Ingrid Neel

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Ingrid Neel
Ingrid Neel Orange Bowl 2014 cropped.png
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (since April 2023)
Residence Bradenton, Florida
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998 (age 25)
Oyster Bay, New York
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 330,652
Singles
Career record104–91 (53.3%)
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 501 (8 June 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2015)
US Open  Junior1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record207–159 (56.6%)
Career titles3 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 34 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 34 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2022)
French Open 2R (2023)
Wimbledon 2R (2021, 2022)
US Open 2R (2015, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 6–1
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian tennis player. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour with two singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 January 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 36 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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Personal life

Her grandmother is Estonian, who emigrated during World War II from Saaremaa to United States. [1]

In 2017, tennisrecruiting.net ranked her the No. 1 incoming college freshman in the United States. Ingrid attended University of Florida in 2018. As the sole freshman on the top-ranked NCAA Division I Florida Gators women's tennis team, she clinched championship-winning matches for team victories in the finals of Indoor Nationals vs. the University of North Carolina and the finals of the NCAA National Championships vs. Stanford University in 2018.

Tennis career

2015: Major debut

By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, the United States Tennis Association awarded Neel a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament of the 2015 US Open alongside Tornado Alicia Black where the duo won round one. They were unable to accept the substantial prize money since, at the time, it would have rendered them ineligible for participation in college tennis competition.

2021: Maiden WTA title

In April 2021, she won her first career WTA Tour title at the 2021 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia defeating the third seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.

2022

In July at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel defeated multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Chan in the first round.

2023: WTA 125 and 500 titles

She won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen at the Firenze Ladies Open. [2]

She won her biggest title to date at Tokyo with Ulrikke Eikeri.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaWTA 250Clay Flag of France.svg Elixane Lechemia Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Buzărnescu
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam 		6–3, 6–4
Win2–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham Open, United KingdomWTA 250Grass Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Heather Watson 		7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Win3–0 Sep 2023 Pan Pacific Open, JapanWTA 500Hard Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya 		3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss3–1 Apr 2024 Stuttgart Grand Prix, GermanyWTA 500Clay (i) Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova 		6–4, 3–6, [2–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 May 2023 Firenze Ladies Open, ItalyClay Flag of Germany.svg Vivian Heisen Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
Flag of Mexico.svg Giuliana Olmos 		1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win2–0 Jun 2023 Makarska International, CroatiaClay Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Fang-hsien Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Sisková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Renata Voráčová 		6–3, 7–5
Win3–0 Aug 2023 Chicago Challenger, United StatesHard Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag placeholder.svg Alexandra Panova 		walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2014ITF Amelia Island, United States10,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–4 ret.
Win2–0Jun 2016ITF Bethany Beach, United States10,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Mueller 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$80,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (6–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 2015ITF Gainesville, United States10,000Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin
Flag of the United States.svg Marie Norris 		6–3, 6–3
Win2–0Mar 2015ITF Orlando, United States10,000Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Kramperová
Flag of the United States.svg Katerina Stewart 		6–3, 7–6(4)
Win3–0Jan 2016ITF Wesley Chapel, United States25,000Clay Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Vikhlyantseva Flag of Russia.svg Natela Dzalamidze
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova 		4–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
Win4–0Feb 2016 Midland Tennis Classic, United States100,000Hard (i) Flag of the United States.svg CiCi Bellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naomi Broady
Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Rogers 		6–2, 6–4
Win5–0Jun 2016ITF Buffalo, United States10,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Dolehide Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang
Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Mueller 		5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss5–1Jun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Loeb Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Herring
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez 		3–6, 3–6
Win6–1Sep 2016ITF Atlanta, United States50,000Hard Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Stevenson
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend 		4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win7–1Nov 2016Scottsdale Challenge, United States50,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Crawford
Flag of the United States.svg Melanie Oudin 		6–4, 6–3
Win8–1Oct 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000Carpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkeviča 		6–2, 6–2
Loss8–2Oct 2018 Classic of Macon, United States80,000Hard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina Flag of the United States.svg Caty McNally
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 		1–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win9–2 Apr 2019 Clay Court Championships, United States80,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Quinn Gleason Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lizette Cabrera 		5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss9–3Jul 2019 ITF Granby, Canada80,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Quinn Gleason Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Kaji
Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata 		6–7(5), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss9–4Aug 2019 Concord Open, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Halbauer Flag of the United States.svg Angela Kulikov
Flag of the United States.svg Rianna Valdes 		6–7(3), 6–4, [15–17]
Win10–4Oct 2019 ITF Charleston Pro, United States60,000Clay Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladica Babić
Flag of the United States.svg Caitlin Whoriskey 		6–1, 6–1
Win11–4Jun 2022 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom100,000Grass Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rosalie van der Hoek Flag of Mexico.svg Fernanda Contreras
Flag of the United States.svg Catherine Harrison 		6–3, 6–3
Win12–4Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, Mexico60,000+HHard Flag of the United States.svg Emina Bektas Flag of France.svg Elixane Lechemia
Flag of the United States.svg Quinn Gleason		7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]

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  1. ↑ ""Matšpall": Sinimustvalge all mängima hakkav Ingrid Neel: üritan Eestit esindada parimal võimalikul moel". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 30 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Paolini defeats Townsend to claim Florence 125 title". Women's Tennis Association.
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