Nadia Podoroska

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]

Nadia Podoroska
Podoroska at the 2017 French Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceRosario, Argentina
Born (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,349,708
Singles
Career record294–165 (64.1%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 36 (12 July 2021)
Current rankingNo. 115 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French OpenSF (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open1R (2016, 2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record102–79 (56.4%)
Career titles1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 62 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 107 (4 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French OpenSF (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Career record1–1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–8 (60.0%)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2019 LimaWomen's singles
Last updated on: 6 April 2022.

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

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.

Tournament2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SRW–LWin%
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 A 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 SRW–LWin%
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 A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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
Loss Sep 2020 WTA 125 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Giulia Gatto Monticone Lidziya Marozava
Andreea Mitu		 4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (14 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–0)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (7–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (11–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 20202021 Total
Wins 12 3
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score NPR
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
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  9. "Serena Williams brings up landmark 1,000th career match at Rome Open". uk.sports.yahoo.com.
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  12. "Tennis Player Retires Due to Scorching Heat at Tokyo Olympics 2020". 25 July 2021.
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