Name Claire Liu Prize money $19,595 Role Tennis Player | Career record 12–4 Handed two-handed backhand Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking 536 | |
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Born 25 May 2000 (age 23) Thousand Oaks, California, United States ( 2000-05-25 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Claire Liu v Ann Li highlights - Wimbledon 2017 girls' singles final
Claire Liu (born on May 25, 2000 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American tennis player. She is the World No. 1 in the junior rankings after winning the 2017 Junior Wimbledon title, and finishing runner-up at the 2017 Junior French Open. Liu also won a junior grand slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016.
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- Claire Liu v Ann Li highlights Wimbledon 2017 girls singles final
- Claire liu easter bowl 2015
- Personal life
- Junior career
- Professional career
- References
On the pro circuit, Liu has won three ITF singles titles and reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 275.
Claire liu easter bowl 2015
Personal life
Liu is from Thousand Oaks in California, the same city as Sam Querrey.
Junior career
Liu won the Junior Wimbledon doubles tournament in 2016 with fellow American Usue Arconada, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in straight sets in the final. The following year after losing in the Junior French Open final to Whitney Osuigwe, she came back to win the Junior Wimbledon singles title against Ann Li, making her the first American girl to win the event since Chanda Rubin in 1992. With this grand slam success, Liu rose to No. 1 in the ITF girls' junior rankings.
Professional career
Liu won her first professional title on March 22, 2015, at an Orlando clay court tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit. At age 14, Liu was the youngest tennis player to win a professional tournament since Anna Kournikova in 1996.
At the 2015 US Open, Liu was granted a wild card 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 wild card for the mixed doubles event; they were defeated in the first round by the fourth seeds and eventual champions, Martina Hingis and Leander Paes.
After securing two ITF tournament wins in 2017, Liu was granted a wild card into the qualifying tournament at the 2017 US Open. Liu defeated all three of her opponents in the qualifying tournament, earning her a spot in the singles main draw of a grand slam for the first time. There she was defeated in the first round, in straight sets by Duan Yingying. In their main draw grand slam doubles debut, Liu and Taylor Johnson lost in the first round in Women's Doubles at the US Open.