Louisa Chirico

Early years

Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first 50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final.^{[citation needed]}

2015: Major debut

She made her major main-draw debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA.^[5] She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets.^[6]

Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson.^[7] She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker^[8] but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals.^[9]

2016–2018: First major and WTA 1000 wins

In May 2016, Chirico won five qualifier and main draw matches at the Madrid Open to reach the semifinals.^[3] Later that month, she reached the main draw of the 2016 French Open through three qualifying wins and made it through to the second round.^[10]

After reaching a career-high ranking of No. 58 in October 2016, Chirico dropped outside the top 500 in September 2018.^[11]

2022: Return to majors

Chirico won her first WTA Tour main-draw match in five years when she defeated Alison Riske-Amritraj at the 2022 San Diego Open.^[12] She made it through qualifying at Wimbledon, after a five years absence from the majors since the 2017 French Open.^[13] She lost to fourth seed Paula Badosa in the first round.^[14]

2023: Swedish Open semifinal

Chirico defeated Coco Vandeweghe in the final round of qualifying to make it into the main draw at the Austin Open in February^[15] where she lost in the first round against Madison Brengle.^[16]

She qualified for the Charleston Open in April, but again was eliminated in her opening contest, losing to Sloane Stephens, in three sets.^[17] The following month, she was advanced from qualifying into the main draw at the Strasbourg International but was knocked out in round one by eventual champion Elina Svitolina.^[18]

In July, Chirico reached the semifinals at the Swedish Open with wins over Malene Helgø,^[19] fourth-seeded Rebecca Peterson^[20] and seventh seed Claire Liu,^[21] before losing to top seed Emma Navarro.^[22] A week later, she qualified for the Hungarian Open but fell to Claire Liu in the first round.^[23]

At the San Diego Open in September, Chirico again qualified for the main draw but could not get past round one opponent Danielle Collins.^[24]

2024: Charlottesville title, second Swedish Open semifinal

Chirico won the Charlottesville Open in Virginia, in April, with a straight sets victory over top seed Kayla Day in the final.^[25]

She reached semifinals at the Swedish Open in July, defeating eighth seed Renata Zarazúa,^[26] Mananchaya Sawangkaew^[27] and Katarina Zavatska^[28] on her way to the last four where she lost against seventh seed Martina Trevisan in three sets.^[29] Later that month Chirico qualified for the main draw at the Prague Open but lost in the first round to second seed Kateřina Siniaková.^[30]

In August, ranked No. 218, she qualified for the WTA 1000 Canadian Open, losing to 10th seed Anna Kalinskaya.^[31] Chirico won the W75 Tevlin Challenger in November, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.^[32]

2025: WTA 125 final

Chirico qualified for the Charleston Open and defeated Erika Andreeva in three sets to reach the second round,^[33] in which she lost to 11th seed Jeļena Ostapenko.^[34]

She finished runner-up at the WTA 125 Internacional de Valencia losing to Nuria Párrizas Díaz in the final.^[35]

In July, Chirico qualified for the main-draw at the Canadian Open, but lost in the first round to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in a match lasting more than three hours.^[36]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Charleston Open.

Doubles

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Caroline Garcia	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2025	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	5–7, 6–7(9)

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Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2012	ITF Sumter, United States	10,000	Hard	Victoria Duval	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Feb 2013	ITF Surprise, US	25,000	Hard	Tara Moore	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jun 2014	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–2, 1–6, 7–6(3)
Loss	2–2	Jun 2014	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Elizaveta Kulichkova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 2015	Midland Tennis Classic, US	100,000	Hard (i)	Tatjana Maria	2–6, 0–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2015	Dothan Pro Classic, US	50,000	Clay	Katerina Stewart	7–6(1), 3–6, 7–6(1)
Loss	3–4	May 2015	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	Katerina Stewart	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Sep 2017	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	100,000+H	Hard	Irina Falconi	5–7, 7–6(3), 1–6
Win	4–5	Mar 2019	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Danka Kovinić	6–0, 6–2
Win	5–5	Apr 2022	Charlottesville Open, US	W60	Clay	Wang Xiyu	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–5	Apr 2024	Charlottesville Open, US	W75	Clay	Kayla Day	6–1, 7–5
Win	7–5	Oct 2024	Toronto Challenger, Canada	W75	Hard (i)	Kayla Cross	7–6(3), 6–3
Loss	7–6	Jul 2025	Amstelveen Open, Netherlands	W35	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	1–0 ret.

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Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2013	ITF Rancho Mirage, US	25,000	Hard	Jan Abaza	Tara Moore Melanie South	6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Win	1–1	Apr 2013	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	50,000	Clay	Jan Abaza	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jan 2014	ITF Port St. Lucie, US	25,000	Clay	Jan Abaza	Réka Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2014	ITF Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Asia Muhammad	Sanaz Marand Florencia Molinero	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	2–3	Jun 2014	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Jang Su-jeong Justyna Jegiołka	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Apr 2016	Osprey Challenger, US	50,000	Clay	Katerina Stewart	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	1–6, 7–6(5), [4–10]
Loss	2–5	May 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, US	80,000	Clay	Allie Kiick	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	1–6, 6–3, [5–10]

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