Clara Burel

Career

In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events: the Australian Open, the US Open, and the Youth Summer Olympics. In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (2018) and second rounds at the Australian Open (2018), French Open (2017, 2018), and US Open (2018).

2018: First ITF Circuit final

After her Melbourne final, Burel was selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round against Belgium. In September, she reached her first ITF Circuit final at Clermont-Ferrand, losing to Lesley Kerkhove. She entered the Australian Open as a wildcard and lost in the first round to Carla Suárez Navarro. In March, she received a wildcard into the Lyon Open but fell in the first round to Jil Teichmann.

2020: French Open debut and third round

In September in Strasbourg, she defeated Kateryna Bondarenko before losing in the second round to Zhang Shuai. At the French Open, again as a wildcard, she beat Arantxa Rus and Kaja Juvan to reach the third round of a major for the first time, becoming the youngest Frenchwoman since 18-year-old Alizé Cornet in 2008; she then lost to Zhang Shuai. Burel qualified for the Australian Open but lost to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. She made her top 200 debut on 8 March 2021, rising to world No. 181 after reaching the Lyon quarterfinals.

2021: WTA Tour final, Wimbledon and top 100 debuts

She qualified for Wimbledon, defeated Ellen Perez in the first round, and lost in the second to Kaja Juvan. Burel reached her first WTA Tour final at the Ladies Open Lausanne, falling to Tamara Zidanšek in three sets, and entered the top 100 at No. 98 on 19 July 2021. She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Canadian Open as a qualifier but lost to 13th seed Ons Jabeur in the first round. Burel reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 74 on 21 February 2022.

2022: Top 75, first WTA 1000 win, US Open third round

She recorded her first WTA 1000 win at the Miami Open against qualifier Magdalena Fręch, then lost to 28th seed Petra Kvitová in the second round.