Kelly Liggan

Kelly Liggan

Country (sports)	Ireland
Residence	Marbella, Spain [1]
Born	(1979-02-05) 5 February 1979 (age 46) Spain
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$238,274
Singles
Career record	290–363
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 181 (15 September 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2001)
French Open	Q1 (2001, 2004, 2007)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2002, 2003, 2007)
US Open	Q3 (2003)
Doubles
Career record	145–186
Career titles	1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	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)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Nov 2002	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Lina Krasnoroutskaya Tatiana Panova	7–5, 7–6(9–7)

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 May 1999	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Erica Krauth	1–6, 5–7
Win	1.	25 June 2000	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jennifer Embry	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	2 July 2000	Lachine, Canada	Clay	Remi Tezuka	7–5, 6–0
Loss	2.	8 July 2002	Felixstowe, UK	Grass	Elena Baltacha	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	6 June 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7, 3–6
Win	3.	6 August 2006	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Laura Thorpe	6–1, 6–3
Win	4.	13 August 2006	Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Monica Niculescu	6–0, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	4.	10 July 2007	Boston, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	2–6, 7–5, 0–5 ret.

Doubles (7–13)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	23 June 1997	Manaus, Brazil	Hard	Caroline Germar	Joanne Moore Ximena Rodríguez	0–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	18 May 1998	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Cristina Correia Bruna Colósio	2–6, 4–6
Win	1.	3 August 1998	Périgueux, France	Clay	Paula García	Samantha Schoeffel Stéphanie Testard	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	3.	10 August 1998	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Paula García	Sylvie Sallaberry Aurélie Védy	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4.	7 December 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Paula García	Katia Altilia Giulia Casoni	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5.	8 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Emmanuelle Curutchet	María Fernanda Landa Ángeles Montolio	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	2.	24 May 1999	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Sabina Da Ponte Giana Gutiérrez	6–3, 6–1
Win	3.	31 May 1999	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Mariana Mesa Jorgelina Torti	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	6.	9 October 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Kirstin Freye	Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga	3–5, 4–5(4–6), 0–4
Loss	7.	30 October 2000	Hayward, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	Nana Smith Nirupama Sanjeev	2–4, 2–4
Loss	8.	5 March 2001	Ortisei, Italy	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Kozhokina	Angelika Bachmann Eva Dyrberg	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	12 November 2001	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Amanda Augustus Jennifer Russell	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4.	6 May 2002	Edinburgh, UK	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Victoria Davies Eva Martincová	5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Win	5.	22 July 2002	Pamplona, Spain	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	Yvonne Doyle Susanne Trik	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss	10.	14 July 2003	Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Ansley Cargill	Jennifer Russell Jessica Lehnhoff	2–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	5 September 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Seda Noorlander	Andreja Klepač Nika Ožegović	3–6, 3–6
Loss	12.	12 October 2005	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Veronika Chvojková Stanislava Hrozenská	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	13.	18 October 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Soledad Esperón	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 0–6
Win	6.	25 October 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Soledad Esperón	Yamile Fors Guerra Yanet Núñez Mojarena	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	7.	28 February 2006	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Lina Stančiūtė	Natalie Grandin Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 6–1

External links

• Kelly Liggan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kelly Liggan at the International Tennis Federation
• Kelly Liggan at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

References

1. Liggan left out of youthful Fed Cup side, independent.ie, 2 April 2009