Luisa Stefani

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Luisa Veras Stefani[a] (born 9 August 1997) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who specializes in doubles. Stefani is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA top 10 in the Open era. This milestone for Brazilian tennis was hit on 1 November 2021, when she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a singles ranking of No. 431. She had an ITF combined junior ranking of No. 10, in March 2015.[3]

FullnameLuisa Veras Stefani
Country(sports) Brazil
ResidenceSão Paulo, Brazil
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 28)
São Paulo, Brazil
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Luisa Stefani
Stefani at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Full nameLuisa Veras Stefani
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceSão Paulo, Brazil
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 28)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachGuilherme Pachane[1]
Prize moneyUS$ 2,467,710
Singles
Career record85–66
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 431 (20 May 2019)
Doubles
Career record323–141
Career titles15
Highest rankingNo. 9 (1 November 2021)[2]
Current rankingNo. 9 (25 May 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2026)
French OpenSF (2026)
WimbledonQF (2023, 2025)
US OpenSF (2021, 2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2023)
French OpenQF (2023)
WimbledonF (2025)
US Open1R (2021, 2023, 2024)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–2
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoDoubles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoDoubles
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaDoubles
Last updated on: 1 June 2026.
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Stefani won the mixed-doubles competition at the 2023 Australian Open with Rafael Matos, becoming the first all Brazilian pair to win a major title. With that, Stefani also became the second Brazilian woman to win any major title—after Maria Bueno—and the first Brazilian woman ever to win a mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. She is also one of two Brazilians to win an Olympic medal for tennis, partnering Laura Pigossi at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to win bronze in women's doubles.

Juniors and college years

Stefani started playing tennis at age 10, enrolled by her mother who had taken tennis lessons to improve her Frescobol skills. Stefani enjoyed it so much that she wanted to play more and more, until she decided to pursue a professional career in the sport.

At the age of 14, Stefani's family moved to the United States, where it was hoped she would develop herself better in tennis. She started training at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy,[4] and competed in the main draws of all four junior Grand Slams, eventually reaching two junior Grand Slam semifinals in doubles: the 2014 French Open and the 2015 US Open. As she attended Pepperdine University, with a college scholarship, Stefani studied advertising before pausing her academic program. In the Intercollegiate Tennis tour Stefani played for the Pepperdine Waves team, ranked as high as No. 2 in the ITA rankings, and was also named the 2015 ITA National Rookie of the Year, having compiled a 40–6 record in her freshman season and reached the semifinals of the 2016 NCAA Singles Championships, where she lost to eventual champion Danielle Collins.[5]

Stefani attained a career-high ranking of world No. 10 on the ITF Junior Circuit.[6][7][8]

Professional

2015

Stefani made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup where she received a singles main-draw wildcard.[3]

2019

Stefani at the 2019 French Open.

Until 2019, Stefani tried to play both singles and doubles. The doubles kept being more productive, and once an invitation to make her tour debut at the 2019 Monterrey Open with Giuliana Olmos led to the semifinals and a ranking increase, she decided to stop playing singles to have more chances at appearing in bigger events. Soon afterward, Stefani made her major main-draw debut at French Open, partnering Australian Astra Sharma in doubles.[4]

In September, with Hayley Carter as partner, she reached the first WTA Tour doubles final at the Korea Open and, the following week, won the first career title at the Tashkent Open. With these campaigns, she entered the top 100 and reached a career-high ranking in doubles of No. 75 on 21 October 2019. After that, Stefani established a fixed partnership with Carter.

At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Luisa won a bronze medal alongside Carolina Alves.[9][10][11][12]

Stefani and Carolina Alves at the 2019 Pan American Games medal ceremony.

2020

In 2020, the Stefani/Carter duo reached the Australian Open third round, won the Challenger Series title in Newport, reached the Dubai quarterfinals in February, and won the Lexington Open in August. With that, they entered the top 40 for the first time.[13][14]

At the US Open, she had her best Grand Slam campaign in her career, reaching the quarterfinals, defeating the No. 6 seeds Japan duo Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara in the round of 16.[15] It had been 38 years since a female doubles player from Brazil had gone as far in a Grand Slam tournament (the last time that Brazilians were in the quarterfinals was in Wimbledon in 1982: Patricia Medrado and Cláudia Monteiro).[16]

At the Italian Open, she reached the semifinals, losing only to the top seeds.[17] In October, she entered her first Premier final in Ostrava, playing with Gabriela Dabrowski.[18]

2021: Olympic doubles bronze, No. 9, injury

Stefani and Laura Pigossi on the podium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Stefani and Carter reached their first WTA 1000 final at the 2021 Miami Open. Stefani had to pass on the French Open, after being forced to endure an emergency appendicitis surgery. With Carter getting a season-ending injury at Wimbledon, Stefani announced she would spend the rest of the year with Gabriela Dabrowski.[5]

At the postponed Tokyo Olympics, Stefani won a bronze medal, partnering Laura Pigossi. Stefani and Pigossi were only granted entry to the Olympics one week before the 2020 Games opened, with Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles rankings and Pigossi at No. 190, and had only played together once previously—a defeat at the 2020 Fed Cup. Saving four match points against Czech players Karolína Plíšková and Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16,[19][20] they beat Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medalist Elena Vesnina after saving four match points in the final super tiebreak.[21] Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians in history to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis.[22]

Stefani at Tokyo, 2020

Following the Olympics, seeded fifth, Stefani won her first WTA 1000, partnering Dabrowski, at the Canadian Open avenging their loss in the Silicon Valley Classic final to Darija Jurak and Andreja Klepač.[23] The following week, they followed this successful run by another, reaching the WTA 1000 final at the Cincinnati Open by defeating current Olympic champions, second seeded pair of Krejciková and Siniaková. They lost the final to Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai.[24]

The US Open had Stefani reaching her first major semifinal and fifth straight in 2021, partnering with Gabriela Dabrowski, only to injure her knee in the decisive game against Coco Gauff and Caty McNally and withdraw.[25] Stefani had to sit out the rest of the season following surgery to mend the anterior cruciate ligament injury.[26] Still in November, she rose to No. 9 of the doubles rankings. The only other Brazilian woman to rank so high was Maria Bueno before the Open era.[2][27]

During her rehabilitation, Stefani met Guilherme Pachane, a former Brazilian college tennis player who was transitioning to the professional tour. He would later become her boyfriend and eventually take on the role of her head coach, first working alongside Leo Azevedo and later assuming the position on his own.[28][29]

2022: Guadalajara doubles title, doubles top 50

After nearly a year of recovering from her knee injury, Stefani announced her return to play at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September, partnered with Ena Shibahara.[30] Before that, she visited the US Open to train among the WTA's best players.[30] During the major event, she arranged with Dabrowski for both to play the Chennai Open the week before Tokyo.[31] Stefani returned to the courts winning the WTA 250 title in Chennai along with Dabrowski.[32][33]

Ranked No. 217 at the WTA 1000 in Guadalajara, playing with Storm Sanders, she reached an unprecedented Brazilian final at the WTA 1000 level with Beatriz Haddad Maia. Stefani and Sanders won the title in a highly contested match in the tie-breaker.[34] As a result, she returned to the top 100 moving more than 160 positions up to a year-end ranking of No. 55.[citation needed]

Partnering Ingrid Martins, Stefani won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Montevideo Open, defeating Quinn Gleason and Elixane Lechemia in the final.[35] She closed the season at No. 48.[36]

2023: Mixed-doubles title, doubles top 10

Stefani announced she would play the 2023 Australian Open with Caty McNally,[37] but withdrew without playing a game once McNally injured herself in the singles tournament.[38] Before that, she got together with McNally's former partner Taylor Townsend at the WTA 500 in Adelaide, where she won the tournament, rising to No. 34 in the world.[39]

Also during the Australian Open, Stefani and Brazilian partner Rafael Matos were crowned champions, after defeating the Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in straight sets.[40] The two became the first all Brazilian pair to win a major, with Stefani herself becoming the second Brazilian woman to ever win any major title.[41]

Along with Zhang Shuai, Stefani won the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi, returning to the top 30 in doubles.[42] Following two first-round exits, partnering with Anna Danilina, Stefani announced she would reunite with Dabrowski in the following two tournaments.[43] The duo then reached the quarterfinals in Indian Wells,[44] but fell in the first round of the Miami Open.[45] Stefani and Dabrowski also reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open, and the third round at Roland Garros.[46] Afterwards they decided to part ways, with Stefani stating she was frustrated with the low results.[47]

Later, playing with Caroline Garcia, Stefani won her first WTA Tour title on grass at the WTA 500 in Berlin, with this reaching No. 14 in the WTA doubles rankings.[48] Still with Garcia, Stefani reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, along the way defeating sixth seeds Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend, and former doubles world No. 1, Tímea Babos (who played alongside Kirsten Flipkens), before losing to the eventual champions, Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová.[49]

Stefani made the Cincinnati quarterfinals, partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,[50] and upon her return to the US Open, alongside Jennifer Brady, repeated the semifinal that preceded her injury. With that, she returned to the top 10.[51] At the China Open, she reached the semifinals playing with compatriot Ingrid Martins, defeating en route second seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, and then eighth seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva, avenging her loss at the US Open.[52][53]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, Stefani and Laura Pigossi won the doubles gold medal.[54] Both having to play two finals on the same day, after winning gold in men's and women's doubles, Stefani and Marcelo Demoliner went to the mixed-doubles final and obtained another medal, now a silver.[55]

2024: Third WTA 1000 doubles title

Stefani reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open playing with Demi Schuurs, this being her best campaign in this tournament to date.[56] At the Abu Dhabi Open, she partnered with Beatriz Haddad Maia, with whom she had won two ITF tournaments in 2019, serving as preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics given they had the rankings to play the doubles tournament together.[57] They reached the semifinals but had to pull out of the decisive game once Haddad injured herself in the singles semifinal.[58]

At the Qatar Ladies Open, Stefani and Schuurs became tournament champions without losing a single set. It was the third WTA 1000 title in Stefani's career.[59][60] The duo withdrew without playing in the French Open due to Schuurs feeling back pain,[61] and fell in the first round of Wimbledon.[62] Stefani's return to the Olympics was also short-lived, an opening round loss in the mixed doubles partnering Thiago Seyboth Wild,[63] and a defeat in round 2 in the women's doubles alongside Haddad.[64]

In the US Open, Stefani and Schuurs were quarterfinalists.[65] In October, after falling in round one of the Wuhan Open,[66] even if the pair was still in the chase for the 2024 WTA Finals, Stefani declared she was ending her season sooner due to knee pain.[67]

Because of this, Brazil's team for the Billie Jean King Cup November's matches was announced without Stefani. The team selection included Luiza Fullana in her place.[68]

Also in October, Stefani interrupted her vacation and her knee treatment to join the WTA Finals as an alternate player. Originally on a break, Stefani was called to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to serve as an alternate with Demi Schuurs, ready to participate if needed in the doubles competition.[69]

In late November 2024, Luisa Stefani underwent knee surgery. The procedure was successful, and her recovery period was estimated to be only one month, allowing her to return to the courts in January 2025.[70][71][72]

While recovering, Stefani co-organized the "Torneio de Duplas Luisa Stefani e Carlos Omaki" in Cotia, São Paulo, held at the end of November 2024. The tournament aimed to promote doubles tennis in Brazil and was deemed a success.[73][74]

2025: Doubles: Wimbledon and year-end finals

Luisa Stefani began her 2025 season confident in her recovery and aiming for strong results.[75] She signed a sponsorship deal with the Brazilian sportswear company Slyce, expressing enthusiasm about wearing and representing a local brand. She debuted the Slyce uniform at the Australian Open.[76][77]

Although she was part of the Brazilian team at the United Cup in Perth, Stefani did not play in any of the matches. The Brazilian team was not able to win any of their matches and was eliminated in the group stage.[78][79][80][81] At the Australian Open, Stefani partnered with American tennis player Peyton Stearns. In the first round of the doubles competition, they faced Ingrid Martins and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu,[82][83] beating them in straight sets.[84][85][86] This was the first match in the 2025 season for Stefani and also her first one in four months.

In their second-round match, Stefani and Stearns faced Zhang Shuai and Kristina Mladenovic, and lost in straight sets. This was the first time Stefani did not play in the Australian Open mixed doubles draw since her 2021 injury.[87][88][89]

In her next tournament, the 2025 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Stefani was scheduled to play alongside fellow Brazilian Ingrid Martins but with a strong entry list, they would be alternates. Because of that, Stefani changed her partner in the last minute and played with Tímea Babos]]. This was the first time they played together. Babos and Stefani won in the semifinal by beating the top-seeded pair of Zhang Shuai and Kateřina Siniaková.[90]

The Brazilian-Hungarian pair won the title in a comeback victory and defeating the Ukrainian twin sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok in the final, which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[91][92] This was Stefani's ninth final and ninth consecutive title since she returned from her injury in the 2021 US Open. The WTA 500 title in Linz was her tenth career title and her fourth in a WTA 500 tournament.[93][94]

Next, Stefani played at the three middle eastern WTA tournaments, first at the Abu Dhabi Open where she participated alongside Heather Watson and together they advanced to the quarterfinals in which they faced Zhang Shuai and Kristina Mladenovic and lost in the decider.[95]

At the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha, Stefani played with Peyton Stearns once again. In this tournament they advanced to the round of 16 and lost in two sets against Veronika Kudermetova and Chan Hao-ching. Because of that, Stefani was unable to defend her title that she had won playing with Demi Schuurs in 2024.[96]

Last, Stefani formed a partnership with former world No. 1 and Grand Slam champion, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, to play at the Dubai Championships in which they reached the quarterfinals but lost to Jeļena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei.[97][98]

Stefani then went to play at the Indian Wells Open, where she formed a first time partnership with Leylah Fernandez. They stopped at the first round facing and losing to Gabriela Dabrowski, Stefani's former doubles partner, and Erin Routliffe in the decider.[99]

In the next week, Stefani was called once again to join the Time Brasil BRB, Brazil's team for the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup). This was the first time she was chosen to be in the team since the first semester of 2024, at the tie against Germany.[100]

Then, Stefani announced that she would resume her partnership with Babos, which would initially continue until the end of the clay court season. First they played at the Miami Open and reached the round of 16, losing to Zhang Shuai and Elise Mertens in straight sets.[101]

Then Stefani went to Ostrava for the BJK Cup, in which she played two matches, first with Haddad Maia, in which they faced Czech players Tereza Valentová and Linda Nosková, winning in straight sets, and next alongside Laura Pigossi, facing the Spaniards Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina Bucsa, losing in straight sets.[102][103]

Continuing her partnership with Babos, they played at the WTA 500 Stuttgart Open. They advanced to the semifinals but lost to Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, the top-seeded pair of the tournament, in three sets. Next, they played two WTA 1000 tournaments: first in Madrid, where they lost on the first round to Eri Hozumi and Ulrikke Eikeri, then they went to Rome and also lost in the first round, both in straight sets, this time playing against Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens.

After that, Stefani and Babos made their best performance on clay, winning their second title together at the WTA 500 event in Strasbourg. They overcame Guo Hanyu and Nicole Melichar-Martinez in the final, in three sets. This was Stefani's fifth WTA 500 title, her 11th WTA title in general and the first on clay. This was also the first time Stefani won a title with the same partner, since she returned from her injury at the 2021 US Open.[104]

At Wimbledon, she reached the quarterfinals of the ladies’ doubles, alongside Babos, and reached the final in mixed doubles, partnering Joe Salisbury, marking the first Brazilian to get that stage of the tournament since Maria Bueno 58 years prior and the second ever in history.[105] They lost the championship match to Sem Verbeek and Kateřina Siniaková. Stefani and Salisbury had previously only played one tournament together, at the 2023 US Open.

In September, Stefani participated in the first edition of the SP Open, a WTA 250 in her hometown of São Paulo. Once again playing alongside Babos, she was the champion, winning in three sets against compatriots Laura Pigossi and Ingrid Martins at the final, losing only one set through the campaign.[106][107]

Then Stefani and Babos went to play at the Asian hard courts tournaments. At the China Open at Beijing they reached the quarterfinals before losing in two sets to Miyu Kato and Fanny Stollár.

At the Wuhan Open they stopped at the round of 16 where they lost to Iva Jovic and Giuliana Olmos, in three sets.

At the Ningbo International Open they were runner-ups and lost to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova at the final.[108][109] By reaching the final, Babos and Stefani got the remaining points they needed to qualify for the WTA Finals at the seventh position.[110][111] This was the first time Stefani qualified for the WTA Finals and the second time ever for a Brazilian.

Lastly, Babos and Stefani got to be the champions of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, beating Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunić in straight sets at the final, securing their fourth title together in their fifth final.[112]

In October, Stefani and Babos were selected to be in a poll on WTA's Instagram account for the “Shot of the month” with a no-look backhand shot from Stefani at the opening set of the doubles final in Ningbo. They won the poll by being the most voted by the public.[113]

At the WTA Finals, Babos and Stefani started in the Liezel Huber Group.[114][115] They finished the round-robin stage as the second best team, after losing in three sets to Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková in the first match,[116] winning against Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shneider in three sets in the second match and finally winning against Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, in three sets.[117] Those results made Stefani to become the first ever Brazilian player in history to go beyond the WTA Finals' round-robin stage and reach the semifinals.[118][119] In the semifinals, they beat Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko in two sets.[120] Thus Stefani became the first Brazilian to reach the WTA Finals final. However, they were defeated by Mertens and Kudermetova in two sets.[121][122]

Stefani finished the 2025 season as No. 14 in the doubles ranking, making a return to the top 15.

In the next week Stefani joined the Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team, the Time Brasil BRB, for the playoffs of the BJK Cup against Portugal and Australia, in the Australian city of Hobart. Stefani played in the final match of the tie against Portugal alongside Ingrid Martins. They faced Inês Murta and Angelina Voloshchuk, securing a three set win to help Brazil finish the tie with only wins.[123] Brazil then went to lose against Australia and was knocked back to the zonal group.[124]

In December, Stefani and Babos were selected to be in a poll on WTA's Instagram account for the “Shot of the year” with that same October winner point of a no-look backhand shot from Stefani at the opening set of the doubles final in Ningbo.[125]

2026: Fourth WTA 1000 title, back with Dabrowski and back in the top 10

In November 2025, Stefani announced that she would return to play alongside Dabrowski after almost three years since their last match together, initially to participate at the Adelaide International.[126][127]

Despite this, Stefani and Dabrowski did not compete in the Adelaide WTA tournament together, as Dabrowski suffered a foot injury on the pre-season and chose not to participate, in order to recover for the Australian Open. Instead, Stefani played alongside Marie Bouzková.

Stefani and Bouzková won their opening match in two sets against Ulrikke Eikeri and Ingrid Neel, but withdrew from the second round due to Bouzková not feeling well.

At the Australian Open Stefani started by playing in the exhibition event Mixed doubles showdown, in which she played alongside Salvadoran Marcelo Arevalo. They were defeated in the final by Australians Ellen Perez and Nick Kyrgios, with a score of 10/9.[128]

Stefani played at the Australian Open's mixed doubles draw alongside Marcelo Arevalo and together they reached the semifinals where they were defeated in three sets by the French pair of Manuel Guinard and Kristina Mladenovic.[129]

Stefani and Dabrowski resumed their partnership at the women's doubles draw of the Australian Open in which they reached the semifinal and were defeated in three sets by Danilina and Krunić.[130][131]

Next, Stefani and Drabrowski went to play at the Middle Eastern Swing, first at the Qatar Open, where they also reached the semifinals and also lost to Danilina and Krunić, this time in two sets.[132]

Ending their campaign at the Middle Eastern Swing, Stefani and Dabrowski played at the Abu Dhabi Open in which they won the third title of their partnership, their first since 2022 and their second on the WTA 1000 level, by defeating Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in two sets at the final.[133]

This was the fourteenth title of Stefani's career on WTA tour tournaments and her fourth on the WTA 1000 level.

After that, they were among the players featured in the fan vote for “Star of the Swing”, for the Middle Eastern Swing, on the WTA Unlocked at the WTA's website, but they did not win the fan poll.[134]

At the Sunshine swing, Stefani started by playing at the Indian Wells Open with Dabrowski, in which they reached the quarterfinal but were defeated in three sets to Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.

Stefani also participated at the invitational mixed doubles draw of the Indian Wells Open, where she once again played alongside Arevalo, this time seeded No. 3.[135]

Stefani and Arevalo ended their participation at the invitational mixed doubles draw of the Indian Wells Open with a defeat at the quarterfinals in two sets, against the Greek pair of Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas.[136]

After that, Stefani and Dabrowski played at the Miami Open and reached their fourth semifinal of the season in five tournaments overall. They were defeated by Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in three sets.[137][138]

Then, citing a discomfort on her foot, Stefani decided to withdraw from the 2026 Madrid Open [139] and not to join the Brazilian team at the Billie Jean King Cup, that was scheduled to play at the Americas Zone stage.[140][141] She also did not participate in any of the other tournaments until the Italian Open in Rome.

Stefani and Dabrowski came back at the Italian Open[142], but they ended up losing at their first round match against Alexandra Panova and Marie Bouzková, in three sets.[143]

Stefani and Dabrowski played next at Strasbourg, where they won the title defeating Quinn Gleason and Ulrikke Eikeri in straight sets in the final.[144]

It was their fourth title playing together, the second on 2026, and the very first on clay.[144]

For the first time in her career, Luisa Stefani successfully defended a tour title, which also marked the first time she won the same WTA Tour tournament for a second time.[145][146][147]

It was the 15th WTA tour title for Stefani.[148]

Personal life

Stefani has described herself as a fan of the television series Ted Lasso, particularly the character Roy Kent, and has expressed a desire to meet the cast.[149]

Since 2022, Stefani has been in a relationship with Guilherme Pachane, a former Brazilian collegiate tennis player, who has also served as her coach since 2024.[28][29]

Luisa Stefani has two tattoos on the back of her arms. On her left arm, she bears a depiction of the Olympic rings, made shortly after she won the bronze medal with Laura Pigossi at the 2020 Olympics.[150]

On her right arm, she has a tattoo of the three letters “F”, representing the Portuguese phrase “Foco, força e fé” (translated as “Focus, strength and faith”). The phrase was a personal mantra shared by her late maternal grandfather, Airton, who would repeat it before and after her matches. Stefani had the tattoo done shortly after winning the mixed doubles title at the 2023 Australian Open and, according to Stefani, it was a way to honor her grandfather, whom she considers her greatest role model.[151]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles

Current through the 2026 Dubai Open.

More information Tournament, ... ...
Tournament 2015 2016 ... 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 3R 3R A A QF 2R SF 0 / 5 12–5 71%
French Open A A 1R 3R A A 3R A 3R 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Wimbledon A A A NH 1R A QF 1R QF 0 / 4 6–4 60%
US Open A A A QF SF A SF QF QF 0 / 5 17–5 77%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 7–3 6–3 0–0 9–3 6–3 9–4 4-1 0 / 17 41–18 69%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals DNQ A DNQ F 0 / 1 3–2 60%
National representation
Olympic Games NH A NH SF-B NH 2R[152] NH 0 / 2 5–2 71%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A A 1R QF A 1R 1R QF W 1 / 6 9–5 64%
Indian Wells Open A A A NH A A QF QF 1R QF 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Miami Open A A A NH F A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Madrid Open A A A NH 1R A QF 2R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Italian Open A A A SF 2R A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Canadian Open A A A NH W A 2R 1R 2R 1 / 4 6–3 67%
Cincinnati Open A A A 2R F A QF QF 2R 0 / 5 10–5 67%
Guadalajara Open NH W 2R NMS A 1 / 2 5–1 83%
Wuhan Open A A NH 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
China Open A A A NH SF 1R QF 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Career statistics
2015 2016 ... 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 8 12 17 2 10 18 16 4 Career total: 89
Titles 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 Career total: 11
Finals 0 0 2 3 6 2 2 1 2 1 Career total: 19
Overall win-loss 0–1 1–1 14–7 21–12 37–17 9–1 14–7 23-16 23-14 13-3 8 / 46 109–49 69%
Win % 0% 50% 67% 64% 69% 90% 67% 56% 62% 80% Career total: 69%
Year-end ranking 1136 322 75 33 10 55 18 28 14 $2,238,035
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Mixed doubles

More information Tournament, SR ...
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A W 1R A 1 / 3 6–2 75%
French Open A A QF A R2 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon 2R A 1R 1R F 0 / 4 5–4 56%
US Open 1R A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 2–3 0–0 7–1 0–3 5–2 1 / 12 14–11 56%
National representation
Olympic Games 1R NH 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
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Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard Brazil Rafael Matos India Sania Mirza
India Rohan Bopanna
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 2025 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Netherlands Sem Verbeek
6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
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Other significant finals

Summer Olympics

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

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Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2021 Tokyo Olympics Hard Brazil Laura Pigossi Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Russia Elena Vesnina
4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
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Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2025 WTA Finals, Saudi Arabia Hard (i) Hungary Tímea Babos Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens
6–7(4–7), 1–6
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WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2021 Miami Open Hard United States Hayley Carter Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
2–6, 5–7
Win 2021 Canadian Open Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2021 Cincinnati Open Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
5–7, 3–6
Win 2022 Guadalajara Open Hard Australia Storm Sanders Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Win 2024 Qatar Ladies Open Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs United States Caroline Dolehide
United States Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
Win 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Germany Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva
6–1, 6–3
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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 25 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Legend
WTA Finals (0–1)
WTA 1000 (4–2)
WTA 500 (7–5)
WTA 250 (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (12–9)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (14–8)
Indoors (1–2)
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More information Result, W–L ...
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 Korea Open, South Korea International[c] Hard United States Hayley Carter Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Germany Tatjana Maria
6–7(7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard United States Hayley Carter Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
United States Sabrina Santamaria
6–3, 7–6(4)
Win 2–1 Aug 2020 Lexington Challenger, United States International Hard United States Hayley Carter Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
6–1, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Sep 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay United States Hayley Carter United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2020 Ostrava Open, Czech Republic Premier[d] Hard (i) Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, UAE WTA 500 Hard United States Hayley Carter Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2021 Adelaide International, Australia WTA 500 Hard United States Hayley Carter Chile Alexa Guarachi
United States Desirae Krawczyk
7–6(4), 4–6, [3–10]
Loss 2–6 Apr 2021 Miami Open, United States WTA 1000 Hard United States Hayley Carter Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
2–6, 5–7
Loss 2–7 Aug 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, United States WTA 500 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
1–6, 5–7
Win 3–7 Aug 2021 Canadian Open, Canada WTA 1000 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–8 Aug 2021 Cincinnati Open, United States WTA 1000 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–8 Sep 2022 Chennai Open, India WTA 250 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Blinkova
Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze
6–1, 6–2
Win 5–8 Oct 2022 Guadalajara Open, Mexico WTA 1000 Hard Australia Storm Sanders Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Win 6–8 Jan 2023 Adelaide International, Australia WTA 500 Hard United States Taylor Townsend Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 7–8 Feb 2023 Abu Dhabi Open, UAE WTA 500 Hard China Zhang Shuai Japan Shuko Aoyama
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 8–8 Jun 2023 Berlin Open, Germany WTA 500 Grass France Caroline Garcia Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–4]
Win 9–8 Feb 2024 Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar WTA 1000 Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs United States Caroline Dolehide
United States Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
Win 10–8 Jan 2025 Linz Open, Austria WTA 500 Hard (i) Hungary Tímea Babos Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win 11–8 May 2025 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 500 Clay Hungary Tímea Babos United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
China Guo Hanyu
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Win 12–8 Sep 2025 SP Open, Brazil WTA 250 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos Brazil Laura Pigossi
Brazil Ingrid Martins
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 12–9 Oct 2025 Ningbo Open, China WTA 500 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Liudmila Samsonova
7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 13–9 Oct 2025 Pan Pacific Open, Japan WTA 500 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
6–1, 6–4
Loss 13–10 Nov 2025 WTA Finals,
Saudi Arabia
Finals Hard (i) Hungary Tímea Babos Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens
6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 14–10 Feb 2026 Dubai Open, United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Germany Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva
6–1, 6–3
Win 15–10 May 2026 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 500 Clay Canada Gabriela Dabrowski United States Quinn Gleason
Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
7–5, 6–4
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WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

More information Result, W–L ...
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2019 Houston Challenger,
United States
Hard Australia Ellen Perez Canada Sharon Fichman
Japan Ena Shibahara
1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 Newport Beach Challenger,
United States
Hard United States Hayley Carter Belgium Marie Benoît
France Jessika Ponchet
6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–1 May 2021 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay United States Hayley Carter United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win 3–1 Nov 2022 Montevideo Open, Uruguay Clay Brazil Ingrid Martins United States Quinn Gleason
France Elixane Lechemia
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
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ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 22 (15 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (3–2)
$25,000 tournaments (8–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–1)
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More information Result, W–L ...
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 10,000 Clay Brazil Nathália Rossi Brazil Laura Pigossi
Argentina Carolina Zeballos
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2016 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves Brazil Ingrid Martins
Brazil Laura Pigossi
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Sep 2016 Atlanta Open, US 50,000 Hard United States Ingrid Neel United States Alexandra Stevenson
United States Taylor Townsend
4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2017 ITF Sumter, US 25,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez United States Kaitlyn Christian
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 2–3 Jun 2017 ITF Baton Rouge, US 25,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez United States Francesca Di Lorenzo
United States Julia Elbaba
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Jul 2017 ITF Auburn, US 25,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez United States Emina Bektas
Chile Alexa Guarachi
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 3–4 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay United States Quinn Gleason Switzerland Leonie Küng
Belgium Axana Mareen
6–4, 7–5
Win 4–4 Jul 2017 ITF Brussels, Belgium 15,000 Clay United States Quinn Gleason Belgium Deborah Kerfs
France Priscilla Heise
6–3, 6–2
Win 5–4 Aug 2017 ITF El Espinar, Spain 25,000 Hard United States Quinn Gleason Turkey Ayla Aksu
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
6–3, 6–2
Win 6–4 Oct 2017 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Win 7–4 Nov 2017 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain 25,000 Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa Serbia Olga Danilović
Spain Guiomar Maristany
6–1, 6–4
Win 8–4 Dec 2017 ITF Castellón, Spain 15,000 Clay Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers China Ren Jiaqi
China Wang Xiyu
6–3, 6–1
Win 9–4 Jun 2018 ITF Sumter, US 25,000 Hard Australia Astra Sharma United States Julia Elbaba
China Xu Shilin
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 9–5 Sep 2018 Templeton Pro Open, US 60,000 Hard United States Quinn Gleason United States Asia Muhammad
United States Maria Sanchez
7–6(4), 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 9–6 Oct 2018 Stockton Challenger, US 60,000 Hard United States Quinn Gleason United States Hayley Carter
United States Ena Shibahara
5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 10–6 Nov 2018 Copa Colina, Chile 60,000 Clay United States Quinn Gleason Chile Bárbara Gatica
Brazil Rebeca Pereira
6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 11–6 Jan 2019 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe 25,000 Hard United States Quinn Gleason Montenegro Vladica Babić
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
7–5, 6–4
Win 12–6 Mar 2019 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves Italy Martina di Giuseppe
Brazil Thaisa Grana Pedretti
6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8]
Win 13–6 Mar 2019 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Chile Daniela Seguel
6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2]
Loss 13–7 May 2019 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 80,000 Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Russia Anna Blinkova
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
6–4, 2–6, [12–14]
Win 14–7 Jun 2019 Ilkley Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Australia Ellen Perez
Australia Arina Rodionova
6–4, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Win 15–7 Nov 2019 Copa Colina, Chile (2) 60,000 Clay United States Hayley Carter Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Switzerland Conny Perrin
5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
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Awards

2021

Notes

  1. Portuguese: [luˈizɐ ˈvɛɾas steˈfɐni]
  2. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha from 2012 to 2014. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status, while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  4. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

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