Tyra Caterina Grant

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Tyra Caterina Grant
Tyra Caterina Grant (2023 French Open) 01.jpg
Grant at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2008-03-12) March 12, 2008 (age 16)
Bordighera, Italy
Prize money$2,831
Singles
Career record10–5 (66.7%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 757 (October 23, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 791 (March 4, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior3R (2024)
French Open  Junior1R (2023)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2023)
US Open  Junior1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (0%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 9999 (March 20, 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorW (2024)
French Open  Junior W (2023)
US Open  Junior1R (2023)
Last updated on: March 4, 2024.

Tyra Caterina Grant is an American tennis player. She won the girls' doubles titles at the 2023 French Open and the 2024 Australian Open.

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Early and personal life

Born and raised in Italy, Grant is the daughter of American former basketball player Tyrone Grant who relocated to Italy to play basketball and Cinzia Giovinco, an Italian model. [1] She trained at the Riccardo Piatti Academy in Bordighera, before later moving to Orlando, Florida to train with the United States Tennis Association. [2] [3] She has a younger brother called Tyson who is also a tennis player. [4] Her mother also acts as her manager. [5]

Career

In December 2022, Grant partnered Iva Jovic to win the doubles title at the Orange Bowl in Miami Beach. [6]

She won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2023 French Open as a fifteen year-old, alongside partner Clervie Ngounoue against the top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito. [7] [8]

She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of 12 achieved on 1 January 2024.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Mar 2024 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Anja Stanković 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Mar 2024 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi Flag of Ukraine.svg Yelyzaveta Kotliar
Flag of Ukraine.svg Antonina Sushkova
6–2, 6–2


Junior career finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2023 French Open Clay Flag of the United States.svg Clervie Ngounoue Flag placeholder.svg Alina Korneeva
Flag of Japan.svg Sara Saito
6–0, 6–4
Win 2024 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Iva Jovic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Julie Paštiková
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Stusek
6–4, 6-1

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