Kayla Cross
{{Short description|Canadian tennis player (born 2005)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Kayla Cross
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|country = {{CAN}}
|residence = London, Ontario
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|3|21}}
|birth_place = London, Ontario{{Cite web|url=https://www.tenniscanada.com/player/kayla-cross/|title=Kayla Cross|website=Tennis Canada}}
|height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.76|m}}
|turnedpro =
|plays = Left (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = US$88,340
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=106|lost=73}}
|singlestitles = 2 ITF
|highestsinglesranking = No. 221 (31 March 2025)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 221 (31 March 2025)
|AustralianOpenjuniorresult = 2R (2022)
|FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 1R (2022)
|Wimbledonjuniorresult = 3R (2022)
|USOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2022)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=88|lost=52}}
|doublestitles = 8 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 177 (3 March 2025)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 181 (31 March 2025)
|AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = F (2022)
|FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2022)
|WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = F (2022)
|USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2022)
|updated = 31 March 2025
}}
Kayla Cross (born 21 March 2005) is a Canadian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 221, achieved on 31 March 2025. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 177, achieved on 3 March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330960/-|title=Kayla Cross|publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}
Career
Partnering Victoria Mboko, Cross reached the finals of two junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2022, losing both doubles competitions at the Australian Open{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedaylondon.com/stories/impressive-showing-down-under-for-cross|title=Impressive showing Down Under for Cross|publisher=Gameday London|accessdate=4 November 2024}} and at Wimbledon.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedaylondon.com/stories/cross-earns-hardware-at-wimbledon-nearly-upsets-no-1-seed|title=Cross earns hardware at Wimbledon, nearly upsets No. 1 seed|publisher=Gameday London|accessdate=4 November 2024}}
Having lost as a wildcard entrant in the first singles qualifying round,{{cite web|url=https://torontoobserver.ca/2022/08/06/cross-gains-experience-in-national-bank-open-defeat/|title=Cross gains experience in National Bank Open defeat|publisher=Toronto Observer|accessdate=4 November 2024}} she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Canadian Open in the doubles, once again partnering Victoria Mboko.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/article/national-bank-open-andreescu-and-a-flurry-of-canadians-get-started-in-day-2/|title=National Bank Open: Andreescu and a flurry of Canadians get started in Day 2|publisher=Sportsnet|accessdate=4 November 2024}}
Cross was runner-up at the 2024 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, losing to Maria Mateas in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.tenniscanada.com/news/arseneault-kupres-reign-at-home-in-granby/|title=Arseneault, Kupres Reign at Home in Granby|publisher=Tennis Canada|access-date=31 October 2024}}
She won the biggest title of her career to date when she took the doubles crown at the W75 2024 Calgary National Bank Challenger alongside Maribella Zamarripa, defeating Robin Anderson and Dalayna Hewitt in a champions tiebreak in the final.{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/canadas-rebecca-marino-crowned-calgary-national-bank-challenger-champ|title=Canada's Rebecca Marino crowned Calgary National Bank Challenger champ|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=22 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tenniscanada.com/news/marino-cross-victorious-at-calgary-national-bank-challenger/|title=Marino, Cross Victorious at Calgary National Bank Challenger|publisher=Tennis Canada|access-date=22 October 2024}}
Partnering Liv Hovde, Cross reached the doubles final at the 2024 Fifth Third Charleston 125, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4175397/zarazua-stojanovic-win-this-week-s-clay-court-wta-125-titles|title=Zarazua, Stojanovic win this week's clay-court WTA 125 titles|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=25 November 2024}}
Cross made her debut for the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team against Romania in the 2025 qualifying round held in Tokyo, partnering Rebecca Marino in a win over Georgia Crăciun and Mara Gae.{{cite web|url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/news/canada-3-0-romania-stakusic-wraps-up-canadian-victory|title=Canada 3-0 Romania: Stakusic wraps up Canadian victory|publisher=billiejeankingcup.com|accessdate=11 April 2025}}
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)=
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|W75 tournaments |
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|W35 tournaments |
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!Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–2) |
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!Result !class="unsortable" |W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable" |Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | Jul 2024 | style="background:#addfad;"|Championnats de Granby, Canada | style="background:#addfad;"|W75 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Maria Mateas | 3–6, 6–7(3) |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–1 | Aug 2024 | style="background:lightblue;"|Saskatoon Challenger, Canada | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Mia Kupres | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–2 | Oct 2024 | style="background:#addfad;"|ITF Toronto, Canada | style="background:#addfad;"|W75 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|USA}} Louisa Chirico | 6–7(3), 3–6 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–2 | Feb 2025 | style="background:lightblue;"|Arcadia Women's Pro Open, United States | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Iva Jovic | 6–2, 7–6(6) |
=Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)=
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|W60/75 tournaments |
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|W40 tournaments |
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|W25/35 tournaments |
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| Hard (5–4) |
| Clay (3–3) |
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!Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–0 | Jul 2022 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Saskatoon, Canada | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Marina Stakusic | {{flagicon|USA}} Kendra Bunch | 6–3, 7–6(4) |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–1 | Nov 2022 | style="background:#addfad;"|Calgary Challenger, Canada | style="background:#addfad;"|W60 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|CAN}} Marina Stakusic | {{flagicon|USA}} Catherine Harrison | 6–7(2), 4–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–2 | Jan 2023 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Boca Raton, United States | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Clay | {{flagicon|MEX}} Renata Zarazúa | {{flagicon|FRA}} Tiphanie Fiquet | 6–4, 1–6, [4–10] |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–3 | May 2023 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Feld am See, Austria | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Clay | {{flagicon|BEL}} Sofia Costoulas | {{flagicon|CZE}} Denisa Hindová | 2–6, 0–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–4 | Jun 2023 | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Otočec, Slovenia | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W40 | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Sewing | {{flagicon|GEO}} Ekaterine Gorgodze | 2–6, 3–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–5 | Oct 2023 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Redding, United States | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Hard | {{flagicon|COL}} María Herazo González | {{flagicon|USA}} Liv Hovde | 3–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1–6 | Oct 2023 | style="background:#addfad;"|Toronto Challenger, Canada | style="background:#addfad;"|W60 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|USA}} Liv Hovde | {{flagicon|USA}} Carmen Corley | 7–6(6), 3–6, [3–10] |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–6 | Oct 2023 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Edmonton, Canada | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|USA}} Liv Hovde | {{flagicon|USA}} Allura Zamarripa | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2–7 | Nov 2023 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Lousada, Portugal | style="background:lightblue;"|W25 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon |
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eliessa Vanlangendonck
{{flagicon|NED}} Stéphanie Visscher
| w/o
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3–7
| May 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Bethany Beach, United States
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jaeda Daniel
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ashton Bowers
{{flagicon|USA}} Mia Yamakita
| 7–6(3), 7–6(2)
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4–7
| Sep 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ariana Arseneault
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Margaux Maquet
{{flagicon|ESP}} María Martínez Vaquero
| 6–4, 7–6(5)
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5–7
| Sep 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Ariana Arseneault
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Zhibek Kulambayeva
{{flagicon|IND}} Sahaja Yamalapalli
| 6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6–7
| Oct 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Edmonton, Canada
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} Maribella Zamarripa
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Failla
{{flagicon|USA}} Anna Rogers
| 6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7–7
| Oct 2024
| style="background:#addfad;"|Calgary Challenger, Canada
| style="background:#addfad;"|W75
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} Maribella Zamarripa
| {{flagicon|USA}} Robin Anderson
{{flagicon|USA}} Dalayna Hewitt
| 6–7(3), 7–5, [12–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8–7
| Nov 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Miami, United States
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Anna Rogers
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Aya El Aouni
{{flagicon|POL}} Olivia Lincer
| 7–5, 6–4
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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
=Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)=
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| Result
!Year !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable" |Score |
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| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss | 2022 | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko | {{flagicon|USA}} Clervie Ngounoue | 4–6, 3–6 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss | 2022 | Grass | {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria Mboko | {{flagicon|NED}} Rose Marie Nijkamp | 6–3, 4–6, [9–11] |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|330960}}
- {{ITF|kayla-cross/800516218/can}}
{{Top Canadian female singles tennis players}}
{{Top Canadian female doubles tennis players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Kayla}}
Category:Canadian female tennis players