# Nadia Podoroska

Nadia Natacha Podoroska (Spanish pronunciation:; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Podoroska competed for Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Early life

Podoroska was born on 10 February 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. Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. Nadia was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began practicing at the Fisherton Athletic Club at age 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 the Williams sisters.
Her first years on the circuit were complicated due to financial difficulties competing internationally. In late 2017, she suffered several injuries that jeopardized her career. Upon her return, she decided 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 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. Podoroska was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year for her rankings achievement and her solid performance throughout the season.

### 2021–22: Major doubles semifinal, top 40 & Olympics debuts, hiatus

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. Williams was playing her 1000th match of her career.
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, following the US Open, 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.
She returned to competition in June 2022 after ten months of inactivity to participate in the Wimbledon qualifying, and reached the second round. In August, she entered the US Open using protected ranking.

### 2023-2024: Back to top 100, Two WTA 1000 third rounds

She reached the second round in three of the four Grand Slams except for the 2023 US Open where she lost to Zheng Qinwen in the first round.
In September 2023, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since July in Budapest, in the first edition of the Ningbo Open.
She reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the second time in the season at the 2024 China Open, defeating wildcard Ren Yufei and 25th seed Dayana Yastremska.

## National representation

Playing for the Argentina Fed Cup team, Podoroska has a win–loss record of 12–11 (as of July 2024).
She qualified to represent Argentina at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won against Yulia Putintseva, who played for Kazakhstan, by retirement 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 reached it 25 years ago, Gabriella Sabatini and Inés Gorrochategui in 1996 at Atlanta.

## Personal life

Podoroska lives and trains in Alicante, Spain.
In 2022, Podoroska came out as a lesbian, posting her pictures on Instagram with her girlfriend, fellow Argentine tennis player, Guillermina Naya. She confirmed their relationship in an interview with ClayTenis.com.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current through the 2024 National Bank Open.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | NH | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0 / 15 | 11–15 | 42% |
| National representation |||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | 3R | NH | NH | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Billie Jean King Cup | WG2 | WG2 | PO | Z1 | A | A | PO | PO | PO | PO | | 0 / 0 | 11–6 | 65% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Qatar Open | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Dubai | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4-4 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 18 | | Career total: 51 | Career total: 51 | Career total: 51 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 10–12 | 3–3 | 6–11 | | 0 / 29 | 26–32 | 45% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 5–6 | | 0 / 17 | 24–20 | 55% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 10–4 | 17–19 | 4–5 | 13–20 | | 0 / 51 | 55–57 | 49% |
| Win (%) | – | – | 50% | 60% | 50% | – | 71% | 47% | 44% | 39% | | Career total: 49% | Career total: 49% | Career total: 49% |
| Year-end ranking | 371 | 336 | 191 | 314 | 320 | 255 | 47 | 83 | 204 | 78 | | $2,094,509 | $2,094,509 | $2,094,509 |

### Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| National representation ||||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup | WG2 | WG2 | PO | Z1 | A | A | PO | PO | PO | | 0 / 0 | 1–5 | 17% |
| WTA 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | QF | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | Career total: 26 | Career total: 26 | Career total: 26 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 |
| Overall win-loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 12–11 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1 / 25 | 25–30 | 45% |
| Year-end ranking | 637 | 584 | 312 | 117 | 202 | 488 | 287 | 68 | 461 | | | | |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (0–0)
* WTA 250 (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–1)
* Indoor (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 | Verónica Cepede Royg Magda Linette | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2018 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay | Mariana Duque Mariño | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva | 3–6, 4–6 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 3 (3 titles)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2023 | Copa Bionaire, Colombia | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2024 | San Luis Open, Mexico | Clay | Francesca Jones | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2024 | Barranquilla Open, Colombia | Hard | Tatjana Maria | 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2020 | Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | Lidziya Marozava Andreea Mitu | 4–6, 4–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 17 (14 titles, 3 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (1–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (6–0)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (7–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–0)
* Clay (11–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2013 | ITF Santiago, Chile | 10,000 | Clay | Cecilia Costa Melgar | 6–2, 5–7, 3–5 ret. |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Carla Lucero | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Lima, Peru | 10,000 | Clay | Csilla Argyelán | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–0 | May 2014 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Bianca Botto | 6–1, 6–7$^{(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, Guadeloupe | 25,000 | Hard | Harmony Tan | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 14–2 | Sep 2020 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 60,000+H | Clay | Cristina Bucșa | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 14–3 | Aug 2022 | ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain | 60,000 | Clay | Julia Grabher | 4–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (2–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (3–1)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (2–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–0)
* Clay (5–5)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2013 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | 10,000 | Clay | Eduarda Piai | Fernanda Brito Stephanie Petit | 7–6$^{(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)}$, [8–10] |
| Win | 3–4 | Jun 2016 | Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Pigossi | Irina Bara Lina Gjorcheska | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2017 | ITF Surprise, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Mariana Duque Mariño | Usue Maitane Arconada Sofia Kenin | 4–6, 6–0, [10–5] |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2017 | Internazionale di Roma, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | Anastasiya Komardina | Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–4 | Jun 2018 | Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, 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 Babić Hayley Carter | 3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Loss | 7–5 | Apr 2023 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Andreea Mitu | Emily Appleton Julia Lohoff | 1–6, 2–6 |

## Head-to-head record
### Record against top 10 players

* She has a 3–2 (60%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank |
| 2020 ||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | Elina Svitolina | No. 5 | French Open, France | Clay | QF | 6–2, 6–4 | No. 131 |
| 2021 ||||||||||
| Win | 2–0 | Petra Kvitová | No. 9 | Yarra Valley Classic, Australia | Hard | 3R | 5–7, 6–1, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ | No. 47 |
| Win | 3–0 | Serena Williams | No. 8 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 2R | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–5 | No. 44 |
| 2023 ||||||||||
| Loss | 3–1 | Caroline Garcia | No. 4 | United Cup, Australia | Hard | RR | 2–6, 0–6 | No. 196 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Petra Kvitová | No. 9 | German Open, Germany | Grass | 2R | 1–6, 1–6 | No. 86 |