Kelly Liggan (born 5 February 1979) is a retired tennis player from Ireland.
Liggan resides in Marbella, Spain, but she played tennis for Ireland. She had some success on the ITF Women's Circuit winning several titles in both singles and doubles, and in 2002, she won her sole WTA Tour doubles title.
Liggan had two Grand Slam doubles main-draw appearances. She reached the second round at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon Championships. She also had several WTA Tour main-draw appearances; however, she never reached a quarterfinal.
Due to nagging injuries, Kelly retired in 2010.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Nov 2002 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Renata Voráčová Lina Krasnoroutskaya Tatiana Panova 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
ITF Circuit finals $50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (4–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 17 May 1999 Elvas, Portugal Hard Erica Krauth 1–6, 5–7Win 1. 25 June 2000 Montreal, Canada Hard Jennifer Embry 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 2 July 2000 Lachine, Canada Clay Remi Tezuka 7–5, 6–0Loss 2. Felixstowe, UK Grass Elena Baltacha 6–4, 2–6, 3–6Loss 3. 6 June 2006 Madrid, Spain Hard María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7, 3–6Win 3. 6 August 2006 Vigo, Spain Hard Laura Thorpe 6–1, 6–3Win 4. 13 August 2006 Coimbra, Portugal Hard Monica Niculescu 6–0, 7–6(9–7)Loss 4. 10 July 2007 Boston, United States Hard Varvara Lepchenko 2–6, 7–5, 0–5 ret.
Doubles (7–13) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 23 June 1997 Manaus, Brazil Hard Caroline Germar Joanne Moore Ximena Rodríguez 0–6, 2–6Loss 2. 18 May 1998 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Irina Selyutina Cristina Correia Bruna Colósio 2–6, 4–6Win 1. 3 August 1998 Périgueux, France Clay Paula García Samantha Schoeffel Stéphanie Testard 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss 3. 10 August 1998 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Paula García Sylvie Sallaberry Aurélie Védy 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss 4. 7 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Paula García Katia Altilia Giulia Casoni 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss 5. 8 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Emmanuelle Curutchet María Fernanda Landa Ángeles Montolio 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win 2. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Tzipora Obziler Sabina Da Ponte Giana Gutiérrez 6–3, 6–1Win 3. 31 May 1999 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Tzipora Obziler Mariana Mesa Jorgelina Torti 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)Loss 6. 9 October 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Kirstin Freye Joana Cortez Vanessa Menga 3–5, 4–5(4–6), 0–4Loss 7. 30 October 2000 Hayward, United States Hard Milagros Sequera Nana Smith Nirupama Sanjeev 2–4, 2–4Loss 8. 5 March 2001 Ortisei, Italy Hard (i) Ekaterina Kozhokina Angelika Bachmann Eva Dyrberg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6Loss 9. 12 November 2001 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Renata Voráčová Amanda Augustus Jennifer Russell 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–7(5–7)Win 4. 6 May 2002 Edinburgh, UK Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Victoria Davies Eva Martincová 5–7, 6–0, 6–1Win 5. Pamplona, Spain Hard (i) Elena Baltacha Yvonne Doyle Susanne Trik 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–3Loss 10. 14 July 2003 Oyster Bay, United States Hard Ansley Cargill Jennifer Russell Jessica Lehnhoff 2–6, 3–6Loss 11. 5 September 2005 Madrid, Spain Hard Seda Noorlander Andreja Klepač Nika Ožegović 3–6, 3–6Loss 12. 12 October 2005 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Nadejda Ostrovskaya Veronika Chvojková Stanislava Hrozenská 6–4, 2–6, 5–7Loss 13. 18 October 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Soledad Esperón María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 0–6Win 6. 25 October 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Soledad Esperón Yamile Fors Guerra Yanet Núñez Mojarena 1–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 7. 28 February 2006 Clearwater, United States Hard Lina Stančiūtė Natalie Grandin Chanelle Scheepers 6–3, 6–1
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