Tyra Caterina Grant
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Grant at the 2023 French Open
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Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Rome, Italy |
March 12, 2008
Prize money | $70,952 |
Singles | |
Career record | 19–11 (63.33%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 642 (7 October 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 907 (4 November 2024) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
US Open | Q1 (2024) |
Australian Open Junior | 3R (2024) |
French Open Junior | SF (2024) |
Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2024) |
US Open Junior | QF (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 10–4 (71.43%) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 577 (4 November 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 577 (4 November 2024) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Australian Open Junior | W (2024) |
French Open Junior | W (2023) |
Wimbledon Junior | W (2024) |
US Open Junior | 1R (2023) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
US Open | SF (2024) |
Last updated on: 4 November 2024. |
Tyra Caterina Grant (born March 12, 2008) is an American tennis player. She won the junior Grand Slam girls' doubles titles at the 2023 French Open, 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
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Early and personal life
Born and raised in Italy, Grant is the daughter of American former basketball player Tyrone Grant, who relocated to Italy to play basketball, and Cinzia Giovinco, an Italian model.[1] She trained at the Piatti Tennis Center in Bordighera, before later moving to Orlando, Florida to train with the United States Tennis Association.[2][3] She has a younger brother called Tyson who is also a tennis player.[4] Her mother also acts as her manager.[5]
Junior career
In December 2022, Grant partnered Iva Jovic to win the doubles title at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida.[6]
She won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2023 French Open as a fifteen year-old, alongside partner Clervie Ngounoue against the top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito.[7][8]
She reached a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of 12 achieved on 1 January 2024. That month, she won the 2024 Australian Open Girls' doubles title alongside compatriot Iva Jovic.[9] The pair also reached the final of the Girls' doubles at the 2024 French Open.[10]
Grant and Jovic won the Girls' doubles title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[11]
Professional career
She received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2024 US Open.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 1 (title)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2024 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Anja Stanković | 6–0, 6–4 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2024 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Aurora Zantedeschi | Yelyzaveta Kotliar Antonina Sushkova |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2024 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | W50 | Hard (i) | Camilla Rosatello | Diāna Marcinkēviča Sada Nahimana |
6–2, 6–1 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2023 | French Open | Clay | Clervie Ngounoue | Alina Korneeva Sara Saito |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2024 | Australian Open | Hard | Iva Jovic | Julie Paštiková Julia Stusek |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 2024 | French Open | Clay | Iva Jovic | Renáta Jamrichová Tereza Valentová |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | Iva Jovic | Mika Stojsavljevic Mingge Xu |
7–5, 4–6, [10–8] |
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- American female tennis players
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- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
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