# Kayla Cross

Kayla Cross (born 21 March 2005) is a Canadian tennis player. She has a career high WTA singles ranking of No. 230, achieved on 17 March 2025.
Cross has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 250, achieved on 3 March 2025. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 178, achieved on 24 February 2025.
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: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W75 tournaments
* W35 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
| 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 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 2025 | Arcadia Women's Pro Open, United States | W35 | Hard | Iva Jovic | 6–2, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |

### 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] |