María Lourdes Carlé

María Lourdes Carlé
Carlé at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceTandil, Argentina
Born (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000
Daireaux, Argentina
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
CoachMatias Caceres
Prize moneyUS$ 1,010,526
Singles
Career record305–171
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 71 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 125 (19 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2025)
French Open1R (2024, 2025)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open1R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record111–71
Career titles3 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 124 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 183 (19 May 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–4
Medal record
tennis
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Singles
2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 19 May 2025.

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. 124, achieved on 11 November 2024.

She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and five doubles titles thus 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 in Billie Jean King Cup, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of May 2025).

Career

Juniors

Grand Slam performance

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: –

2022: WTA Tour and top 150 debuts

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, losing to Tatjana Maria in the first round.[3]

2023: Pan American Games, maiden WTA 125 final

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]

Partnering Julia Riera, she was won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final.[6]

In December 2023, Carlé reached her first WTA 125 final at the Buenos Aires Open but lost to Laura Pigossi.[7] She won the doubles at the same tournament playing with Despina Papamichail, defeating María Paulina Pérez García and Sofia Sewing in the final.[7]

2024: WTA 1000 debut, WTA 125 title, top 75

Carlé made her top 100 debut on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99.[8] 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.[9]

Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard and 2021 US Open Champion Emma Raducanu[10] and 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova,[11] recording her first WTA 1000 wins, before losing to ninth seed, and 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko in the third round.[12] As a result, she moved into the top 75.

Partnering with Simona Waltert, Carlé was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[13]

In November, she reached the final at the WTA 125 Copa LP Chile losing there to Nina Stojanović in three sets.[14]

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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
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 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0 / 3 0–3
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

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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 Solgironès Open, Spain Clay Rebeka Masarova 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Nov 2024 Copa LP Chile, Chile Clay Nina Stojanović 6–3, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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
Loss 2–2 Jul 2024 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Julia Riera Peangtarn Plipuech
Tsao Chia-yi 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay Simona Waltert Quinn Gleason
Ingrid Martins 		3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 3–3 Mar 2025 Antalya Challenger 2, Turkey Clay Simona Waltert Maja Chwalińska
Anastasia Dețiuc 		3–6, 7–5, [10–3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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)

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

Singles (4–2)

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
Yulia Putintseva W 6–7(3), 7–6(3), ret.

Doubles (1–2)

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
F PO Apr 2021 Córdoba (ARG) Kazakhstan Clay Nadia Podoroska Anna Danilina
Yaroslava Shvedova 		L 0–6, 5–7

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ Franco Manazzoni (2 November 2016). Mano a mano con María Lourdes Carlé (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Lourdes Carle – 2018-19". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Carlé y Piggosi llegaron a la final y clasificaron a París 2024" (in Spanish). ITF. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ Rodrigo Gómez. "Argentina's Julia Riera Takes the Pan American Bronze Medal". santiago2023.org. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Zarazua outlasts top seed Parry to win WTA 125 Montevideo title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Photos: The Top 100 breakthroughs of 2024". WTA Tennis. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Carle captures WTA 125 La Bisbal d'Emporda title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  10. ^ "By the numbers: Qualifier Carle rolls past Raducanu in Madrid". Women's Tennis Association.
  11. ^ "Qualifier Carle upsets Kudermetova in Madrid, posts first Top 20 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Ostapenko overpowers Argentina's Carle to make Madrid fourth round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Zarazua, Stojanovic win this week's clay-court WTA 125 titles". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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