Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in doubles, attained on 6 November 2023 and No. 448 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2022.[2]

Ingrid Martins
Martins in 2023
Full nameIngrid Gamarra Martins
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceRio de Janeiro
Born (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)
Rio de Janeiro
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 318,831[1]
Singles
Career record130–110
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 448 (31 January 2022)
Doubles
Career record177–138
Career titles2 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 47 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 85 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Martins graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2019, majoring in integrated information technology. As part of the Gamecocks, she won the 2019 Southeastern Conference tournament, with MVP and Player of the Year honors, ending her college tennis career ranked fourth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.[3]

Career

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2015: Tour debut in doubles

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Martins made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2015 Rio Open, in the doubles event, partnering Carolina Alves.[citation needed]

2022: Top 100 in doubles

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She first entered the world top 100 in doubles in December 2022.[4] Partnering Luisa Stefani, Martins won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Quinn Gleason and Elixane Lechemia in the final.[5]

2023: First WTA Tour title, major, WTA 1000 & top 50 debuts

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Martins won her first WTA Tour-level trophy in Bad Homburg on grass courts with Belarusian Lidziya Marozava.[6] She entered the world top 60 at No. 58 in doubles for the first time on 3 July 2023.[7][8]

Martins made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open, partnering with Iryna Shymanovich as alternate pair, and recorded her first win over Irina-Camelia Begu and Anhelina Kalinina.[9] She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2023 Canadian Open, also playing with Marozava. She reached the semifinals with compatriot Luisa Stefani at the WTA 1000 China Open, defeating en route second seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula and eight seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. With this, she entered the top 50 in doubles for the first time.[10][11]

2024: Second doubles title

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Partnering with Quinn Gleason, Martins was runner-up at the WTA 125 Barranquilla Open in August, losing to Jessica Failla and Hiroko Kuwata in the final.[12]

The following month the pair won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, defeating María Lourdes Carlé and Simona Waltert in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[13]

In November, Gleason and Martins claimed the Mérida Open doubles title with a straight sets win over Magali Kempen and Lara Salden in the final. It was the second title on the WTA Tour-level for Martins.[14]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay   Lidziya Marozava   Sabrina Santamaria
  Yana Sizikova
6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 Bad Homburg Open,
Germany
WTA 250 Grass   Lidziya Marozava   Eri Hozumi
  Monica Niculescu
6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–1 Nov 2024 Mérida Open,
Mexico
WTA 250 Hard   Quinn Gleason   Magali Kempen
  Lara Salden
6–4, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2022 Montevideo Open,
Uruguay
Clay   Luisa Stefani   Quinn Gleason
  Elixane Lechemia
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Loss 1–1 May 2024 Parma Open, Italy Clay   Elixane Lechemia   Anna Danilina
  Irina Khromacheva
1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2024 Barranquilla Open,
Colombia
Hard   Quinn Gleason   Jessica Failla
  Hiroko Kuwata
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Win 2–2 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open,
Switzerland
Clay   Quinn Gleason   María Carlé
  Simona Waltert
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2016 ITF Charleston Pro, United States 10,000 Clay   Nicole Coopersmith 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Thaisa Grana Pedretti 7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Win 2–1 Aug 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Emilie Lindh 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Taylor Ng 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Feb 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Verena Meliss 6–7(4), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Sep 2020 ITF Porto, Portugal 15,000 Hard   Beatriz Haddad Maia 3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Moyuka Uchijima 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 22 (11 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (4–3)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2014 ITF Rio Preto, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Carolina Alves   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Paula Cristina Gonçalves
2–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2014 ITF Villa María, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Eduarda Piai   Sofía Luini
  Ana Madcur
2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2014 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 15,000 Hard   Carolina Alves   Nathaly Kurata
  Giovanna Tomita
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2015 ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Valeriya Strakhova   Melina Ferrero
  Carla Lucero
6–0, 6–3
Win 2–3 Jul 2016 ITF Campos do Jordão 25,000 Hard   Laura Pigossi   Maria-Fernanda Alves
  Luisa Stefani
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 3–3 Jul 2017 ITF Campos do Jordão 15,000 Hard   Camila Giangreco Campiz   Nathaly Kurata
  Rebeca Pereira
6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss 3–4 Jul 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Eduarda Piai   Hind Abdelouahid
  Maria Kozyreva
6–7(0), 4–6
Win 4–4 Jul 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Eduarda Piai   Angela Kulikov
  Rianna Valdes
6–7(1), 7–5, [11–9]
Win 5–4 Feb 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard   Thaisa Grana Pedretti   Eleonore Tchakarova
  Verginie Tchakarova
6–2, 6–2
Win 6–4 Sep 2020 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Beatriz Haddad Maia   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
  Inês Murta
7–5, 6–1
Loss 6–5 Oct 2020 ITF Funchal, Portugal 15,000 Hard   Beatriz Haddad Maia   Arianne Hartono
  Eva Vedder
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 7–5 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Jessie Aney   Jang Su-jeong
  Park So-hyun
6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Jul 2021 ITF Lisbon, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Ma Shuyue   Han Na-lae
  Momoko Kobori
3–6, 1–6
Win 8–6 Jul 2021 ITF Almada, Portugal 15,000 Hard   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Océane Babel
  Lucie Nguyen Tan
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 9–6 Aug 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Jazmín Ortenzi   Sakura Hondo
  Yuka Hosoki
6–2, 6–0
Loss 9–7 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Jazmín Ortenzi   Ma Yexin
  Moyuka Uchijima
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss 9–8 Jan 2022 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Jessie Aney   Andrea Gámiz
  Sofia Sewing
6–7(2), 4–6
Loss 9–9 May 2022 ITF Osijek, Croatia 25,000 Clay   Jessie Aney   Mana Kawamura
  Funa Kozaki
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 9–10 Jun 2022 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Jessy Rompies
  Olivia Tjandramulia
2–6, 6–7(1)
Win 10–10 Dec 2022 Aberto da República, Brazil 60,000 Clay   Francisca Jorge   Anna Rogers
  Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–3
Win 11–10 Apr 2023 Oeiras Open, Portugal 60,000 Clay   Fernanda Contreras   Jesika Malečková
  Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–2
Loss 11–11 Oct 2024 Mercer Tennis Classic, United States W100 Hard   Quinn Gleason   Sophie Chang
  Katarzyna Kawa
5–7, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ Prize Money
  2. ^ "Ingrid Martins's WTA Profile".
  3. ^ Ingrid Martins finds support and fans in IIT faculty
  4. ^ Ingrid Martins confirmada entrada no top 100 pela primeira vez
  5. ^ "Shnaider breaks through with Montevideo WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  6. ^ Ingrid Martins conquista primeiro título da WTA em Bad Homburg
  7. ^ Ingrid ganha primeiro WTA e será 58ª do ranking
  8. ^ "Ingrid Martins ganha título nas duplas no WTA 250 de Bad Homburg" (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  9. ^ Ingrid Martins ganha sua primeira partida em Grand Slam
  10. ^ Luisa Stefani e Ingrid Martins param na semifinal do WTA 1000 de Pequim
  11. ^ Luisa Stefani e Ingrid Martins brilham, derrubam vices do US Open e fazem semi em Pequim
  12. ^ "Podoroska reclaims winning form with WTA 125 Barranquilla title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Sonmez storms to first WTA singles title of career in Merida". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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