Carolina Alves (tennis)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Meligeni Rodriguesand the second or paternal family name is Alves.

Carolina Meligeni Alves

Alves at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Itajaí, Brazil
Born	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28) São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$387,042
Singles
Career record	390–293
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 165 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 312 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2022, 2023)
French Open	Q2 (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2022, 2023)
US Open	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	263–181
Career titles	23 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 110 (18 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 493 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–4
Medal record Representing   Brazil Pan American Games 2019 Lima Doubles
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 23 April 1996) is a Brazilian tennis player. She has career-high rankings of 165 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and world No. 110 in doubles, achieved on 18 July 2022. Alves has won seven singles and 23 doubles titles at ITF Circuit tournaments.

Professional Career

2011

Carol made her debut on June 6, 2011, against Isabella Capato Camargo, winning in straight sets, 6–1, at the Tennis Club of Santos Tournament in Brazil. However, in the same tournament, she was defeated by Argentine seed Andrea Benitez in straight sets in the round of 16.

2012: First doubles tournament

Carol's first doubles appearance occurred on July 30, 2012, again in Santos, partnering with compatriot Giovanna Baccarini. They were defeated in the first round by fellow Brazilians Paula Cristina Gonçalves and Roxane Vaisemberg.

2013: First ITF doubles title

Carol at the 2013 US Open.

In 2013, Carol won her first ITF doubles title in Curitiba, Brazil, alongside Leticia Garcia Vidal.

2015: First WTA tournament appearance

Alves made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open, forming a doubles team with Brazilian partner Ingrid Gamarra Martins. ^[1]

2016: First singles title

Carol secured her first ITF singles title at a tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.

2017: Fed Cup debut

Carol debuted for Brazil in the 2017 Fed Cup and has achieved a win-loss record of 10–3 in the competition as of 2022.

2019: Pan American Games bronze

Carol Meligeni and Luisa Stefani at the Pan American Games 2019 medal ceremony.

At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Carol won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event, partnering with fellow Brazilian Luisa Stefani. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Later that year, Carol received the Heart Award for her outstanding performance during the Americas Zone Group I of the 2019 Fed Cup. ^{[5] [6]}

"I am very happy to be recognized with this award. I want to thank my entire Fed Cup team, both the athletes and the support staff who made this possible. Above all, I am proud to help others through this recognition," said Alves after receiving the award.

2021: First WTA final

In November 2021 and partnering Marina Bassols Ribera, she reached her first WTA 125 final in the doubles at the 2021 Montevideo Open, losing to top seeds Irina Bara and Ekaterine Gorgodze. ^[7] This result elevated her into the top 150 of the WTA doubles rankings.

2022

Carol Meligeni at Wimbledon 2022.

In April 2022, Carol participated in the Billie Jean King Cup in Salinas, Ecuador, teaming up with Beatriz Haddad Maia to defeat Argentine players Jazmin Ortenzi and Julia Riera in a match lasting over three hours. ^{[8] [9]}

2023: Breakthrough victories

Carol earned her first main-draw singles win at a WTA-level event higher than 125 by defeating Dayana Yastremska in the Copa Colsanitas opening round. ^[10]

In May, she claimed her biggest title yet at the ITF W25 in Castell-Platja d'Aro, Spain, defeating Carlota Martinez in the final. ^[11]

"I'm thrilled with this title, my first ITF W25. It was a challenging week with tough matches and difficult conditions. This victory crowns all my hard work. I am grateful to my team at ADK Tennis, especially coach Luiz Peniza," Carol said after the win.

Meligeni Alves during the announcement of the Brazil vs. South Korea Billie Jean King Cup tie in Brasília.

As a qualifier, Alves defeated fifth seed Caroline Dolehide in three sets to reach the second round at the 2023 Cali Open, ^[12] where she lost to Valeriya Strakhova in another match which went to a deciding set. ^[13]

Again having qualified for the main draw, she reached the second round at the 2023 Bogata Open, with a three-set win over Dayana Yastremska, ^[14] before losing to second seed and eventual champion Tatjana Maria. ^[15]

In late July, Carolina Meligeni Alves participated in a ITF W60 tournament in Feira de Santana. ^[16] In the singles draw, she lost in the first round to American Haley Giavara in straight sets, 2–6, 1–6. In doubles, paired with French player Kristina Mladenović, Alves reached the second round but withdrew before the match against Brazilian duo Helena Bueno and Maria Carolina Ferreira Turchetto due to Mladenović's withdrawal. ^[17]

Later, Alves competed in another tournament, an ITF W80 event in Brasília. In singles, she lost in the first round to 18-year-old Canadian Cadence Brace, 3–6, 4–6. ^[18] In doubles, however, she partnered with Argentina's Julia Riera and won the title, defeating the British-Ukrainian duo Eden Silva and Valerya Strakhova in the final, 6–2, 6–3. This title was the biggest of Alves' career at the time. ^{[19] [20]}

"Her partner withdrew, but playing together for the first time worked out perfectly. I'm very happy with this achievement. Competing at home, traveling with my coach, and facing high-level players make a big difference in our calendar. I can only thank CBT and the tournament sponsors, who are also my personal sponsors,” said Alves after winning the title.

In October, Alves competed in her second 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. She won two matches in the singles draw before losing in the quarterfinals to Argentina's María Carlé. ^[21]

2024

Alves began the 2024 season representing Brazil at the United Cup in Perth, Australia, a mixed-team competition. This was her second consecutive appearance at the event. Although she did not play any matches, the Brazilian team struggled and was eliminated in the group stage, with Beatriz Haddad Maia securing the team's sole victory by defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets. ^{[22] [23]}

During the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers, Alves stepped in for Laura Pigossi to face Germany's Laura Siegemund. Despite losing 2–1, she was praised for winning her first set against a top-100 player and putting up a strong fight. ^{[24] [25]}

In May, Alves claimed her seventh career singles title at the ITF W15 in São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, defeating an Argentine opponent in the final. ^[26]

In November, with Luisa Stefani sidelined due to a knee operation, Alves partnered with Haddad Maia in the decisive doubles match of the Billie Jean King Cup tie against Argentina. They defeated Jasmin Ortenzi and Julia Riera to secure Brazil's place in the 2025 Finals qualifiers. ^[27]

Personal life

Carolina Meligeni Alves is of Argentine descent through her mother. ^[28] She is the niece of former tennis player Fernando Meligeni and sister of tennis player Felipe Meligeni Alves. ^[29]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Nov 2021	Montevideo Open, Uruguay	Clay	Marina Bassols Ribera	Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze	4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend W60 tournaments (0–1) W25 tournaments (1–4) W10/15 tournaments (6-6)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (7-10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2013	ITF Rio Preto, Brazil	W10	Clay	Gabriela Cé	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	0–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–2	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Jelena Simic	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	2–3	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Despina Papamichail	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Sep 2018	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	6–7(3), 2–6
Win	3–5	Sep 2019	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	W15	Clay	Thaisa Grana Pedretti	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–6	Feb 2020	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Andrea Gámiz	7–6(5), 5–7, 0–6
Win	4–6	Nov 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Daria Mishina	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Nov 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Erika Andreeva	1–6, 3–6
Win	5–7	Dec 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–0, 7–5
Loss	5–8	Mar 2021	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W25	Clay	Yuki Naito	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Feb 2022	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	W25	Clay	Brenda Fruhvirtová	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–10	May 2022	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	W60	Clay	Ylena In-Albon	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–11	Mar 2023	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	W25	Clay	Rosa Vicens Mas	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–11	May 2023	ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain	W25	Clay	Carlota Martinez Cirez	6–1, 6–7(1), 6–4
Win	7-11	Mar 2024	ITF São João da Boa Vista, Brazil	W15	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	4–6, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 41 (24 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Legend W80 tournaments (1–0) W60 tournaments (2–2) W40/50 tournaments (1–0) W25 tournaments (7–7) W10/15 tournaments (13–8)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (20–16)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2013	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	W10	Clay	Leticia Garcia Vidal	Maria Vitória Beirão Ana Clara Duarte	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Nov 2013	ITF Rio Preto, Brazil	W10	Clay	Juliana Rocha Cardoso	Gabriela Cé Nathália Rossi	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2014	ITF Rio Preto, Brazil	W10	Clay	Ingrid Martins	Maria Fernanda Alves Paula Cristina Gonçalves	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2014	ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina	W10	Clay	Constanza Vega	Nathaly Kurata Nathália Rossi	7–6(4), 6–2
Loss	2–3	Jul 2014	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	W15	Hard	Ingrid Martins	Nathaly Kurata Giovanna Tomita	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2015	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	W10	Clay	Victoria Bosio	Gabriela Cé Laura Pigossi	7–6(3), 6–4
Win	4–3	Mar 2016	ITF Rio Preto, Brazil	W10	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	María Herazo González Noelia Zeballos	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–4	Apr 2016	ITF Rio Preto, Brazil	W10	Clay	Julieta Estable	Fernanda Brito Constanza Vega	6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	4–5	Apr 2016	ITF Bauru, Brazil	W10	Clay	Julieta Estable	Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai	6–7(4), 5–7
Win	5–5	May 2016	ITF Villa María, Argentina	W10	Clay	Constanza Vega	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit	6–1, 7–6(4)
Win	6–5	Jun 2016	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W10	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	Sofía Blanco Constanza Vega	2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	6–6	Jun 2016	ITF Oeiras, Portugal	W10	Clay	Victoria Bosio	Andrea Ka Laëtitia Sarrazin	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	7–6	Jul 2016	ITF Brussels, Belgium	W10	Clay	Ellen Perez	Karin Kennel Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–6	Oct 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Karin Kennel	Fernanda Brito Noelia Zeballos	6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	8–7	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Noelia Zeballos	Diana Enache Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–8	Nov 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Noelia Zeballos	Tamara Čurović Déborah Kerfs	6–7(5), 3–6
Win	9–8	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Tamara Čurović	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	10–8	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Tamara Čurović	Oana Gavrilă Sandra Jamrichová	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10–9	Dec 2017	Copa Colina, Chile	W25	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	Tamaryn Hendler Anastasia Pivovarova	5–7, 2–6
Win	11–9	Mar 2018	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	W15	Clay	Thaisa Grana Pedretti	Eleni Kordolaimi Dominique Schaefer	6–4, 6–1
Loss	11–10	Jun 2018	ITF Barcelona, Spain	W25	Clay	Jade Suvrijn	Jessica Ho Wang Xiyu	3–6, 1–6
Loss	11–11	Jun 2018	Open de Montpellier, France	W25	Clay	Martina Colmegna	Elixane Lechemia Alice Ramé	7–6(5), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–12	Mar 2019	ITF Campinas, Brazil	W25	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Danka Kovinić Laura Pigossi	3–6, 2–6
Loss	11–13	Jun 2019	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	W60	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Nicoleta Dascălu	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	11–14	Jun 2019	ITF Padova, Italy	W25	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Cristina Dinu Angelica Moratelli	6–7(7), 6–3, [8–10]
Win	12–14	Sep 2019	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	W25	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Martina Caregaro Federica di Sarra	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win	13–14	Oct 2019	ITF Cucúta, Colombia	W25	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Emiliana Arango Victoria Bosio	6–1, ret.
Loss	13–15	Nov 2019	ITF Orlando, United States	W25	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Katharine Fahey Stephanie Wagner	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	14–15	Feb 2020	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Andrea Gámiz	Tiphanie Fiquet Léolia Jeanjean	5–7, 6–2, [11–9]
Win	15–15	Sep 2020	ITF Porto, Portugal	W15	Hard	Marina Bassols Ribera	Júlia Payola Himeno Sakatsume	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	16–15	Aug 2021	ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland	W25	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	Hiroko Kuwata Yuliana Lizarazo	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	16–16	Aug 2021	ITF Radom, Poland	W25	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	Mana Kawamura Funa Kozaki	4–6, 2–6
Win	17–16	Aug 2021	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Ioana Loredana Roșca Sandra Samir	6–4, 6–1
Win	18–16	Aug 2021	Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Sarah Beth Grey	Mana Kawamura Funa Kozaki	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win	19–16	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	W25	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Erika Andreeva Ekaterina Kazionova	6–7(1), 6–4, [10–7]
Win	20–16	Sep 2021	ITF Leiria, Portugal	W25	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Celia Cerviño Ruiz Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 6–4
Win	21–16	Oct 2021	ITF Lima, Peru	W25	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Victoria Rodríguez Bibiane Schoofs	6–3, 7–6(2)
Win	22–16	Nov 2021	Aberto da República, Brazil	W60	Clay (i)	María Lourdes Carlé	Valeriya Strakhova Olivia Tjandramulia	6–2, 6–1
Loss	22–17	Nov 2022	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	W60	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Kateryna Volodko Tímea Babos	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	23–17	Aug 2023	Aberto da República, Brazil	W80	Hard	Julia Riera	Eden Silva Valeriya Strakhova	6–2, 6–3
Win	24–17	Sep 2024	ITF Pilar, Argentina	W50	Clay	Julia Riera	Nicole Fossa Huergo Zhibek Kulambayeva	6–4, 7–5

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External links

• Carolina Alves at the Women's Tennis Association
• Carolina Alves at the International Tennis Federation
• Carolina Alves at the Billie Jean King Cup