Kayla Cross (born 21 March 2005) is a Canadian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 159, reached on 14 September 2026. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 127, achieved on 2 February 2026. Cross has won one WTA 125 doubles title as well as three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
Career 2022: Juniors, WTA Tour doubles debut Partnering Victoria Mboko, Cross reached the finals of two junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2022, losing both doubles competitions at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon.
Having lost as a wildcard entrant in the first singles qualifying round, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the WTA 1000 Canadian Open in doubles, once again partnering Victoria Mboko.
2023–24 Cross was runner-up at the 2024 Championnats de Granby, losing to Maria Mateas in the final.
She won the biggest title of her career to date when she took the doubles crown at the W75 Calgary Challenger alongside Maribella Zamarripa, defeating Robin Anderson and Dalayna Hewitt in a champions tiebreak in the final. Partnering Liv Hovde, Cross reached the doubles final at the 2024 Fifth Third Charleston 125, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.
2025–26: BJK Cup, WTA 1000 debuts and first wins Cross made her debut for the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team against Romania in the 2025 qualifying round held in Tokyo, partnering Rebecca Marino in a win over Georgia Crăciun and Mara Gae.
Teaming with Amelia Rajecki, she won her first WTA 125 title at the 2025 Abierto Tampico, defeating Weronika Falkowska and Kristina Novak in the final.
On her singles WTA Tour debut she was granted a wildcard for her home tournament, the WTA 1000 2026 Canadian Open where she recorded her maiden tour-level win and the first on the 1000-level over top-100 player Katie Boulter.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament20252026W–L Australian OpenAQ10–0 French OpenQ1Q10–0 WimbledonQ1Q10–0 US OpenAQ10–0Win–loss0–00–00–0
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Charleston Pro, United States Clay Liv Hovde Nuria Brancaccio Leyre Romero Gormaz 6–7(6–8), 2–6Win 1–1 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Amelia Rajecki Weronika Falkowska Kristina Novak 6–4, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–5)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2024Championnats de Granby, CanadaW75 Hard Maria Mateas 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 1–1 Aug 2024Saskatoon Challenger, CanadaW35 Hard Mia Kupres 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 1–2 Oct 2024Toronto Challenger, CanadaW75 Hard (i) Louisa Chirico 6–7(3), 3–6Win 2–2 Feb 2025Arcadia Pro Open, United StatesW35 Hard Iva Jovic 6–2, 7–6(6)Loss 2–3 Sep 2025Templeton Open, United StatesW75 Hard Kayla Day 2–6, 0–3 ret.Loss 2–4 Nov 2025ITF Chihuahua, MexicoW50 Hard Mary Stoiana 6–7(2), 7–6(6), 2–6Loss 2–5 Nov 2025Internazionali Val Gardena, ItalyW50 Hard (i) Eva Guerrero Álvarez 4–6, 4–6Loss 2–6 Mar 2026ITF Chihuahua, MexicoW50 Clay Julieta Pareja 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 3–6 Jul 2026Championnats de Granby, CanadaW75 Hard Sara Saito 7–5, 6–1
Doubles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW60/75 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–5)Clay (3–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartner OpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2022ITF Saskatoon, CanadaW25 Hard Marina Stakusic Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov 6–3, 7–6(4)Loss 1–1 Nov 2022Calgary Challenger, CanadaW60 Hard (i) Marina Stakusic Catherine Harrison Sabrina Santamaria 6–7(2), 4–6Loss 1–2 Jan 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Clay Renata Zarazúa Tiphanie Fiquet Ashley Lahey 6–4, 1–6, [4–10]Loss 1–3 May 2023ITF Feld am See, AustriaW25 Clay Sofia Costoulas Denisa Hindová Chiara Scholl 2–6, 0–6Loss 1–4 Jun 2023ITF Otočec, SloveniaW40 Clay Sofia Sewing Ekaterine Gorgodze Elvina Kalieva 2–6, 3–6Loss 1–5 Oct 2023ITF Redding, USW25 Hard María Herazo González Liv Hovde Clervie Ngounoue 3–6, 5–7Loss 1–6 Oct 2023Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60 Hard (i) Liv Hovde Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 7–6(6), 3–6, [3–10]Win 2–6 Oct 2023ITF Edmonton, CanadaW25 Hard (i) Liv Hovde Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss 2–7 Nov 2023ITF Lousada, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Elena Pridankina Eliessa Vanlangendonck Stéphanie Visscher w/oWin 3–7 May 2024ITF Bethany Beach, USW35 Clay Jaeda Daniel Ashton Bowers Mia Yamakita 7–6(3), 7–6(2)Win 4–7 Sep 2024ITF Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicW35 Clay Ariana Arseneault Margaux Maquet María Martínez Vaquero 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 5–7 Sep 2024ITF Punta Cana, Dom. Rep.W35 Clay Ariana Arseneault Zhibek Kulambayeva Sahaja Yamalapalli 6–1, 5–7, [10–8]Win 6–7 Oct 2024ITF Edmonton, CanadaW35 Hard (i) Maribella Zamarripa Jessica Failla Anna Rogers 6–3, 6–1Win 7–7 Oct 2024Calgary Challenger, CanadaW75 Hard (i) Maribella Zamarripa Robin Anderson Dalayna Hewitt 6–7(3), 7–5, [12–10]Win 8–7 Nov 2024ITF Miami, USW35 Hard Anna Rogers Aya El Aouni Olivia Lincer 7–5, 6–4Loss 8–8 Apr 2025Charlottesville Open, USW100 Hard Petra Hule Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich 5–7, 5–7Win 9–8 Sep 2025ITF Leiria, PortugalW50 Hard Julie Belgraver Catherine Harrison Ashley Lahey 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win 10–8 Nov 2025Internazionali Val Gardena, ItalyW50 Hard (i) Anna Rogers Samira de Stefano Gaia Maduzzi 7–6(4), 7–6(7)Win 11–8 Jan 2026San Diego Open, USW100 Hard Alana Smith Catherine Harrison Dalayna Hewitt 6–2, 6–3Loss 11–9 Jul 2026Evansville Classic, USW100 Hard Anna Rogers Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen 2–6, 3–6
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2022 Australian Open Hard Victoria Mboko Clervie Ngounoue Diana Shnaider 4–6, 3–6Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass Victoria Mboko Rose Marie Nijkamp Angella Okutoyi 6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
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