Tyra Caterina Grant

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Tyra Caterina Grant
File:Tyra Caterina Grant (2023 French Open) 01.jpg
Grant at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)  United States
Born (2008-03-12) March 12, 2008 (age 16)
Rome, Italy
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.

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)

Legend
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Serbia Anja Stanković 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Italy Aurora Zantedeschi Ukraine Yelyzaveta Kotliar
Ukraine Antonina Sushkova
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2024 Open Nantes Atlantique, France W50 Hard (i) Italy Camilla Rosatello Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
Burundi Sada Nahimana
6–2, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 French Open Clay United States Clervie Ngounoue Alina Korneeva
Japan Sara Saito
6–3, 6–2
Win 2024 Australian Open Hard United States Iva Jovic Czech Republic Julie Paštiková
Germany Julia Stusek
6–3, 6–1
Loss 2024 French Open Clay United States Iva Jovic Slovakia Renáta Jamrichová
Czech Republic Tereza Valentová
4–6, 4–6
Win 2024 Wimbledon Grass United States Iva Jovic United Kingdom Mika Stojsavljevic
United Kingdom Mingge Xu
7–5, 4–6, [10–8]

References

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