Kelly Liggan Explained

Kelly Liggan
Residence:Marbella, Spain[1]
Birth Date:1979 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Spain
Retired:2010
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$238,274
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 181 (15 September 2003)
Australianopenresult:Q3 (2001)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2001, 2004, 2007)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2002, 2003, 2007)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2003)
Doublestitles:1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 113 (15 September 2003)

Kelly Liggan (born 5 February 1979) is a retired tennis player from Ireland.

Liggan resides in Marbella, Spain, but she played tennis for Ireland. She had some success on the ITF Women's Circuit winning several titles in both singles and doubles, and in 2002, she won her sole WTA Tour doubles title.

Liggan had two Grand Slam doubles main-draw appearances. She reached the second round at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon Championships. She also had several WTA Tour main-draw appearances; however, she never reached a quarterfinal.

Due to nagging injuries, Kelly retired in 2010.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.17 May 1999Elvas, PortugalHard Erica Krauth1–6, 5–7
Winner1.25 June 2000Montreal, CanadaHard Jennifer Embry6–3, 6–2
Winner2.2 July 2000Lachine, CanadaClay Remi Tezuka7–5, 6–0
Runner-up2.Felixstowe, UKGrass Elena Baltacha6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.6 June 2006Madrid, SpainHard María José Martínez Sánchez6–7, 3–6
Winner3.6 August 2006Vigo, SpainHard Laura Thorpe6–1, 6–3
Winner4.13 August 2006Coimbra, PortugalHard Monica Niculescu6–0, 7–6(7)
Runner-up4.10 July 2007Boston, United StatesHard Varvara Lepchenko2–6, 7–5, 0–5 ret.

Doubles (7–13)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.23 June 1997Manaus, BrazilHard Caroline Germar Joanne Moore
Ximena Rodríguez
0–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.18 May 1998Azeméis, PortugalHard Irina Selyutina Cristina Correia
Bruna Colosio
2–6, 4–6
Winner1.3 August 1998Périgueux, France Clay Paula García Samantha Schoeffel
Stéphanie Testard
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
Runner-up3.10 August 1998Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Paula García Sylvie Sallaberry
Aurélie Védy
3–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up4.7 December 1998Mallorca, SpainClay Paula García Katia Altilia
Giulia Casoni
3–6, 6–7(4)
Runner-up5.8 February 1999Mallorca, SpainClay Emmanuelle Curutchet María Fernanda Landa
Ángeles Montolio
6–2, 4–6, 6–7(4)
Winner2.24 May 1999Guimarães, Portugal Hard Tzipora Obziler Sabina da Ponte
Giana Gutiérrez
6–3, 6–1
Winner3.31 May 1999Azeméis, PortugalHard Tzipora Obziler Mariana Mesa
Jorgelina Torti
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(6)
Runner-up6.9 October 2000Mexico City, MexicoHard Kirstin Freye Joana Cortez
Vanessa Menga
3–5, 4–5(4–6), 0–4
Runner-up7.30 October 2000Hayward, United StatesHard Milagros Sequera Nana Smith
Nirupama Sanjeev
2–4, 2–4
Runner-up8.5 March 2001Ortisei, ItalyHard (i) Ekaterina Kozhokina Angelika Bachmann
Eva Dyrberg
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up9.12 November 2001Mexico City, MexicoHard Renata Voráčová Amanda Augustus
Jennifer Russell
6–7(5), 6–2, 6–7(5)
Winner4.6 May 2002Edinburgh, UKClay Conchita Martínez Granados Victoria Davies
Eva Martincová
5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Winner5.Pamplona, SpainHard (i) Elena Baltacha Yvonne Doyle
Susanne Trik
6–7(6), 7–6(1), 6–3
Runner-up10.14 July 2003Oyster Bay, United StatesHard Ansley Cargill Jennifer Russell
Jessica Lehnhoff
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up11.5 September 2005Madrid, SpainHard Seda Noorlander Andreja Klepač
Nika Ožegović
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up12.12 October 2005Jersey, United KingdomHard (i) Nadejda Ostrovskaya Veronika Chvojková
Stanislava Hrozenská
6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up13.18 October 2005Mexico City, MexicoHard Soledad Esperón María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral
6–7(2), 6–2, 0–6
Winner6.25 October 2005Mexico City, MexicoHard Soledad Esperón Yamile Fors Guerra
Yanet Núñez Mojarena
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner7.28 February 2006Clearwater, United StatesHard Lina Stančiūtė Natalie Grandin
Chanelle Scheepers
6–3, 6–1

Notes and References

  1. https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/tennis-liggan-left-out-of-youthful-fed-cup-side-26525564.html Liggan left out of youthful Fed Cup side