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Clervie Ngounoue
- Country USA
- Age 18 years
- Size 1.77 m
- Jeu Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Best performance: Winner Wimbledon Junior 2023 + Winner 40K Dallas 2024
Equipment : Wilson Blade racket
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Clervie Ngounoue is a professional tennis player who is part of the Champ’seed programme at the Mouratoglou Academy. She has an older sister, Malkia, who played tennis at university, and a younger brother, Carel, who plays junior tennis and is also Champ’seed.
She played her first match on the WTA Tour at the US Open in 2023, where she lost in the first round to Australia’s Daria Saville. She had already played at Flushing Meadows before, where she received an invitation to play in the qualifiers at just 15 years of age, in 2021! The Washington native is still looking for her first victory on the big circuit. Among juniors, Clervie Ngounoue was world number one in 2023, the year she won the Wimbledon tournament.
Clervie Ngounoue currently has two titles on the ITF circuit (W50 Dallas, W35 Naples). She entered the WTA Top 300 in July 2024.
SERENA & VENUS AS IDOLS
“Serena and Venus Williams are my source of inspiration and motivation. I wanted to put their photos on my wall all the time and I want to follow in their footsteps,” says the American on her website.
