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{{Short description|Irish tennis player (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Kelly Liggan
|image = 
|country = {{IRL}}
|residence = [[Marbella]], Spain<ref>[https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/tennis-liggan-left-out-of-youthful-fed-cup-side-26525564.html Liggan left out of youthful Fed Cup side], independent.ie, 2 April 2009</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|5}}
|birth_place = Spain
|height = 
|turnedpro = 
|retired = 2010
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = $238,274
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=290|lost=363}}
|singlestitles = 0 WTA, 4 ITF
|highestsinglesranking = No. 181 (15 September 2003)
|AustralianOpenresult = Q3 (2001)
|FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2001, 2004, 2007)
|Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2002, 2003, 2007)
|USOpenresult = Q3 (2003)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=145|lost=186}}
|doublestitles = 1 WTA, 7 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 113 (15 September 2003)
}}

'''Kelly Liggan''' (born 5 February 1979) is a retired [[tennis]] player from Ireland.

Liggan resides in [[Marbella]], Spain, but she played tennis for Ireland. She had some success on the [[ITF Women's Circuit]] winning several titles in both singles and doubles, and in 2002, she won her sole [[WTA Tour]] doubles title.

Liggan had two [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] doubles main-draw appearances. She reached the second round at the [[2003 US Open (tennis)|2003 US Open]] and [[2004 Wimbledon Championships]]. She also had several WTA Tour main-draw appearances; however, she never reached a quarterfinal.

Due to nagging injuries, Kelly retired in 2010.

==WTA Tour finals==
===Doubles: 1 (title)===
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|- bgcolor="#ffffff"
| [[2002 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles|Nov 2002]]
| [[Pattaya Women's Open|Pattaya Open]], <br />Thailand
| Hard
| {{flag icon|CZE}} [[Renata Voráčová]]
| {{flag icon|RUS}} [[Lina Krasnoroutskaya]] <br /> {{flag icon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Panova]]
| 7–5, 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>
|}

==ITF Circuit finals==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-bgcolor=ADDFAD
|$50,000 tournaments
|-bgcolor=lightblue
|$25,000 tournaments
|-bgcolor=f0f8ff
|$10,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles (4–4)===
{| class=wikitable
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 1.
| 17 May 1999
| [[Elvas]], Portugal
| Hard 
| {{flag icon|ARG}} [[Erica Krauth]]
| 1–6, 5–7
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 25 June 2000
| [[Montreal]], Canada
| Hard
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Jennifer Embry]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="#98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 2 July 2000
| [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]], Canada
| Clay
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Remi Tezuka]]
| 7–5, 6–0
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 2.
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|7|08}}
| [[Felixstowe]], UK
| Grass
| {{flag icon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]]
| 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 3.
| 6 June 2006
| [[Madrid]], Spain
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ESP}} [[María José Martínez Sánchez]]
| 6–7, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="#98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 6 August 2006
| [[Vigo]], Spain
| Hard
| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Laura Thorpe]]
| 6–1, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="#98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| 13 August 2006
| [[Coimbra]], Portugal
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ROM}} [[Monica Niculescu]]
| 6–0, 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>
|- bgcolor=ADDFAD
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 4.
| 10 July 2007
| [[Boston]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Varvara Lepchenko]]
| 2–6, 7–5, 0–5 ret.
|}

===Doubles (7–13)===
{| class=wikitable
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 1.
| 23 June 1997
| [[Manaus]], Brazil
| Hard
| {{flag icon|GER}} Caroline Germar
| {{flag icon|GBR}} [[Joanne Moore]] <br /> {{flag icon|COL}} [[Ximena Rodríguez]]
| 0–6, 2–6
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 2.
| 18 May 1998
| [[Oliveira de Azeméis|Azeméis]], Portugal
| Hard
| {{flag icon|KAZ}} [[Irina Selyutina]]
| {{flag icon|POR}} Cristina Correia <br /> {{flag icon|BRA}} [[Bruna Colósio]]
| 2–6, 4–6
|- 
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 3 August 1998
| [[Périgueux]], France 
| Clay
| {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Paula García (tennis)|Paula García]]
| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Samantha Schoeffel]] <br /> {{flag icon|FRA}} Stéphanie Testard
| 3–6, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 3.
| 10 August 1998
| [[Open Engie Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées|Open Saint-Gaudens]], France
| Clay
| {{flag icon|ESP}} Paula García
| {{flag icon|FRA}} Sylvie Sallaberry <br /> {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Aurélie Védy]]
| 3–6, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 4.
| 7 December 1998
| [[Mallorca]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flag icon|ESP}} Paula García
| {{flag icon|ITA}} Katia Altilia <br /> {{flag icon|ITA}} [[Giulia Casoni]]
| 3–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 5.
| 8 February 1999
| Mallorca, Spain
| Clay
| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Emmanuelle Curutchet]]
| {{flag icon|ARG}} [[María Fernanda Landa]] <br /> {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Ángeles Montolio]]
| 6–2, 4–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|- 
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 24 May 1999
| [[Guimarães]], Portugal 
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ISR}} [[Tzipora Obziler]]
| {{flag icon|ITA}} Sabina Da Ponte <br /> {{flag icon|COL}} [[Giana Gutiérrez]]
| 6–3, 6–1
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 31 May 1999
| [[Oliveira de Azeméis|Azeméis]], Portugal
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ISR}} Tzipora Obziler
| {{flag icon|COL}} [[Mariana Mesa]] <br /> {{flag icon|ARG}} Jorgelina Torti
| 6–4, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 6.
| 9 October 2000
| [[Mexico City]], Mexico
| Hard
| {{flag icon|GER}} [[Kirstin Freye]]
| {{flag icon|BRA}} [[Joana Cortez]] <br /> {{flag icon|BRA}} [[Vanessa Menga]]
| 3–5, 4–5<sup>(4–6)</sup>, 0–4
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 7.
| 30 October 2000
| [[Hayward, California|Hayward]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|VEN}} [[Milagros Sequera]]
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Nana Smith]] <br /> {{flag icon|IND}} [[Nirupama Sanjeev]]
| 2–4, 2–4
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 8.
| 5 March 2001
| [[Ortisei]], Italy
| Hard (i)
| {{flag icon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Kozhokina]]
| {{flag icon|GER}} [[Angelika Bachmann]] <br /> {{flag icon|DEN}} [[Eva Dyrberg]]
| 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 9.
| 12 November 2001
| Mexico City, Mexico
| Hard
| {{flag icon|CZE}} [[Renata Voráčová]]
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Amanda Augustus]] <br /> {{flag icon|USA}} [[Jennifer Russell (tennis)|Jennifer Russell]]
| 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| 6 May 2002
| [[Edinburgh]], UK
| Clay 
| {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Conchita Martínez Granados]]
| {{flag icon|GBR}} [[Victoria Davies]] <br /> {{flag icon|CZE}} [[Eva Martincová]]
| 5–7, 6–0, 6–1
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
| 5.
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|7|22}}
| [[Pamplona]], Spain
| Hard (i)
| {{flag icon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]]
| {{flag icon|IRL}} [[Yvonne Doyle (tennis)|Yvonne Doyle]] <br /> {{flag icon|NED}} Susanne Trik
| 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 10.
| 14 July 2003
| [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Oyster Bay]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Ansley Cargill]]
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Jennifer Russell (tennis)|Jennifer Russell]] <br /> {{flag icon|USA}} [[Jessica Lehnhoff]]
| 2–6, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 11.
| 5 September 2005
| [[Madrid]], Spain
| Hard
| {{flag icon|NED}} [[Seda Noorlander]]
| {{flag icon|SLO}} [[Andreja Klepač]] <br /> {{flag icon|CRO}} [[Nika Ožegović]]
| 3–6, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 12.
| 12 October 2005
| [[Jersey]], United Kingdom
| Hard (i)
| {{flag icon|BLR}} [[Nadejda Ostrovskaya]]
| {{flag icon|CZE}} [[Veronika Chvojková]] <br /> {{flag icon|SVK}} [[Stanislava Hrozenská]]
| 6–4, 2–6, 5–7
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 13.
| 18 October 2005
| Mexico City, Mexico
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ARG}} [[Soledad Esperón]]
| {{flag icon|ARG}} [[María José Argeri]] <br /> {{flag icon|BRA}} [[Letícia Sobral]]
| 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–2, 0–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 6.
| 25 October 2005
| Mexico City, Mexico
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ARG}} Soledad Esperón
| {{flag icon|CUB}} [[Yamile Fors Guerra]] <br /> {{flag icon|CUB}} Yanet Núñez Mojarena
| 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 7.
| 28 February 2006
| [[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|LTU}} [[Lina Stančiūtė]]
| {{flag icon|RSA}} [[Natalie Grandin]] <br /> {{flag icon|RSA}} [[Chanelle Scheepers]]
| 6–3, 6–1
|}

==External links==
* {{Women's Tennis Association link}}
* {{ITF profile}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in Spain]]
[[Category:Irish female tennis players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Málaga]]


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