Liv Hovde (born 25 October 2005) is an American tennis player. She has a 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.[1] She reached the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open girls' singles and the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open girls' singles.[citation needed]

Her biggest junior success was winning the 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles, defeating Luca Udvardy in the final.[2][3][4]

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.[5][6] She lost in the first round to Lesia Tsurenko.[7]

Ranked No. 252, she received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the US Open,[8] where she lost in the first round to Nastasja Schunk.[9]

Partnering Kayla Cross, Hovde reached the doubles final at the Fifth Third Charleston 125, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.[10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 2 runner-up)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2022 ITF Lubbock, United States W15 Hard Canada Carson Branstine 7–6(2), 6–1
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 ITF Fort Worth, United States W25 Hard United States Reese Brantmeier 7–6(1), 6–4
Win 3–0 May 2023 ITF Bethany Beach, United States W25 Clay United States Raveena Kingsley 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss 3–1 Jan 2024 Georgia's Rome Open, United States W75 Hard (i) United States McCartney Kessler 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–1 Apr 2024 ITF Boca Raton, United States W35 Clay United States Akasha Urhobo 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jun 2024 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W75 Hard Portugal Francisca Jorge 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2023 ITF Redding, US W25 Hard United States Clervie Ngounoue Canada Kayla Cross
Colombia María Herazo González
6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Oct 2023 Toronto Challenger, Canada W60 Hard (i) Canada Kayla Cross United States Carmen Corley
United States Ivana Corley
7–6(6), 3–6, [3–10]
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 ITF Edmonton, Canada W25 Hard (i) Canada Kayla Cross United States Allura Zamarripa
United States Maribella Zamarripa
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 3–1 Jan 2024 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W35 Hard (i) Canada Ella McDonald United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2022 Wimbledon Grass Hungary Luca Udvardy 6–3, 6–4

References

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