María Lourdes Carlé (; born 10 February 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 71, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a best doubles ranking of 124, achieved on 11 November 2024.

Carlé has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won thirteen singles and six doubles titles.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Carlé had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved in November 2017. She played 2018–19 one season of college tennis for the Georgia Bulldogs in the United States, helping the team win the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title, and was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team.

Playing for Argentina in Billie Jean King Cup, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of August 2026).

Career Juniors Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: – French Open: 3R (2018) Wimbledon: 3R (2018) US Open: 1R (2018)

Doubles: Australian Open: – French Open: SF (2017) Wimbledon: 1R (2016) US Open: –

2022: WTA Tour and top 150 debuts She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, losing to Tatjana Maria in the first round.

2023: Pan American Games, maiden WTA 125 final During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Carlé won two medals for Argentina. She advanced to the women's singles gold medal match, earning her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics singles tournament. Carlé would also win the bronze medal in women's doubles, partnering with Julia Riera.

Partnering Julia Riera, she won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final.

In December 2023, Carlé reached her first WTA 125 final at the Buenos Aires Open but lost to Laura Pigossi. She won the doubles draw at the same tournament with Despina Papamichail, defeating María Paulina Pérez and Sofia Sewing in the final.

2024: WTA 1000 debut, WTA 125 title, top 75 Carlé made her top 100 debut on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99. Two weeks later, she qualified into the main draw of Miami making her WTA 1000 debut. Two weeks later, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Solgironès Open in La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain.

Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard and 2021 US Open champion, Emma Raducanu, and 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova, recording her first WTA 1000 wins, before losing to ninth seed and 2017 French Open champion, Jelena Ostapenko, in the third round. As a result, she moved in the rankings into the top 75.

Partnering with Simona Waltert, Carlé was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

In November, she reached the final at the WTA 125 Copa Santiago losing there to Nina Stojanović, in three sets.

2025: First WTA Tour doubles final and singles quarterfinal Partnering Simona Waltert, Carlé made it into her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Iași Open, but they lost to Veronika Erjavec and Panna Udvardy in straight sets. At the same tournament, she also reached the singles quarterfinals for the first time at a WTA Tour event, defeating wildcard entrant Patricia Maria Țig and top seed Elina Avanesyan, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the last eight.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2026 US Open. Tournament202120222023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAQ1A1RQ20 / 10–1 French OpenAAQ2 1R1RQ3 0 / 20–2 WimbledonAQ3Q21RQ2Q20 / 10–1 US OpenAQ2Q11RQ1Q10 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–30–20–00 / 50–5WTA 1000Guadalajara OpenNHQ1AAA0 / 00–0 Career statisticsTournaments02144Career total: 3Overall win-loss2–03–40–12–31–20 / 108–10Year-end ranking26216115395128$1,410,680

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossIași Open, RomaniaWTA 250Clay Simona Waltert Veronika Erjavec Panna Udvardy 5–7, 3–6

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay Laura Pigossi3–6, 2–6Win1–1Solgironès Open, SpainClay Rebeka Masarova3–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss1–2Copa LP Chile, ChileClay Nina Stojanović6–3, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay Despina Papamichail Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze7–5, 5–7, [4–10]Win1–1Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay Despina Papamichail María Paulina Pérez Sofia Sewing6–3, 4–6, [11–9]Win2–1Montevideo Open, UruguayClay Julia Riera Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo7–6(7–5), 7–5Loss2–2Båstad Open, SwedenClay Julia Riera Peangtarn Plipuech Tsao Chia-yi5–7, 3–6Loss2–3Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandClay Simona Waltert Quinn Gleason Ingrid Martins3–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win3–3Antalya Challenger 2, TurkeyClay Simona Waltert Maja Chwalińska Anastasia Dețiuc3–6, 7–5, [10–3]Win4–3Colina Challenger, ChileClay Sara Sorribes Tormo Léolia Jeanjean Valeriya Strakhova6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (3–0)W40 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (2–0)W15 tournaments (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (9–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2017ITF Antalya, TurkeyW25 Clay Varvara Flink 4–6, 6–7(5)Win 1–1 Sep 2017ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW15 Clay Stephanie Petit 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(5)Win 2–1 Mar 2018ITF São José dos Campos, BrazilW15 Clay Victoria Bosio 7–5, 1–6, 6–2Win 3–1 Jun 2019ITF Wesley Chapel, United StatesW15 Clay Victoria Emma 6–3, 6–1Win 4–1 Sep 2019ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW15 Clay Julieta Lara Estable 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 5–1 Feb 2020ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard Dasha Ivanova 6–4, 6–0Loss 5–2 Oct 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 3–6, 6–7(4)Win 6–2 Oct 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Weronika Falkowska 6–3, 2–6, 6–1Win 7–2 Oct 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Weronika Falkowska 6–4, 6–3Win 8–2 Jun 2021ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW25 Hard Conny Perrin 6–4, 6–0Win 9–2 May 2022Pelham Pro Classic, United StatesW60 Clay Elvina Kalieva 6–1, 6–1Win 10–2 May 2023ITF Bastad, SwedenW25 Clay İpek Öz 6–4, 6–3Win 11–2 May 2023ITF Bodrum, TurkeyW60 Clay Irina Bara 6–4, 6–4Win 12–2 Sep 2023ITF Pazardzhik, BulgariaW40 Clay Çağla Büyükakçay 6–1, 6–2Win 13–2 Jan 2024Vero Beach Open, United StatesW75+H Clay Gabriela Lee 6–4, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (1–2)W40/50 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (2–4)W15 tournaments (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (6–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2017ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW15 Clay Emily Appleton Julieta Lara Estable Melina Ferrero 6–3, 6–1Loss 1–1 Sep 2019ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW15 Clay Julieta Lara Estable Candela Bugnon Guillermina Naya 2–6, 6–1, [8–10]Win 2–1 Feb 2020ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Clay Thaisa Grana Pedretti Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov w/oLoss 2–2 Oct 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Olivia Gram Darya Astakhova Darja Semenistaja 4–6, 3–6Loss 2–3 Apr 2021ITF Villa María, Argentina W25 Clay Victoria Bosio Valentini Grammatikopoulou Richèl Hogenkamp 2–6, 2–6Loss 2–4 Jul 2021ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, FranceW25 Hard Ylena In-Albon Diāna Marcinkēviča Chiara Scholl 6–3, 2–6, [7–10]Loss 2–5 Aug 2021ITF San Bartolomé, SpainW60 Clay Julieta Lara Estable Arianne Hartono Olivia Tjandramulia 4–6, 6–2, [7–10]Win 3–5 Oct 2021ITF Lima, PeruW25 Clay Laura Pigossi María Paulina Pérez Jessica Plazas 6–1, 6–1Win 4–5 Nov 2021Aberto da República, BrazilW60 Clay Carolina Alves Valeriya Strakhova Olivia Tjandramulia 6–2, 6–1Win 5–5 Feb 2022ITF Tucumán, ArgentinaW25 Clay Julieta Lara Estable Nicole Fossa Huergo Noelia Zeballos 3–6, 6–0, [10–7]Loss 5–6 Mar 2022ITF Anapoima, ColombiaW25 Clay Laura Pigossi Ylena In-Albon Réka Luca Jani 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]Loss 5–7 Mar 2022Open Medellín, ColombiaW25 Clay Laura Pigossi Conny Perrin Daniela Seguel 2–6, 7–5, [8–10]Loss 5–8 Jun 2022Open de Biarritz, FranceW60 Clay Maria Timofeeva Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova 6–2, 3–6, [12–14]Win 6–8 Jun 2026ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, GermanyW50 Clay Julia Riera Anastasiia Sobolieva Anastasiya Zaparyniuk 6–2, 6–3

Billie Jean King Cup Singles (4–2) +EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore2021F POApr 2021Córdoba (ARG) KazakhstanClay Elena RybakinaW 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 Yulia PutintsevaW 6–7(3), 7–6(3), ret.

Doubles (1–2) EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore2016WG2 POApr 2016Kyiv (UKR) UkraineHardGuadalupe Pérez RojasKaterina Bondarenko Olga SavchukL1–6, 3–62021ZG1 RRFeb 2021Santiago (CHI) PeruClayGuillermina NayaDana Guzmán Camila SoaresW6–3, 4–6, 6–1F POApr 2021Córdoba (ARG) KazakhstanClayNadia PodoroskaAnna Danilina Yaroslava ShvedovaL0–6, 5–7

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