Tyra Caterina Grant

Tyra Caterina Grant

Grant at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy (May 2025–) [1]   United States (2021–2025)
Born	(2008-03-12) March 12, 2008 (age 17) Rome, Italy
Prize money	$171,622
Singles
Career record	54–27
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (8 September 2025)
Current ranking	No. 208 (8 September 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	13–10
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 280 (25 August 2025)
Current ranking	No. 282 (8 September 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	SF (2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	W (2025)
Last updated on: 21 September 2025.

Tyra Caterina Grant (born March 12, 2008) is an Italian tennis player. She won the junior girls' doubles titles at the 2023 French Open, 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships and she is a semi-finalist in mixed double achieving it at 2024 US Open. Since September 2025, she is part of the senior Italy Billie Jean King Cup team, laureating 2025 Billie Jean King Cup, even if she did not play any match. ^[2]

Early life

Grant was born in Rome. Born and raised in Italy, Grant is the daughter of Cinzia Giovinco, an Italian tennis teacher and Tyra’s manager, and of American former basketball player Tyrone Grant, who relocated to Italy to play basketball. ^[3] She has both Italian and American citizenship. ^[1] She trained at the Piatti Tennis Center in Bordighera along with Jannik Sinner. ^[4] Later, she moved to Orlando to train at the USTA National Campus. ^{[5] [6]} Her younger brother, Tyson, is also a tennis player. ^[7] Her mother acts as her manager. ^[8]

She began her junior career representing the United States but switched at 17 years old to represent Italy in May 2025, just a few days before making her debut as the official ambassador of the 2025 Italian Open in her hometown, Rome, where she also received a wildcard from the organizers. ^[1]

Career

Junior years

In December 2022, Grant partnered compatriot Iva Jovic to win the doubles title at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida. ^[9] At the age of 15, she won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 French Open with compatriot Clervie Ngounoue, defeating top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito in the final. ^[10]

In 2024, she and Jovic won the girls' doubles title at the Australian Open. ^[11] At the French Open, they reached the girls' doubles final, but lost to Renáta Jamrichová and Tereza Valentová. ^[12] However, at Wimbledon, she and Jovic once again clinched the girls' doubles title, defeating Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the final. ^[13]

Professional

In 2024, she received a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the US Open. ^[14]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home-country Masters tournament, the 2025 Italian Open, where she lost to qualifier Antonia Ružić.^{[ citation needed ]} -

Since September 2025, she is part of the senior Italy Billie Jean King Cup team, laureating 2025 Billie Jean King Cup, even if she did not play any match. ^[15]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend W50 tournaments (1–2) W15 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Anja Stanković	6–0, 6–4
Win	2–0	Nov 2024	ITF Sëlva Gardena, Italy	W50	Hard (i)	Stacey Fung	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Jan 2025	Porto Women's Indoor ITF, Portugal	W50+H	Hard (i)	Justina Mikulskytė	7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–2	Aug 2025	ITF Bytom, Poland	W50	Clay	Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend W50 tournaments (1–0) W15 tournaments (1–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2024	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Aurora Zantedeschi	Yelyzaveta Kotliar Antonina Sushkova	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–0	Oct 2024	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	W50	Hard (i)	Camilla Rosatello	Diāna Marcinkēviča Sada Nahimana	6–2, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2023	French Open	Clay	Clervie Ngounoue	Alina Korneeva Sara Saito	6–3, 6–2
Win	2024	Australian Open	Hard	Iva Jovic	Julie Paštiková Julia Stusek	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2024	French Open	Clay	Iva Jovic	Renáta Jamrichová Tereza Valentová	4–6, 4–6
Win	2024	Wimbledon	Grass	Iva Jovic	Mika Stojsavljevic Mingge Xu	7–5, 4–6, [10–8]

References

1. Futterman, Matthew (May 1, 2025). "Rising U.S. tennis talent Tyra Grant will switch to represent Italy". The New York Times . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
2. https://www.thetennisgazette.com/news/former-american-star-receives-first-call-up-to-italy-and-could-play-the-usa-at-the-billie-jean-king-cup-finals/
3. Minni, Daniele (December 20, 2022). "Da Campello sul Clitunno a Miami per insegnare tennis: Massimiliano Rosichetti racconta l'incredibile storia del fratelli Grant". ValleUmbraSport (in Italian). Retrieved May 2, 2025.
4. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6326029/2025/05/01/tennis-tyra-grant-italy-usa/
5. "Santa Croce: va in scena la Tyra…nnia degli Stati Uniti". Federazione Italiana Tennis (in Italian). May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
6. "La settimana americana di baby Grant: Tyra migliora e fa crescere chi le sta intorno". SpazioTennis (in Italian). June 3, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
7. Futterman, Matthew (May 1, 2022). "Are the Next Global Tennis Stars Among These Tweens?". The New York Times . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
8. Comirato, Daniela (May 2, 2025). "Tyra Grant la nuova promessa del tennis: lascia gli USA e giocherà per l'Italia. Chi è". TG La7 (in Italian). Retrieved May 2, 2025.
9. Chiesa, Victoria (April 18, 2023). "Top juniors head to USTA National Campus for team event qualifying". United States Tennis Association . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
10. Kapetanakis, Arthur (June 9, 2023). "Roland Garros 2023: Taylor Townsend, Austin Krajicek reach doubles finals". United States Tennis Association . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
11. Pyser, Dan (January 29, 2024). "Americans sweep 2024 Australian Open junior doubles titles". United States Tennis Association . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
12. Walsh, Courtney (June 8, 2024). "Valentova wins all-Czech final to claim Roland Garros girls' title". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
13. Kapetanakis, Arthur (July 15, 2024). "Wimbledon 2024: Grant & Jovic claim girls' doubles title, Razeghi wins boys' doubles". United States Tennis Association . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
14. Pratt, Steve (August 19, 2024). "Be Sure to Catch All of the Action as the US Open Begins on Monday". USTA Southern California . Retrieved May 2, 2025.
15. https://www.thetennisgazette.com/news/former-american-star-receives-first-call-up-to-italy-and-could-play-the-usa-at-the-billie-jean-king-cup-finals/

External links

• Tyra Caterina Grant at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tyra Caterina Grant at the International Tennis Federation
• Tyra Caterina Grant at ESPN.com