Claire Liu Explained

Claire Liu
Residence:Thousand Oaks, California
Birth Date:May 25, 2000
Birth Place:Thousand Oaks
Height:1.7m (05.6feet)
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,127,667
Singlestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestsinglesranking:No. 52 (January 30, 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 153 (July 29, 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2023)
Frenchopenresult:2R (2023)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2018, 2021, 2022)
Usopenresult:2R (2018)
Doublestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestdoublesranking:No. 257 (January 30, 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 303 (July 29, 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2017, 2021, 2022)
Usopenmixedresult:1R (2015)
Updated:August 2, 2024
Order:st
P:Liú Jìngwén
Bpmf:ㄌㄧㄡˊㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Gr:Liou Jinqwen
W:Liu2 Ching4wen2
Tp:Lióu Jìngwún
Myr:Lyóu Jìngwén
Mps:Lióu Jìng-wén

Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 by the WTA.

Liu has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as six titles in singles and one doubles title in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2017, she was the world No. 1 in the junior rankings, after winning the Wimbledon girls' singles title, and finishing runner-up at the French Open. Liu also won a junior Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016.

Personal life

Claire grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. Both of her parents are Chinese immigrants.[1] In 2023, Claire began maintaining a blog that recounts her experiences on the professional tennis tour and personal life. [2]

Career

Juniors

Grand Slam results - Singles:

Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Liu won the Wimbledon junior doubles tournament in 2016 with fellow American Usue Maitane 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 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 Tour 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 Miami Open defeating Kateřina Siniaková by retirement and lucky loser Julia Grabher before 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 by retiring.

She also qualified for the 2024 Charleston Open and lost her main-draw match to wildcard Shelby Rogers.

Performance timelines

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.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
style=text-align:leftAustralian OpenAAAAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1Astyle=background:#f0f8ffQ2style=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee2R0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftFrench OpenAAAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ2style=background:#f0f8ffQ1Astyle=background:#f0f8ffQ2style=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee2R0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWimbledonAAAstyle=background:#afeeee 2Rstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1style=color:#767676 NHstyle=background:#afeeee2Rstyle=background:#afeeee2Rstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 43–4
style=text-align:left US Openstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ3Astyle=background:#afeeee 1Rstyle=background:#afeeee 2RAstyle=background:#afeeee 1Rstyle=background:#afeeee 1Rstyle=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 61–6
style=text-align:left Win–loss0–00–00–12–20–00–11–21–42–40 / 146–14
WTA 1000
style=text-align:leftQatar OpenAAAAAAAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ2A0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftDubaiAAAAAAAAstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftIndian Wells OpenAAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1style=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1style=color:#767676 NHstyle=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee2Rstyle=background:#afeeee2R0 / 42–4
style=text-align:leftMiami OpenAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1Astyle=background:#afeeee2RAstyle=color:#767676 NHstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1style=background:#f0f8ffQ1style=background:#afeeee3R0 / 23–2
style=text-align:leftMadrid OpenAAAAAstyle=color:#767676 NHAAstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftItalian OpenAAAAAAAAstyle=background:#afeeee2R0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftCanadian OpenAAAAAstyle=color:#767676 NHAstyle=background:#afeeee1RA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftCincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Guadalajara OpenNHAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWuhan OpenAAAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ1ANH0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftChina OpenAAAAANHstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ20 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–01–20–00–00–11–24–50 / 106–10
Career statistics
201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
style=text-align:leftTournaments00270151520Career total: 50
style=text-align:leftTitles000000000Career total: 0
style=text-align:leftFinals000000010Career total: 1
style=text-align:leftHard win–loss0–00–00–22–40–00–11–38–109–130 / 3320–33
style=text-align:leftClay win–loss0–00–00–02–20–00–01–15–35–50 / 1113–11
style=text-align:leftGrass win–loss0–00–00–01–10–00–01–11–20–20 / 63–6
style=text-align:left Overall win–loss0–00–00–25–70–00–13–514–1514–200 / 5036–50
style=text-align:left Year-end ranking566670263138333222946094$1,916,181

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament20172018...202120222023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA2R0 / 11–1
French OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonAAAAA0 / 00–0
US Open1RA1R1RA0 / 30–3
Win–loss0–10–00–10–11–10 / 41–4
Career statistics
Tournaments11211Career total: 6
Overall win-loss0–10–11–10–11–10 / 62–5
Year-end ranking933629467403

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

WTA Challenger finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverClarins Open Paris, FranceClay Beatriz Haddad Maia6–3, 6–4
Loss1–1bgcolor=silverChicago Challenger, United StatesHard Viktoriya Tomova1–6, 4–6

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverVeneto Open, ItalyGrass Madison Brengle Vitalia Diatchenko
Oksana Kalashnikova		6–4, 6–3
Loss1–1Aug 2023Golden Gate Open, USHard Hailey Baptiste Jodie Burrage
Olivia Gadecki		6–7(4), 7–6(6), [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (7–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2015ITF Orlando, United States10,000Clay Fanny Stollár6–1, 6–3
Win2–0May 2017ITF Naples, United States25,000Clay Danielle Collins6–3, 6–1
Win3–0May 2017ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Paula Badosa6–3, 6–3
Win4–0Oct 2019ITF Florence, US25,000Clay Peyton Stearns6–1, 6–2
Loss4–1Jan 2020ITF Malibu, US25,000Hard Nadia Podoroska6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss4–2Feb 2020Kentucky Open, US100,000Hard (i) Olga Govortsova4–6, 4–6
Loss4–3Feb 2021ITF Boca Raton, US25,000Hard Varvara Lepchenko6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss4–4Mar 2021ITF Newport Beach, US25,000Hard Danielle Lao2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win5–4Apr 2021Charlottesville Open, US60,000Clay Wang Xinyu3–6, 6–4, 4–1 ret.
Win6–4May 2021ITF Charleston Pro, US100,000Clay Madison Brengle6–2, 7–6(6)
Win7–4May 2024Open Saint-Gaudens, France75,000Clay Séléna Janicijevic6–1, 6–7(3), 6–0

Doubles: 1 (title)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss2017French OpenClay Whitney Osuigwe4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6
Win2017WimbledonGrass Ann Li6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Resultclass=unsortableW–LOpponentRankEventSurfaceclass=unsortableScore
2018
Loss0–1 Angelique KerberNo. 10Wimbledon Championships, UKGrass2R6–3, 2–6, 4–6No. 237
2022
Loss0–2 Paula Badosabgcolor=#9cfNo. 3Charleston Open, United StatesClay (g)3R6–3, 6–7(8–10), 1–6No. 89
Win1–2 Ons Jabeurbgcolor=thistleNo. 2Jasmin Open, TunisiaHardQF6–3, 4–6, 6–4No. 73
2023
Loss1–3 Belinda BencicNo. 10Australian Open, AustraliaHard2R6–7(3–7), 3–6No. 62
Loss1–4 Iga Świątekbgcolor=limeNo. 1Indian Wells Open, United StatesHard2R0–6, 1–6No. 56
Loss1–5 Iga Świątekbgcolor=limeNo. 1French Open, FranceClay2R4–6, 0–6No. 102
Loss1–6 Iga Świątekbgcolor=limeNo. 1Poland Open, PolandHard2R2–6, 2–6No. 78
Loss1–7 Jessica PegulaNo. 4Korea Open, South KoreaHardQF6–4, 3–6, 0–6No. 98
2024
Loss1–8 Coco GauffNo. 3ASB Classic, New ZealandHard1R4–6, 2–6No. 95

Notes and References

  1. News: Claire Liu, a Rising Teenage Tennis Player, Reaches a Crossroad. The New York Times . August 15, 2017 . Pachelli . Nick .
  2. Claire's Journal, https://claireliu.substack.com/
  3. News: Claire Liu Ends Drought for American Women in Wimbledon Junior Singles. New York Times. July 15, 2017 . 30 July 2017. Waldstein . David .
  4. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034283 2015 ITF Pro Circuit Tournament in Orlando, Florida.
  5. Kumar, Aishwarya. Wimbledon junior champ Claire Liu is having a ball after shaking slump. ESPN: August 2, 2017. Accessed on August 27, 2017.
  6. http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/2017_WQ_draw.pdf US Open 2017: Women's Qualifying Singles Draw.
  7. http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/2017_WD_draw.pdf US Open 2017: Women's Doubles Draw.
  8. Web site: Kerber weathers Liu scare to move on at Wimbledon . 5 July 2018 . 5 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Roenigk . Alyssa . Lost amid the Serena Williams fairy-tale story ... the Angelique Kerber fairy-tale story . . 15 July 2018 . 15 July 2018.
  10. Web site: W25 Florence, SC 2019 . International Tennis Federation . May 11, 2022.
  11. Web site: Ciesa . Victoria . Claire Liu back in the winner's circle . USTA . May 11, 2022 . May 5, 2021.
  12. Web site: W100 Charleston, SC 2021 . International Tennis Federation . May 11, 2022.
  13. Web site: Trevisan races past Liu in Rabat to capture first WTA title .
  14. Web site: Claire Liu [USA] | Australian Open ]. ausopen.com.

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