Kayla Cross

Kayla Cross

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	London, Ontario
Born	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 London, Ontario
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$75,741
Singles
Career record	91–67
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 269 (18 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 269 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2022)
French Open Junior	1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2022)
US Open Junior	3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	83–48
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (25 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 180 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2022)
French Open Junior	1R (2022)
Wimbledon Junior	F (2022)
US Open Junior	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 25 November 2024.

Kayla Cross (born 21 March 2005) is a Canadian tennis player.

Cross has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 269, achieved on 18 November 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 180, achieved on 25 November 2024.

Having lost as a wildcard entry in the first singles qualifying round, Cross made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Canadian Open in the doubles, partnering Victoria Mboko.

She reached the finals of two junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2022, losing both doubles competitions at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon.

Cross was runner-up at the 2024 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, losing to Maria Mateas in the final.

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.

Partnering Liv Hovde, Cross reached the doubles final at the 2024 Fifth Third Charleston 125, losing to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend W75 tournaments W35 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2024	Championnats de Granby, Canada	W75	Hard	Maria Mateas	3–6, 6–7(3)
Win	1–1	Aug 2024	Saskatoon Challenger, Canada	W35	Hard	Mia Kupres	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2024	ITF Toronto, Canada	W75	Hard (i)	Louisa Chirico	6–7(3), 3–6

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments W40 tournaments W25/35 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2022	ITF Saskatoon, Canada	W25	Hard	Marina Stakusic	Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov	6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss	1–1	Nov 2022	Calgary Challenger, Canada	W60	Hard (i)	Marina Stakusic	Catherine Harrison Sabrina Santamaria	6–7(2), 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2023	ITF Boca Raton, United States	W25	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Tiphanie Fiquet Ashley Lahey	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss	1–3	May 2023	ITF Feld am See, Austria	W25	Clay	Sofia Costoulas	Denisa Hindová Chiara Scholl	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2023	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W40	Clay	Sofia Sewing	Ekaterine Gorgodze Elvina Kalieva	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2023	ITF Redding, United States	W25	Hard	María Herazo González	Liv Hovde Clervie Ngounoue	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–6	Oct 2023	Toronto Challenger, Canada	W60	Hard (i)	Liv Hovde	Carmen Corley Ivana Corley	7–6(6), 3–6, [3–10]
Win	2–6	Oct 2023	ITF Edmonton, Canada	W25	Hard (i)	Liv Hovde	Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	2–7	Nov 2023	ITF Lousada, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Elena Pridankina	Eliessa Vanlangendonck Stéphanie Visscher	w/o
Win	3–7	May 2024	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	W35	Clay	Jaeda Daniel	Ashton Bowers Mia Yamakita	7–6(3), 7–6(2)
Win	4–7	Sep 2024	ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	W35	Clay	Ariana Arseneault	Margaux Maquet María Martínez Vaquero	6–4, 7–6(5)
Win	5–7	Sep 2024	ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	W35	Clay	Ariana Arseneault	Zhibek Kulambayeva Sahaja Yamalapalli	6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	6–7	Oct 2024	ITF Edmonton, Canada	W35	Hard (i)	Maribella Zamarripa	Jessica Failla Anna Rogers	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–7	Oct 2024	Calgary Challenger, Canada	W75	Hard (i)	Maribella Zamarripa	Robin Anderson Dalayna Hewitt	6–7(3), 7–5, [12–10]
Win	8–7	Nov 2024	ITF Miami, United States	W35	Hard	Anna Rogers	Aya El Aouni Olivia Lincer	7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2022	Australian Open	Hard	Victoria Mboko	Clervie Ngounoue Diana Shnaider	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Victoria Mboko	Rose Marie Nijkamp Angella Okutoyi	6–3, 4–6, [9–11]

External links

• Kayla Cross at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kayla Cross at the International Tennis Federation