Despina Papamichail (; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143, reached on 17 October 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 17 singles and 39 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for the Greece Fed Cup team, Papamichail has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of May 2026).
Career Papamichail made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the first round. In June 2021, she won the inaugural $60k Charleston Pro event by defeating Gabriela Cé in the final.
She was selected to play for Greece at the 2023 United Cup, recording a win over Isabella Shinikova.
Papamichail qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open and defeated lucky loser Sakura Hosogi, before going out in the second round against sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.
She won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, partnering with Valentini Grammatikopoulou to defeat Yuliana Lizarazo and María Paulina Pérez in the final.
Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she won the doubles title in December at the WTA 125 Argentina Open, defeating María Paulina Pérez and Sofia Sewing in the final.
She defeated Maria Mateas to reach the second round at the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, where she lost to Kathinka von Deichmann.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2024 Madrid Open. Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ1Q2Q1AQ20 / 00–0 French OpenAAAQ1Q1Q1AQ20 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAQ2Q3Q2AQ10 / 00–0 US OpenAAQ2Q1Q2Q3AQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0WTA 1000Madrid OpenAAAAQ1AAQ10 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments001620Career total: 9Overall W–L1–00–10–13–63–70–00 / 157–15Year-end ranking260276184156224281172$385,895
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay María Lourdes Carlé Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze7–5, 5–7, [4–10]Win1–1Barranquilla Open, ColombiaHard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez7–6(7–2), 7–5Win2–1Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay María Lourdes Carlé María Paulina Pérez Sofia Sewing6–3, 4–6, [11–9]Win 3–1Tolentino Open, ItalyClay Ekaterine Gorgodze Aneta Kučmová Aneta Laboutková6–1, 6–2
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (1–1)W25/35 tournaments (4–3)W10/15 tournaments (12–7)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (12–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2010ITF Rabat, Morocco10,000 Clay Anastasia Mukhametova 2–6, 0–6Win 1–1 Sep 2010ITF Mytilini, Greece10,000 Hard Anna Zaja 3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 2–1 Apr 2011ITF Vic, Spain10,000 Clay Victoria Larrière 7–6(10), 6–1Loss 2–2 May 2011ITF Petroupoli, Greece10,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča 5–7, 7–5, 6–3Win 3–2 May 2011ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000 Hard Nicole Rottmann 6–1, 3–6, 6–2Loss 3–3 Jan 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard İpek Soylu 3–6, 6–7(0)Loss 3–4 Apr 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000 Hard Maria Sakkari 1–6, 6–1, 3–6Win 4–4 Jun 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Anna Morgina 6–1, 6–3Loss 4–5 Jun 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Jan Abaza 2–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 4–6 Feb 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10,000 Clay Chantal Škamlová 1–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 5–6 May 2017ITF Acre, Israel15,000 Hard Sadafmoh Tolibova 6–1, 6–2Win 6–6 Jul 2017ITF Tel Aviv, Israel15,000 Hard Estelle Cascino 7–6(4), 6–3Win 7–6 Jul 2017ITF Prokuplje, Serbia15,000 Clay Maryna Chernyshova 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3Win 8–6 Sep 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Bárbara Gatica 6–3, 6–3Win 9–6 Sep 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Carolina Alves 6–1, 6–4Win 10–6 Sep 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Raluca Șerban 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(6)Win 11–6 May 2018ITF San Severo, Italy15,000 Clay Simona Waltert 6–1, 6–2Loss 11–7 Feb 2019ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000 Clay Mirjam Björklund 6–1, 6–7(3), 3–6Win 12–7 Apr 2019ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Nastja Kolar 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win 13–7 Jul 2019ITF Getxo, SpainW25 Clay (i) Sandra Samir 6–2, 6–4Win 14–7 Jul 2019ITF Aschaffenburg, GermanyW25 Clay Jule Niemeier 6–2, 5–7, 6–2Win 15–7 Jun 2021ITF Charleston Pro, United StatesW60 Clay Gabriela Cé 1–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 15–8 Jun 2022Internazionali di Brescia, ItalyW60 Clay Ángela Fita Boluda 2–6, 0–6Loss 15–9 Mar 2024ITF Alaminos, CyprusW35 Clay Loïs Boisson 2–6, 0–6Loss 15–10 Apr 2025ITF Boca Raton, United StatesW35 Clay Luisina Giovannini 1–6, 1–6Loss 15–11 May 2025ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW35 Hard Katarina Jokic 6–7(8), 7–6(0), 2–6Win 16–11 Jul 2025ITF Buzău, RomaniaW35 Clay Patricia Maria Țig 6–4, 1–0 ret.Win 17–11 Jul 2025ITF Knokke-Heist, BelgiumW35 Clay Anouck Vrancken Peeters 6–1, 6–2
Doubles: 75 (39 titles, 36 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W60/75 tournaments (3–5)W40 tournaments (1–1)W25/35 tournaments (11–9)W10/15 tournaments (24–20)Finals by surfaceHard (18–14)Clay (21–20)Carpet (0–1)