Claire Liu

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.

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.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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
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
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
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

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