María Lourdes Carlé

Career

María Lourdes Carlé first appeared on the WTA Tour in 2022 at the Copa Colsanitas, where she lost in the opening round to Tatjana Maria. At the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, she earned two medals for Argentina: a silver in women’s singles after reaching the gold medal match, which also secured her a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics singles draw, and a bronze in women’s doubles alongside Julia Riera. With Riera, Carlé later won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, beating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final.

In December 2023, she reached her first WTA 125 singles final at the Buenos Aires Open, falling to Laura Pigossi, but she won the doubles event there with Despina Papamichail, defeating María Paulina Pérez and Sofia Sewing. Carlé entered the top 100 for the first time on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99. Two weeks later, she qualified for the Miami main draw, making her WTA 1000 debut. Another two weeks on, she captured her first WTA 125 singles title at the Solgironès Open in La Bisbal d’Empordà, Spain.

2024: WTA 1000 debut, WTA 125 title, top 75

Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and recorded her first WTA 1000 wins by defeating wildcard and 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu and 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova, before losing in the third round to ninth seed and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko; that result lifted her into the top 75. Partnering Simona Waltert, Carlé finished runner-up in doubles at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in a deciding champions tiebreak.

2025: First WTA doubles final and singles quarterfinal

In November, she reached the final of the WTA 125 Copa Chile, where she lost in three sets to Nina Stojanović. With Waltert again, Carlé made her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Iași Open, but they lost in straight sets to Veronika Erjavec and Panna Udvardy. At the same tournament, she also reached her first WTA Tour singles quarterfinal, defeating wildcard Patricia Maria Țig and top seed Elina Avanesyan before losing to Sorana Cîrstea.