Whitney Osuigwe ( ; born April 17, 2002) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105 and a best doubles ranking of No. 115, achieved in August 2019 and 2024, respectively.

In 2017, Osuigwe was the ITF Junior World Champion. She won the juniors 2017 French Open to become the first American to win the girls' singles event in Paris in 28 years.

Personal life Osuigwe has been playing tennis at the IMG Academy since age six, 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.

Juniors 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 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.

Osuigwe would go on to finish the season as the number-one-ranked junior in the world, for which she was named the combined 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 wildcard entry into the main draw of the US Open.

Professional Osuigwe made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Miami Open, losing to her fellow wildcard 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.

In March 2019, she entered the Miami Open main draw as a wildcard, winning her first-round match against fellow wildcard Mari Osaka, the sister of Naomi Osaka.

Performance timeline

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 2026 US Open.

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1RQ11RQ2AAAQ30 / 20–2 French OpenAAQ2Q1Q1AAAQ1Q10 / 00–0 WimbledonAAQ1NHQ1AAAQ2Q10 / 00–0 US OpenQ11R1R1RQ1Q3AAQ1Q10 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–10–20–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 50–5WTA 1000 Indian WellsAAANHAAAA1RQ10 / 10–1 Miami OpenA1R2RNHQ1Q1Q1AAQ10 / 21–2 Canadian OpenAAANHAAAA1RA0 / 10–1 CincinnatiAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Career statistics2017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LTournaments0241300000Career total: 10Titles0000000000Career total: 0Finals0000000000Career total: 0Overall win–loss0–00–21–40–10–30–00–00–00–00–00 / 101–10Year-end ranking1120226132160247290368352140$1,246,371

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Nov 2023Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard (i) Hailey Baptiste Sophie Chang Ashley Lahey 2–6, 6–2, [10–1]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–2)W80 tournaments (2–0)W75 tournaments (0–1)W50 tournaments (2–0)W25/35 tournaments (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Wesley Chapel, United StatesW25 Clay Francesca Di Lorenzo 2–6, 6–1, 4–6Win 1–1 Tyler Pro Challenge, USW80 Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–3, 6–4Win 2–1 Charlottesville Open, USW80 Clay Madison Brengle 6–4, 1–6, 6–3Loss 2–2 Tyler Pro Challenge, USW100 Clay Taylor Townsend 4–6, 4–6Loss 2–3 Mar 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Hard Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva 2–6, 2–6Loss 2–4 Apr 2023ITF Jackson, USW25 Clay Tímea Babos 5–7, 5–7Win 3–4 Nov 2024ITF Boca Raton, USW50 Hard Eva Vedder 7–6(8), 6–3Loss 3–5 Jan 2025ITF Palm Coast, USW35 Clay Elizabeth Mandlik 1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6Loss 3–6 Jan 2025Vero Beach Open, USW75 Clay Solana Sierra 7–6(6), 4–6, 5–7Win 4–6 Mar 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW50 Hard Ana Sofía Sánchez 6–2, 7–5Win 5–6 Apr 2025ITF Boca Raton, USW35 Clay Akasha Urhobo 6–4, 6–3Loss 5–7 Apr 2025Bonita Spring Championship, USW100 Clay Astra Sharma 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (2–2)W80 tournaments (0–1)W60/75 tournaments (2–4)W40/50 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (4–0)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–6)Clay (4–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 ITF Orlando, USW15 Clay Caty McNally Dia Evtimova Ilona Kremen 6–2, 6–3Win 2–0 ITF Jackson, USW25 Clay Sanaz Marand Gaia Sanesi Chanel Simmonds 6–1, 6–3Loss 2–1 Charlottesville Open, USW80 Clay Ashley Kratzer Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller 6–3, 4–6, [7–10]Loss 2–2 Ashland Classic, USW60 Hard Sanaz Marand Jovana Jakšić Renata Zarazúa 3–6, 7–5, [4–10]Loss 2–3 Feb 2020Kentucky Open, USW100 Hard (i) Hailey Baptiste Catherine Harrison Quinn Gleason 5–7, 2–6Win 3–3 Jan 2022ITF Orlando Pro, USW60 Hard Hailey Baptiste Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes 7–6(7), 7–5Win 4–3 Mar 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Hard Hailey Baptiste Francesca Di Lorenzo Makenna Jones 6–2, 6–2Win 5–3 Jul 2023ITF Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicW25 Clay Victoria Osuigwe Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj 6–1, 1–6, [10–7]Win 6–3 Nov 2023ITF Charleston Pro, USW100 Clay Hailey Baptiste Nigina Abduraimova Carole Monnet 6–4, 3–6, [13–11]Loss 6–4 Jan 2024Vero Beach Open, USW75+H Clay Hailey Baptiste Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 3–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss 6–5 Feb 2024Georgia's Rome Open, USW75 Hard (i) Hailey Baptiste Angela Kulikov Jamie Loeb w/oWin 7–5 Feb 2024Guanajuato Open, MexicoW100 Hard Hailey Baptiste Ann Li Rebecca Marino 7–5, 6–4Win 8–5 Feb 2024ITF Spring, USW35 Hard Alana Smith Malkia Ngounoue Thaísa Pedretti 6–4, 6–4Win 9–5 Jul 2024Lexington Open, USW75 Hard Alana Smith Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 9–6 Nov 2024ITF Austin, USW50 Hard Alana Smith Diae El Jardi Thaisa Pedretti 2–6, 6–4, [12–14]Loss 9–7 Jan 2025Georgia's Rome Open, USW75 Hard (i) Eva Vedder Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov 6–7(3), 4–6Loss 9–8 Sep 2026Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, USW100 Hard Akasha Urhobo Savannah Broadus Allura Zamarripa 5–7, 2–6

Junior finals Grand Slam tournaments Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2017 French Open Clay Claire Liu 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Caty McNally Olga Danilović Kaja Juvan 4–6, 3–6Loss 2018 Wimbledon Grass Caty McNally Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu 2–6, 1–6

ITF Junior Circuit Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (1–2)Grade 1 (4–0)Grade 4 (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 ITF Plantation, USGrade 4 Clay Carson Branstine 6–2, 3–6, 6–4Loss 1–1 ITF Plantation, USGrade 4 Clay Carson Branstine 6–3, 4–6, 1–6Win 2–1 ITF Asunción, ParaguayGrade 1 Clay Draginja Vukovic 6–3, 6–2Win 3–1 ITF Criciúma, BrazilGrade 1 Clay Emily Appleton 7–5, 6–4Win 4–1 ITF Tulsa, USGrade 1 Hard Natasha Subhash 6–4, 6–3Loss 4–2 ITF Osaka, JapanGrade A Hard Wang Xinyu 4–6, 4–6Loss 4–3 ITF Mexico CityGrade A Clay Alexa Noel 2–6, 4–6Win 5–3 ITF Bradenton, USGrade 1 Clay Clara Burel 6–4, 4–6, 6–1Win 6–3 ITF Plantation, USGrade A Clay Margaryta Bilokin 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (1–1)Grade 1 (3–1)Grade 4 (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Plantation, USGrade 4 Clay Alexa Noel Alana Smith Peyton Stearns 2–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 ITF Criciúma, BrazilGrade 1 Clay Hailey Baptiste Elysia Bolton Vanessa Ong 6–4, 4–6, [5–10]Win 1–2 ITF Indian Wells, USGrade 1 Hard Caty McNally Taylor Johnson Ann Li 6–3, 7–6(8)Win 2–2 ITF Milan, ItalyGrade A Clay Caty McNally Cho I-hsuan Ayumi Miyamoto 6–3, 7–6(5)Loss 2–3 ITF Mexico CityGrade A Clay Ellie Douglas Dalayna Hewitt Peyton Stearns 4–6, 3–6Win 3–3 ITF Bradenton, USGrade 1 Clay Caty McNally Thasaporn Naklo Naho Sato 6–3, 6–1Win 4–3 ITF Roehampton, UKGrade 1 Grass Caty McNally Clara Tauson Wang Xinyu 7–6(4), 7–6(7)

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