María Lourdes Carlé
Argentine tennis player (born 2000)
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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 best doubles ranking of 124, achieved on 11 November 2024.
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ArgentinaCarlé at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Tandil, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 2000 Daireaux, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Matias Caceres | |||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 1,219,580 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 320–186 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA 125 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 71 (6 May 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 158 (12 January 2026) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2024, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 115–74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 WTA 125 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 124 (11 November 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 256 (17 November 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 2R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 8–4 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 19 November 2025. | ||||||||||||||||||
Carlé has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won thirteen singles 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 draw at the same tournament with Despina Papamichail, defeating María Paulina Pérez 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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 Chile losing there to Nina Stojanović in three sets.[14]
2025: First WTA doubles final and singles quarterfinal
Partnering Simona Waltert, Carlé made it into her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Iași Open, but they lost to Veronika Erjavec and Panna Udvardy in straight sets.[15] At the same tournament, she also reached the singles quarterfinals for the first time at a WTA Tour event, defeating wildcard entrant Patricia Maria Țig[16] and top seed Elina Avanesyan,[17] before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the last eight.[18]
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2023 French Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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| 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 Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2025 | Iași Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Clay |  Simona Waltert |
 Veronika Erjavec  Panna Udvardy |
5–7, 3–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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] |
| Win | 4–3 | Nov 2025 | Colina Challenger, Chile | Clay | Sara Sorribes Tormo |
 Léolia Jeanjean  Valeriya Strakhova |
6–2, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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] |
Billie Jean King Cup
Singles (4–2)
| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- 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.
