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Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian tennis player. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour with two singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 January 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 36 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Ingrid Neel
Country (sports) United States
 Estonia (since April 2023)
ResidenceBradenton, Florida
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998 (age 25)
Oyster Bay, New York
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 330,652
Singles
Career record104–91 (53.3%)
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 501 (8 June 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Junior2R (2015)
US Open Junior1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record207–159 (56.6%)
Career titles3 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 34 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 34 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022)
US Open2R (2015, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–1
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Personal life edit

Her grandmother is Estonian, who emigrated during World War II from Saaremaa to United States.[1]

In 2017, tennisrecruiting.net ranked her the No. 1 incoming college freshman in the United States. Ingrid attended University of Florida in 2018. As the sole freshman on the top-ranked NCAA Division I Florida Gators women's tennis team, she clinched championship-winning matches for team victories in the finals of Indoor Nationals vs. the University of North Carolina and the finals of the NCAA National Championships vs. Stanford University in 2018.

Tennis career edit

2015: Major debut edit

By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, the United States Tennis Association awarded Neel a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament of the 2015 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 title edit

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

2022 edit

In July at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel defeated multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Chan in the first round.

2023: WTA 125 and 500 titles edit

She won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen at the Firenze Ladies Open.[2]

She won her biggest title to date at Tokyo with Ulrikke Eikeri.

Grand Slam performance timeline edit

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 edit

WTA Tour finals edit

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
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]

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 3 (3 titles) edit

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 edit

Singles: 2 (2 titles) edit

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: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ ""Matšpall": Sinimustvalge all mängima hakkav Ingrid Neel: üritan Eestit esindada parimal võimalikul moel". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Paolini defeats Townsend to claim Florence 125 title". Women's Tennis Association.

External links edit

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