Overview

• Tyra Grant, a 16-year-old tennis talent, will represent Italy for the first time at the Internazionali d’Italia after her naturalization was approved by the Italian Tennis Federation and WTA on May 1, 2025.
• Born in Rome to an Italian mother and American father, Grant trained at Riccardo Piatti’s academy alongside Jannik Sinner and considers Italy her cultural home.
• Grant has expressed gratitude for the warm support of the Roman crowd and stated she feels no pressure to achieve immediate results in the tournament.
• She has never experienced racism in Italy, a contrast noted given challenges faced by other athletes of color in the country.
• Balancing her tennis career with business administration studies, Grant aspires to one day play for the Italian national tennis team.