Tyra Caterina Grant (born March 12, 2008) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 157 by the WTA, achieved on 8 June 2026. She is a 2025 Billie Jean King Cup champion with Italy. https://worldtennismagazine.com/italy-wins-billie-jean-king-cup-title-over-the-united-states-in-shenzen/26167
Grant achieved her first WTA 125 final at the 2026 Open delle Puglie in Foggia. https://www.puntodebreak.com/en/2026/06/07/wta-125k-foggia-romero-beats-grant-and-secures-her-first-title-in-two-years
She won the girls' doubles titles at the 2023 French Open, 2024 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, and she was a semifinalist in mixed doubles at the 2024 US Open. She is coached by Matteo Donati. https://x.com/stampaalessandr/status/2070117352495280481?s=46&t=Jfs2mZwGfYaDlcR7zgmwdw
Early life Grant was born in Rome. Born and raised in Italy, Grant is the daughter of Cinzia Giovinco, an Italian tennis teacher and Tyra’s manager, and of American former basketball player Tyrone Grant, who relocated to Italy to play basketball. She has both Italian and American citizenship. She trained at the Piatti Tennis Center in Bordighera along with Jannik Sinner. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6326029/2025/05/01/tennis-tyra-grant-italy-usa/ Later, she moved to Orlando to train at the USTA National Campus. Her younger brother, Tyson, is also a tennis player. Her mother acts as her manager.
She began her junior career representing the United States but switched at 17 years old to represent Italy in May 2025, just a few days before making her debut as the official ambassador of the 2025 Italian Open in her hometown, Rome, where she also received a wildcard from the organizers.
Career Junior years In December 2022, Grant partnered compatriot Iva Jovic to win the doubles title at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida. At the age of 15, she won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 French Open with compatriot Clervie Ngounoue, defeating top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito in the final.
In 2024, she and Jovic won the girls' doubles title at the Australian Open. At the French Open, they reached the girls' doubles final, but lost to Renáta Jamrichová and Tereza Valentová. However, at Wimbledon, she and Jovic once again clinched the girls' doubles title, defeating Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the final.
Professional In 2024, she received a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the US Open.
2025: WTA Tour debut, BJK Cup win She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home-country WTA 1000 tournament, the 2025 Italian Open, where she lost to qualifier Antonia Ružić.
2026: First tour win, top 200, first major main draw In April 2026, at the Madrid Open, Grant recorded her first WTA Tour win defeating world No. 62, Elsa Jacquemot.
In May, after her win against Caroline Werner in Košice, Grant broke into the WTA top 200 for the first time in her career.
In June, Grant qualified for her first singles major main draw, getting through the Wimbledon qualifying rounds by defeating Taylah Preston, Joanna Garland, and Harmony Tan, for the loss of only one set across all three matches. She then reached the second round of the main draw with an upset straight-sets win against home player Katie Boulter without facing a single break point in the match.
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Foggia Open, ItalyClay Leyre Romero Gormaz5–7, 6–0, 2–6
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (1–0)W50 tournaments (1–2)W35 tournaments (1–0)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Mar 2024ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Anja Stanković 6–0, 6–4Win 2–0 Nov 2024ITF Sëlva Gardena, ItalyW50 Hard (i) Stacey Fung 3–6, 6–1, 7–5Loss 2–1 Jan 2025Porto Indoor, PortugalW50+H Hard (i) Justina Mikulskytė 7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6Loss 2–2 Aug 2025ITF Bytom, PolandW50 Clay Kajsa Rinaldo Persson 3–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Apr 2026ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Alena Kovačková 6–4, 6–2Win 4–2 May 2026Slovak Open, SlovakiaW75 Clay Caroline Werner 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW50 tournaments (1–0)W35 tournaments (0–1)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Mar 2024ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Aurora Zantedeschi Yelyzaveta Kotliar Antonina Sushkova 6–2, 6–2Win 2–0 Oct 2024Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceW50 Hard (i) Camilla Rosatello Diāna Marcinkēviča Sada Nahimana 6–2, 6–1Loss 2–1 Mar 2026ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Jennifer Ruggeri Enola Chiesa Beatrise Zeltiņa 4–6, 7–6(3), [7–10]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2023French OpenClay Clervie Ngounoue Alina Korneeva Sara Saito6–3, 6–2Win2024Australian OpenHard Iva Jovic Julie Paštiková Julia Stusek6–3, 6–1Loss2024French OpenClay Iva Jovic Renáta Jamrichová Tereza Valentová4–6, 4–6Win2024WimbledonGrass Iva Jovic Mika Stojsavljevic Mingge Xu7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
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