Nadia Natacha Podoroska (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌnaðja poðoˈɾoska]; born 10 February 1997)^[1]^[2] is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed for her country at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. 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.

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] Podoroska was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year for her rankings achievement and her solid performance throughout the season.^[7]

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.^[8] Williams was playing her 1000th match of her career.^[9]

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.^[10]

She returned to competition in June 2022 after ten months of inactivity to participate in the Wimbledon qualifying, where she reached the second round.^[11] In August she entered the US Open using protected ranking.

2023: Back to WTA 1000 and top 100

She reached the second round in three of the four majors except for the US Open where she lost to Zheng Qinwen in the first round. In September, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since July in Budapest, in the first edition of the 2023 Ningbo Open.^[12]

National representation

Playing for the Argentina Fed Cup team, Podoroska has a win–loss record of 12–9 (as of August 2023).^[13]

She qualified to represent Argentina at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won against Yulia Putintseva, who played for Kazakhstan, by retirement^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[15]^[16]

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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[17]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jasmin Open.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	2R	A	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	SF	1R	A	2R	0 / 3	6–3	67%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	NH	2R	Q2	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1	2–4	0–1	3–4	0 / 11	10–11	48%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		A	NH				3R	NH		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Billie Jean King Cup^[a]	WG2	WG2	PO	Z1	A	A	PO^[b]		PO		0 / 0	11–4	73%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[c]	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	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH								A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	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	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Career statistics
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	0	0	3	4	1	0	4	17	4	18	Career total: 51
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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%
Year-end ranking^[d]	371	336	191	314	320	255	47	83	204	78	$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^[a]	WG2	WG2	PO	Z1	A	A	PO^[b]		PO		0 / 0	1–5	17%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[c]	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				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	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
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	0^[e]	0^[e]	2	3	3	0	1	11	2	4	Career total: 26
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	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
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2017	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International^[f]	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: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2023	Copa Bionaire, Colombia	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	6–4, 6–2

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

Record against other players

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

Notes

References

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players from Latin America

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players from Latin America
as of 15 January 2024
1. Beatriz Haddad Maia (12 1) 2. Nadia Podoroska (65 2) 3. Camila Osorio (77 2) 4. Renata Zarazúa (97 1) 5. Laura Pigossi (118 1)
6. Emiliana Arango (119 1) 7. Julia Riera (122 1) 8. María Lourdes Carlé (124 1) 9. Martina Capurro Taborda (149 2) 10. Solana Sierra (174 2)

Women's Tennis Association: Top Argentine female singles tennis players

Women's Tennis Association: Top Argentine female singles tennis players
as of 19 November 2023
1. Nadia Podoroska (78 ) 2. María Carlé (153 ) 3. Julia Riera (157 1) 4. Martina Capurro Taborda (193 3) 5. Solana Sierra (212 )
6. Paula Ormaechea (313 3) 7. Guillermina Naya (402 2) 8. Melany Krywoj (579 4) 9. Lucia Peyre (580 39) 10. Julieta Estable (617 6)