Daniela Seguel

Daniela Seguel
	Seguel at Biarritz, 2021
Full name	Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal
Country (sports)	Chile
Born	15 November 1992 (age 31); Santiago, Chile
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2007
Prize money	US$ 490,350
Singles
Career record	397–293
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 162 (28 May 2018)
Current ranking	No. 772 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2018, 2021, 2022)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018, 2021)
US Open	Q1 (2016, 2017, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	284–170
Career titles	28 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 110 (7 July 2014)
Current ranking	No. 583 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	30–22
Medal record
Representing Chile
Women's Tennis
South American Games
	Last updated on: 15 August 2024.

Last updated November 15, 2024

Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal^[1] (born 15 November 1992) is a Chilean professional tennis player. She has won 16 singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 162, weeks after reaching quarterfinals on the Copa Colsanitas, her best result on a WTA Tour tournament yet. Seguel's first-round win over Nicole Gibbs was the first professional match won by a Chilean female tennis player since 1980.^[2] On 7 July 2014, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Junior career

In 2006, her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit came at the age of 13. She played her first tournament at the first Open Junior International Chile, in May, and reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Argentinian player Ornella Caron, in straight sets. In 2007, she won her first singles title at the second Junior Open Chile, in October.

In 2008, she reached one final, at the Copa Gobierno Bolivariano de Carabobo in Valencia, Venezuela. In 2009, she won the Vina Junior Open, by defeating her compatriot Cecilia Costa Melgar in the final, in straight sets.

In 2010, she played her last junior tournament, at the 27th Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil where she was stopped in the second round by Slovak player Jana Čepelová.

Professional career

Seguel made her debut at the professional level in 2007, at a $10k tournament in Santiago, Chile. In singles, she lost in the first round to Vivian Segnini.

In July 2010, she reached her first ITF singles final in La Paz, Bolivia. She lost the final in straight sets to Colombian player Karen Castiblanco and in November she won her first ITF title at a $10k in Concepción, Chile, alongside compatriot Fernanda Brito. In singles, she won her first title in April 2011, at a $10k event in Córdoba, Argentina.

Her biggest ITF title in singles came at the $60k Barcelona Women World Winner, in June 2017.

In January 2024, she made her debut at the 2024 United Cup in mixed doubles partnering Tomas Barrios Vera where they stunned Greek top 10 duo Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas.^[3]^[4]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	A	A	Q2	Q2	0–0
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q3	Q1	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	NH	Q1	A	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International^[a]	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2023	Copa Colina, Chile	Clay	Lucciana Pérez Alarcón	Julia Lohoff Conny Perrin	6–7^(4–7), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (5–4)
W10 tournaments (10–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (14–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2010	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	10,000	Clay	Karen Castiblanco	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2011	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 0–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Mar 2012	ITF Rancagua, Chile	10,000	Clay	Carolina Zeballos	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Win	3–1	Apr 2012	ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Patricia Kú Flores	1–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	4–1	Apr 2012	ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Victoria Bosio	7–5, 6–1
Win	5–1	Oct 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Carolina Zeballos	2–6, 7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	5–2	Oct 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–3	Jun 2013	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	Jun 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Nazari Urbina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	7–3	Jul 2015	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–3	Aug 2015	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–4	Sep 2015	ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Eduarda Piai	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	9–4	Sep 2015	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	10,000	Clay	María Álvarez Terán	6–2, 6–1
Win	10–4	Oct 2015	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	25,000+H	Clay	Montserrat González	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 6–3, 6–4
Win	11–4	Nov 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	2–6, 6–2, ret.
Loss	11–5	Jun 2016	ITF Helsingborg, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Susanne Celik	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–5	Jul 2016	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	25,000	Hard	Aleksandrina Naydenova	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	12–6	Nov 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–4, 4–4 ret.
Win	13–6	Jun 2017	Internacional de Barcelona, Spain	60,000	Clay	Amandine Hesse	3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	14–6	Oct 2017	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	14–7	Apr 2019	Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	4–6, 0–6
Win	15–7	May 2019	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Cé	6–1, 7–5
Win	16–7	Jan 2020	ITF Vero Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	7–5, 6–4
Loss	16–8	Oct 2021	ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Panna Udvardy	1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 46 (28 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (12–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (14–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (26–17)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Karen Castiblanco Andrea Koch Benvenuto	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–2	Nov 2010	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	10,000	Clay	Karen Ramírez Rivera	Karen Castiblanco Andrea Koch Benvenuto	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Nov 2010	ITF Concepción, Chile	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Karen Castiblanco Camila Silva	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Mar 2011	ITF Rancagua, Chile	10,000	Clay	Belén Ludueña	Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2011	ITF Córdoba, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Belén Ludueña	Andrea Benítez Salome Llaguno	0–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win	2–4	May 2011	ITF Itaparica, Brazil	10,000	Hard	Nathália Rossi	Andrea Benítez Raquel Piltcher	3–6, 6–0, [10–7]
Loss	2–5	Aug 2011	Reinert Open Versmold, Germany	25,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Elizaveta Ianchuk Julia Mayr	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	Nov 2011	ITF Rancagua, Chile	10,000	Clay	Belén Ludueña	Carla Forte Flávia Guimarães Bueno	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	4–5	Mar 2012	ITF Rancagua, Chile	10,000	Clay	Patricia Kú Flores	Fernanda Brito Raquel Piltcher	7–6⁽²⁾, 7–5
Win	5–5	Apr 2012	ITF Villa María, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Patricia Kú Flores	María Álvarez Terán Camila Silva	4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Win	6–5	Apr 2012	ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Sofía Luini Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	6–6	May 2012	ITF Rosario, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Tatiana Búa Camila Silva	4–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	7–6	Jul 2012	ITF Brussels, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Anna Smolina	Elyne Boeykens Karolina Wlodarczak	2–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	8–6	Sep 2012	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Sofía Luini Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8–7	Oct 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Aranza Salut Carolina Zeballos	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	9–7	Oct 2012	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Ornella Caron Aranza Salut	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–7	Nov 2012	ITF Temuco, Chile	10,000	Clay	Victoria Bosio	Sachie Ishizu Daniela Schippers	6–4, 6–2
Win	11–7	Mar 2013	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Cindy Burger	Anne Schäfer Kateřina Vaňková	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	12–7	Aug 2013	ITF Westende, Belgium	25,000	Hard	Tatiana Búa	Antonia Lottner Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Win	13–7	Aug 2013	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Amandine Hesse Deniz Khazaniuk	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13–8	Aug 2013	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Cé	Irina Khromacheva Diāna Marcinkēviča	4–6, 3–6
Win	14–8	Sep 2013	ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Cindy Burger	Demi Schuurs Eva Wacanno	6–4, 6–1
Win	15–8	Sep 2013	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Alizé Lim Laura Thorpe	6–4, 6–2
Loss	15–9	Dec 2013	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	15–10	May 2014	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	15–11	May 2014	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Cindy Burger	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	0–6, 1–6
Loss	15–12	Aug 2014	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Tatiana Búa	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	2–6, 3–6
Win	16–12	Feb 2015	ITF Beinasco, Italy	25,000	Clay (i)	Demi Schuurs	Xenia Knoll Alice Matteucci	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	16–13	Jun 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Carolina Betancourt	Camila Fuentes Zoë Gwen Scandalis	3–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Win	17–13	Jul 2015	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai	6–2, 6–2
Win	18–13	Aug 2015	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Nathaly Kurata Eduarda Piai	6–3, 6–2
Loss	18–14	Sep 2015	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	María Álvarez Terán Laura Pigossi	6–2, 2–6, [3–10]
Win	19–14	Oct 2015	ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia	25,000+H	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Montserrat González Francesca Segarelli	6–2, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	19–15	Nov 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Montserrat González Ana Sofía Sánchez	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	20–15	Feb 2016	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6–3, 6–1
Win	21–15	Mar 2016	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Martina Caregaro Réka Luca Jani	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	22–15	May 2016	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Başak Eraydın Alice Matteucci	6–2, 7–6⁽⁸⁾
Win	23–15	Mar 2017	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz	7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	24–15	Apr 2017	Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia	60,000	Clay	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	25–15	Sep 2017	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Irina Bara Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 6–3
Loss	25–16	Mar 2019	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Luisa Stefani	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁰⁾, [2–10]
Loss	25–17	Sep 2019	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	60,000+H	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Anna Bondár Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 5–7
Win	26–17	Oct 2021	ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 6–3
Win	27–17	Mar 2022	Open Medellín, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	María Lourdes Carlé Laura Pigossi	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	28–17	Jun 2022	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Rebeca Pereira	Emily Appleton Alexandra Osborne	6–4, 6–1
Loss	28–18	Sep 2022	ITF Marbella, Spain	25,000	Clay	Julia Riera	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Leyre Romero Gormaz	4–6, 2–6

Notes

↑ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

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References

↑ "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Seguel Carvajal Daniela Valeska". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
↑ "Qualifier Seguel stuns top seed Maria in Bogotá". Women's Tennis Association . 12 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
↑ "Chile stuns Greece at United Cup". 2 January 2024.
↑ "Seguel, Barrios Vera win mixed doubles as Chile bests Greece in United Cup".

External links

Daniela Seguel at the Women's Tennis Association
Daniela Seguel at the International Tennis Federation
Daniela Seguel at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Seguel Carvajal Daniela Valeska". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[2] "Qualifier Seguel stuns top seed Maria in Bogotá". Women's Tennis Association . 12 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

[3] "Chile stuns Greece at United Cup". 2 January 2024.

[4] "Seguel, Barrios Vera win mixed doubles as Chile bests Greece in United Cup".

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