Nadia Podoroska
Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||
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Residence | Rosario, Argentina | ||||||||||
Born | Rosario, Santa Fe | 10 February 1997||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 1,349,708 | ||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||
Career record | 294–165 (64.1%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 14 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 36 (12 July 2021) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 105 (28 February 2022) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||
French Open | SF (2020) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2016, 2021) | ||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||
Olympic Games | 3R (2021) | ||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 102–79 (56.4%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 7 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 62 (18 October 2021) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 69 (28 February 2022) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||
French Open | SF (2021) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 1–1 (50%) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2021) | ||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||
Fed Cup | 12–8 (60.0%) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 3 March 2022. |
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 has won one doubles title on the WTA 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 she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings on 18 October 2021.
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. She was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began to practice at the Fisherton Athletic Club at the age of 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 sisters Venus and Serena Williams.[5]
Her first years on the circuit were complicated, due to financial difficulties to compete internationally. In late 2017, she suffered several injuries that put her career in jeopardy. Upon her return, she took the decision of going 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 a 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: French Open doubles semifinal, top 40 singles & top 100 doubles debut, Olympics debut[]
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, 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]
National representation[]
Playing for the Argentina Fed Cup team, Podoroska has a win–loss record of 12–8.[11]
She qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva by retirement[12] 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 have reached it 25 years ago, Gabriella Sabatini and Inés Gorrochategui in 1996 in Atlanta.
Performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | 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.[13]
Singles[]
Current through 2021 US Open.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
French Open | A | Q1 | A | A | SF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | |
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
US Open | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
National representation | ||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | NH | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | Career total: 29 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–4 | 17–19 | 0–0 | 0 / 29 | 28–31 | 47% |
Win (%) | 0% | 33% | 50% | – | 67% | 47% | Career total: 47% | |||
Year-end ranking | 191 | 158 | 304 | 234 | 47 | 84 | $1,349,708 |
Doubles[]
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
French Open | SF | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% | |
Wimbledon | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 4–4 | 50% |
WTA 1000 | |||||
Miami Open | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
Italian Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
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 | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Veronica Cepede Royg Magda Linette |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2018 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | Mariana Duque | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva |
3–6, 4–6 |
WTA 125K series finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | Sep 2020 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | Giulia Gatto Monticone | Lidziya Marozava Andreea Mitu |
4–6, 4���6 |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 16 (14 titles, 2 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 | Cecilia Costa Melgar | 6–2, 5–7, 3–5 ret. |
Win | 2–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Carla Lucero | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Csilla Argyelán | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 4–0 | May 2014 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Bianca Botto | 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–1 |
Win | 5–0 | Jun 2014 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Olga Ianchuk | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 6–0 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Victoria Bosio | 6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–3 |
Loss | 6–1 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Katarzyna Kawa | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–2 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 15,000 | Clay | Fernanda Brito | 1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 7–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Gabriela Cé | 7–6(2), 6–1 |
Win | 8–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Ramialison | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Win | 9–2 | Jun 2018 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | Myrtille Georges | 6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 10–2 | May 2019 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Cristina Bucșa | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 11–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Martina Trevisan | 7–6(5), 6–1 |
Win | 12–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Malibu, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Claire Liu | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 13–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Guadeloupe) | 25,000 | Hard | Harmony Tan | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 14–2 | Sep 2020 | ITF Saint-Malo, France | 60,000+H | Clay | Cristina Bucșa | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
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 | Eduarda Piai | Fernanda Brito Stephanie Petit |
7–6(4), 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2014 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Sofía Blanco | Fernanda Brito Camila Silva |
6–1, 6–7(5), [7–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2015 | ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Guadalupe Pérez Rojas | Ana Victoria Gobbi Monllau Constanza Vega |
3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 15,000 | Clay | Guadalupe Pérez Rojas | Fernanda Brito Eduarda Piai |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2016 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | Guadalupe Pérez Rojas | Gabriela Cé Florencia Molinero |
6–1, 4–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2016 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Guadalupe Pérez Rojas | Camila Giangreco Campiz Constanza Vega |
7–6(5), 6–7(5), [8–10] |
Win | 3–4 | Jun 2016 | ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Pigossi | Irina Bara Lina Gjorcheska |
6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 4–4 | Feb 2017 | ITF Surprise, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Mariana Duque Mariño | Usue Maitane Arconada Sofia Kenin |
4–6, 6–0, [10–5] |
Win | 5–4 | Jul 2017 | ITF Rome, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | Anastasiya Komardina | Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno |
7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | Jun 2018 | ITF Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (2) | 60,000 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | Danka Kovinić Nina Stojanović |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 7–4 | Sep 2018 | ITF Lubbock, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Naomi Broady | Vladica Babic Hayley Carter |
3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
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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2020 | ||||||||
1. | Elina Svitolina | No. 5 | French Open, France | Clay | QF | 6–2, 6–4 | No. 131 | |
2021 | ||||||||
2. | Petra Kvitová | No. 9 | Yarra Valley Classic, Australia | Hard | 3R | 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7) | No. 47 | |
3. | Serena Williams | No. 8 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 2R | 7–6(6), 7–5 | No. 44 |
References[]
- ^ "DELEGACIÓN ARGENTINA EN LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS TOKIO 2020". Argentine Olympic Committee. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Nadia Podoroska tuvo su día soñado: campeona a los 16 años". Clarín (in Spanish). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "Tennis PODOROSKA Nadia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
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- ^ "French Open 2020: Elina Svitolina suffers shock defeat by qualifier Nadia Podoroska". BBC. 6 October 2020.
- ^ "2020 WTA Player and Coach Awards revealed". WTA Tennis. 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Podoroska authors Serena stunner in Rome; Halep injured, Swiatek wins". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Serena Williams brings up landmark 1,000th career match at Rome Open". uk.sports.yahoo.com.
- ^ McGowan, Marc (28 December 2021). "Australian Open 2022: Argentina's 2020 French Open semi-finalist Nadia Podoroska out of Melbourne Park event". News.com.au. NCA NewsWire. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Billie Jean King Cup- Players". www.billiejeankingcup.com.
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External links[]
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine female tennis players
- Argentine people of Ukrainian descent
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Olympic tennis players of Argentina
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics