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

Career highlights 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: Major 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 defeating 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 major 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 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 SF at Swedish Open 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: WTA 125 final Chirico qualified for the Charleston Open and defeated Erika Andreeva in three sets to reach the second round, in which she lost to 11th seed Jeļena Ostapenko.

She finished runner-up at the WTA 125 Internacional de Valencia losing to Nuria Párrizas Díaz in the final.

In July, Chirico qualified for the main draw at the Canadian Open, but lost in the first round to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in a match lasting more than three hours.

Performance timelines

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.

Singles Current through the 2025 WTA Tour. Tournament201320142015201620172018...20212022202320242025SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAQ2A1RQ1AAQ1AQ10 / 10–1 French OpenAA1R2R1RAQ1Q2AAQ10 / 31–3 WimbledonAAQ31RQ1AA1RAQ1Q10 / 20–2 US OpenQ3Q21R1RQ2AQ1Q1Q2Q1Q10 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–21–30–20–00–00–10–00–00–00 / 81–8WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAA1RQ12RQ1AAAAA0 / 13–1Miami OpenAAAQ11RAAAAAQ10 / 10–1Madrid OpenAAASFAAAAAAA0 / 13–1Canadian OpenAAQ1AAAAAQ11R1R0 / 20–2Cincinnati OpenAAQ11RAAAAAAQ10 / 10–1Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAA2RAANHAAA0 / 11–1China OpenAAA1RAANHAAA0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments008141000321Career total: 38Overall win-loss0–00–03–810–142–100–00–01–30–20–10 / 3816–38

Doubles Tournament2014201520162017...2022W–L Australian OpenAAA2RA1–1 French OpenAA1RAA0–1 WimbledonAA1RAA0–1 US Open1RA2RAA1–2Win–loss0–10–01–31–10–02–5

WTA 125 finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Caroline Garcia 1–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Internacional de Valencia, Spain Clay Nuria Párrizas Díaz 5–7, 6–7(9)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–2)$60/75,000 tournaments (4–1)$25/35,000 tournaments (2–3)$10,000 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (5–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2012ITF Sumter, United States10,000 Hard Victoria Duval 6–4, 6–3Loss 1–1 Feb 2013ITF Surprise, US25,000 Hard Tara Moore 6–4, 6–3Win 2–1 Jun 2014ITF Padua, Italy25,000 Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–2, 1–6, 7–6(3)Loss 2–2 Jun 2014ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000 Clay Elizaveta Kulichkova 5–7, 2–6Loss 2–3 Feb 2015Midland Tennis Classic, US100,000 Hard (i) Tatjana Maria 2–6, 0–6Win 3–3 Apr 2015Dothan Pro Classic, US50,000 Clay Katerina Stewart 7–6(1), 3–6, 7–6(1)Loss 3–4 May 2015ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US50,000 Clay Katerina Stewart 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 3–5 Sep 2017Abierto Tampico, Mexico100,000+H Hard Irina Falconi 5–7, 7–6(3), 1–6Win 4–5 Mar 2019ITF São Paulo, BrazilW25 Clay Danka Kovinić 6–0, 6–2Win 5–5 Apr 2022Charlottesville Open, USW60 Clay Wang Xiyu 6–4, 6–3Win 6–5 Charlottesville Open, USW75 Clay Kayla Day 6–1, 7–5Win 7–5 Oct 2024Toronto Challenger, CanadaW75 Hard (i) Kayla Cross 7–6(3), 6–3Loss 7–6 Amstelveen Open, NetherlandsW35 Clay Katharina Hobgarski 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments (0–1)$50,000 tournaments (1–1)$25,000 tournaments (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 2013ITF Rancho Mirage, US25,000 Hard Jan Abaza Tara Moore Melanie South 6–4, 2–6, [10–12]Win 1–1 Apr 2013ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US50,000 Clay Jan Abaza Asia Muhammad Allie Will 6–4, 6–4Loss 1–2 Jan 2014ITF Port St. Lucie, US25,000 Clay Jan Abaza Réka Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva 4–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 Jun 2014ITF Brescia, Italy25,000 Clay Asia Muhammad Sanaz Marand Florencia Molinero 4–6, 6–4, [8–10]Win 2–3 Jun 2014ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000 Clay Sanaz Marand Jang Su-jeong Justyna Jegiołka 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–4 Apr 2016Osprey Challenger, US50,000 Clay Katerina Stewart Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend 1–6, 7–6(5), [4–10]Loss 2–5 May 2018ITF Charleston Pro, US80,000 Clay Allie Kiick Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe 1–6, 6–3, [5–10]

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