Luisa Stefani

Luisa Veras Stefani (born 9 August 1997) is a Brazilian tennis player.

Not to be confused with Luis Stefani.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Veras and the second or paternal family name is Stefani.
Luisa Stefani
Stefani at the 2019 French Open
Full nameLuisa Veras Stefani
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceWesley Chapel, United States
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 214,576
Singles
Career record84–62 (57.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 431 (20 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 725 (26 October 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2015)
French Open Junior2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2014, 2015)
US Open Junior1R (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record151–61 (71.2%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 30 (25 January 2021)
Current rankingNo. 30 (25 January 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French Open3R (2020)
US OpenQF (2020)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–1
Medal record
Pan American Games
2019 LimaWomen's Doubles
Last updated on: 27 January 2021.

On 25 January 2021, she peaked at No. 30 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 20 May 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 431. Stefani achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 10, on 30 March 2015.

Luisa is coached by Sanjay Singh from India, with whom she trains at the Saddlebrook Academies.[1]

Career

Stefani made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup where she received a singles main-draw wild card. She currently attends Pepperdine University and has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the ITA rankings. She also was named the 2015 ITA National Rookie of the Year and compiled a 40–6 record in her freshman season. Her biggest career college achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2015 NCAA Singles Championships, where she lost to eventual champion Danielle Collins. Her Grand Slam main-draw debut was at 2019 French Open, partnering Australian Astra Sharma in doubles.

In September 2019, with Hayley Carter as partner, she reached the first WTA doubles final at the Korea Open and, the following week, won the first WTA title at the Tashkent Open. With these campaigns, she enters the top 100 and reaches the best career ranking in doubles, 75th. place on October 21st. Thereafter, Stefani establishes a fixed partnership with Hayley Carter.

In 2020, the Stefani/Carter duo reaches the Australian Open third round, wins the Oracle Challenger Series in Newport and reaches the Dubai quarterfinals in February, and wins the Lexington Open in August. With that, they enter the world's top 40 for the first time.[2][3]

At the 2020 US Open in September, she did her best Grand Slams campaign in her career, reaching the quarterfinals, defeating the tournament's No. 6 seed in the round of 16. It has been 38 years since female doublers in Brazil have gone so far in a Grand Slam tournament (the last time that Brazilians were in the quarterfinals was in Wimbledon, in 1982: Patricia Medrado and Claudia Monteiro).[4] At the 2020 Italian Open, she makes another great tournament, reaching the semifinals and losing only to the top-seeded double.[5] She made her first Premier final in October 2020, in Ostrava, playing with Gabriela Dabrowski.[6]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
French Open 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2
Wimbledon A NH 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A QF 0 / 1 2–1
Win–Loss 0–1 6–3 0–0 0 / 4 6–4
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
China Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A SF 0 / 1 3–1
Canadian Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 75

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier/WTA 500 (0–2)
International (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 Korea Open, South Korea International Hard Hayley Carter Lara Arruabarrena
Tatjana Maria		 6–7(7–9), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Hayley Carter Dalila Jakupović
Sabrina Santamaria		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–1 Aug 2020 Lexington Open, United States International Hard Hayley Carter Marie Bouzková
Jil Teichmann		 6–1, 7–5
Loss 2–2 Sep 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Hayley Carter Nicole Melichar
Demi Schuurs		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2020 Ostrava Open, Czech Republic Premier Hard (i) Gabriela Dabrowski Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, United Arab Emirates WTA 500 Hard Hayley Carter Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara		 6–7(5–7), 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2019 WTA Houston, United States Hard Ellen Perez Sharon Fichman
Ena Shibahara		 1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 WTA Newport Beach, United States Hard Hayley Carter Marie Benoît
Jessika Ponchet		 6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 22 (15 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 10,000 Clay Nathália Rossi Laura Pigossi
Carolina Zeballos		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2016 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Laura Pigossi		 3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Sep 2016 ITF Atlanta, United States 50,000 Hard Ingrid Neel Alexandra Stevenson
Taylor Townsend		 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2017 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard Ellen Perez Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos		 2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 2–3 Jun 2017 ITF Baton Rouge, United States 25,000 Hard Ellen Perez Francesca Di Lorenzo
Julia Elbaba		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Jul 2017 ITF Auburn, United States 25,000 Hard Ellen Perez Emina Bektas
Alexa Guarachi		 6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 3–4 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay Quinn Gleason Leonie Küng
Axana Mareen		 6–4, 7–5
Win 4–4 Jul 2017 ITF Brussels, Belgium 15,000 Clay Quinn Gleason Deborah Kerfs
Priscilla Heise		 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–4 Aug 2017 ITF El Espinar, Spain 25,000 Hard Quinn Gleason Ayla Aksu
Bibiane Schoofs		 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–4 Oct 2017 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Renata Zarazúa Estrella Cabeza Candela
Andrea Gámiz		 7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Win 7–4 Nov 2017 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain 25,000 Clay Renata Zarazúa Olga Danilović
Guiomar Maristany
Zuleta de Reales		 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–4 Dec 2017 ITF Castellón, Spain 15,000 Clay Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Ren Jiaqi
Wang Xiyu		 6–3, 6–1
Win 9–4 Jun 2018 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard Astra Sharma Julia Elbaba
Xu Shilin		 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 9–5 Sep 2018 ITF Templeton, United States 60,000 Hard Quinn Gleason Asia Muhammad
Maria Sanchez		 7–6(4), 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 9–6 Oct 2018 ITF Stockton, United States 60,000 Hard Quinn Gleason Hayley Carter
Ena Shibahara		 5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 10–6 Nov 2018 ITF Colina, Chile 60,000 Clay Quinn Gleason Bárbara Gatica
Rebeca Pereira		 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 11–6 Jan 2019 ITF Petit-Bourg, France
(Guadeloupe)		 25,000 Hard Quinn Gleason Vladica Babić
Rosalie van der Hoek		 7–5, 6–4
Win 12–6 Mar 2019 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves Martina Di Giuseppe
Thaisa Grana Pedretti		 6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8]
Win 13–6 Mar 2019 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves Ekaterine Gorgodze
Daniela Seguel		 6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2]
Loss 13–7 May 2019 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 80,000 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia Anna Blinkova
Xenia Knoll		 6–4, 2–6, [12–14]
Win 14–7 Jun 2019 ITF Ilkley, Great Britain 100,000 Grass Beatriz Haddad Maia Ellen Perez
Arina Rodionova		 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Win 15–7 Nov 2019 ITF Colina, Chile 60,000 Clay Hayley Carter Anna Danilina
Conny Perrin		 5–7, 6–3, [10–6]

References
  1. Sanjay Singh now shaping new careers
  2. Dupla Luisa Stefani e Harley Carter estreia com vitória no WTA de Cincinnati
  3. Partidas de Luisa Stefani no site da WTA
  4. Campanha de Stefani é melhor do Brasil em 38 anos
  5. Hsieh and Strycova reunite to reach Rome doubles final
  6. Ostrava 2020: Final countdown
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