Ingrid Martins Explained

Ingrid Martins
Fullname:Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Birth Date:22 August 1996
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro
Residence:Rio de Janeiro
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 318,831[1]
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 448 (31 January 2022)
Doublestitles:2 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highestdoublesranking:No. 47 (6 November 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 85 (4 November 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2023)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2023)
Updated:4 November 2024

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]

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

2015: Tour debut in doubles

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

2022: Top 100 in doubles

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

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

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

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2023Rabat Grand Prix, MoroccoWTA 250Clay Lidziya Marozava Sabrina Santamaria
Yana Sizikova
6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Win1–1Jun 2023Bad Homburg Open,
Germany
WTA 250Grass Lidziya Marozava Eri Hozumi
Monica Niculescu
6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Win2–1Nov 2024Mérida Open,
Mexico
WTA 250Hard Quinn Gleason Magali Kempen
Lara Salden
6–4, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverMontevideo Open,
Uruguay
Clay Luisa Stefani Quinn Gleason
Elixane Lechemia
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Loss1–1bgcolor=silverParma Open, ItalyClay Elixane Lechemia Anna Danilina
Irina Khromacheva
1–6, 2–6
Loss1–2Aug 2024bgcolor=silverBarranquilla Open,
Colombia
Hard Quinn Gleason Jessica Failla
Hiroko Kuwata
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
style=background:#98fb98Win2–2Sep 2024bgcolor=silverMontreux Ladies Open,
Switzerland
Clay Quinn Gleason María Carlé
Simona Waltert
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2016ITF Charleston Pro, United States10,000Clay Nicole Coopersmith3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Jul 2019ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Thaisa Grana Pedretti7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Win2–1Aug 2019ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Emilie Lindh6–1, 6–3
Win3–1Jan 2020ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Taylor Ng6–3, 6–2
Win4–1Feb 2020ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Verena Meliss6–7(4), 7–5, 6–4
Loss4–2Sep 2020ITF Porto, Portugal15,000Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia3–6, 2–6
Loss4–3Sep 2021ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Moyuka Uchijima1–6, 4–6

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2014ITF Rio Preto, Brazil10,000Clay Carolina Alves Maria Fernanda Alves
Paula Cristina Gonçalves
2–6, 0–6
Loss0–2Jun 2014ITF Villa María, Argentina10,000Clay Eduarda Piai Sofía Luini
Ana Madcur
2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss0–3Jul 2014ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil15,000Hard Carolina Alves Nathaly Kurata
Giovanna Tomita
3–6, 2–6
Win1–3Mar 2015ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil10,000Clay Valeriya Strakhova Melina Ferrero
Carla Lucero
6–0, 6–3
Win2–3Jul 2016ITF Campos do Jordão25,000Hard Laura Pigossi Maria-Fernanda Alves
Luisa Stefani
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win3–3Jul 2017ITF Campos do Jordão15,000Hard Camila Giangreco Campiz Nathaly Kurata
Rebeca Pereira
6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss3–4Jul 2019ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Eduarda Piai Hind Abdelouahid
Maria Kozyreva
6–7(0), 4–6
Win4–4Jul 2019ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Eduarda Piai Angela Kulikov
Rianna Valdes
6–7(1), 7–5, [11–9]
Win5–4Feb 2020ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Thaisa Grana Pedretti Eleonore Tchakarova
Verginie Tchakarova
6–2, 6–2
Win6–4Sep 2020ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal25,000Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Inês Murta
7–5, 6–1
Loss6–5Oct 2020ITF Funchal, Portugal15,000Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia Arianne Hartono
Eva Vedder
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Win7–5Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Jessie Aney Jang Su-jeong
Park So-hyun
6–2, 6–2
Loss7–6Jul 2021ITF Lisbon, Portugal25,000Hard Ma Shuyue Han Na-lae
Momoko Kobori
3–6, 1–6
Win8–6Jul 2021ITF Almada, Portugal15,000Hard Olga Parres Azcoitia Océane Babel
Lucie Nguyen Tan
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win9–6Aug 2021ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Jazmín Ortenzi Sakura Hondo
Yuka Hosoki
6–2, 6–0
Loss9–7Sep 2021ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Jazmín Ortenzi Ma Yexin
Moyuka Uchijima
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss9–8Jan 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Florianópolis, Brazilbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Jessie Aney Andrea Gámiz
Sofia Sewing
6–7(2), 4–6
Loss9–9May 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Osijek, Croatiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Jessie Aney Mana Kawamura
Funa Kozaki
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss9–10Jun 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Cantanhede, Portugalbgcolor=lightblue25,000Carpet Emily Webley-Smith Jessy Rompies
Olivia Tjandramulia
2–6, 6–7(1)
Win10–10Dec 2022Aberto da República, Brazil60,000Clay Francisca Jorge Anna Rogers
Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–3
Win11–10Apr 2023Oeiras Open, Portugal60,000Clay Fernanda Contreras Jesika Malečková
Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–2
Loss11–11Oct 2024Mercer Tennis Classic, United StatesW100Hard Quinn Gleason Sophie Chang
Katarzyna Kawa
5–7, 4–6

Notes and References

  1. http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/rankings/All_Career_Prize_Money.pdf Prize Money
  2. Web site: Ingrid Martins's WTA Profile.
  3. https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/engineering_and_computing/news_events/news/2019/ingridmartins.php Ingrid Martins finds support and fans in IIT faculty
  4. https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/tenis/ingrid-martins-confirmada-entrada-no-top-100-pela-primeira-vez,db2ce29f741eb85d87f9dbc45ae1555b2p7rsk1v.html Ingrid Martins confirmada entrada no top 100 pela primeira vez
  5. Web site: Shnaider breaks through with Montevideo WTA 125 title. Women's Tennis Association. 1 November 2024.
  6. https://ge.globo.com/tenis/noticia/2023/07/02/ingrid-martins-conquista-primeiro-titulo-da-wta-em-bad-homburg.ghtml Ingrid Martins conquista primeiro título da WTA em Bad Homburg
  7. https://tenisbrasil.uol.com.br/noticias/68162/Ingrid-ganha-primeiro-WTA-e-sera-58-do-ranking/ Ingrid ganha primeiro WTA e será 58ª do ranking
  8. Web site: Ingrid Martins ganha título nas duplas no WTA 250 de Bad Homburg . 4 November 2024. pt. ESPN.
  9. https://www.esportelandia.com.br/tenis/ingrid-martins-ganha-sua-primeira-partida-em-grand-slam/ Ingrid Martins ganha sua primeira partida em Grand Slam
  10. https://ge.globo.com/tenis/noticia/2023/10/07/luisa-stefani-e-ingrid-martins-param-na-semifinal-do-wta-1000-de-pequim.ghtml Luisa Stefani e Ingrid Martins param na semifinal do WTA 1000 de Pequim
  11. https://www.lance.com.br/tenis/luisa-stefani-e-ingrid-martins-brilham-derrubam-vices-do-us-open-e-fazem-semi-em-pequim.html Luisa Stefani e Ingrid Martins brilham, derrubam vices do US Open e fazem semi em Pequim
  12. Web site: Podoroska reclaims winning form with WTA 125 Barranquilla title. Women's Tennis Association. 3 November 2024.
  13. Web site: Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125. Women's Tennis Association. 28 October 2024.
  14. Web site: Sonmez storms to first WTA singles title of career in Merida. Women's Tennis Association. 4 November 2024.