María Lourdes Carlé
![]() Carlé at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Tandil, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Daireaux, Argentina | 10 February 2000|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Coach | Matias Caceres | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 659,987 | |||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 272–142 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 71 (6 May 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 83 (26 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 101–62 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 2 WTA Challengers | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 136 (25 July 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 167 (15 July 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 8–4 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 30 July 2024. |
María Lourdes Carlé (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾja ˈluɾðes kaɾˈle];[1] born 10 February 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 71, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of world No. 136, achieved on 25 July 2022.
She owns one singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and five doubles titles so far.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Carlé had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved in November 2017. She played one season of college tennis for the Georgia Bulldogs in the United States in 2018–19, helping the team win the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title, and was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team.[2]
Playing for Argentina, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of July 2024) in Billie Jean King Cup.
Junior career
[edit]Grand Slam performance
[edit]Singles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: 3R (2018)
- Wimbledon: 3R (2018)
- US Open: 1R (2018)
Doubles:
- Australian Open: –
- French Open: SF (2017)
- Wimbledon: 1R (2016)
- US Open: –
Career
[edit]2022: WTA Tour and top 150 debuts
[edit]She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas.[3]
2023: United Cup debut, maiden WTA 125 final, top 125
[edit]On her debut at the 2023 United Cup, she lost her two singles matches against Alizé Cornet and Donna Vekić.
During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Carlé won two medals for Argentina. She advanced to the women's singles gold medal match, earning her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics singles tournament.[4] Carlé would also win the bronze medal in women's doubles, partnering with Julia Riera.[5]
In December 2023, Carlé reached her first WTA 125 final at the Buenos Aires Open.[6]
2024: WTA 1000 debut and first wins, WTA 125 title, top 75
[edit]She made her top 100 debut on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99.[7] Two weeks later, she qualified into the main draw of Miami making her WTA 1000 debut. Two weeks later, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Solgironès Open in La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain.
Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard Emma Raducanu[8] and 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova, recording her first WTA 1000 wins. As a result, she moved into the top 75.
Performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2023 French Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
French Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
US Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Career statistics | |||||||
Tournaments | 0[a] | 2 | 1 | Career total: 3 | |||
Overall win-loss | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 5–5 | ||
Year-end ranking | 262 | 161 | 153 | $229,116 |
WTA Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2023 | Buenos Aires Open, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2024 | Solgironès Open, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2021 | Buenos Aires Open, Argentina |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 5–7, [4–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 2023 | Buenos Aires Open, Argentina |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
Win | 2–1 | Dec 2023 | Montevideo Open, Uruguay |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2024 | Båstad Open, Sweden |
Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2017 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(5) |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2018 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 1–6, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Wesley Chapel, United States | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 4–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
Win | 5–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 5–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(4) |
Win | 6–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
Win | 7–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–2 | Jun 2021 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 9–2 | May 2022 | Pelham Pro Classic, United States | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 10–2 | May 2023 | ITF Bastad, Sweden | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 11–2 | May 2023 | ITF Bodrum, Turkey | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 12–2 | Sep 2023 | ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | W40 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 13–2 | Jan 2024 | Vero Beach Open, United States | W75+H | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–1, [8–10] |
Win | 2–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Villa María, Argentina | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2021 | ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 2–5 | Aug 2021 | ITF San Bartolomé, Spain | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
Win | 3–5 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lima, Peru | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 4–5 | Nov 2021 | Aberto da República, Brazil | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5–5 | Feb 2022 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, [10–7] |
Loss | 5–6 | Mar 2022 | ITF Anapoima, Colombia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 5–7 | Mar 2022 | Open Medellín, Colombia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Loss | 5–8 | Jun 2022 | Open de Biarritz, France | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [12–14] |
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
[edit]Singles (4–2)
[edit]Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2021 | F PO | Apr 2021 | Córdoba (ARG) | ![]() |
Clay | Elena Rybakina | W | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 |
Yulia Putintseva | W | 6–7(3), 7–6(3), ret. |
Doubles (1–2)
[edit]Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2016 | WG2 PO | Apr 2016 | Kyiv (UKR) | ![]() |
Hard | Guadalupe Pérez Rojas | Katerina Bondarenko Olga Savchuk |
L | 1–6, 3–6 |
2021 | ZG1 RR | Feb 2021 | Santiago (CHI) | ![]() |
Clay | Guillermina Naya | Dana Guzmán Camila Soares |
W | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
F PO | Apr 2021 | Córdoba (ARG) | ![]() |
Clay | Nadia Podoroska | Anna Danilina Yaroslava Shvedova |
L | 0–6, 5–7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
References
[edit]- ^ Franco Manazzoni (2016-11-02). Mano a mano con María Lourdes Carlé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-12 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Lourdes Carle – 2018-19". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Carlé y Piggosi llegaron a la final y clasificaron a París 2024" (in Spanish). ITF. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ Rodrigo Gómez. "Argentina's Julia Riera Takes the Pan American Bronze Medal". santiago2023.org. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title
- ^ "Photos: The Top 100 breakthroughs of 2024". WTA Tennis. March 4, 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "By the numbers: Qualifier Carle rolls past Raducanu in Madrid".
External links
[edit]- 2000 births
- Living people
- Argentine female tennis players
- People from Daireaux Partido
- People from Tandil
- Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province
- 21st-century Argentine women
- Georgia Bulldogs women's tennis players
- Argentine expatriate tennis players in the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics