Carlota Martínez Círez

From Sádaba, in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon. She started playing tennis relatively late at ten years-old. She won her first title on the ITF Juniors world circuit in Luxembourg in 2017. She reached the top-50 in the world junior and played in all four junior Grand Slams tournaments and started competing on the ITF circuit at 19 years-of-age. Around that time, she began training at Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona-1899 with José María Arenas and Jesús Sánchez.^[3][4][5]

In March 2022, Martínez Círez won her first professional title in Marrakech, defeating German Chantal Sauvant 6–2, 6–0.^[6]

In July 2023, Martínez Círez won the Punta Cana tennis tournament in Dominican Republic, defeating Ekaterina Makarova. She subsequently entered qualification for a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2023 US Open.^[7] She was beaten by home player Ann Li in the first round of qualifying.^[8]

In January 2024, Martínez Círez played in the qualifying rounds for the 2024 Australian Open, where she was defeated by Polina Kudermetova.^[9] She reached the quarterfinals of the 2024 Zaragoza Open on the 2024 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. In April in qualifying for the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, she played Hungarian Anna Bondár and won in straight sets.^[10]

Martínez Círez was an awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open for her first WTA 1000 main draw match, losing to qualifier and fellow debutant Maya Joint in the first round in three sets.^[11][12] Martínez Círez also received a main draw wildcard for the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open but lost again in the first round.