# Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian professional tennis player. She has specialized in doubles and has won four titles on the WTA Tour and three titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. In addition, she has won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 January 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 33 in the WTA doubles rankings.

## Personal life

Her grandmother is Estonian, who emigrated from Saaremaa to the United States during World War II.
In 2017, tennisrecruiting.net ranked Neel the No. 1 incoming college freshman in the United States. Ingrid attended University of Florida. As the sole freshman on the top-ranked Gators women's tennis team, she clinched championship-winning matches for team victories in the finals of Indoor Nationals vs. North Carolina and the finals of the NCAA National Championship vs. Stanford in 2018.

## Career
### 2015: Major debut

By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, Neel was awarded a wildcard from the United States Tennis Association into the women's doubles tournament of the US Open alongside Tornado Alicia Black where the duo won round one. They were unable to accept the substantial prize money since, at the time, it would have rendered them ineligible for participation in college tennis competition.

### 2021: Maiden WTA Tour title

In April 2021, she won her first tour title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia and defeating the third seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.

### 2022-24: WTA 125 & 500 titles, top 35

In July 2022, at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel upset multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Latisha Chan in the first round.
Neel won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen, at the 2023 Firenze Ladies Open. At the 2023 Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she won her biggest title to date with Ulrikke Eikeri.
Neel won her fourth career doubles title at the 2024 Rosmalen Open, partnering Dutch player Bibiane Schoofs.

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0 / 10 | 7–10 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (1–1)
* WTA 250 (3–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Grass (2–0)
* Clay (1–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2021 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | WTA 250 | Clay | Elixane Lechemia | Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2023 | Nottingham Open, United Kingdom | WTA 250 | Grass | Ulrikke Eikeri | Harriet Dart Heather Watson | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2023 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | WTA 500 | Hard | Ulrikke Eikeri | Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya | 3–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
| Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2024 | Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany | WTA 500 | Clay (i) | Ulrikke Eikeri | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 6–4, 3–6, [2–10] |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2024 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | WTA 250 | Grass | Bibiane Schoofs | Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |

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

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2023 | Firenze Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | Vivian Heisen | Asia Muhammad Giuliana Olmos | 1–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2023 | Makarska International, Croatia | Clay | Wu Fang-hsien | Anna Sisková Renata Voráčová | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2023 | Chicago Challenger, United States | Hard | Ulrikke Eikeri | Cristina Bucșa Alexandra Panova | walkover |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 2 (2 titles)

* Legend
* $10,000 tournaments (2–0)
* Finals by surface
* Clay (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2014 | ITF Amelia Island, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Edina Gallovits-Hall | 4–4 ret. |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Alexandra Mueller | 6–3, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (2–0)
* $80,000 tournaments (1–2)
* $50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (3–1)
* $10,000 tournaments (3–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–4)
* Clay (7–0)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2015 | ITF Gainesville, US | 10,000 | Clay | Fanny Stollár | Sofia Kenin Marie Norris | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2015 | ITF Orlando, US | 10,000 | Clay | Fanny Stollár | Kateřina Kramperová Katerina Stewart | 6–3, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Jan 2016 | ITF Wesley Chapel, US | 25,000 | Clay | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova | 4–6, 7–6$^{(4)}$, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–0 | Feb 2016 | Midland Tennis Classic, US | 100,000 | Hard (i) | CiCi Bellis | Naomi Broady Shelby Rogers | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Buffalo, US | 10,000 | Clay | Caroline Dolehide | Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller | 5–7, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–1 | Jun 2016 | ITF Baton Rouge, US | 25,000 | Hard | Jamie Loeb | Lauren Herring Ellen Perez | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–1 | Sep 2016 | Atlanta Open, US | 50,000 | Hard | Luisa Stefani | Alexandra Stevenson Taylor Townsend | 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Win | 7–1 | Nov 2016 | Scottsdale Challenge, US | 50,000 | Hard | Taylor Townsend | Samantha Crawford Melanie Oudin | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–1 | Oct 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Michaëlla Krajicek | Cristina Bucșa Diāna Marcinkeviča | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–2 | Oct 2018 | Tennis Classic of Macon, US | 80,000 | Hard | Anna Danilina | Caty McNally Jessica Pegula | 1–6, 7–5, [9–11] |
| Win | 9–2 | Apr 2019 | Clay Court Championships, US | W80 | Clay | Quinn Gleason | Akgul Amanmuradova Lizette Cabrera | 5–7, 7–5, [10–8] |
| Loss | 9–3 | Jul 2019 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | W80 | Hard | Quinn Gleason | Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Loss | 9–4 | Aug 2019 | Concord Open, US | W60 | Hard | Elizabeth Halbauer | Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 6–4, [15–17] |
| Win | 10–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Charleston Pro, US | W60 | Clay | Anna Danilina | Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Hilton Head, US | W25 | Clay | Anna Danilina | Katharine Fahey Elizabeth Halbauer | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–4 | Jun 2022 | Surbiton Trophy, UK | W100 | Grass | Rosalie van der Hoek | Fernanda Contreras Gómez Catherine Harrison | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 13–4 | Feb 2023 | Guanajuato Open, Mexico | W60+H | Hard | Emina Bektas | Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 3–6, [10–6] |