Laura Pigossi

2013

Pigossi made her debut for Brazil in the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) and has a win–loss record of 9–9 in the competition as of September 2024.

2017

Partnering with Nadia Podoroska of Argentina, Pigossi reached the quarterfinals of the doubles draw at the Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco, where they were defeated by Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, the top seeds.^[8]

2019

In October in Lagos, Nigeria, Pigossi won two consecutive ITF doubles titles, her 35th and 36th titles, which helped her break into the top 150 of the world doubles rankings.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

2020–2021: Olympics doubles bronze medal, third longest game in history

In April 2021, Pigossi competed at the W25 event in Córdoba, and in her opening match she lost to Russian player Amina Anshba with scores of 7–5, 3–6, 7–5, in a contest that lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes, becoming the third-longest match in the history of professional women's tennis.^[13]

Pigossi is an Olympic bronze medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the doubles event. She and partne Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medallist Elena Vesnina to win the bronze medal. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis history, surpassing Fernando Meligeni's campaign that took 4th place in 1996.

The medal was one of the most unexpected: the Brazilians got an Olympic spot at the last minute, confirmed one week before the Games opened, with Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi only at No. 190. Although the Brazilian pair had lost in the only game they played together before, during the overall campaign they managed to save eight match points. In addition to the four in the bronze-medal match, they saved another four in the match against Czech duo Karolína Plíšková/Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16.^[14][15][16]

2022: Wimbledon debut, top 100, first WTA Tour final

In 2022, she played her first qualifying competition at a major at the Australian Open. ^[17] Pigossi had her first WTA Tour-level wins at Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, coming from the qualifying rounds and reaching the finals. The campaign in Bogotá included wins against Dayana Yastremska in the quarterfinals and top seed Camila Osorio in the semifinals before losing the final to Tatjana Maria.^[18][19] Consequently, Pigossi reached a new career-high of world No. 126 in the singles rankings on 11 April 2022. ^[20]

In May, she reached two second rounds at WTA 125-level in Saint-Malo^[21] and Karlsruhe^[22]. At the French Open, Pigossi made the qualifying draw as the 16th seed. ^{[citation needed]} In June, she made her major debut at Wimbledon.^[23] At the Guadalajara Open, she made her main-draw debut at the WTA 1000-level as a lucky loser.^[24]

2023–2024: Pan American gold, WTA 125 titles

She also made her debut at the main draw of the Australian Open as a lucky loser.^[25] In August, Pigossi won an 60k event in Feira de Santana, Brazil.^[26] During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Pigossi won both the women's singles and doubles, the first Brazilian to ever do so – as well as the third to medal in both events after Maria Bueno and Gisele Miró – and earning her a spot in the 2024 Olympics singles tournament.^[27] Pigossi earned her first WTA 125 singles title by winning the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires.^[28]

Pigossi started the 2024 season with a first-round loss at the Canberra International.^[29][30] In doubles, she partnered with Alexandra Eala and advanced to the semifinals where they lost in straight sets.^{[31][32][33][34][35]} She reached her second WTA 125 doubles final in San Luis Potosí with Polish partner Katarzyna Piter, but they withdrew on the day of the final due to Pigossi’s knee injury.^[36] At the Copa Colsanitas, Pigossi won her opening match against fifth seed Nadia Podoroska, before losing her next match to Irina Bara.^[37][38] She claimed her ninth ITF title at the W50 event in Pretoria, South Africa, defeating Hanne Vandewinkel in the final.^[39]

During the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup) qualifier against Germany in São Paulo in April 2024, Pigossi lost a three-set battle to Tatjana Maria, and withdrew from the following day’s match against Laura Siegemund due to pain.^[40][41] In May, she made her debut at the French Open, after qualifying for the main draw.^{[citation needed]} At the Olympics, she was defeated in her opening match by Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska.^[42][43] In front of her home crowd, Pigossi won the singles title of the W75 São Paulo tournament.^[44]

In November at the BJK Cup tie between Brazil and Argentina, Pigossi fell in three sets to Solana Sierra.^{[45][46][47][48]} She also lost her second match to Jazmín Ortenzi.^{[49][50][51][52][53][54]} Partnering Maja Chwalińska, Pigossi won the doubles title at the WTA 125 MundoTenis Open in December, defeating Nicole Fossa Huergo and Valeriya Strakhova in the final. This was her last tournament in the 2024 season and the first WTA 125 doubles title, her biggest achievement in doubles to date.^[55]

2025: First two WTA 250 doubles finals, top 80 on doubles, two WTA 125 doubles titles

Pigossi began the 2025 season at the Auckland Classic in New Zealand where she was defeated in the opening round of qualifying by Sachia Vickery.^[56][57] She then lost in the first round of the doubles draw at the same event.^[58] At the Australian Open, she won her first match in qualifying but lost her second.^{[59][60][61][62]}

In April, Pigossi participated in the 2025 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. In the singles draw, she had a three-set comeback victory against No. 5 seed Laura Siegemund but lost in the second round to Katarzyna Kawa, having been with a match point in the second set.^[63][64] In doubles, Pigossi and Irina Bara made the final losing there to Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina Bucșa in a tiebreak. This was Pigossi's first doubles final at the WTA 250-level and her biggest to date.^[65]

In the US Open qualifying, Pigossi lost to Emerson Jones in the second round.^[66]

Pigossi participated in the first edition of the SP Open, a WTA 250 in her hometown of São Paulo. Playing alongside Ingrid Martins, she was runner-up losing in three sets to Luisa Stefani and Tímea Babos in the doubles final.^[67][68] This was the first time that Pigossi reached a WTA Tour final on hardcourts in either singles or doubles. In the singles draw, she advanced to the round of 16 but lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia, in straight sets.^[69][70][71]

Then Pigossi returned to the Clube Paineiras do Morumby in São Paulo to defend her title at the São Paulo Torneio Internacional de Tênis Feminino's tournament, this time at the W35 level, and she defeated Carolina Alves in the final, in three sets and three hours and 48 minutes of play.^[72][73]

Again partnering with Martins, Pigossi went to play at two WTA 125 events in Brazil in the month of October. First they played at the first edition of Martins' hometown tournament, the Rio Ladies Open. Martins and Pigossi reached the semifinals but were defeated by Leyre Romero Gormaz and Tara Würth, in straight sets. Pigossi lost her singles match to Julia Grabher in straight sets.

The following week they played at the 2025 MundoTenis Open in Florianópolis, where they lost in the second round to Irene Burillo and Ekaterine Gorgodze, in three sets.^[74][75] In singles, Pigossi reached the round of 16 and lost to Alice Ramé in two sets.^[76]

Pigossi then played at two more WTA 125 tournaments in South America. First in Cali, Colombia, she reached the singles round of 16 but lost in straight sets to Sára Bejlek.^[77] In the doubles draw, partnering with fellow Brazilian Ana Candiotto, she won the final against Ekaterine Gorgodze and Nicole Fossa Huergo in straight sets. This was the second WTA 125 doubles title for Pigossi.^[78]

In the first edition of the WTA 125 Tucumán Open in Argentina, she lost to Carla Markus of Argentina in straight sets in the first round.^[79] Partnering with French player Carole Monnet, she reached the semifinals where they lost to Valeriya Strakhova and Alicia Herrero Linana in three sets.^[80]

Then, Pigossi went to Hobart, Australia to join the Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team, competing in the BJK Cup play-offs. On the first day, Pigossi faced Portugal’s Francisca Jorge (world No. 202) and won in straight sets. With Brazil’s victory already secured, the tie was concluded at 3–0 following a doubles victory by Luisa Stefani and Ingrid Martins, who defeated Inês Murta and Angelina Voloshchuk in three sets.^[81] On the second day, she faced Australian Maya Joint in the second match of the tie. Pigossi took the first set 6–2, but the match was interrupted for nearly two hours due to heavy rain in Hobart. After the resumption of the second set, Pigossi led by a break and even held a match point, but she was broken while serving for the match. From that moment, Joint took control of the match, defeating Pigossi in two hours and six minutes, securing Australia’s qualification for the 2026 Qualifying Round.^[82]

Then, Pigossi went to Colina, Chile to play there at the WTA 125 tournament. She reached the round of 16 in singles and was defeated by third seed Léolia Jeanjean in three sets.^[83] In doubles, alongside Alicia Herrero, she reached the semifinals, losing to María Lourdes Carlé and Sara Sorribes in two sets.^[84][85]

Pigossi then went to Buenos Aires for the WTA 125 Argentina Open. In singles, she lost in the first round in two sets againts Varvara Lepchenko.^[86] Alongside Alicia Herrero, she beat Nicole Fossa Huergo and Laura Samson in two sets in the final, securing her third WTA 125 title in doubles.^[87]

Her last tournament of the season was the WTA 125 in Quito, Ecuador. In the singles draw, Pigossi reached the round of 16, but was defeated by Slovenian Veronika Erjavec, fifth seed in the tournament, in two sets.^[88] In doubles, she played alongside Herrero, entering directly the quarterfinals and being defeated by Ecuadorians Mell Reasco and Camila Romero in two sets that both went to tie-breaks.^[89]

Pigossi ended the season as the world No. 80 in doubles, her highest ranking to date.^[88]

2026: Fourth WTA 125 title on doubles; first Australian Open and French Open on doubles

At the 2026 ASB Classic, ranked world No. 201, Pigossi began her season in the qualifying draw, but was defeated in the first round by Austria’s 17-year-old Lilli Tagger (world No. 135). Pigossi lost in three sets in a match lasting 2 hours and 35 minutes.^[90]

After losing in the singles qualifying for the 2026 Australian Open^[91], Pigossi entered the doubles draw as an alternate, this being the first participation in a major doubles tournament in her career. She played alongside Sára Bejlek, and they lost in the first round to Jesika Malečková and Miriam Škoch in two sets.^[92][93]

Also at Melbourne, Pigossi participated in the exhibition event 1 Point Slam, where she lost her first match to eventual champion, amateur tennis player Jordan Smith.^{[94][95][96][97]}

In May 2026, Pigossi played at the WTA 125 Istanbul Open. In the singles draw, she reached the quarterfinals losing there to Guiomar Maristany, in straight sets.

In the doubles draw alongside Maria Kozyreva, she won the title by defeating Makoto Ninomiya and Anastasia Detiuc in three sets in the final.^[98] It was Pigossi’s fourth doubles title at a WTA 125 event, achieved by winning her fourth consecutive doubles final at this level.^[98]

At the 2026 French Open, Pigossi again lost in the first round of the singles qualifying draw.^[99][100] Then, Pigossi entered the doubles draw as an alternate, this being her first participation in doubles at this tournament.^[101] However, she and Alycia Parks lost in the first round to Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai, in three sets.