Liv Hovde (born 25 October 2005) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 245, achieved on 21 October 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 354, achieved on 16 September 2024.
Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Hovde had a career-high combined ranking of No. 3, achieved on 28 November 2022. She reached the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open girls' singles and the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open girls' singles.
Her biggest junior success was winning the 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles, defeating Luca Udvardy in the final.
2024: WTA Tour & WTA 1000 debuts Ranked No. 286, Hovde received a wildcard for the qualifying competition and reached the main draw at Indian Wells with wins over Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Harriet Dart, making her WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debut. She lost in the first round to Lesia Tsurenko.
Ranked No. 252, she received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the US Open, where she lost in the first round to Nastasja Schunk.
Partnering Kayla Cross, Hovde reached the doubles final at the Fifth Third Charleston 125, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.
WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 WTA 125 Charleston, United States Clay Kayla Cross Nuria Brancaccio Leyre Romero Gormaz 6–7(6–8), 2–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (4 titles, 2 runner-up) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (2–0)
ResultW-LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2022ITF Lubbock, United StatesW15 Hard Carson Branstine 7–6(2), 6–1Win 2–0 Oct 2022ITF Fort Worth, United StatesW25 Hard Reese Brantmeier 7–6(1), 6–4Win 3–0 May 2023ITF Bethany Beach, United StatesW25 Clay Raveena Kingsley 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2Loss 3–1 Jan 2024ITF Rome, United StatesW75 Hard (i) McCartney Kessler 4–6, 1–6Win 4–1 Apr 2024ITF Boca Raton, United StatesW35 Clay Akasha Urhobo 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 4–2 Jun 2024ITF Guimarães, PortugalW75 Hard Francisca Jorge 3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW60 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartner OpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2023ITF Redding, United StatesW25 Hard Clervie Ngounoue Kayla Cross María Herazo González 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–1 Oct 2023ITF Toronto, CanadaW60 Hard (i) Kayla Cross Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 7–6(6), 3–6, [3–10]Win 2–1 Oct 2023ITF Edmonton, CanadaW25 Hard (i) Kayla Cross Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Win 3–1 Jan 2024ITF Loughborough, United KingdomW35 Hard (i) Ella McDonald Alicia Barnett Sarah Beth Grey 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin2022WimbledonGrass Luca Udvardy6–3, 6–4
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