Louisa Chirico

She is of Korean descent through her mother.^[1][2] She comes from Harrison, New York.^[3][4]

Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final.^{[citation needed]}

She made her major main-draw debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA.^[5] She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets.^[6]

Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson.^[7] She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker^[8] but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals.^[9]

In May 2016, Chirico won five qualifier and main draw matches at the Madrid Open to reach the semifinals.^[3] Later that month, she reached the main draw of the 2016 French Open through three qualifying wins and made it through to the second round.^[10]

After reaching a career-high ranking of No. 58 in October 2016, Chirico dropped outside the top 500 in September 2018.^[11]

Chirico won her first WTA Tour main-draw match in five years when she defeated Alison Riske-Amritraj at the 2022 San Diego Open.^[12] She made it through qualifying at Wimbledon, after a five years absence from the majors since the 2017 French Open.^[13] She lost to fourth seed Paula Badosa in the first round.^[14]

Chirico defeated Coco Vandeweghe in the final round of qualifying to make it into the main draw at the Austin Open in February^[15] where she lost in the first round against Madison Brengle.^[16]

She qualified for the Charleston Open in April, but again was eliminated in her opening contest, losing to Sloane Stephens, in three sets.^[17] The following month, she was advanced from qualifying into the main draw at the Strasbourg International but was knocked out in round one by eventual champion Elina Svitolina.^[18]

In July, Chirico reached the semifinals at the Swedish Open with wins over Malene Helgø,^[19] fourth-seeded Rebecca Peterson^[20] and seventh seed Claire Liu,^[21] before losing to top seed Emma Navarro.^[22] A week later, she qualified for the Hungarian Open but fell to Claire Liu in the first round.^[23]

At the San Diego Open in September, Chirico again qualified for the main draw but could not get past round one opponent Danielle Collins.^[24]

Chirico won the Charlottesville Open in Virginia, in April, with a straight sets victory over top seed Kayla Day in the final.^[25]

She reached semifinals at the Swedish Open in July, defeating eighth seed Renata Zarazúa,^[26] Mananchaya Sawangkaew^[27] and Katarina Zavatska^[28] on her way to the last four where she lost against seventh seed Martina Trevisan in three sets.^[29] Later that month Chirico qualified for the main draw at the Prague Open but lost in the first round to second seed Kateřina Siniaková.^[30]

In August, ranked No. 218, she qualified for the WTA 1000 Canadian Open, losing to 10th seed Anna Kalinskaya.^[31] Chirico won the W75 Tevlin Challenger in November, defeating Kayla Cross in the final.^[32]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Current through the 2023 Charleston Open.

 

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