Louisa Chirico
Age: 28 (15/05/1996)
  • Overview
    WTA singles titles
    8/10
    319/261
    WTA doubles titles
    0/0
    63/71
    Prize money
    $51,096
    $1,478,519
    Prize money
    $51,096
    $1,478,519
    Titles
    0
    0
    Titles
    0
    0
  • Full description
    Personal

    Formerly worked with Austin Gonzales Born in Morristown, NJ, but relocated to hometown of Westchester, NY, when she was nine months old Mother is Carole (used to be an engineer for AT&T, now stays at home); father is John (city banker); younger brother is Nick Started playing tennis at age 7 when mother signed her up for tennis lessons Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is red clay Favorite tournament is Roland Garros and favorite tennis players growing up were Steffi Graf and Kim Clijsters Enjoys listening to music (favorite singer is Rihanna), watching movies (favorite is Pitch Perfect), hanging out with friends and cooking and baking.

    Career Highlights
    Career in Review

    In 2024 reached semifinal at WTA 125 Bastad (l. Trevisan) for second consecutive year in her strongest result of the season

    Standout result in 2023 was reaching SF at WTA 125 Bastad (l. Navarro)

    Best results of 2022 were 2r showing at San Diego (as qualifier, l. Badosa) and fifth career ITF Circuit title, at W60 event in Charlottesville

    In 2021, fell at first hurdle of qualifying for Roland Garros, Palermo and US Open

    In March 2019 won fifth career title on ITF Circuit, at W25 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2016, at No.59, having ended 2015 season at No.120

    Achieved a career-high singles ranking of No.58 (October, 2016)

    Owns three Top-20 wins, against No.15 Safarova (2016 Charleston), No.17 Ivanovic (2016 Madrid) and No.14 Bacsinszky (2016 Wuhan, via ret.)

    Posted career-best result with SF run at W1000 Madrid in 2016 - as qualifier, won six straight matches before falling to eventual runner-up Cibulkova

    Finished 2015 strongly by reaching final at WTA 125k Series in Limoges, France in November (l. Garcia)

    Other 2015 highlights included QF appearance at Washington DC (d. Watson and Cornet en route, l. eventual champion Stephens) and landing two ITF titles

    Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2012, winning first of three ITF singles titles at $10k ITF/Sumter, SC-USA; also holds two doubles titles

    In junior Grand Slam tournaments, out-performed every other American at 2013 Roland Garros, reaching girls' singles SF before falling to eventual champion Bencic in three sets. Then reached SF of Wimbledon juniors, again losing to Bencic, and QF of US Open juniors to finish 2013 season in Top 10 of ITF World Junior Rankings

    In 2012, teamed with Taylor Townsend to lead USA to the Junior Fed Cup title in Barcelona, Spain