Whitney Osuigwe

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

Whitney Osuigwe
Country (sports) United States
Born (2002-04-17) April 17, 2002
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachDesmond Osuigwe
Prize moneyUS$ 369,570
Singles
Career record79–50 (61.2%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (August 12, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 140 (February 17, 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2019)
French OpenQ2 (2019)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
US Open1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record24–17 (58.5%)
Career titlesITF
Highest rankingNo. 232 (November 12, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 279 (February 17, 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open2R (2019)
French Open JuniorQF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorF (2017)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open1R (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.

Tournament201720182019 2020SRW–LWin%
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.
Awards
Preceded by
Anastasia Potapova		 ITF Junior World Champion
2017		 Succeeded by
Clara Burel
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