Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade (born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian professional

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player. She won a bronze medal at the

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, playing alongside

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. Pigossi has won seven 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

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final in the

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. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 125 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for

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since 2013, Pigossi has a win-loss record of 8–6 in

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competition, as of December 2022.

Career

2020–2021: Olympics debut and historic bronze medal

Pigossi is an Olympic bronze medallist from the

in the doubles event. She partnered

to defeat

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and defending gold medallist

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to win the bronze medal. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis in history, surpassing

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'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

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in the round of 16.

2022: Grand Slam & top 100 & WTA 1000 debut

In 2022, she played her first qualifying at a Grand Slam at the

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. After some decent campaigns on the ITF Circuit, Pigossi had her first WTA-level wins at

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in Bogotá, Colombia, coming from the qualifyings and reaching the finals. The campaign in Bogotá included wins against

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in the quarterfinals, and top seed

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in the semifinals before losing the final to

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. As a consequence, Pigossi reached a new career-high (No. 126) in the singles rankings, on 11 April 2022. In May, she reached two second rounds at

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, Pigossi made the qualifying draw as the 16th seed. In June, she made her Grand Slam debut at

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. At the

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

2023: Australian Open debut

She made her debut at the

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as a lucky loser.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 United Cup.''

Olympics medal matches

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

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

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (4–3)

Notes

References

External links

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