Savanna Ly-Nguyen
Vietnamese tennis player (born 2000)
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Savanna Ly-Nguyen (Vietnamese: Savanna Lý Nguyễn; born 25 August 2000) is a Vietnamese tennis player. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, to Vietnamese parents, she obtained Vietnamese citizenship in 2017 and represents Vietnam in international competition.[1] She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 808 in singles on 24 July 2023 and No. 874 in doubles on 9 December 2024.[2] In 2024, she won her first ITF Women's World Tennis Tour title, capturing the doubles event at an ITF W15 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, with Japan's Michika Ozeki.[3]
Vietnam| Native name | Savanna Lý Nguyễn | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Vietnam | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 2000 Brampton, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Washington State University | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 808 (24 July 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career titles | 0 (1 ITF) | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 874 (9 December 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Representing Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games, Ly-Nguyen has won four medals. She earned the women's singles silver medal at the 2019 SEA Games, after reaching the final against Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi, and won women's-team silver at the 2021 SEA Games. At the 2023 SEA Games, she added bronze medals in the women's singles and women's team events.[4][5] She has also represented Vietnam at the Asian Games and in the Billie Jean King Cup.[6][7]
From 2018 to 2022, Ly-Nguyen played college tennis for the Washington State Cougars women's team. She finished with a 73–35 singles record and a 29–17 doubles record, received All-Pac-12 honorable mention in 2022, and was selected as a 2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar.[6]