Whitney Osuigwe

Whitney Osuigwe (/əˈsɪɡweɪ/ ə-SIG-way;[2] born April 17, 2002) is an American tennis player.

Whitney Osuigwe

Osuigwe at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(2002-04-17) April 17, 2002 Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Desmond Osuigwe
Prize money	US$ 369,570
Singles
Career record	79–50 (61.2%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 105 (August 12, 2019)
Current ranking	No. 140 (February 17, 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	Q2 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	24–17 (58.5%)
Career titles	ITF
Highest ranking	No. 232 (November 12, 2018)
Current ranking	No. 279 (February 17, 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	2R (2019)
French Open Junior	QF (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	F (2017)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2018)
Last updated on: February 21, 2020.

She is the reigning ITF Junior World Champion and a former world No. 1 junior.[3] Osuigwe also won the juniors 2017 French Open to become the first American to win the girls' singles event in 28 years.

Personal life

Osuigwe has been playing tennis at the IMG Academy since age 6, where her father Desmond has been a teacher at the academy since 1997 and acts as her primary coach. Desmond is from Lagos in Nigeria and played professional tennis events at the ITF Futures level before coming to the United States to attend college. Whitney has an older brother named Deandre who is a college basketball player and a younger sister named Victoria who also plays tennis.[4][5]

Junior career

In June 2017, Osuigwe climbed to No. 2 in the junior rankings by dominating the clay-court events in the previous six months. She started by reaching the semifinals at the Orange Bowl in December and then won two Grade-1 clay-court tournaments in back-to-back weeks in February. Osuigwe capped off her dominance in this part of the season by winning the 2017 Junior French Open over fellow American Claire Liu. In doing so, she became the first American to win the girls' event since Jennifer Capriati in 1989, the fifth American champion overall, and the ninth youngest winner of the event at under 15 years and 2 months. This was also only the second time the final was contested between two Americans, with the other occurring in 1980.[6]

Osuigwe would go on to finish the season as the No. 1 ranked junior in the world, for which she was named the 2017 ITF Junior World Champion. Furthermore, she then won the Orange Bowl before the year came to a close.

On August 12, 2018, Osuigwe won the USTA Girls 18s National Championships which earned her a wild-card entry into the main draw of the US Open.[7]

Professional career

Osuigwe made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2018 Miami Open, losing to her fellow wild card and junior rival Claire Liu.

In January 2019, Osuigwe played alongside David Ferrer on the Spain team in the 2019 Hopman Cup, replacing Garbiñe Muguruza who was out due to injury. Osuigwe played only the mixed-doubles match, losing to the French team which consisted of Lucas Pouille and Alizé Cornet, 2–4, 2–4. In March, she entered the Miami Open main draw as a wild card, winning her first-round match against fellow wild card Mari Osaka, the sister of Naomi Osaka.[8]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Miami Open	A	1R	2R	P	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	1120	226	132		$369,570

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2018	ITF Wesley Chapel, United States	25,000	Clay	Francesca Di Lorenzo	2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2018	RBC Pro Challenge, United States	80,000	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 2019	Boar's Head Resort Open, United States	80,000	Clay	Madison Brengle	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	May 2019	LTP Charleston Pro Tennis, United States	100,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2018	ITF Orlando, United States	15,000	Clay	Caty McNally	Dia Evtimova Ilona Kremen	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 2018	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Sanaz Marand	Gaia Sanesi Chanel Simmonds	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Apr 2018	Boar's Head Resort Open, United States	80,000	Clay	Ashley Kratzer	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	2–2	Jul 2018	Braidy Industries Classic, United States	60,000	Hard	Sanaz Marand	Jovana Jakšić Renata Zarazúa	3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss	2–3	Feb 2020	Kentucky Open, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Hailey Baptiste	Catherine Harrison Quinn Gleason	5–7, 2–6

ITF Junior Circuit

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2017	French Open	Clay	Claire Liu	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Caty McNally	Olga Danilović Kaja Juvan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Caty McNally	Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu	2–6, 1–6

ITF Junior finals

Legend
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2015	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Carson Branstine	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	May 2016	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Carson Branstine	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Feb 2017	ITF Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Draginja Vukovic	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Feb 2017	ITF Criciúma, Brazil	Clay	Emily Appleton	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jun 2017	French Open, France	Clay	Claire Liu	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Win	5–1	Oct 2017	ITF Tulsa, United States	Hard	Natasha Subhash	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Oct 2017	ITF Osaka, Japan	Hard	Wang Xinyu	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Nov 2017	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Alexa Noel	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	Dec 2017	ITF Bradenton, United States	Clay	Clara Burel	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	7–3	Dec 2017	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Margaryta Bilokin	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2016	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Alexa Noel	Alana Smith Peyton Stearns	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2017	ITF Criciúma, Brazil	Clay	Hailey Baptiste	Elysia Bolton Vanessa Ong	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	1–2	Apr 2017	ITF Indian Wells, United	Hard	Caty McNally	Taylor Johnson Ann Li	6–3, 7–6^(10–8)
Win	2–2	May 2017	ITF Milan, Italy	Clay	Caty McNally	Cho I-hsuan Ayumi Miyamoto	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	2–3	Jul 2017	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Caty McNally	Olga Danilović Kaja Juvan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 2017	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Ellie Douglas	Dalayna Hewitt Peyton Stearns	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Dec 2017	ITF Bradenton, United States	Clay	Caty McNally	Thasaporn Naklo Naho Sato	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–4	Jul 2018	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	Grass	Caty McNally	Clara Tauson Wang Xinyu	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(9–7)
Loss	4–5	Jul 2018	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Caty McNally	Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu	2–6, 1–6

References

1. "French Open junior champ Whitney Osuigwe eyes bigger things". ESPN. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
2. RacquetComedy (December 28, 2017). "FULL INTERVIEW: Whitney Osuigwe & Caty McNally". YouTube. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
3. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100291615
4. "Bradenton teen reaches French Open girls final". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
5. "The Journey - Osuigwe Family". IMG Academy. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
6. "American Whitney Osuigwe wins girls' title at French Open". Excelle Sports. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
7. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-usta-girls-tennis-0813-story.html
8. Rothenberg, Ben (March 21, 2019). "The Osakas' Brief Sister Act at the Miami Open". New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

External links

• Whitney Osuigwe at the Women's Tennis Association
• Whitney Osuigwe at the International Tennis Federation

Awards
Preceded by Anastasia Potapova	ITF Junior World Champion 2017	Succeeded by Clara Burel