Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Natacha Podoroska (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌnaðja poðoˈɾoska]; born 10 February 1997)[1][2] is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
![]() Podoroska at the 2017 French Open | |||||||||||
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Residence | Rosario, Argentina | ||||||||||
Born | Rosario, Santa Fe | 10 February 1997||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||
Prize money | US $1,722,076 | ||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||
Career record | 331–190 (63.5%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA 125, 14 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 36 (12 July 2021) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 101 (8 May 2023) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||
French Open | SF (2020) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2016, 2021, 2022) | ||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||
Olympic Games | 3R (2021) | ||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 111–88 (55.8%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 7 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 62 (18 October 2021) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 257 (8 May 2023) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||
French Open | SF (2021) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2022) | ||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 1–1 | ||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||
Fed Cup | 12–9 (57.1%) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 10 May 2023. |
Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Early life
Podoroska was born on February 10, 1997, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers. She is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian, but she does not speak the language at all.[4] Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. Nadia was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began practicing at the Fisherton Athletic Club at age five. As a child, she followed the performances of the Argentine male tennis players, especially Guillermo Cañas, although not so much of the national female representatives because they were broadcast infrequently on television. Among the female tennis players, she admired the Williams sisters.[5]
Her first years on the circuit were complicated due to financial difficulties competing internationally. In late 2017, she suffered several injuries that jeopardized her career. Upon her return, she decided to live in Alicante, Spain to settle in Europe and have greater chances of competing weekly. In addition, she began to be trained by Juan Pablo Guzmán and Emiliano Redondi. She added Pedro Merani to her team, with whom she performs mental training based on bompu zen and neuroscience, an aspect that she considered important to change her attitude towards tennis and its matches.
Professional career
2020: French Open singles semifinal, top 50 & Newcomer of the Year
In October, Podoroska became the first qualifier to reach the semifinals of the French Open when she beat third seed Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.[6] Podoroska was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year for her rankings achievement and her solid performance throughout the season.[7]
2021–22: Major doubles semifinal, top 40 & Olympics debuts & hiatus, out of top 200 in singles
She continued her good form when she reached the quarterfinals of the Yarra Valley Classic by defeating fourth-seeded Petra Kvitová.
In May, at the Italian Open, she defeated 23 times Grand Slam champion and eighth-seeded Serena Williams in the second round. This was her third top-ten win in the last eight months.[8] Williams was playing her 1000th match of her career.[9]
At the French Open, Podoroska lost in the first round to tenth seed Belinda Bencic but reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering with Irina-Camelia Begu for the first time. As a result, she reached the top 40 in singles and No. 69 in doubles for the first time in her career on 14 June 2021.
At the end of the year, following the 2021 US Open, Podoroska announced she was withdrawing from the 2022 Australian Open due to struggles with pain that hit her through the whole season, opting to rest and recover until March 2022.[10]
She returned to competition in June 2022 after ten months of inactivity to participate in the Wimbledon qualifying, where she reached the second round.[11]
National representation
Playing for the Argentina Fed Cup team, Podoroska has a win–loss record of 12–8.[12]
She qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won against Yulia Putintseva, who played for Kazakhstan, by retirement[13] to reach the second round, and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach the third round. Podoroska became the first Argentine woman to reach the round of 16 in Olympic tennis in the 21st century in singles. Only two Argentine female players reached it 25 years ago, Gabriella Sabatini and Inés Gorrochategui in 1996 at Atlanta.
Personal life
Podoroska lives and trains in Alicante, Spain.[14]
In 2022, Podoroska came out as a lesbian, posting her pictures on Instagram with her girlfriend, fellow Argentinian tennis player, Guillermina Naya. She confirmed their relationship in an interview with ClayTenis.com.[14][15]
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.[16]
Singles
Current through the 2023 Italian Open.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
French Open | A | Q1 | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | |
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | A | NH | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
US Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |
National representation | |||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | NH | 3R | NH | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
China Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | Career total: 37 | ||
Overall win-loss | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–4 | 17–19 | 4–4 | 1–7 | 0 / 38 | 33–42 | 44% |
Win (%) | 0% | 33% | 50% | – | 67% | 47% | 50% | 13% | Career total: 44% | ||
Year-end ranking | 191 | 158 | 304 | 234 | 47 | 83 | 204 | $1,510,702 |
Doubles
Current after the 2023 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0-1 | 0 / 4 | 5–6 | 45% |
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | QF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 25 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||
Overall win-loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 12–11 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1 / 25 | 24–26 | 48% |
Win (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 78% | 50% | – | 50% | 52% | 33% | 0% | Career total: 48% | ||
Year-end ranking | 637 | 584 | 312 | 117 | 202 | 488 | 287 | 68 | 461 |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2017 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International[lower-alpha 3] | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2018 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2023 | Copa Bionaire, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2020 | Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (14 titles, 3 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2013 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 5–7, 3–5 ret. |
Win | 2–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 4–0 | May 2014 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(6), 6–1 |
Win | 5–0 | Jun 2014 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 6–0 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–3 |
Loss | 6–1 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–2 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 7–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(2), 6–1 |
Win | 8–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Win | 9–2 | Jun 2018 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 10–2 | May 2019 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 11–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(5), 6–1 |
Win | 12–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Malibu, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 13–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 14–2 | Sep 2020 | L'Open de Saint-Malo, France | 60,000+H | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 14–3 | Aug 2022 | ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2013 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(4), 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2014 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–7(5), [7–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2016 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2016 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–7(5), [8–10] |
Win | 3–4 | Jun 2016 | Hódmezővásárhely Open, Hungary |
25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 4–4 | Feb 2017 | ITF Surprise, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–0, [10–5] |
Win | 5–4 | Jul 2017 | ITF Roma, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | Jun 2018 | Hódmezővásárhely Open, Hungary (2) |
60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Lubbock, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
Head-to-head record
Top 10 wins
Season | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 2 | 3 |
# | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | NPR | |
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No. 5 | French Open | Clay | QF | 6–2, 6–4 | No. 131 | |
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No. 9 | Yarra Valley Classic | Hard | 3R | 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7) | No. 47 | |
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No. 8 | Italian Open | Clay | 2R | 7–6(6), 7–5 | No. 44 |
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. 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.
- During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
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External links
- Nadia Podoroska at the Women's Tennis Association
- Nadia Podoroska at the International Tennis Federation
- Nadia Podoroska at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Nadia Podoroska at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- Nadia Podoroska at Olympics.com
- Nadia Podoroska at Olympedia