Laura Pigossi
Full name | Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade | ||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Residence | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 2 August 1994||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 210,049 | ||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||
Career record | 252–223 (53.1%) | ||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 7 ITF | ||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 191 (22 November 2021) | ||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 191 (3 January 2022) | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 (2022) | ||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||
Career record | 309–174 (64.0%) | ||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 41 ITF | ||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 125 (3 February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 161 (3 January 2022) | ||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 3–3 (50.0%) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 4 January 2022. |
Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade[1] (born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Pigossi has won seven singles and 41 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 November 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 218. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 125 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for the Brazil Fed Cup team since 2013, Pigossi has a win/loss record of 4–4.
Pigossi is an Olympic bronze medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the doubles event. She partnered Luisa Stefani to defeat Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medallist Elena Vesnina to win the bronze medal. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis in history, surpassing Fernando Meligeni's campaign that took 4th place in 1996. The medal was one of the most unexpected: the Brazilians got an Olympic spot at the last minute, confirmed one week before the Games opened, with Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi only at No. 190. Although the Brazilian pair had lost in the only game they played together before, during the campaign they managed to save eight match-points. In addition to the four in the bronze medal match, they saved another four in the match against Czech duo Karolína Plíšková and Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16.[2][3][4]
Olympics medal matches[]
Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)[]
Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 2021 | 2020 Tokyo Olympics | Hard | Luisa Stefani | Veronika Kudermetova Elena Vesnina |
4–6, 6–4, [11–9] |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)[]
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$80,000 tournaments |
$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2012 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | 6–2, 0–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2013 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Montserrat González | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2013 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | 25,000 | Hard | Verónica Cepede Royg | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | 10,000 | Hard | Victoria Bosio | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(2) |
Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Nov 2015 | ITF Pereira, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | Victoria Bosio | 5–7, 6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 4–3 | Mar 2016 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Fernanda Brito | 6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–4 | Apr 2016 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Julia Grabher | 7–6(5), 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–6 | Mar 2017 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Feb 2019 | ITF Palma Nova, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | Júlia Payola | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–8 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Anna Morgina | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–9 | Oct 2019 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Sada Nahimana | 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–9 | Feb 2021 | ITF Villena, Spain | 15,000 | Hard | Ekaterina Yashina | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
Win | 6–9 | Mar 2021 | ITF Pune, India | 25,000 | Hard | 6–0, 3–6, 7–6(5) | |
Loss | 6–10 | Sep 2021 | Open Medellín, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Emiliana Arango | 0–6, 0–6 |
Win | 7–10 | Oct 2021 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 25,000 | Clay | Katharina Gerlach | 6–0, 6–2 |
Doubles: 63 (41 titles, 22 runner–ups)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2011 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Flávia Dechandt Araújo | Eduarda Piai Karina Venditti |
7–6(3), 4–6, [12–10] |
Win | 2–0 | Sep 2011 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Flávia Dechandt Araújo | María Irigoyen Carla Lucero |
3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–1 | Apr 2012 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Carla Forte | María Álvarez Terán Gabriela Paz |
0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2012 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Fernanda Alves | Paula Feitosa Nathália Rossi |
6–0, 6–3 |
Win | 4–1 | Sep 2012 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | Yuliana Lizarazo | Blair Shankle Laura Ucrós |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2013 | ITF Metepec, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | Marcela Zacarías | Macall Harkins Nicole Rottmann |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2013 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | Danka Kovinić | Réka Luca Jani Eugeniya Pashkova |
3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Loss | 4–4 | Apr 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Doroshina | Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Apr 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Doroshina | Elena-Teodora Cadar Arabela Fernández Rabener |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–6 | Jul 2013 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Carolina Zeballos | Victoria Bosio Daniela Schippers |
5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 5–6 | Jul 2013 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Carolina Zeballos | Nathália Rossi Luisa Stefani |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 6–6 | Oct 2013 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 25,000 | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Vanesa Furlanetto Carolina Zeballos |
5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
Loss | 6–7 | Oct 2013 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | 25,000 | Hard | Florencia Molinero | Verónica Cepede Royg Adriana Pérez |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–7 | Nov 2013 | Monterrey International, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | Florencia Molinero | Indy de Vroome Lenka Wienerová |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 8–7 | Dec 2013 | ITF Mata de São João, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Paula Cristina Gonçalves | Montserrat González Carolina Zeballos |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 9–7 | Dec 2013 | ITF Bertioga, Brazil | 25,000 | Hard | Paula Cristina Gonçalves | Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen |
2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Win | 10–7 | Jun 2014 | ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil | 10,000 | Hard | Nathália Rossi | Victoria Bosio Ana Clara Duarte |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 11–7 | Sep 2014 | ITF Juárez, Mexico | 25,000 | Clay | Mariana Duque | Ioana Loredana Roșca Lenka Wienerová |
6–1, 3–6, [10–4] |
Loss | 11–8 | Jan 2015 | ITF Petit-Bourg, France | 10,000 | Hard | María Álvarez Terán | Ayan Broomfield Marie-Alexandre Leduc |
6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 11–9 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Gabriela Cé | Carolina Alves Victoria Bosio |
6–7(3), 4–6 |
Win | 12–9 | Apr 2015 | ITF Guadalajara, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | Marcela Zacarías | Maria Fernanda Alves Renata Zarazúa |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 12–10 | Aug 2015 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 10,000 | Hard | Maria Fernanda Alves | Montserrat González Ana Sofía Sánchez |
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 13–10 | Aug 2015 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 10,000 | Clay | Zuzana Luknárová | Jana Jablonovská Vendula Žovincová |
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–6] |
Win | 14–10 | Sep 2015 | ITF Santa Fe, Argentina | 10,000 | Clay | María Álvarez Terán | Catalina Pella Daniela Seguel |
2–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
Win | 15–10 | Oct 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | María Álvarez Terán | Melina Ferrero Carla Lucero |
6–3, 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 16–10 | Nov 2015 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | 10,000 | Hard | Catalina Pella | Jaqueline Cristian Aymet Uzcátegui |
5–7, 6–1, [10–4] |
Win | 17–10 | Nov 2015 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | 10,000 | Hard | Catalina Pella | Julieta Estable Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau |
1–1 ret. |
Win | 18–10 | Nov 2015 | ITF Pereira, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | Jaqueline Cristian | María Fernanda Herazo Danielle Roldan |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 18–11 | Nov 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 25,000 | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Victoria Rodríguez Renata Zarazúa |
2–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
Loss | 18–12 | Jan 2016 | ITF Guarujá, Brazil | 25,000 | Hard | Jil Teichmann | Paula Cristina Gonçalves Beatriz Haddad Maia |
7–6(3), 5–7, [7–10] |
Win | 19–12 | May 2016 | Vásárhely Open, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | Irina Bara Lina Gjorcheska |
6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 20–12 | Jun 2016 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Clay | Ulrikke Eikeri | Ilona Kremen Iryna Shymanovich |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 20–13 | Jun 2016 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Clay | Ulrikke Eikeri | Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anna Kalinskaya |
6–4, 1–6, [2–10] |
Win | 21–13 | Jul 2016 | ITF Campos do Jordão | 25,000 | Hard | Ingrid Gamarra Martins | Maria Fernanda Alves Luisa Stefani |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 22–13 | Sep 2016 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Yana Sizikova | Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian |
6–3, 2–6, [10–4] |
Win | 23–13 | Sep 2016 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Katarzyna Kawa | Kamonwan Buayam Lee Pei-chi |
7–5, 6–7(4), [10–6] |
Win | 24–13 | Nov 2016 | ITF Castellón, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Jessika Ponchet | Arabela Fernández Rabener Isabelle Wallace |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 24–14 | Dec 2016 | ITF Nules, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Oleksandra Korashvili | Charlotte Römer Olga Sáez Larra |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 25–14 | Jan 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | Cristina Dinu Yana Sizikova |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 26–14 | Jan 2017 | ITF Hammamet | 15,000 | Clay | Despina Papamichail | Victoria Muntean Sun Xuliu |
6–3, 4–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 26–15 | Feb 2017 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Jil Teichmann | Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz |
6–4, 2–6, [2–10] |
Loss | 26–16 | Apr 2017 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S. | 80,000 | Clay | Renata Zarazúa | Kristie Ahn Quinn Gleason |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 26–17 | Jun 2017 | Open Montpellier, France | 25,000 | Clay | Victoria Rodríguez | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu |
3–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 27–17 | Mar 2018 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Oana Gavrilă | Melanie Klaffner Oana Georgeta Simion |
7–5, 6–7(6), [11–9] |
Win | 28–17 | Mar 2018 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Montserrat González | Camilla Scala Isabella Shinikova |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 29–17 | May 2018 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | 25,000 | Hard | Tereza Mihalíková | Sviatlana Pirazhenka Erika Vogelsang |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 30–17 | May 2018 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain |
25,000 | Hard | Giuliana Olmos | Raluca Șerban Pranjala Yadlapalli |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 31–17 | Jul 2018 | ITF Rome, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | Renata Zarazúa | Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti |
6–1, 4–6, [13–11] |
Win | 32–17 | Jul 2018 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Montserrat González | Cristina Bucșa Ramu Ueda |
7–5, 6–0 |
Loss | 32–18 | Sep 2018 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland |
60,000 | Clay | Maryna Zanevska | Andreea Mitu Elena-Gabriela Ruse |
6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
Win | 33–18 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Anna Morgina | Nika Shytkouskaya Anastasia Sukhotina |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 34–18 | Mar 2019 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Danka Kovinić | Carolina Alves Gabriela Cé |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 34–19 | Jun 2019 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Moyuka Uchijima | Francisca Jorge Olga Parres Azcoitia |
4–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
Win | 35–19 | Oct 2019 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare |
4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Win | 36–19 | Oct 2019 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Sandra Samir Prarthana Thombare |
6–3, 6–7(3), [10–6] |
Win | 37–19 | Jan 2020 | ITF Malibu, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Rosalie van der Hoek | Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen Anastasia Iamachkine |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
Win | 38–19 | Jan 2020 | ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe | 25,000 | Hard | Rosalie van der Hoek | Mylène Halemai Manon Léonard |
6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 38–20 | Jul 2021 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard | Evgeniya Levashova | Alina Charaeva Maria Timofeeva |
6–7(5), 6–2, [6–10] |
Loss | 38–21 | Aug 2021 | ITF Vigo, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Conny Perrin | Alicia Barnett Olivia Gadecki |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 39–21 | Sep 2021 | Open Medellín, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | María Herazo González | Rasheeda McAdoo Victoria Rodríguez |
6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 39–22 | Sep 2021 | Open de Valencia, Spain | 80,000 | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze | Aliona Bolsova Andrea Gamiz |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 40–22 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lima, Peru | 25,000 | Clay | María Carlé | María Paulina Pérez Jessica Plazas |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 41–22 | Nov 2021 | ITF Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Anna Sisková | Merel Hoedt Luisa Meyer auf der Heide |
6–2, 7–6(5) |
Fed Cup participation[]
Singles[]
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2020 BJK Cup | Play-offs | 16-17 April 2021 | Bytom, Poland | Poland | Hard | Urszula Radwańska | W | 7-6(9), 3–6, 6–2 |
Magdalena Fręch | L | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles[]
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2013 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 7 Feb 2013 | Medellín, Colombia | Mexico | Clay | Teliana Pereira | Ana Paula de la Peña Marcela Zacarías |
W | 6–0, 6–3 |
Z1 P/O | 9 Feb 2013 | Canada | Teliana Pereira | Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman |
L | 6–7(4), 5–7 | |||
2014 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 5 Feb 2014 | Lambaré, Paraguay | Ecuador | Clay | Gabriela Cé | Doménica González Charlotte Römer |
W | 6–4, 6–4 |
6 Feb 2014 | Bahamas | Gabriela Cé | Nikkita Fountain Larikah Russell |
W | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||
2014 Fed Cup | WG2 P/O | 20 Apr 2014 | Catanduva, Brazil | Switzerland | Clay | Gabriela Cé | Belinda Bencic Viktorija Golubic |
L | 2–6, 2–6 |
2020 Fed Cup | QR | 8 Feb 2020 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Germany | Clay | Luisa Stefani | Anna-Lena Friedsam Antonia Lottner |
L | 1–6, 4–6 |
References[]
- ^ "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade Laura". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Luísa e Laura salvam 4 match-points e fazem história
- ^ Luisa Stefani e Laura Pigossi conseguem virada histórica e levam o bronze no tênis
- ^ Tokyo 2020: Pigossi and Stefani win historic bronze medal for Brazil
External links[]
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Tennis players from São Paulo
- Brazilian female tennis players
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Olympic tennis players of Brazil
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil