Clervie Ngounoue
Ngounoue at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) United States
Born (2006-07-19) July 19, 2006 (age 17)[1]
Washington, D.C., United States
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$179,858
Singles
Career record34–23 (59.6%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 426 (September 25, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 492 (January 8, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record33–10 (76.7%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 202 (October 16, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 232 (January 8, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open3R (2023)
Last updated on: January 8, 2024.

Clervie Ngounoue (born 19 July 2006) is an American tennis player.

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.[2]

Career

She has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 202, achieved on 16 October 2023. Ngounoue won the 2023 Wimbledon junior title, defeating Nikola Bartůňková in the final.[3] 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. At the 2022 US Open, she and Reese Brantmeier received a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament.[4] They beat Alison Van Uytvanck and Rosalie van der Hoek in the first round,[5] before losing to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in three sets in the second. She won the final of the girls' doubles at the 2023 French Open, alongside partner Tyra Caterina Grant, against the top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito.

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 after the 2023 San Diego Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 2 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Year-end ranking n/a 600 $179,858

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 ITF Marrakech, Morocco W15 Clay Italy Eleonora Alvisi 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2022 ITF Austin, United States W25 Hard United States Peyton Stearns 1–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2024 ITF Naples, United States W35 Clay United States Allie Kiick 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Egypt Yasmin Ezzat Romania Oana Gavrilă
Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva 		4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Belgium Sofia Costoulas Belarus Kristina Dmitruk
Russia Maria Sholokhova 		6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 1–2 Feb 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Belgium Hanne Vandewinkel Germany Mara Guth
Germany Mia Mack 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–3 March 2022 ITF Marrakech, Morocco W15 Clay Croatia Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Switzerland Naïma Karamoko
Portugal Inês Murta 		2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Loss 1–4 Oct 2022 ITF Florence, United States W25 Hard United States Samantha Crawford United States Allura Zamarripa
United States Maribella Zamarripa 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Jan 2023 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe W25 Hard Denmark Johanne Svendsen Switzerland Jenny Dürst
Sweden Fanny Östlund 		4–6, 3–6
Win 2–5 Mar 2023 ITF Spring, United States W25 Hard United States Maria Mateas United Kingdom Sofia Johnson
Ukraine Yulia Starodubtseva 		6-4, 2-6, [10-4]
Win 3–5 Oct 2023 ITF Redding, United States W25 Hard United States Liv Hovde Canada Kayla Cross
Colombia María Herazo González 		6–3, 7–5

Junior career

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 title

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2023 Wimbledon Grass Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 2 titles

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Russia Diana Shnaider Canada Kayla Cross
Canada Victoria Mboko 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2023 French Open Clay United States Tyra Caterina Grant Alina Korneeva
Japan Sara Saito 		6–0, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "MY JOURNEY - CLERVIE NGOUNOUE". www.ngounoueclervie.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tennis - Clervie Ngounoue: The Cameroonian star lighting up the American sky - At a glance". June 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ngounoue storms to first junior Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Whitewater's Brantmeier to compete at U.S. Open in doubles". Daily Union. August 29, 2022. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  5. ^ "Brantmeier Doubles Team Scores Round 1 Victory at US Open". Whitewater Banner. August 31, 2022. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

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Wimbledon girls' singles champions
Australian Open girls' doubles champions
French Open girls' doubles champions
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