.jpg) Luisa Stefani with her Olympic bronze medal during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics awards ceremony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Luisa Veras Stefani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1997 São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Guilherme Pachane[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $1,370,615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 85–66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 431 (20 May 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 255–113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (1 November 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 29 (14 October 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (2020, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | QF (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2021, 2023, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 10–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 14 October 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luisa Veras Stefani[a] (Portuguese: [luˈizɐ ˈvɛɾas steˈfɐni]; born 9 August 1997) is a Brazilian professional tennis player, and the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA top 10. She reached the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she peaked at world No. 9 in doubles.[2] On 20 May 2019, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 431. She had a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 10, on 30 March 2015.
She won the mixed-doubles competition at the 2023 Australian Open with Rafael Matos, becoming the first Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam title.
Stefani is a bronze medalist in women's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Representing Brazil, she partnered with Laura Pigossi to defeat Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medalist Elena Vesnina in the bronze medal match. Stefani and Pigossi were only granted entry to the Olympics one week before the 2020 Games opened, with Stefani ranked world No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi at No. 190, and had only played together once previously, a defeat at the 2020 Fed Cup, and yet became the first Brazilians to win an Olympic tennis medal, surpassing the performance of Fernando Meligeni that took 4th place in men's singles in 1996. During the campaign, they saved eight match points: four in the bronze medal match and another four against Czech players Karolína Plíšková and Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16.[3][4][5]
- ^ "Saque e Voleio: Luisa Stefani se separa de Léo Azevedo e terá novo técnico em 2024". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Rankings watch: Mertens back on top, Kontaveit hits Top 10 and more". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Luísa e Laura salvam 4 match-points e fazem história". Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Luisa Stefani e Laura Pigossi conseguem virada histórica e levam o bronze no tênis". 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Pigossi and Stefani win historic bronze medal for Brazil". Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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