Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel
Neel in 2024
Country (sports) United States
 Estonia (since April 2023)
ResidenceBradenton, Florida
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998
Oyster Bay, New York
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 404,792
Singles
Career record104–91
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 501 (June 8, 2015)
Doubles
Career record219–168
Career titles4 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 33 (January 29, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 41 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open3R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022, 2024)
US Open2R (2015, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–1
Last updated on: 19 August 2024.

Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian professional tennis player. She has specialized in doubles and has won four titles on the WTA Tour and three titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. In addition, she has won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 January 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 33 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

Her Estonian grandmother (also named Ingrid) emigrated from Saaremaa to the United States during World War II to avoid Soviet deportation. Her relatives live in Tallinn. [1]

In 2017, tennisrecruiting.net ranked Neel the No. 1 incoming college freshman in the United States. Ingrid attended University of Florida. As the sole freshman on the top-ranked Gators women's tennis team, she clinched championship-winning matches for team victories in the finals of Indoor Nationals vs. North Carolina and the finals of the NCAA National Championship vs. Stanford in 2018.

Career

2015: Major debut

By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, Neel was awarded a wildcard from the United States Tennis Association into the women's doubles tournament of the US Open alongside Tornado Alicia Black where the duo won round one. They were unable to accept the substantial prize money since, at the time, it would have rendered them ineligible for participation in college tennis competition.

2021: Maiden WTA Tour title

In April 2021, she won her first tour title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia and defeating the third seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.[2]

2022-24: WTA 125 & 500 titles, top 35

In July 2022, at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel upset multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Latisha Chan in the first round.

Neel won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen, at the 2023 Firenze Ladies Open.[3] At the 2023 Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she won her biggest title to date with Ulrikke Eikeri.[4]

Neel won her fourth career doubles title at the 2024 Rosmalen Open, partnering Dutch player Bibiane Schoofs.[5][6]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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.

Doubles

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A A A A 2R 3R 0 / 2 3–2
Wimbledon A A NH 2R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 3–4
US Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 3–2 0 / 10 7–10

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (2–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas,
Colombia 		WTA 250 Clay Elixane Lechemia Mihaela Buzărnescu
Anna-Lena Friedsam 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham Open,
United Kingdom 		WTA 250 Grass Ulrikke Eikeri Harriet Dart
Heather Watson 		7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Win 3–0 Sep 2023 Pan Pacific Open,
Japan 		WTA 500 Hard Ulrikke Eikeri Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya 		3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss 3–1 Apr 2024 Stuttgart Grand Prix,
Germany 		WTA 500 Clay (i) Ulrikke Eikeri Chan Hao-ching
Veronika Kudermetova 		6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 4–1 Jun 2024 Rosmalen Open,
Netherlands 		WTA 250 Grass Bibiane Schoofs Tereza Mihalíková
Olivia Nicholls 		7–6(8–6), 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2023 Firenze Ladies Open, Italy Clay Vivian Heisen Asia Muhammad
Giuliana Olmos 		1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 Makarska International, Croatia Clay Wu Fang-hsien Anna Sisková
Renata Voráčová 		6–3, 7–5
Win 3–0 Aug 2023 Chicago Challenger, United States Hard Ulrikke Eikeri Cristina Bucșa
Alexandra Panova 		walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2014 ITF Amelia Island, United States 10,000 Clay Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–4 ret.
Win 2–0 Jun 2016 ITF Bethany Beach, United States 10,000 Clay Alexandra Mueller 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$80,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (7–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2015 ITF Gainesville, US 10,000 Clay Fanny Stollár Sofia Kenin
Marie Norris 		6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2015 ITF Orlando, US 10,000 Clay Fanny Stollár Kateřina Kramperová
Katerina Stewart 		6–3, 7–6(4)
Win 3–0 Jan 2016 ITF Wesley Chapel, US 25,000 Clay Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natela Dzalamidze
Veronika Kudermetova 		4–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
Win 4–0 Feb 2016 Midland Tennis Classic, US 100,000 Hard (i) CiCi Bellis Naomi Broady
Shelby Rogers 		6–2, 6–4
Win 5–0 Jun 2016 ITF Buffalo, US 10,000 Clay Caroline Dolehide Sophie Chang
Alexandra Mueller 		5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 5–1 Jun 2016 ITF Baton Rouge, US 25,000 Hard Jamie Loeb Lauren Herring
Ellen Perez 		3–6, 3–6
Win 6–1 Sep 2016 Atlanta Open, US 50,000 Hard Luisa Stefani Alexandra Stevenson
Taylor Townsend 		4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 7–1 Nov 2016 Scottsdale Challenge, US 50,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Samantha Crawford
Melanie Oudin 		6–4, 6–3
Win 8–1 Oct 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Michaëlla Krajicek Cristina Bucșa
Diāna Marcinkeviča 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 8–2 Oct 2018 Tennis Classic of Macon, US 80,000 Hard Anna Danilina Caty McNally
Jessica Pegula 		1–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win 9–2 Apr 2019 Clay Court Championships, US W80 Clay Quinn Gleason Akgul Amanmuradova
Lizette Cabrera 		5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 9–3 Jul 2019 Challenger de Granby, Canada W80 Hard Quinn Gleason Haruka Kaji
Junri Namigata 		6–7(5), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 9–4 Aug 2019 Concord Open, US W60 Hard Elizabeth Halbauer Angela Kulikov
Rianna Valdes 		6–7(3), 6–4, [15–17]
Win 10–4 Oct 2019 ITF Charleston Pro, US W60 Clay Anna Danilina Vladica Babić
Caitlin Whoriskey 		6–1, 6–1
Win 11–4 Oct 2019 ITF Hilton Head, US W25 Clay Anna Danilina Katharine Fahey
Elizabeth Halbauer 		6–3, 6–2
Win 12–4 Jun 2022 Surbiton Trophy, UK W100 Grass Rosalie van der Hoek Fernanda Contreras Gómez
Catherine Harrison 		6–3, 6–3
Win 13–4 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, Mexico W60+H Hard Emina Bektas Elixane Lechemia
Quinn Gleason 		7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]

References

  1. ^ ""Matšpall": Sinimustvalge all mängima hakkav Ingrid Neel: üritan Eestit esindada parimal võimalikul moel". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). April 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Osorio Serrano keeps dream alive in Bogota, will face Zidansek for title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "Paolini defeats Townsend to claim Florence 125 title". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ^ "Kudermetova tops Pegula in Tokyo to win second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Samsonova stops Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch to capture fifth career title". June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Schoofs and Neel take doubles title". Libéma Open. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
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