Carlota Martínez Círez (born 13 February 2001) is a Spanish tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 203, achieved on 24 July 2023.
Early life From Sádaba, in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, she started playing tennis relatively late at ten years-old. She won her first title on the ITF Junior Circuit in Luxembourg in 2017. She reached the top 50 in the world junior rankings and played in all four junior Grand Slam tournaments and started competing on the ITF Circuit at the age of 19. Around that time, she began training at Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona-1899 with José María Arenas and Jesús Sánchez.
Career In March 2022, Martínez Círez won her first professional title in Marrakech, defeating German player Chantal Sauvant 6–2, 6–0, in the final.
In July 2023, she won the Punta Cana tennis tournament in the Dominican Republic, defeating Ekaterina Makarova. She subsequently entered qualification for a major for the first time at the US Open. She was beaten by home player Ann Li in the first round of qualifying.
In January 2024, Martínez Círez played in the qualifying rounds for the Australian Open, where she lost to Polina Kudermetova. She reached quarterfinals of the Zaragoza Open on the 2024 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. In April, in qualifying for the Madrid Open, she played Hungarian Anna Bondár and won in straight sets.
Martínez Círez was awarded a wildcard into the 2025 Madrid Open for her first WTA 1000 main-draw match, losing to qualifier and fellow debutant Maya Joint in the first round, in three sets. Martínez Círez also received a main-draw wildcard for the 2026 Madrid Open but lost again in round one.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW25/35 tournaments (6–7)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (7–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Mar 2022ITF Marrakech, MoroccoW15 Clay Chantal Sauvant 6–2, 6–0Loss 1–1 Sep 2022ITF Marbella, SpainW25 Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz 7–6(2), 2–6, 0–6Win 2–1 Oct 2022ITF Santa Margharita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Misaki Matsuda 7–5, 7–5Win 3–1 Jan 2023ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW25 Clay Nuria Brancaccio 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Loss 3–2 May 2023ITF Platja d'Aro, SpainW25 Clay Carolina Alves 1–6, 7–6(1), 4–6Win 4–2 Jul 2023ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Rep.W25 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 6–3, 6–3Loss 4–3 Jul 2024ITF Casablanca, MoroccoW35 Clay Andrea Lázaro García 6–7(2), 3–6Loss 4–4 Aug 2024ITF Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaW35 Clay Georgia Andreea Crăciun 1–6, 2–6Win 5–4 Sep 2024ITF Trieste, ItalyW35 Clay Anastasia Abbagnato 7–6(2), 6–4Win 6–4 Sep 2024ITF Reus, SpainW35 Clay Alice Ramé 6–1, 7–6(4)Win 7–4 Oct 2024ITF Santa Margharita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Nicole Fossa Huergo 6–4, 6–3Loss 7–5 Dec 2024ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.W35 Hard Olivia Lincer 6–7(9), 6–3, 3–6Loss 7–6 Jan 2026ITF Antalya, TürkiyeW35 Clay Andreea Prisăcariu 6–2, 6–7(6), 6–7(3)Loss 7–7 Jan 2026ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW35 Clay Carolina Alves 0–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss Dec 2021ITF Antalya, TürkiyeW15 Clay Claudia Hoste Ferrer Ksenia Laskutova Amarissa Tóth 0–6, 5–7
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