Luisa Stefani

Not to be confused with Luis Stefani.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Veras and the second or paternal family name is Stefani.

Luisa Stefani

Stefani at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Luisa Veras Stefani
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Wesley Chapel, United States
Born	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 214,576
Singles
Career record	84–62
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 431 (20 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 725 (26 October 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2015)
French Open Junior	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2014, 2015)
US Open Junior	1R (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	151–61
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 30 (25 January 2021)
Current ranking	No. 30 (25 January 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	3R (2020)
US Open	QF (2020)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–1
Medal record Pan American Games 2019 Lima Women's Doubles
Last updated on: 27 January 2021.

Luisa Veras Stefani (born 9 August 1997) is a Brazilian tennis player.

On 25 January 2021, she peaked at No. 30 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 20 May 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 431. Stefani achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 10, on 30 March 2015.

Luisa is coached by Sanjay Singh from India, with whom she trains at the Saddlebrook Academies.

Career

Stefani made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup where she received a singles main-draw wild card. She currently attends Pepperdine University and has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the ITA rankings. She also was named the 2015 ITA National Rookie of the Year and compiled a 40–6 record in her freshman season. Her biggest career college achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2015 NCAA Singles Championships, where she lost to eventual champion Danielle Collins. Her Grand Slam main-draw debut was at 2019 French Open, partnering Australian Astra Sharma in doubles.

In September 2019, with Hayley Carter as partner, she reached the first WTA doubles final at the Korea Open and, the following week, won the first WTA title at the Tashkent Open. With these campaigns, she enters the top 100 and reaches the best career ranking in doubles, 75th. place on October 21st. Thereafter, Stefani establishes a fixed partnership with Hayley Carter.

In 2020, the Stefani/Carter duo reaches the Australian Open third round, wins the Oracle Challenger Series in Newport and reaches the Dubai quarterfinals in February, and wins the Lexington Open in August. With that, they enter the world's top 40 for the first time.

At the 2020 US Open in September, she did her best Grand Slams campaign in her career, reaching the quarterfinals, defeating the tournament's No. 6 seed in the round of 16. It has been 38 years since female doublers in Brazil have gone so far in a Grand Slam tournament (the last time that Brazilians were in the quarterfinals was in Wimbledon, in 1982: Patricia Medrado and Claudia Monteiro). At the 2020 Italian Open, she makes another great tournament, reaching the semifinals and losing only to the top-seeded double. She made her first Premier final in October 2020, in Ostrava, playing with Gabriela Dabrowski.

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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.

Doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R		0 / 1	2–1
French Open	1R	3R		0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	QF		0 / 1	2–1
Win–Loss	0–1	6–3	0–0	0 / 4	6–4
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
China Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	SF		0 / 1	3–1
Canadian Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Wuhan Open	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	75

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier/WTA 500 (0–2) International (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Hayley Carter	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–7(7–9), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Sep 2019	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Hayley Carter	Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–1	Aug 2020	Lexington Open, United States	International	Hard	Hayley Carter	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann	6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Sep 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Hayley Carter	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 2020	Ostrava Open, Czech Republic	Premier	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2021	Abu Dhabi Open, United Arab Emirates	WTA 500	Hard	Hayley Carter	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–7(5–7), 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2019	WTA Houston, United States	Hard	Ellen Perez	Sharon Fichman Ena Shibahara	1–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	2–0	Feb 2020	WTA Newport Beach, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Marie Benoît Jessika Ponchet	6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 22 (15 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50,000/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	10,000	Clay	Nathália Rossi	Laura Pigossi Carolina Zeballos	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2016	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Ingrid Gamarra Martins Laura Pigossi	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	1–2	Sep 2016	ITF Atlanta, United States	50,000	Hard	Ingrid Neel	Alexandra Stevenson Taylor Townsend	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	1–3	Jun 2017	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	2–3	Jun 2017	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	25,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Francesca Di Lorenzo Julia Elbaba	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, United States	25,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Emina Bektas Alexa Guarachi	6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	3–4	Jul 2017	ITF Knokke, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Leonie Küng Axana Mareen	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–4	Jul 2017	ITF Brussels, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Deborah Kerfs Priscilla Heise	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–4	Aug 2017	ITF El Espinar, Spain	25,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Ayla Aksu Bibiane Schoofs	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–4	Oct 2017	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Estrella Cabeza Candela Andrea Gámiz	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Win	7–4	Nov 2017	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Olga Danilović Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales	6–1, 6–4
Win	8–4	Dec 2017	ITF Castellón, Spain	15,000	Clay	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	Ren Jiaqi Wang Xiyu	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–4	Jun 2018	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Astra Sharma	Julia Elbaba Xu Shilin	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	9–5	Sep 2018	ITF Templeton, United States	60,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	7–6(4), 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	9–6	Oct 2018	ITF Stockton, United States	60,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Win	10–6	Nov 2018	ITF Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	11–6	Jan 2019	ITF Petit-Bourg, France (Guadeloupe)	25,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Vladica Babić Rosalie van der Hoek	7–5, 6–4
Win	12–6	Mar 2019	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Martina Di Giuseppe Thaisa Grana Pedretti	6–7(4), 6–0, [10–8]
Win	13–6	Mar 2019	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Ekaterine Gorgodze Daniela Seguel	6–7(3), 7–6(0), [10–2]
Loss	13–7	May 2019	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	80,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Anna Blinkova Xenia Knoll	6–4, 2–6, [12–14]
Win	14–7	Jun 2019	ITF Ilkley, Great Britain	100,000	Grass	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	6–4, 6–7(5), [10–4]
Win	15–7	Nov 2019	ITF Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Hayley Carter	Anna Danilina Conny Perrin	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]

External links

• Luisa Stefani at the Women's Tennis Association
• Luisa Stefani at the International Tennis Federation
• Luisa Stefani at the Billie Jean King Cup