Clara Burel

Clara Burel
	Burel at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Perros-Guirec, France
Born	24 March 2001 (age 23); Rennes, France
Plays	Right-handed ; (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 87,128
Singles
Career record	37–26
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 433 (14 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 433 (14 September 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2018)
US Open Junior	F (2018)
Doubles
Career record	0–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 820 (28 January 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2018, 2020)
	Last updated on: 21 September 2020.

Clara Burel (French pronunciation: [klaʁa byʁɛl]; born 24 March 2001) is a French tennis player. In singles, she reached two Grand Slam junior finals and won the silver medals at the Youth Summer Olympics. In 2018, she became the junior world No. 1.

Career

In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian Open, the US Open and the Youth Summer Olympics (YOG). Partnering with compatriot Hugo Gaston, she also won the mixed double bronze medal at the YOG. In October, Burel qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where she captured her first major title. She became junior world No. 1 the next week, on October 29.

Following her final in Melbourne, Burel was selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round against Belgium. In September, she reached her first final on the Pro Circuit at Clermont-Ferrand, falling to Lesley Kerkhove.

Burel was a wildcard entrant in the 2019 Australian Open, where she lost in the first round to Carla Suárez Navarro.^[1]^[2]

In 2020, Burel received wildcards to three WTA tournaments, including one Grand Slam. At Lyon in March, she lost in the first round to Jil Teichmann.^[3] At Strasbourg in September, she knocked out Kateryna Bondarenko before falling in the second round to Zhang Shuai. At the French Open the following week, she beat Arantxa Rus in the first round, and Kaja Juvan in the second round.

Performance timelines

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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 French Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q1	A	3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	2–1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Miami Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	3	Career total: 4
Titles	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	3–3	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Year-end ranking	612	871		$95,931

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Lesley Kerkhove	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Carole Monnet	2–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2020	ITF Grenoble, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Eléonora Molinaro	5–7, 7–5, 6–2