 August 2021.
2022: Maiden WTA Tour final, top 60 year-end ranking
In May, she reached her maiden WTA Tour final in Rabat losing to Martina Trevisan who was also a first-time WTA tournament finalist.[13] As a result, she reached the top 75 on 23 May 2022.
2023–2024: WTA 1000 third round
She reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time at the 2023 Miami Open defeating Katerina Siniakova by retirement and lucky loser Julia Grabher. She lost to 25th seed Martina Trevisan.
She qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Petra Martić before losing to tenth seed Daria Kasatkina after retiring.
She also qualified for the 2024 Credit One Charleston Open but lost to wildcard and compatriot Shelby Rogers.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[14]
Singles
Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | NH | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| US Open | Q3 | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0 / 14 | 6–14 | 30% |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
| Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Dubai[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | NH | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | A | 2R | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | 38% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | Career total: 50 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 8–10 | 9–13 | 0 / 33 | 20–33 | 38% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 0 / 11 | 13–11 | 54% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–7 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 14–15 | 14–20 | 0 / 50 | 36–50 | 42% |
| Year-end ranking | 566 | 670 | 263 | 138 | 333 | 222 | 94 | 60 | 94 | $1,916,181 | ||
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | ... | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 6 | |||
| Overall Win-loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 6 | 2–5 | 29% | |
| Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 2] | 933 | 629 | 467 | 403 | |||||
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2022 | Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco | WTA 250 | Clay |  Martina Trevisan |
2–6, 1–6 |
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2022 | Clarins Open Paris, France | Clay |  Beatriz Haddad Maia |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2023 | Chicago Challenger, United States | Hard |  Viktoriya Tomova |
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | Veneto Open, Italy | Grass |  Madison Brengle |
 Vitalia Diatchenko  Oksana Kalashnikova |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2023 | Golden Gate Open, United States |
Hard | Hailey Baptiste |
 Jodie Burrage  Olivia Gadecki |
6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), [8–10] |
Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2015 | ITF Orlando, United States | 10,000 | Clay |  Fanny Stollár |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 2017 | ITF Naples, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Danielle Collins |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2017 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay |  Paula Badosa |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 2019 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Peyton Stearns |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jan 2020 | ITF Malibu, United States | 25,000 | Hard |  Nadia Podoroska |
6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Feb 2020 | Kentucky Open, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) |  Olga Govortsova |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Feb 2021 | ITF Boca Raton, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Varvara Lepchenko |
6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Mar 2021 | ITF Newport Beach, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Danielle Lao |
2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Apr 2021 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 60,000 | Clay |  Wang Xinyu |
3–6, 6–4, 4–1 ret. |
| Win | 6–4 | May 2021 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | 100,000 | Clay | Madison Brengle |
6–2, 7–66 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2019 | Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States |
60,000 | Hard | Vania King |
Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb |
4–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Whitney Osuigwe |
4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6 |
| Win | 2017 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ann Li |
6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Usue Maitane Arconada |
Mariam Bolkvadze Caty McNally |
6–2, 6–3 |
Record against top 10 players
- She has a 1–8 (11%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank | H2H |
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| 2018 | |||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 |  Angelique Kerber |
No. 10 | Wimbledon Championships, UK | Grass | 2R | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 | No. 237 | |
| 2022 | |||||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | Paula Badosa |
No. 3 | Charleston Open, United States | Clay (g) | 3R | 6–3, 6–7(8–10), 1–6 | No. 89 | |
| Win | 1–2 |  Ons Jabeur |
No. 2 | Jasmin Open, Tunisia | Hard | QF | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | No. 73 | |
| 2023 | |||||||||
| Loss | 1–3 |  Belinda Bencic |
No. 10 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 2R | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | No. 62 | |
| Loss | 1–4 |  Iga Świątek |
No. 1 | Indian Wells Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 0–6, 1–6 | No. 56 | |
| Loss | 1–5 | Iga Świątek |
No. 1 | French Open, France | Clay | 2R | 4–6, 0–6 | No. 102 | |
| Loss | 1–6 | Iga Świątek |
No. 1 | Poland Open, Poland | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 2–6 | No. 78 | |
| Loss | 1–7 | Jessica Pegula |
No. 4 | Korea Open, South Korea | Hard | QF | 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 | No. 98 | |
| 2024 | |||||||||
| Loss | 1–8 | Coco Gauff |
No. 3 | ASB Classic, New Zealand | Hard | 1R | 4–6, 2–6 | No. 95 | |
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- Pachelli, Nick (August 15, 2017). "Claire Liu, a Rising Teenage Tennis Player, Reaches a Crossroad". The New York Times.
- Claire's Journal, https://claireliu.substack.com/
- Waldstein, David (July 15, 2017). "Claire Liu Ends Drought for American Women in Wimbledon Junior Singles". New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- 2015 ITF Pro Circuit Tournament in Orlando, Florida. International Tennis Federation. Accessed on 27 August 2017.
- Kumar, Aishwarya. Wimbledon junior champ Claire Liu is having a ball after shaking slump. ESPN: August 2, 2017. Accessed on August 27, 2017.
- US Open 2017: Women's Qualifying Singles Draw. Archived 2017-08-30 at the Wayback Machine US Open. Accessed on August 27, 2017.
- US Open 2017: Women's Doubles Draw. Archived 2017-09-10 at the Wayback Machine US Open. Accessed on August 27, 2017.
- "Kerber weathers Liu scare to move on at Wimbledon". July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- Roenigk, Alyssa (July 15, 2018). "Lost amid the Serena Williams fairy-tale story ... the Angelique Kerber fairy-tale story". ESPN. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- "W25 Florence, SC 2019". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- Ciesa, Victoria (May 5, 2021). "Claire Liu back in the winner's circle". USTA. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- "W100 Charleston, SC 2021". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- "Claire Liu [USA] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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