Louisa Chirico

Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chirico has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best performance in singles at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the 2016 French Open.

Personal life

She is of Korean descent through her mother. She comes from Harrison, New York.

Career

Early years

Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final.

2015: Grand Slam debut

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

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

2016–2018: First Grand Slam and WTA 1000 wins

In May 2016, Chirico won five qualifier and main draw matches at the Madrid Open to reach the semifinals. 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.

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

2022: Return to majors

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

2023: Swedish Open semifinal

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

She qualified for the Charleston Open in April, but again was eliminated in her opening contest, losing to Sloane Stephens, in three sets. 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.

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

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

2024: Charlottesville title, second Swedish Open semifinal

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

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

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

2025

Chirico qualified for the Charleston Open and defeated Erika Andreeva in three sets to reach the second round, where she lost to 11th seed Jeļena Ostapenko.