Matilde Jorge

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]

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]

Playing alongside Sofia Costoulas, Jorge won her third WTA 125 doubles title at the 2026 Oeiras CETO Open, defeating Magali Kempen and Lara Salden in the final.^[15]