María Lourdes Carlé

María Lourdes Carlé
	Carlé at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Tandil, Argentina
Born	10 February 2000 (age 24); Daireaux, Argentina
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach	Matias Caceres
Prize money	US$ 437,235
Singles
Career record	264–134 (66.3%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 82 (22 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 82 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2022)
US Open	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	98–59 (62.4%)
Career titles	2 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 136 (25 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 198 (22 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–4
Medal record
tennis
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
	Last updated on: 15 April 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 world No. 82, achieved on 22 April 2024, and a doubles ranking of 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 Fed Cup team, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of April 2024).

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-final 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

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles edit

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q3	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
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	50%
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
Loss	0–1	Dec 2023	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	Laura Pigossi	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2024	Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain	Clay	Rebeka Masarova	3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2021	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze	7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	1–1	Dec 2023	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	Despina Papamichail	María Paulina Pérez Sofia Sewing	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	2–1	Dec 2023	Montevideo Open, Uruguay	Clay	Julia Riera	Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo	7–6^(7–5), 7–5

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (3–0)
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (7–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (9–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Varvara Flink	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	1–1	Sep 2017	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W15	Clay	Stephanie Petit	2–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	2–1	Mar 2018	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	W15	Clay	Victoria Bosio	7–5, 1–6, 6–2
Win	3–1	Jun 2019	ITF Wesley Chapel, United States	W15	Clay	Victoria Emma	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–1	Sep 2019	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W15	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	5–1	Feb 2020	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Dasha Ivanova	6–4, 6–0
Loss	5–2	Oct 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	6–2	Oct 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win	7–2	Oct 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–2	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Hard	Conny Perrin	6–4, 6–0
Win	9–2	May 2022	Pelham Pro Classic, United States	W60	Clay	Elvina Kalieva	6–1, 6–1
Win	10–2	May 2023	ITF Bastad, Sweden	W25	Clay	İpek Öz	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–2	May 2023	ITF Bodrum, Turkey	W60	Clay	Irina Bara	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–2	Sep 2023	ITF Pazardzhik, Bulgaria	W40	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–1, 6–2
Win	13–2	Jan 2024	Vero Beach Open, United States	W75+H	Clay	Gabriela Lee	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (2–4)
W15 tournaments (2–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2017	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W15	Clay	Emily Appleton	Julieta Lara Estable Melina Ferrero	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Sep 2019	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W15	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	Candela Bugnon Guillermina Naya	2–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	2–1	Feb 2020	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Clay	Thaisa Grana Pedretti	Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov	w/o
Loss	2–2	Oct 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Olivia Gram	Darya Astakhova Darja Semenistaja	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 2021	ITF Villa María, Argentina	W25	Clay	Victoria Bosio	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Richèl Hogenkamp	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2021	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	W25	Hard	Ylena In-Albon	Diāna Marcinkēviča Chiara Scholl	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	2–5	Aug 2021	ITF San Bartolomé, Spain	W60	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	Arianne Hartono Olivia Tjandramulia	4–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	3–5	Oct 2021	ITF Lima, Peru	W25	Clay	Laura Pigossi	María Paulina Pérez Jessica Plazas	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–5	Nov 2021	Aberto da República, Brazil	W60	Clay	Carolina Alves	Valeriya Strakhova Olivia Tjandramulia	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–5	Feb 2022	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	W25	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	Nicole Fossa Huergo Noelia Zeballos	3–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Loss	5–6	Mar 2022	ITF Anapoima, Colombia	W25	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Ylena In-Albon Réka Luca Jani	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	5–7	Mar 2022	Open Medellín, Colombia	W25	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Conny Perrin Daniela Seguel	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	5–8	Jun 2022	Open de Biarritz, France	W60	Clay	Maria Timofeeva	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	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
2021	F PO	Apr 2021	Córdoba (ARG)	Kazakhstan	Clay	Elena Rybakina	W	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
2021	F PO	Apr 2021	Córdoba (ARG)	Kazakhstan	Clay	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
2016	WG2 PO	Apr 2016	Kyiv (UKR)	Ukraine	Hard	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	Katerina Bondarenko Olga Savchuk	L	1–6, 3–6
2021	ZG1 RR	Feb 2021	Santiago (CHI)	Peru	Clay	Guillermina Naya	Dana Guzmán Camila Soares	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
2021	F PO	Apr 2021	Córdoba (ARG)	Kazakhstan	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.