Claire Liu

Juniors

Junior Grand Slam performance - Singles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: F (2017)
• Wimbledon: W (2017)
• US Open: 2R (2013, 2016)

Junior Grand Slam performance - Doubles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: QF (2017)
• Wimbledon: W (2016)
• US Open: QF (2016)

Liu won the Wimbledon junior doubles tournament in 2016 with fellow American Usue Maitane Arconada, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in the final. The following year, after losing the French Open junior final to Whitney Osuigwe, she won the Wimbledon singles title against Ann Li, making her the first American to win the event since Chanda Rubin in 1992.^[4] With this Grand Slam success, Liu rose to world No. 1 in the girls' junior rankings.^{[citation needed]}

2015: First professional title, mixed doubles major debut

She won her first professional title in March 2015 at a clay-court tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit.^[5] At age 14, Liu was the youngest tennis player to win a professional tournament since Anna Kournikova in 1996.^[6]

On her debut at the US Open, Liu was granted a wildcard into the qualifying tournament, losing in the final round. Liu, alongside Taylor Fritz, was given a wildcard for the mixed-doubles draw; they were defeated in the first round.^{[citation needed]}

2017–2021: First major match win, top 100

After securing two ITF tournament wins in 2017, Liu was granted again a wildcard into the qualifying for the US Open and earned a spot in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam championship for the first time.^[7] She was defeated in the first round by Duan Yingying.^{[citation needed]}

Liu qualified for the main-draw at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and won her first match at a major by defeating Ana Konjuh,^[8] before losing in the second round to 11th seed eventual champion, Angelique Kerber, in three sets.^[9]

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 the $60k event in Charlottesville, Virginia^[11] and the $100k Charleston Pro Tennis.^[12] As a result, she entered the top 100 on 23 August 2021.^{[citation needed]}

2022: First tour final, first WTA 125 title

In May, Liu won her first WTA 125 title at the Trophee Lagardère in Paris, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final.^[13][14] The following week she reached her first WTA Tour final in Rabat, losing to Martina Trevisan.^[15]

She made it through to the semifinals at the Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia, defeating top seed Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top-10 ranked player.^[16][17] Her run was ended in the last four by fifth seed and eventual champion Elise Mertens.^[18]

2023: WTA 1000 third round, Chicago Challenger final

At the 2023 Australian Open, Liu overcame Madison Brengle to reach the second round,^[19] where she lost to 12th seed Belinda Bencic.^[20] She reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the first time at the Miami Open, losing to 25th seed Martina Trevisan.^[21]

Liu made it through to the second round at the French Open thanks to a win over qualifier Ylena In-Albon,^[22] but lost to top seed and eventual champion Iga Świątek.^[23]

In July, she reached the quarterfinals at the Swedish Open, losing Louisa Chirico in three sets.^[24] The following week at the Hungarian Open, Liu recorded wins over fourth seed Yulia Putintseva^[25] and eighth seed Anna Karolína Schmiedlová en route to the semifinals,^[26] where she lost to Kateryna Baindl.^[27]

Liu was runner-up at the Chicago Challenger, losing to Viktoriya Tomova in the final.^[28] She reached the quarterfinals at the Korea Open, where she lost to top seed and eventual champion Jessica Pegula.^[29]

2024–2025: Hiatus and comeback

In May 2024, Liu won the ITF tournament in Saint-Gaudens, France, defeating Séléna Janicijevic in the final.^[30] She qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Petra Martić,^[31] before retiring due to injury in her second round match against 10th seed Daria Kasatkina by retiring.^[32] She also qualified for the 2024 Charleston Open, but lost in the first round to wildcard entrant Shelby Rogers.^[33] Liu took the rest of the 2024 season off for a mental health break.^[34]

Seven months after her previous match, Liu returned to competitive tennis at the ITF W75 event in Nonthaburi, Thailand, in January 2025, reaching the semifinals before withdrawing due to a neck problem.^[34] She qualified for the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells in March, but lost to Polina Kudermetova in the first round.^[35] Liu also qualified for the Miami Open, but again was eliminated in the first round, this time by Linda Fruhvirtová.^[36]

Liu made it through qualifying at the US Open,^[37] but lost to Cristina Bucșa in the first round.^[38] In October 2025 at the Guangzhou Open, she qualified for the main-draw and defeated fourth seed Alexandra Eala,^[39] Anna Bondár^[40] and Ella Seidel to reach her first WTA semifinal since July 2023.^[41] Liu lost in the last four to Lulu Sun.^[42]

Singles

Current through the 2026 ASB Classic.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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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

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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), 7–6(6), [8–10]

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Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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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, US	25,000	Clay	Peyton Stearns	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Jan 2020	ITF Malibu, US	25,000	Hard	Nadia Podoroska	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–2	Feb 2020	Kentucky Open, US	100,000	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Feb 2021	ITF Boca Raton, US	25,000	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	4–4	Mar 2021	ITF Newport Beach, US	25,000	Hard	Danielle Lao	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	5–4	Apr 2021	Charlottesville Open, US	60,000	Clay	Wang Xinyu	3–6, 6–4, 4–1 ret.
Win	6–4	May 2021	ITF Charleston Pro, US	100,000	Clay	Madison Brengle	6–2, 7–6(6)
Win	7–4	May 2024	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	75,000	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	6–1, 6–7(3), 6–0
Win	8–4	May 2026	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	75,000	Clay	Anna Sisková	6–7(0), 7–6(4), 7–6(5)

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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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]

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Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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

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Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Usue Maitane Arconada	Mariam Bolkvadze Caty McNally	6–2, 6–3

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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.

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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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