Laura_Pigossi

Laura Pigossi

Laura Pigossi

Brazilian tennis player


Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade[1] (Portuguese: [ˈlawɾɐ piˈɡɔsi]; born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing alongside Luisa Stefani.

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Pigossi has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won eight singles titles and 41 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 100, following her first WTA Tour final in the 2022 Copa Colsanitas. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 125 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team since 2013, Pigossi has a win-loss record of 9–8 in Fed Cup competition as of March 2024.

Career

2020–2021: Olympics debut and historic bronze medal

Pigossi is an Olympic bronze medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the doubles event. She partnered with Luisa Stefani to defeat Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medallist Elena Vesnina to win the bronze medal. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis in history, surpassing Fernando Meligeni's campaign that took 4th place in 1996. The medal was one of the most unexpected: the Brazilians got an Olympic spot at the last minute, confirmed one week before the Games opened, with Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi only at No. 190. Although the Brazilian pair had lost in the only game they played together before, during the campaign, they managed to save eight match points. In addition to the four in the bronze-medal match, they saved another four in the match against Czech duo Karolína Plíšková/Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16.[2][3][4]

2022: Grand Slam & top 100 & WTA 1000 debut

In 2022, she played her first qualifying at a Grand Slam at the Australian Open. After some decent campaigns on the ITF Circuit, Pigossi had her first WTA Tour-level wins at Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, coming from the qualifyings and reaching the finals. The campaign in Bogotá included wins against Dayana Yastremska in the quarterfinals and top seed Camila Osorio in the semifinals before losing the final to Tatjana Maria. Consequently, Pigossi reached a new career-high (No. 126) in the singles rankings on 11 April 2022. In May, she reached two second rounds at WTA 125-level in Saint-Malo and Karlsruhe. At the French Open, Pigossi made the qualifying draw as the 16th seed.

In June, she made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon.[5]

At the Guadalajara Open, she made her main-draw debut at the WTA 1000-level as a lucky loser.

2023: WTA Challenger title, Australian Open debut

She also made her debut at the Australian Open as a lucky loser.[6] In August, Pigossi won her biggest title to date, a $60k held in the Brazilian city of Feira de Santana.[7] During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Pigossi won both the women's singles and doubles, the first Brazilian to ever do so – as well as the third to medal in both events after Maria Bueno and Gisele Miró – and earning her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics singles tournament.[8] Pigossi would also earn her first WTA 125 title by winning the Buenos Aires Open.[9]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

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Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

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Olympics medal matches

Luisa Stefani and Pigossi at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

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WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (9 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 65 (41 titles, 24 runner–ups)

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Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (3–4)

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Notes

  1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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.
  4. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  5. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  6. 2011: WTA ranking 1134, 2012: WTA ranking 580, ... 2017: WTA ranking 402, 2018: WTA ranking 580, 2019: WTA ranking 399, 2020: WTA ranking 391.
  7. 2009: WTA ranking 957, 2010: WTA ranking 797, 2011: WTA ranking 694, 2012: WTA ranking 358.

References

  1. "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade Laura". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Laura Pigossi leva ouro e se torna primeira brasileira campeã de simples no Pan após 36 anos" (in Brazilian Portuguese). COB. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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