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Clervie Ngounoue

{{short description|American tennis player (born 2006)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Clervie Ngounoue

| image = Clervie Ngounoue (2023 French Open) 02 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Ngounoue at the 2023 French Open

| fullname =

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|07|19}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ngounoueclervie.com/my-journey |title=MY JOURNEY - CLERVIE NGOUNOUE |website=www.ngounoueclervie.com |access-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220540/https://www.ngounoueclervie.com/my-journey |url-status=live }}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., United States

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

| college =

| retired =

| careerprizemoney = $355,696

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=79|lost=42}}

| singlestitles = 4 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 241 (March 31, 2025)

| currentsinglesranking = No. 241 (March 31, 2025)

| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult =

| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2024)

| USOpenresult = 1R (2023)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=52|lost=21}}

| doublestitles = 5 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 187 (August 19, 2024)

| currentdoublesranking = No. 205 (March 17, 2025)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =

| WimbledonDoublesrresult =

| USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2023)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (2024)

| updated = March 31, 2025

}}

Clervie Ngounoue (born 19 July 2006) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 241 by the WTA, achieved on 31 March 2025 and a 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.{{Cite web|url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/en/at-a-glance/tennis-clervie-ngounoue-the-cameroonian-star-lighting-up-the-american-sky/|title=Tennis - Clervie Ngounoue: The Cameroonian star lighting up the American sky - At a glance|date=June 15, 2023}}

Career

At the 2022 US Open, she and Reese Brantmeier received a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament.{{cite news |title=Whitewater's Brantmeier to compete at U.S. Open in doubles |url=https://www.dailyunion.com/sports/whitewaters-brantmeier-to-compete-at-u-s-open-in-doubles/article_6373d0d2-27ec-11ed-ae58-1bef3c4ecb10.html |work=Daily Union |date=August 29, 2022 |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608183257/https://www.dailyunion.com/sports/whitewaters-brantmeier-to-compete-at-u-s-open-in-doubles/article_6373d0d2-27ec-11ed-ae58-1bef3c4ecb10.html |url-status=live }} They defeated Alison Van Uytvanck and Rosalie van der Hoek in the first round, recording their first Major victory,{{cite news |title=Brantmeier Doubles Team Scores Round 1 Victory at US Open |url=https://whitewaterbanner.com/brantmeier-doubles-team-scores-round-1-victory-at-us-open/ |work=Whitewater Banner |date=August 31, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607193240/https://whitewaterbanner.com/brantmeier-doubles-team-scores-round-1-victory-at-us-open/ |url-status=live }} {{cite web|url= https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/09/02/us-open-2022-aussies-determined-to-continue-winning-runs-on-day-five |title= US OPEN 2022: AUSSIES DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WINNING RUNS ON DAY FIVE |date=September 2, 2022}} before losing to eventual semifinalists Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in three sets in the second. {{cite web|url= https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/09/03/australian-players-shining-in-us-open-2022-mixed-doubles-competition |title= AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS SHINING IN US OPEN 2022 MIXED DOUBLES COMPETITION |date=September 3, 2022}} {{cite web|url=https://georgiadogs.com/news/2022/9/8/womens-tennis-perez-represents-georgia-in-the-semifinals-of-the-us-open |title= Perez Represents Georgia in the Semifinals of the US Open |date=8 September 2022}}

Ngounoue won the 2023 Wimbledon junior title, defeating Nikola Bartůňková in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3592738/ngounoue-storms-to-first-junior-grand-slam-singles-title-at-wimbledon|title=Ngounoue storms to first junior Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon|website=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716211117/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3592738/ngounoue-storms-to-first-junior-grand-slam-singles-title-at-wimbledon|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://london.ctvnews.ca/london-ont-teen-finishes-second-in-junior-doubles-at-australian-open-1.5758676|title=London, Ont. teen finishes second in Junior Doubles at Australian Open|publisher=CTV News London|accessdate=22 December 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/2023-roland-garros--americans-tyra-grant--clervie-ngounoue-win-g.html|title=2023 Roland Garros: Americans Tyra Grant, Clervie Ngounoue win girls' doubles title|publisher=United States Tennis Association|accessdate=22 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://tennisthreads.net/paris-meet-the-junior-champions-alina-korneeva-and-dino-prizmic/|title=Paris - Meet the Junior Champions – Alina Korneeva and Dino Prizmic|publisher=Tennis Threads|accessdate=22 December 2024}}

Ngounoue qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells making her WTA 1000 debut. {{cite web|url=https://bnpparibasopen.com/news/2025-qualifiers|title= Meet Your 2025 BNP Paribas Open Qualifiers|date=4 March 2025}}

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes}}

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 2023 San Diego Open.

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

!Tournament

!2021

!2022

!2023

!2024

!2025

!{{Abbr|SR|Strike rate}}

!{{Abbr|W–L|Win–loss}}

colspan="8" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|

|0 / 1

|0–1

style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold

|align=left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Indian Wells

|A

|A

|A

|A

| bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

colspan="8" align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|0

|0

|2

|

|1

| colspan="2" |Total: 3

style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold

|align=left|Overall win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–2

|

| 0–1

|0 / 3

|0–3

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|n/a

|600

|511

|325

|

| colspan="2" |$179,858

ITF Circuit finals

=Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%;

!Legend

style="background:#ffe4c4;"

|W40/50 tournaments

style="background:lightblue;"

|W25/35 tournaments

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|W15 tournaments

|

class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%;

!Finals by surface

Hard (3–3)
Clay (1–1)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| Mar 2022

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Marrakech, Morocco

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Eleonora Alvisi

| 3–6, 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–2

| Oct 2022

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Austin, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Peyton Stearns

| 1–6, 0–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–2

| Jan 2024

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Naples, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Allie Kiick

| 6–1, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–2

| Jul 2024

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|Dallas Summer Series, United States

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Robin Anderson

| 2–6, 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–2

| Nov 2024

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Çağla Büyükakçay

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3–3

| Jan 2025

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Le Lamentin (Martinique), France

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko

| 5–7, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3–4

| Jan 2025

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko

| 4–6, 0–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–4

| Feb 2025

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Birmingham, Great Britain

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Hrunčáková

| 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

=Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%;

!Legend

style="background:#f88379;"

|W100,000 tournaments

style="background:#ffe4c4;"

|W40/W50 tournaments

style="background:lightblue;"

|W25/35 tournaments

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

|W15 tournaments

|

class="wikitable" style=font-size:85%;

!Finals by surface

Hard (5–6)
Clay (0–2)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| May 2021

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF Cairo, Egypt

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15

| Clay

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Yasmin Ezzat

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Oana Gavrilă
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Zhibek Kulambayeva

| 4–6, 0–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–2

| Feb 2022

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF Monastir, Tunisia

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15

| Hard

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Sofia Costoulas

| {{flagicon|BLR}} Kristina Dmitruk
{{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sholokhova

| 6–3, 2–6, [5–10]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–2

| Feb 2022

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF Monastir, Tunisia

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15

| Hard

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Hanne Vandewinkel

| {{flagicon|GER}} Mara Guth
{{flagicon|GER}} Mia Mack

| 6–1, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–3

| March 2022

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |ITF Marrakech, Morocco

| style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Lucija Ćirić Bagarić

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Naïma Karamoko
{{flagicon|POR}} Inês Murta

| 2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–4

| Oct 2022

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Florence, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Samantha Crawford

| {{flagicon|USA}} Allura Zamarripa
{{flagicon|USA}} Maribella Zamarripa

| 3–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–5

| Jan 2023

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Johanne Svendsen

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Jenny Dürst
{{flagicon|SWE}} Fanny Östlund

| 4–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–5

| Mar 2023

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Spring, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Mateas

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sofia Johnson
{{flagicon|UKR}} Yulia Starodubtseva

| 6-4, 2-6, [10-4]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–5

| Oct 2023

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Redding, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Liv Hovde

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Kayla Cross
{{flagicon|COL}} María Herazo González

| 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3–6

| Sep 2024

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Redding, United States

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Himeno Sakatsume

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ayana Akli
{{flagicon|USA}} Eryn Cayetano

| 2–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–6

| Oct 2024

| bgcolor="#f88379"|Tyler Pro Challenge, United States

| bgcolor="#f88379"|W100

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexandra Osborne

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Lewis
{{flagicon|USA}} Brandy Walker

| 6–2, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4–7

| Jan 2025

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Le Lamentin (Martinique), France

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|POL}} Olivia Lincer

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Cadence Brace
{{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko

| 2–6, 6–7(2)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–7

| Jan 2025

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France

| style="background:lightblue;"|W35

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jenna Dean
{{flagicon|MEX}} Amanda Carolina Nava Elkin

| 6–3, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5–8

| Mar 2025

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ayana Akli

| {{flagicon

} Anastasia Tikhonova
{{flagicon|}} Mariia Tkacheva

| 6–7(5), 7–6(2), [7–10]

|}

Junior Grand Slam finals

=Singles: 1 (1 title)=

class="wikitable"

!style="width:40px;"|Result

!style="width:30px;"|Year

!style="width:140px;"|Tournament

!style="width:50px;"|Surface

!style="width:140px;"|Opponent

!style="width:120px;" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2023

|Wimbledon

|Grass

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Nikola Bartůňková

|6–2, 6–2

=Doubles: 2 (2 titles)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!Year

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!Score

style="background:#ffc;"

|bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2022

|Australian Open

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Diana Shnaider

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Kayla Cross
{{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko

|6–4, 6–3

style="background:#EBC2AF;"

|bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2023

|French Open

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyra Caterina Grant

|{{flagicon

} Alina Korneeva
{{flagicon|JAP}} Sara Saito

|6–3, 6–2

|}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{WTA|330788}}
  • {{ITF|clervie-ngounoue/800583254/usa}}

{{Wimbledon girls' singles champions}}

{{Australian Open girls' doubles champions}}

{{French Open girls' doubles champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngounoue, Clervie}}

Category:2006 births

Category:Living people

Category:Tennis players from Washington, D.C.

Category:American female tennis players

Category:American people of Cameroonian descent

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles

Category:Australian Open (tennis) junior champions

Category:21st-century American sportswomen