_072_(cropped).jpg) Crawley at the2023 US Open | |
| Full name | Fiona Maeve Crawley |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | (2002-02-07)February 7, 2002 (age 23)[1] San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | North Carolina (2020–2024) |
| Prize money | $198,762 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 83–40 |
| Career titles | 5ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 247 (November 10, 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 247 (November 10, 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 39–24 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 328 (November 10, 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 328 (November 10, 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Last updated on: November 10, 2025. | |
Fiona Maeve Crawley (born February 7, 2002) is an Americantennis player. She played college tennis for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels, where she was ranked as high as No. 1 nationally and won theNCAA team championship in 2023 and reached quarterfinals in singles. She won theITA National Fall Championships withElizabeth Scotty in 2021 and the NCAA doubles title withCarson Tanguilig in 2023.
Crawley has a career-highWTA rankings of No. 247 in singles and No. 328 in doubles, and has won five singles titles and three doubles titles on theITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
A native ofSan Antonio, Texas, Crawley took up tennis from age six to nine while living inOkinawa, Japan, where her father, Peter, was stationed as a member of theUS Air Force.[2][3] She comes from an athletic family: her father played soccer atMichigan State, and she used to train with her older siblings, Liam and Solène, who went on to play tennis atTrinity University andColorado State respectively.[2][3][4]
Crawley was the No. 1–ranked tennis player in Texas in her age group from the age of ten.[5][6] She competed at national junior events while attendingAlamo Heights High School in San Antonio.[2][7] In 2017, she won theUnited States Tennis Association (USTA) Girls' 16s National Clay Court Championships and the USTA 18s National Winter Championships,[7][8] and finished runner-up in theOrange Bowl's under-16 event.[6][9] In 2018, after winning the Texas Slam's under-18 event and the USTA Billie Jean King Girls' 16s National Championships,[10][11] she earned a wildcard into theUS Open junior tournament, but lost in the first round.[12][13] Crawley played at a handful ofITF World Tennis Tour events beginning in 2017.[12] She was considered the No. 1 recruit of the class of 2020.[2][14]
Crawley began playing college tennis at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020.[2] In her freshman year, she compiled a 30–1 singles record, helping North Carolina win theACC Championships and earn the top seed at the2021 NCAA Team Championships, where they reached the semifinals.[2]
As a sophomore in 2021–22, Crawley led Division I in singles wins with a 47–7 record, mostly playing in the No. 4 spot for North Carolina, and finished the season ranked No. 32 nationally. In doubles, she and teammateElizabeth Scotty won theIntercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Carolina Regionals and the ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego.[15] At the2022 NCAA Championships, where top-seeded North Carolina again got to the team semifinals, an unseeded Crawley made a run to the semifinals of the individual competition.[2][16][17]
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Crawley started her junior season winning all 17 matches at ITA tournaments in the fall of 2022, including the ITA National Fall Championships,[16][18] attaining theNo. 1 in singles for the first time on November 16, 2022.[19] North Carolina went undefeated as a team in the 2023 regular season.[20] Crawley had only three losses in forty-nine singles matches as a junior, toGeorgia'sLea Ma, andNorth Carolina State'sDiana Shnaider (in the ACC final), and NC State'sAmelia Rajecki (in the NCAA singles event's round of 16).[21] After playing mostly in the team's No. 1 spot, she swapped with No. 2Reese Brantmeier for the2023 NCAA Championships, where they avenged their only loss of the year—to rival NC State in the ACC Championship—to win their first national team title.[22][23] In doubles, Crawley and sophomoreCarson Tanguilig were runners-up at the ITA National Fall Championships.[24] At the end of the season they won the NCAA Doubles Championship, beating teammates Scotty and Brantmeier in the final.[25][26] Crawley was named the ITA National Player of the Year and won theHonda Sports Award for the top college player.[27][28]
Crawley went 18–5 in singles in her senior year, finishing her career ranked No. 15 nationally, and 20–4 in doubles, ranking No. 6 with Tanguilig.[2] She helped North Carolina win the ACC championship but lost in the round of 16 of theNCAA tournament to eventual championsTexas A&M.[2][29]
Crawley was selected to the USTA Collegiate Summer Team in 2023.[30] She previously made herWTA Tour debut in April 2023 at theCharleston Open, where she received a wildcard into the main draw.[31][32] In June 2023, playing in her first ITF competition since July 2021, she reached the final of the W25 event inWichita as a qualifier.[12] Though she lost there to two seedStacey Fung, the result led to her debut in theWTA rankings at No. 786 in the week of July 3, 2023.[33][34] The next month, she split two back-to-back W15 doubles finals inLakewood, California, partnering college playersMary Stoiana ofTexas A&M and North Carolina teammate Brantmeier.[12]
In August 2023, Crawley made hermajor debut at theUS Open. As a wildcard, she progressed through the singlesqualifying tournament by saving two match points in the first round (againstRéka Luca Jani) and prevailing in third-set tiebreaks in two of her three qualifying wins.[35][36][37] NCAA champions Crawley and Tanguilig were also awarded a wildcard into thedoubles event.[38] Crawley did not collect herUS$81,000 in prize money because of NCAA restrictions on college athletes, something she considered unfair in light ofname, image, and likeness (NIL) rules.[39][40] She won her first ITF singles title in October 2023 at the W25 event inFlorence, South Carolina, beating formerDuke playerChloe Beck in the final.[41][42]
Crawley was again selected to the USTA Collegiate Summer Team in 2024.[43]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2023 | ITF Wichita, Kansas, United States | W25 | Hard |  Stacey Fung | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | ITF Florence, United States | W25 | Hard |  Chloe Beck | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2024 | ITF Arcadia, United States | W35 | Hard | Ashley Lahey | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jun 2024 | ITF San Diego, United States | W15 | Hard | Sara Daavettila | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2025 | ITF Decatur, United States | W35 | Hard | Dasha Plekhanova | 7–6(5), 6–4 |
| Win | 5–1 | Jun 2025 | ITF Wichita, United States | W35 | Hard |  Mayu Crossley | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Jul 2025 | Championnats de Granby, Canada | W75 | Hard |  Talia Gibson | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 2025 | ITF Toronto, Canada | W75 | Hard (i) |  Harriet Dart | 2–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2023 | ITF Lakewood, US | W15 | Hard | Mary Stoiana | Mary LewisBrandy Walker | 7–5, 6–7(3), [10–5] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2023 | ITF Lakewood, US | W15 | Hard | Reese Brantmeier | Savannah Broadus Anita Sahdiieva | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2024 | ITF Hilton Head Island, US | W35 | Hard | Makenna Jones |  Angella Okutoyi Merna Refaat | 6–2, 6–7(5), [10–7] |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2025 | ITF Boca Raton, US | W35 | Clay | Alana Smith | Kayla DayAllura Zamarripa | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2025 | ITF Toronto, Canada | W75 | Hard (i) | Jaeda Daniel |  Viktória Hrunčáková Anastasia Tikhonova | 4–6, 2–6 |
