Clervie Ngounoue (born 19 July 2006) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 169 by the WTA, achieved on 10 November 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 187, achieved on 17 August 2024.
Early life Ngounoue was born in Washington, D.C. to Cameroonian parents. From an early age she showed talent for tennis, and her father Aimé Ngounoue helped her begin to train.
Career At the 2022 US Open, she and Reese Brantmeier received a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament. They defeated Alison Van Uytvanck and Rosalie van der Hoek in the first round, recording their first major victory, before losing to eventual semifinalists, Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, in three sets in the second.
Ngounoue won the 2023 Wimbledon junior title, defeating Nikola Bartůňková in the final. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she climbed the top of the world rankings on 5 June 2023. Ngounoue also won the 2022 Australian Open girls' doubles event, partnering with Diana Shnaider. She also won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 French Open, alongside partner Tyra Caterina Grant, against the top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito.
Ngounoue qualified into the 2025 Indian Wells Open making her WTA 1000 debut. Ranked No. 211, she also qualified for the 2025 Cincinnati Open and recorded her first tour-level and WTA 1000 win over Hailey Baptiste moving to a new career-high in the top 200. She was handed a wildcard to both the singles and doubles at the US Open, losing her first-round singles match to Anna Kalinskaya.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2026 US Open Tournament202120222023202420252026Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0 French OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAQ1AQ20 / 00–0 US OpenQ1A1RQ11RQ10 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–10–00 / 20–2Indian WellsAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments00221Total: 3Overall win–loss0–00–00–20–20–10 / 50–5Year-end rankingn/a600511325169$179,858
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 2022ITF Marrakech, MoroccoW15 Clay Eleonora Alvisi 3–6, 1–6Loss 0–2 Oct 2022ITF Austin, United StatesW25 Hard Peyton Stearns 1–6, 0–6Win 1–2 Jan 2024ITF Naples, United StatesW35 Clay Allie Kiick 6–1, 6–1Win 2–2 Jul 2024Dallas Summer Series, United StatesW50 Hard (i) Robin Anderson 2–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 3–2 Nov 2024ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW35 Hard Çağla Büyükakçay 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Loss 3–3 Jan 2025ITF Le Lamentin (Martinique), FranceW35 Hard Victoria Mboko 5–7, 3–6Loss 3–4 Jan 2025ITF Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), FranceW35 Hard Victoria Mboko 4–6, 0–6Win 4–4 Feb 2025ITF Birmingham, UKW50 Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková 4–6, 6–2, 6–3Win 5–4 Jun 2025ITF Palma del Río, SpainW50 Hard Eva Vedder 6–1, 6–4
Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–6)Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2021ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Yasmin Ezzat Oana Gavrilă Zhibek Kulambayeva 4–6, 0–6Loss 0–2 Feb 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Sofia Costoulas Kristina Dmitruk Maria Sholokhova 6–3, 2–6, [5–10]Win 1–2 Feb 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Hanne Vandewinkel Mara Guth Mia Mack 6–1, 6–2Loss 1–3 Mar 2022ITF Marrakech, MoroccoW15 Clay Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Naïma Karamoko Inês Murta 2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]Loss 1–4 Oct 2022ITF Florence, United StatesW25 Hard Samantha Crawford Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–5 Jan 2023ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Guadeloupe)W25 Hard Johanne Svendsen Jenny Dürst Fanny Östlund 4–6, 3–6Win 2–5 Mar 2023ITF Spring, United StatesW25 Hard Maria Mateas Sofia Johnson Yulia Starodubtseva 6-4, 2-6, [10-4]Win 3–5 Oct 2023ITF Redding, United StatesW25 Hard Liv Hovde Kayla Cross María Herazo González 6–3, 7–5Loss 3–6 Sep 2024ITF Redding, United StatesW35 Hard Himeno Sakatsume Ayana Akli Eryn Cayetano 2–6, 2–6Win 4–6 Oct 2024Tyler Pro Challenge, United StatesW100 Hard Alexandra Osborne Mary Lewis Brandy Walker 6–2, 6–3Loss 4–7 Jan 2025ITF Le Lamentin, France (Martinique)W35 Hard Olivia Lincer Cadence Brace Victoria Mboko 2–6, 6–7(2)Win 5–7 Jan 2025ITF Petit-Bourg, FranceW35 Hard Victoria Mboko Jenna Dean Amanda Nava Elkin 6–3, 6–1Loss 5–8 Mar 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW50 Hard Ayana Akli Anastasia Tikhonova Mariia Tkacheva 6–7(5), 7–6(2), [7–10]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2023WimbledonGrass Nikola Bartůňková6–2, 6–2
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2022Australian OpenHard Diana Shnaider Kayla Cross Victoria Mboko6–4, 6–3Win2023French OpenClay Tyra Caterina Grant Alina Korneeva Sara Saito6–3, 6–2
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