Grace Min

Grace Min (born May 6, 1994) is an American tennis player.

Min won the 2011 US Open girls' singles title.

She also won the 2011 Wimbledon girls' doubles title with Eugenie Bouchard.

Her first tournament was the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, an under-14 tournament at the Bollettieri Sports Academy.

Aged 12 and seeded tenth, Grace received a bye into the second round, where she was defeated by Nataliya Pintusova, 6–3, 6–4.

Her next tournament was the Prince Cup in Miami, Florida.

In the first round, she defeated tenth seed Melina Ferrero, for her first victory of the year.

She then fell to qualifier Laurie Gingras in the second round, in straight sets.

Her final tournament of the year was the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida.

In the first round, she crushed German Sarah Ott 6–1, 6–0, and backed it up by another straight-sets victory over qualifier Yuki Kristina Chiang, 6–1, 6–2.

Next, she defeated Donna Vekić 6–0, 6–1, but was defeated by Chanelle van Nguyen, 6–3, 6–1 in the fourth round.

The first tournament of the year was an under-14 tournament in Bolton, England, but Grace lost in the second round to ninth seed Nastja Kolar, 6–2, 6–3.

She then headed to Tarbes, France, where she was awarded a wildcard for the qualifying draw of the Petits As.

She qualified for the tournament, defeating Eugenie Prince, Manon Peral and Marine Even all in straight sets to qualify.

She reached the semifinals of the tournament before her unexpected run was cut short by top-seeded Anna Orlik, in two sets.

Her success in the tournament greatly improved her ranking.

Grace then played the USTA National Open and the Easter Bowl, losing in the first round of the former and the quarterfinals of the latter.

She then headed to Waco, Texas for the ITF Spring Circuit, where she lost in the third round to tenth-seed Hsu Chieh-yu, 1–6, 3–6.

She won the USTA National Open in Marietta, Georgia, defeating compatriot Carolyn Chupa, Amelia Martinez and top seed Courtney Griffith to reach the quarterfinals, where she overcame Alina Jerjomina, in three sets.

In the semifinals, she played another tough match against Rachel Kahan, eventually prevailing 6–2, 2–6, 6–3.

In the final, she defeated Elizabeth Begley 6–0, 6–1.

She then won the Peach State Classic in Norcross, Georgia without dropping a set.

She then played the U.S. Junior Grass Court Championships in Philadelphia, losing in the first round.

Following this loss, she headed to Georgia to play the under-18 USTA National Open in Stone Mountain, losing in the quarterfinals.

Grace rebounded, winning two titles back to back, the National Claycourt Championships in Plantation, Florida and the National Hardcourt Championships in Peachtree City, Georgia.

These were the last tournaments Grace won that year.

From August to December, she played five under-18 tournaments, two under-16 tournaments and one under-14 event, her best result being a quarterfinals appearance at the Dunlop Orange Bowl.

Grace started the year at the Eastbourne International where she defeated Morven McCuloch, Patricia Martins, Leolia Jeanjean and second seed Irina Khromacheva to reach the final, where she was defeated by Polina Leykina, 6–2, 6–2.

Her next tournament was the Les Petits As, where she lost in the third round to Jessica Ren, and was unable to defend her points from the previous year.

She then fell in the first round of the USTA National Open to eventual champion, Danielle Collins, in straight sets.

She also suffered two more first round exit at the USTA International Spring Championships and the Easter Bowl ITF.

In May, Grace played her first professional tournament at a $25k event in Raleigh, North Carolina.

She crushed Sianna Simmons in the first round of qualifying 6–2, 6–1 but was eliminated from the tournament by Hsu Chieh-yu in the second round.

She then lost in the second round of the USTA National Open in Norcross, Georgia.

Grace then qualified for her first ITF senior main draw at a $10k event in Sumter, South Carolina.

In the first round of the main draw, she crushed fellow qualifier Eugenie Bouchard 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fifth seed Anna Wishink, in the second round.

Grace played two more $10k events in the United States, losing during the qualifying of both.

She then won her first title of the year at the under 18 USTA National Open in her hometown, dropping only one set in the tournament.

Grace then lost in the quarterfinals of the under 18 National Clay Court Championships and the second round of the US International Hardcort Championships.

She has a career high singles ranking of world No. 97, achieved on 2 March 2015, and she peaked at No. 308 in the doubles rankings, on 17 September 2012.