Carlota Martínez Círez (born 13 February 2001) is a Spanish

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player. She has a career high ranking of no. 203 achieved on 24 July 2023.

Early life

From Sádaba, in the

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. She started playing tennis relatively late at ten years-old. She won her first title on the ITF Juniors world circuit in

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in 2017. She reached the top-50 in the world junior and played in all four junior Grand Slams tournaments and started competing on the ITF circuit at 19 years-of-age. Around that time, she began training at Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona-1899 with José María Arenas and Jesús Sánchez.

Career

In March 2022, she won her first professional title in

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, defeating German Chantal Sauvant 6-2 6-0. In July 2023, she won the Punta Cana tennis tournament in

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, defeating

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6-3, 6-3. She subsequently entered qualification for a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2023 US Open. She was beaten by home player Ann Li in the first round of qualifying. She played in the qualifying rounds for the 2024 Australian Open in January 2024, where she was defeated by

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. She reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 Zaragoza Open on the

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. In qualifying for the 2024 Madrid Open on 22 April 2024, she played Hungarian

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and won 6-3 and 6-2. She was an awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the

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for her her first WTA 1000 main draw match, losing to qualifier and fellow debutant

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in the first round in three sets.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martínez Círez, Carlota 2001 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from the Province of Zaragoza