Matilde Jorge

Matilde Jorge
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (2004-04-07) 7 April 2004
Guimarães, Portugal
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $121,581
Singles
Career record103–113
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 251 (16 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 251 (16 June 2025)
Doubles
Career record178–59
Career titles2 WTA Challenger, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (26 May 2025)
Current rankingNo. 104 (16 June 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup14–5
(singles 3–3, doubles 11–2)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Matilde Jorge (born 7 April 2004) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 251 in singles, achieved on 16 June 2025, and No. 102 in doubles, achieved on 26 May 2025.

Early life

Jorge was born in Guimarães.[1] Her older sister, Francisca Jorge, is also a tennis player. She began playing tennis at the age of five at the Guimarães Tennis Club.[2] She currently trains at the Portuguese Tennis Federation's Centro de Alto Rendimento.[3]

Career

In June 2018, at the age of 14, Jorge made her professional debut as a wildcard at the $15k Guimarães Ladies Open.[4] In June 2023, she and her sister reached the doubles final of the W25 Guimarães Ladies Open, but lost to Georgina García Pérez and Petra Hule.[5]

In April 2024, she and her sister won the doubles title at the Oeiras Ladies Open, defeating Harriet Dart and Kristina Mladenovic in the final.[6][7] In September 2024, Matilde won the W35 tournament in Leiria and was a semifinalist at the W35 Santarém Ladies Open.[8] Later that month, the sisters were runners-up in doubles at the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open and won the doubles title at the Lisboa Belém Open.[9][10]

In April 2025, the sisters successfully defended their doubles title at the Oeiras Ladies Open, defeating Anastasia Dețiuc and Patricia Maria Țig in the final.[11] That June, Matilde defeated her sister in the final of the W50 XXII Montemor Ladies Open 2 in Montemor-o-Novo.[12] The following week, however, she lost to her sister in the final of the W50 Guimarães Ladies Open.[13] By reaching the final, Matilde overtook her sister as the top ranked Portuguese female singles player, rising to a ranking of world No. 251.[1][14]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2024 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal Clay Francisca Jorge Harriet Dart
Kristina Mladenovic
6–0, 6–4
Win 2-0 Apr 2025 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal Clay Francisca Jorge Anastasia Dețiuc
Patricia Maria Țig
6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W40/W50 tournaments (1–1)
W25/35 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2024 ITF Leiria, Portugal W35 Hard Anastasia Kulikova 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 2024 ITF Faro, Portugal W35 Hard Monika Stankiewicz 6–7(3), 3–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2024 ITF Lousada, Portugal W35 Hard (i) Margaux Rouvroy 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–2 Jun 2025 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W50 Hard Francisca Jorge 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Jun 2025 Guimarães Ladies Open, Portugal W50 Hard Francisca Jorge 7–5, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 45 (25 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–2)
W60/75 tournaments (4–4)
W40/50 tournaments (4–7)
W25/35 tournaments (13–7)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (16–13)
Clay (8–7)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2019 ITF Santarém, Portugal W15 Hard Celia Cerviño Ruiz Sara Lança
Ekaterina Shalimova
6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Oct 2021 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Despina Papamichail
Natalija Stevanović
2–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Dec 2021 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i) Celia Cerviño Ruiz Jasmijn Gimbrère
Alicia Smith
6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Apr 2022 ITF Oeiras, Portugal W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Guiomar Maristany
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–3 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Angelica Moratelli
Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 5–7
Win 3–3 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Martina Colmegna
Lisa Pigato
7–5, 0–6, [11–9]
Win 4–3 May 2022 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Alana Parnaby
Prarthana Thombare
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Jun 2022 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay Francisca Jorge Despina Papamichail
Camilla Rosatello
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Jul 2022 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Sarah Beth Grey
Jamie Loeb
6–3, 6–1
Win 6–4 Sep 2022 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Choi Ji-hee
Natalija Stevanović
6–4, 6–0
Win 7–4 Oct 2022 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Andrea Lázaro García
6–2, 6–2
Win 8–4 Oct 2022 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Ku Yeon-woo
Adrienn Nagy
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–4 Oct 2022 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Lee Pei-chi
Wu Fang-hsien
6–3, 7–5
Win 10–4 Nov 2022 ITF Funchal, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Joelle Steur
Stephanie Visscher
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 10–5 Feb 2023 Porto Indoor 2, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Tara Würth Ekaterine Gorgodze
Leyre Romero Gormaz
4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 10–6 Mar 2023 ITF Bangalore, India W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Dea Herdželaš
Eden Silva
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 11–6 Mar 2023 ITF Bangalore, India W40 Hard Francisca Jorge Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Eden Silva
5–7, 6–0, [10–3]
Win 12–6 Mar 2023 ITF Palmanova, Spain W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Ekaterine Gorgodze
Iryna Shymanovich
6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 13–6 Mar 2023 ITF Palmanova, Spain W25 Clay Francisca Jorge Ekaterine Gorgodze
Iryna Shymanovich
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 13–7 Apr 2023 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal W100 Clay Francisca Jorge Ulrikke Eikeri
Eri Hozumi
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 13–8 May 2023 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Ashley Lahey
Ellen Perez
3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 13–9 Jun 2023 ITF Guimaraes, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Georgina García Pérez
Petra Hule
4–6, 5–7
Win 14–9 Jul 2023 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W25 Carpet Francisca Jorge Madeleine Brooks
Holly Hutchinson
6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–10 Jul 2023 Porto Indoor, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Gabriella Da Silva Fick
Alexandra Osborne
4–6, 3–6
Loss 14–11 Sep 2023 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Francisca Jorge Amina Anshba
Lexie Stevens
6–1, 5–7, [10–12]
Win 15–11 Sep 2023 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard Francisca Jorge Sofia Costoulas
Jenny Dürst
7–5, 7–6(5)
Win 16–11 Sep 2023 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60+H Hard Francisca Jorge Ashley Lahey
Tian Fangran
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 16–12 Oct 2023 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W40 Hard Francisca Jorge Olivia Gadecki
Heather Watson
4–6, 1–6
Loss 16–13 Dec 2023 ITF Vacaria, Brazil W60 Clay (i) Francisca Jorge Romina Ccuno
Justina Mikulskytė
2–6, 3–6
Loss 16–14 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W50 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Sarah Beth Grey
Olivia Nicholls
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 16–15 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor 2, Portugal W50 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Veronika Erjavec
Dominika Šalková
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 16–16 Feb 2024 Porto Indoor 3, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Anna Bondár
Céline Naef
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 17–16 Apr 2024 Oerias Open, Portugal W100 Clay Francisca Jorge Yana Sizikova
Wu Fang-hsien
6–2, 6–0
Loss 17–17 May 2024 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain W35 Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Eleni Christofi
Daniela Vismane
4–6, 2–6
Loss 17–18 Jul 2024 ITF Corroios, Portugal W50 Hard Elena Micic Martyna Kubka
Anna Rogers
1–6, 4–6
Loss 17–19 Aug 2024 ITF Ourense, Spain W50 Hard Anna Rogers Martyna Kubka
Lara Salden
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 18–19 Sep 2024 ITF Leiria, Portugal W35 Hard Sarah Beth Grey Bianca Fernandez
Radka Zelníčková
7–6(1), 6–2
Loss 18–20 Sep 2024 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W100 Hard Francisca Jorge Jodie Burrage
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–7(3), 4–6
Win 19–20 Sep 2024 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W75 Clay Francisca Jorge Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Ángela Fita Boluda
7–6(5), 6–4
Win 20–20 Oct 2024 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W50 Hard Justina Mikulskytė Magali Kempen
Lara Salden
2–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Win 21–20 Jan 2025 Porto Women's Indoor ITF, Portugal W50 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Lucija Ćirić Bagarić
Kristina Novak
6–3, 6–2
Win 22–20 Feb 2025 ITF Birmingham, Great Britain W50 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Viktória Hrunčáková
Alicja Rosolska
6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 23–20 Mar 2025 Porto Women's Indoor ITF, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Francisca Jorge Cho I-hsuan
Cho Yi-tsen
0–6, 7–6(4), [10–8]
Win 24–20 Apr 2025 Oeiras CETO Open, Portugal W100 Clay Francisca Jorge Aleksandra Krunić
Sabrina Santamaria
6–7(7), 6–1, [1–0] ret.
Win 25–21 May 2025 Zagreb Open, Croatia W75 Clay Francisca Jorge Lucija Ćirić Bagarić
Vitalia Diatchenko
6–2, 6–0

References

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