María Lourdes Carlé (; born 10 February 2000) is an Argentine professional

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player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 71, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of world No. 124, achieved on 11 November 2024. She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and five doubles titles thus far. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Carlé had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved in November 2017. She played one season of college tennis for the

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in the United States in 2018–19, helping the team win the

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(SEC) regular season title, and was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team. Playing for

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, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of May 2025).

Career

Juniors

Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: 3R (2018) * Wimbledon: 3R (2018) * US Open: 1R (2018) Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2017) * Wimbledon: 1R (2016) * US Open: –

2022: WTA Tour and top 150 debuts

She made her

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debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, losing to

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in the first round.

2023: Pan American Games, maiden WTA 125 final

During the

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, Carlé won two medals for Argentina. She advanced to the women's singles gold medal match, earning her a spot in the

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singles tournament. Carlé would also win the bronze medal in women's doubles, partnering with

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. Partnering

, she was won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating

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and

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in the final. In December 2023, Carlé reached her first WTA 125 final at the Buenos Aires Open but lost to

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. She won the doubles at the same tournament playing with

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, defeating María Paulina Pérez García and Sofia Sewing in the final.

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

Carlé made her top 100 debut on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99. Two weeks later, she qualified into the main draw of

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making her WTA 1000 debut. Two weeks later, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Solgironès Open in La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain. Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard and 2021 US Open Champion

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and 17th seed

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, recording her first WTA 1000 wins, before losing to ninth seed, and 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko in the third round. As a result, she moved into the top 75. Partnering with

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, Carlé was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, losing to

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and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak. In November, she reached the final at the WTA 125 Copa LP Chile losing there to

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in three sets.

Performance timeline

Singles

''Current through the

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WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (4–2)

Doubles (1–2)

Notes

References

External links

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