Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36, achieved on 12 July 2021 and a best in doubles of No. 62, reached on 18 October 2021.
Podoroska has won one WTA Tour title in doubles at 2017 Copa Colsanitas, with Beatriz Haddad Maia. She also earned three WTA Challenger Tour singles trophies and multiple titles on the ITF Circuit.
Podoroska competed for Argentina at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics editions.
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.
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.
Podoroska 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.
2023–25: Back to top 100, two WTA 1000 third rounds, hiatus Podoroska 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 next WTA Tour semifinal after 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.
2026: Return to Tour, WTA singles final, back to top 200 Podoroska returned to the tour using protected ranking. Ranked No. 317 she reached he first semifinal in three years at the 2026 SP Open with wins over Eva Lys and Suzan Lamens. Next she upset second seed Paula Badosa to reach her first WTA Tour singles final. Podoroska became the first Argentinian to make a WTA final since Paula Ormaechea in 2013. She lost to Kaitlin Quevedo in the final but rose 117 places in the WTA singles rankings to world No. 200 on 21 September 2026.
National representation Playing for the Argentina Fed Cup team, Podoroska has a win–loss record of 12–11 (as of July 2024).
Podoroska 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
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 2026 SP Open.
Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ1AQ2A2RA2R2R1RA0 / 43–4 French OpenAAAQ1AASF1RA2R1RAA0 / 46–4 WimbledonAAAQ1AANH2RQ22R1RA1R0 / 42–4 US OpenAA1RAAAA1R1R1R1RA2R0 / 61–6Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–05–12–40–13–41–40–11–20 / 1812–18National representationUnited CupRR 1–1 Summer OlympicsNHANH3RNH1RNH0 / 22–2 Billie Jean King CupWG2WG2POZ1AAPOPOPO0 / 011–6WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAAAAAANHAAA3RA0 / 12–1Miami OpenAAAAAANH2RAA2RA0 / 22–2Madrid OpenAAAAAANHAA1R2RA0 / 21–2Italian OpenAAAAAAA3RA1R1RA0 / 32–3Canadian OpenAAAAAANH2RAA1RA0 / 21–2Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAA1RAAAQ20 / 10–1Wuhan OpenAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAAANHAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–04–40–00–24–50 / 118–11Career statistics2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Tournaments0034104174182515Career total: 82Titles00000000000Career total: 0Finals00000000001Career total: 1Hard win–loss0–00–00–35–10–00–02–210–123–36–11 0–1 5–20 / 3231–35Clay win–loss0–00–04–11–31–10–08–24–51–25–6 0–20 / 1924–22Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–20–02–3 0–10 / 65–6Overall win–loss0–00–04–46–41–10–010–417–194–513–20 10–25 0–1 5–50 / 8270–88Win (%) Career total: Year-end ranking37133619131432025547832047880780$3,319,219
Doubles Current through the 2023 WTA Tour.
Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAAA1RA1R0 / 20–2 French OpenAAAAAAASFAA0 / 14–1 WimbledonAAAAAANH1RA1R0 / 20–2 US OpenAAAAAAA1R2R1R0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–04–41–10–30 / 85–8National representation Summer Olympics 2R 1–1 Billie Jean King CupWG2WG2POZ1AAPOPOA1–5WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAAANHQFAA0 / 12–1Madrid OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Guadalajara OpenNHAA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenAAAAAANH0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAAANHA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–20–00–00 / 22–2Career statistics2014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%Tournaments00233011124Career total: 26Titles0001000000Career total: 1Finals0001100000Career total: 2Overall win-loss0–10–10–27–33–30–02–112–111–20–61 / 2525–30Year-end ranking63758431211720248828768461253
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1SP Open, BrazilWTA 250Hard Kaitlin Quevedo6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (1–1)Finals by surfaceClay (1–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Beatriz Haddad Maia Verónica Cepede Royg Magda Linette6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss1–1Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Mariana Duque Mariño Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva3–6, 4–6
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 3 (3 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Copa Bionaire, ColombiaClay Paula Ormaechea6–4, 6–2Win2–0San Luis Open, MexicoClay Francesca Jones6–1, 6–2Win3–0Barranquilla Open, ColombiaHard Tatjana Maria6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossSparta Prague Open, Czech RepublicClay Giulia Gatto-Monticone Lidziya Marozava Andreea Mitu4–6, 4–6
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (16 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (1–1)$25,000 tournaments (7–0)$10/15,000 tournaments (8–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (13–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nov 2013ITF Santiago, Chile10,000Clay Cecilia Costa Melgar6–2, 5–7, 3–5 ret.Win2–0Mar 2014ITF Lima, Peru10,000Clay Carla Lucero6–3, 6–4Win3–0Mar 2014ITF Lima, Peru10,000Clay Csilla Argyelán6–2, 6–4Win4–0May 2014ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Bianca Botto6–1, 6–7(6), 6–1Win5–0Jun 2014ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Olga Ianchuk6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win6–0Mar 2015ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil10,000Clay Victoria Bosio6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–3Loss6–1Mar 2015ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil10,000Clay Katarzyna Kawa5–7, 6–3, 4–6Loss6–2Apr 2015ITF Santiago, Chile15,000Clay Fernanda Brito1–6, 0–6Win7–2Apr 2016ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil10,000Clay Gabriela Cé7–6(2), 6–1Win8–2Jul 2016ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Irina Ramialison6–3, 5–7, 6–4Win9–2Jun 2018ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Myrtille Georges6–2, 6–0Win10–2May 2019ITF Monzón, SpainW25Hard Cristina Bucșa6–2, 4–6, 6–2Win11–2Oct 2019ITF Pula, ItalyW25Clay Martina Trevisan7–6(5), 6–1Win12–2Jan 2020ITF Malibu, United StatesW25Hard Claire Liu4–6, 6–3, 6–3Win13–2Jan 2020ITF Petit-Bourg, GuadeloupeW25Hard Harmony Tan7–5, 7–5Win14–2Sep 2020Open de Saint-Malo, FranceW60+HClay Cristina Bucșa4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss14–3Aug 2022ITF Tour Gran Canaria, SpainW60Clay Julia Grabher4–6, 3–6Win15–3Apr 2026ITF Madrid, SpainW15Clay María García Cid 4–1 ret.Win16–3Jun 2026ITF San Gregorio, ItalyW35Clay Lucciana Pérez Alarcón4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)
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 surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (5–5)