Despina Papamichail

Despina Papamichail
Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ
Country (sports) Greece
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993
Preveza, Greece
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight (two handed backhand)
Prize money$797,407
Singles
Career record514–417
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 143 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 281 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record387–233
Career titles2 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 93 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 155 (4 November 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup31–29
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Despina Papamichail (Greek: Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 15 singles and 37 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for the Greece Fed Cup team, Papamichail has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of May 2024).

Career

Papamichail made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the first round.[1] In June 2021, she won the inaugural $60k Charleston Pro event by defeating Gabriela Cé in the final.[2]

She was selected to play for Greece at the 2023 United Cup, recording a win over Isabella Shinikova.[3]

Papamichail qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open and defeated lucky loser Sakura Hosogi,[4] before going out in the second round against sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.[5]

She won her first WTA125 doubles title at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, partnering with Valentini Grammatikopoulou to defeat Yuliana Lizarazo and María Paulina Pérez García in the final.[6][7]

Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she won the doubles title at the 2023 WTA 125 Argentina Open, defeating María Paulina Pérez García and Sofia Sewing in the final.[8]

She defeated Maria Mateas[9] to reach the second round at the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, where she lost to Kathinka von Deichmann.[10]

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A Q2 Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q2 Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
WTA 1000
Madrid Open A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[a] 0[a] 1 6 2 Career total: 9
Overall W–L 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–6 3–7 0–0 0 / 15 7–15
Year-end ranking 260 276 184 156 224 $385,895
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.

WTA Challenger finals

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

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2021 Buenos Aires Open, Argentina Clay María Lourdes Carlé Irina Bara
Ekaterine Gorgodze
7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2023 Barranquilla Open,
Colombia
Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Yuliana Lizarazo
María Paulina Pérez
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win 2–1 Dec 2023 Buenos Aires Open, Argentina Clay María Lourdes Carlé María Paulina Pérez
Sofia Sewing
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25/35,000 tournaments (3–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (12–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (11–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 ITF Rabat, Morocco 10,000 Clay Anastasia Mukhametova 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2010 ITF Mytilini, Greece 10,000 Hard Anna Zaja 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–1 Apr 2011 ITF Vic, Spain 10,000 Clay Victoria Larrière 7–6(10), 6–1
Loss 2–2 May 2011 ITF Petroupoli, Greece 10,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–2 May 2011 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Nicole Rottmann 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard İpek Soylu 3–6, 6–7(0)
Loss 3–4 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Maria Sakkari 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 4–4 Jun 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Anna Morgina 6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–5 Jun 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Jan Abaza 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4–6 Feb 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 5–6 May 2017 ITF Acre, Israel 15,000 Hard Sadafmoh Tolibova 6–1, 6–2
Win 6–6 Jul 2017 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel 15,000 Hard Estelle Cascino 7–6(4), 6–3
Win 7–6 Jul 2017 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 15,000 Clay Maryna Chernyshova 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 8–6 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Bárbara Gatica 6–3, 6–3
Win 9–6 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Carolina Alves 6–1, 6–4
Win 10–6 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Raluca Șerban 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(6)
Win 11–6 May 2018 ITF San Severo, Italy 15,000 Clay Simona Waltert 6–1, 6–2
Loss 11–7 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Mirjam Björklund 6–1, 6–7(3), 3–6
Win 12–7 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Nastja Kolar 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 13–7 Jul 2019 ITF Getxo, Spain W25 Clay (i) Sandra Samir 6–2, 6–4
Win 14–7 Jul 2019 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay Jule Niemeier 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Win 15–7 Jun 2021 ITF Charleston Pro, United States W60 Clay Gabriela Cé 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 15–8 Jun 2022 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy W60 Clay Ángela Fita Boluda 2–6, 0–6
Loss 15–9 Mar 2024 ITF Alaminos, Cyprus W35 Clay Loïs Boisson 2–6, 0–6
Loss 15–10 Apr 2025 ITF Boca Raton, United States W35 Clay Luisina Giovannini 1–6, 1–6
Loss 15–11 May 2025 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W35 Hard Katarina Jokic 6–7(8), 7–6(0), 2–6
Win 16–11 Jul 2025 ITF Buzău, Romania W35 Clay Patricia Maria Țig 6–4, 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 73 (38 titles, 35 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–4)
W40 tournaments (1–1)
W25/35 tournaments (10–9)
W10/15 tournaments (24–20)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–14)
Clay (20–19)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2011 ITF Vic, Spain 10,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Simona Dobrá
Tereza Hladíková
2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2012 ITF Bron, France 10,000 Hard (i) Diāna Marcinkēviča Justine Ozga
Isabella Shinikova
7–5, 7–5
Win 2–1 Mar 2012 ITF Dijon, France 10,000 Hard (i) Diāna Marcinkēviča Yana Sizikova
Alison Van Uytvanck
7–5, 7–6(7)
Win 3–1 Jul 2012 ITF Torino, Italy 10,000 Clay Lucia Cervera-Vazquez Estelle Guisard
Katharina Negrin
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 4–1 Aug 2012 ITF Locri, Italy 10,000 Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Kana Daniel
Nastassia Rubel
6–1, 6–0
Loss 4–2 Oct 2012 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Despoina Vogasari Manon Arcangioli
Laëtitia Sarrazin
4–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Feb 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Alice Savoretti Elena-Teodora Cadar
Patricia Maria Țig
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Apr 2013 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Giulia Sussarello Marina Melnikova
Teodora Mirčić
1–6, 4–6
Win 6–3 Apr 2013 ITF San Severo, Italy 10,000 Clay Giulia Sussarello Martine Ditlev
Malou Ejdesgaard
6–1, 6–4
Win 7–3 Aug 2013 ITF Locri, Italy 10,000 Clay Federica di Sarra Alice Matteucci
Camilla Rosatello
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 7–4 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Gaia Sanesi Melis Sezer
İpek Soylu
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 7–5 Jan 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Polina Leykina Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Veronika Kapshay
6–7, 2–6
Loss 7–6 Mar 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Alice Matteucci Yuliana Lizarazo
Alexandra Nancarrow
3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 7–7 Mar 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Rosalie van der Hoek Olga Sáez Larra
Alexandra Nancarrow
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 7–8 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Maria Sakkari Natela Dzalamidze
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 8–8 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Polina Leykina Marie Benoît
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–8 Jun 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Arabela Fernández Rabener Mai El Kamash
Yasmin Hamza
6–3, 6–3
Loss 9–9 Aug 2014 ITF Woking, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Alice Matteucci Yumi Miyazaki
Mari Tanaka
2–6, 5–7
Win 10–9 Sep 2014 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Rebecca Šramková
Julia Terziyska
6–1, 6–4
Loss 10–10 Oct 2014 ITF Rock Hill, United States 25,000 Hard Janina Toljan Cindy Burger
Sharon Fichman
6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Win 11–10 Dec 2014 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard Nina Stojanović Miyabi Inoue
Miki Miyamura
7–6(5), 6–2
Loss 11–11 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Tamara Čurović Anastasiya Komardina
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
2–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Nastja Kolar Diana Buzean
Alice Matteucci
6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 13–11 May 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Alice Matteucci Elena-Teodora Cadar
Eleni Kordolaimi
6–3, 6–4
Win 14–11 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Alice Matteucci Grace Dixon
Ella Leivo
6–1, 6–3
Loss 14–12 Jul 2015 ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Bernarda Pera Claudia Giovine
Xenia Knoll
5–7, 2–6
Win 15–12 Jul 2015 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay Claudia Giovine Tara Moore
Conny Perrin
6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss 15–13 Aug 2015 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Maria Sakkari Cristina Dinu
Diana Buzean
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 16–13 Aug 2015 ITF Woking, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Claudia Giovine Harriet Dart
Katy Dunne
6–2, 6–1
Win 17–13 Sep 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Nina Stojanović Cristiana Ferrando
Chiara Grimm
1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 18–13 Sep 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Carla Touly Nina Stadler
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 6–4
Loss 18–14 Jan 2016 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay Ola Abou Zekry Petra Krejsová
Chantal Škamlová
4–6, 0–6
Loss 18–15 Jan 2016 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay Ola Abou Zekry Petra Krejsová
Chantal Škamlová
6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 18–16 Feb 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová Petra Januskova
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
3–6, 2–6
Win 19–16 Feb 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová Petra Januskova
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
6–2, 6–7(5), [10–5]
Win 20–16 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Georgia Brescia Alice Balducci
Claudia Giovine
4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 20–17 Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Karin Kennel Veronika Kapshay
Anastasiya Shoshyna
1–6, 2–6
Loss 20–18 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ola Abou Zekry Anastasia Pribylova
Naomi Totka
1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win 21–18 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Samantha Murray Ola Abou Zekry
Jaqueline Cristian
6–3, 6–2
Win 22–18 May 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Samantha Murray Nidhi Chilumula
Rishika Sunkara
3–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Loss 22–19 Jun 2016 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard Jessica Crivelletto Tereza Mihalíková
Inês Murta
6–7(5), 3–6
Win 23–19 Aug 2016 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 10,000 Clay Jaqueline Cristian Julieta Estable
Daniela Farfan
6–7(5), 6–0, [10–5]
Win 24–19 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ana Veselinović Berfu Cengiz
Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
7–6(4), 1–6, [10–5]
Win 25–19 Nov 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Manon Arcangioli Emilie Francati
Sarah Beth Grey
6–4, 6–2
Win 26–19 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Laura Pigossi Victoria Muntean
Sun Xuliu
6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 26–20 Mar 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Olga Ianchuk Mira Antonitsch
Karman Thandi
0–6, 3–6
Loss 26–21 Apr 2017 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Bojana Marinković Mariam Bolkvadze
Tereza Mihalíková
6–7(7), 3–6
Win 27–21 May 2017 ITF Acre, Israel 15,000 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova Shelly Krolitzky
Maya Tahan
6–4, 6–3
Loss 27–22 Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Catalina Pella Karin Kennel
Maria Marfutina
5–7, 2–6
Win 28–22 Jul 2018 Reinert Open Versmold, Germany 60,000 Clay Pemra Özgen Olga Danilović
Nina Stojanović
1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 29–22 Jul 2018 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Martina Colmegna Romy Kölzer
Aymet Uzcátegui
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 30–22 Oct 2018 ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain 25,000 Clay Aliona Bolsova Marina Bassols Ribera
Ángela Fita Boluda
6–2, 6–2
Loss 30–23 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Andrea Lázaro García Miriam Bulgaru
Cristina Ene
3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 30–24 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Andrea Lázaro García Arianne Hartono
Eva Vedder
4–6, 6–3 [7–10]
Win 31–24 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner Júlia Konishi Camargo Silva
Katya Malikova
6–3, 6–1
Win 32–24 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Simona Waltert Mayar Sherif
Rana Sherif Ahmed
6–3, 6–2
Loss 32–25 May 2019 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Hard Nina Stojanović Jana Fett
Dalma Gálfi
6–7(2), 2–6
Loss 32–26 May 2019 ITF Jerusalem, Israel 25,000 Hard Samantha Murray Yuliya Hatouka
Tereza Mihalíková
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 32–27 Jul 2019 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany 25,000 Clay Irene Burillo Escorihuela Tatiana Pieri
Ivana Popovic
6–7(5), 4–6
Win 33–27 Sep 2019 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Lea Bošković Oana Georgeta Simion
Julia Wachaczyk
6–3, 6–2
Loss 33–28 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard Berfu Cengiz Ulrikke Eikeri
Ankita Raina
7–5, 4–6, [3–10]
Win 34–28 Oct 2021 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Natalija Stevanović Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
6–2, 7–5
Win 35–28 Jun 2022 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay Camilla Rosatello Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 35–29 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay Nuria Brancaccio Karolína Kubáňová
Aneta Kučmová
2–6, 6–7(9)
Win 36–29 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City, Mexico W40 Hard Raluca Șerban Yuliana Lizarazo
María Paulina Pérez
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 36–30 May 2023 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain W100 Clay Eleni Christofi Mai Hontama
Eri Hozumi
0–6, 5–7
Loss 36–31 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay Camilla Rosatello Anastasia Tikhonova
Moyuka Uchijima
4–6, 2–6
Win 37–31 Mar 2024 ITF Alaminos, Cyprus W35 Clay Francesca Curmi Leonie Küng
Eliz Maloney
6–3, 6–2
Loss 37–32 May 2024 Chiasso Open, Italy W75 Clay Simona Waltert Emily Appleton
Lena Papadakis
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 38–32 Jun 2024 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W75 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Ali Collins
María Paulina Pérez
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 38–33 Mar 2025 ITF Chihuahua, Mexico W50 Clay Eleni Christofi Jessie Aney
Jessica Failla
3–6, 5–7
Loss 38–34 Mar 2025 Vacaria Open, Brazil W75 Clay (i) Julia Riera Robin Anderson
Alicia Herrero Liñana
5–7, 4–6
Loss 38–35 Apr 2025 ITF Boca Raton, United States W35 Clay Gergana Topalova Ayana Akli
Diae El Jardi
6–7(1), 5–7

Notes

  1. ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup that is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.

References

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