Whitney Osuigwe

Whitney Osuigwe
Osuigwe 2019 at Wimbledon
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	17th April 2002 (age 18)
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Desmond Osuigwe, IMG Academy
Prize money:	$ 369,570
singles
Career record:	79:50
Career title:	0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	105 (August 12, 2019)
Current placement:	143
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	24:17
Career title:	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	232 (November 12, 2018)
Current placement:	282
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Whitney Osuigwe (born April 17, 2002 in Bradenton , Florida ) is an American tennis player .

Career

Osuigwe started playing tennis at the age of six and preferred clay courts for her game. So far, she has mainly played on the "ITF Junior Circuit" , where she won six singles and three doubles titles in 2017, and on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour , where she has won two singles and two doubles so far.

In 2014 Osuigwe won the U12 Orange Bowl , and in 2015 she won the U14 Easter Bowl .

In May 2016 she played her first professional tournament at the ITF Women's Circuit in Buffalo .

In 2017 she won the junior singles title of the French Open , where she and her partner Caty McNally also reached the quarter-finals in junior doubles. In the junior singles of the Wimbledon Championships 2017 she reached the quarterfinals, in the junior doubles also with Caty McNally the final.

In the same year she won the Orange Bowl , which gave her a wild card to qualify for the 2017 US Open . But there she was already defeated in the first qualifying round to Anna Blinkowa 4: 6 and 3: 6. In the junior singles of the US Open, she was eliminated in the second round, as well as with Caty McNally in the junior doubles . In December she crowned her successful year as No. 1 at the ITF Junior Circuita by winning the ITF Junior World Championships .

In the 27th edition of the Junior Fed Cup , Osuigwe won the title against Japan with the United States Junior Fed Cup team in 2017. She won all eight matches, including four singles and four doubles, and thus remained undefeated in this 2017 competition.

At the end of January 2018, she reached the final of the $ 25,000 ITF tournament in Wesley Chapel . In March 2018 she won her first double title on the ITF tour in Orlando ; The first single title in Tyler followed in November 2018 .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th November 2018	Tyler	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	April 28, 2019	Charlottesville	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Madison Brengle	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	March 10, 2018	Orlando	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Catherine McNally	Dia Evtimowa Ilona Kremen	6: 2, 6: 3
2.	April 8, 2018	Jackson	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Sanaz Marand	Gaia Sanesi Chanel Simmonds	6: 1, 6: 3

Personal

Whitney is the daughter of Desmond, a tennis coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton; she has an older brother, DeAndre, who also plays tennis.

Web links

Commons : Whitney Osuigwe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Whitney Osuigwe (English)
• ITF profile Whitney Osuigwe (English)
• ITF junior profile Whitney Osuigwe (English)
• Whitney Osuigwe , Rising Star of United States Tennis Association (USTA)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Geller and Osuigwe named ITF Junior World Champions (itftennis.com, December 8, 2017, accessed January 25, 2018, English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} French Open junior champ Whitney Osuigwe eyes bigger things (espn.com from July 1, 2017, accessed on January 25, 2018, English)
3. ↑ At 15 on the French Open title (spox.com June 11, 2017, accessed January 25, 2018, English)
4. ↑ Osuigwe among ITF 2017 world champions (tennis.life from December 8, 2017, accessed January 25, 2018, English)
5. ↑ USA crowned Junior Fed Cup champions (itftennis.com September 24, 2017, accessed January 25, 2018, English)