Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel

Neel in 2024
Country (sports)	United States   Estonia (since April 2023)
Residence	Bradenton, Florida
Born	(1998-06-16) June 16, 1998 (age 26) Oyster Bay, New York
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 404,792
Singles
Career record	104–91
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 501 (June 8, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	219–168
Career titles	4 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 33 (January 29, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 41 (August 12, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	3R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2021, 2022, 2024)
US Open	2R (2015, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–1
Last updated on: 19 August 2024.

Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian professional tennis player. She has specialized in doubles and has won four titles on the WTA Tour and three titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. In addition, she has won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 January 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 33 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

Her Estonian grandmother (also named Ingrid) emigrated from Saaremaa to the United States during World War II to avoid Soviet deportation. Her relatives live in Tallinn. ^[1]

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

Career

2015: Major debut

By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, Neel was awarded a wildcard from the United States Tennis Association into the women's doubles tournament of the 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 Tour title

In April 2021, she won her first tour title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia and defeating the third seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam. ^[2]

2022-24: WTA 125 & 500 titles, top 35

In July 2022, at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel upset multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Latisha Chan in the first round.

Neel won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen, at the 2023 Firenze Ladies Open. ^[3] At the 2023 Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she won her biggest title to date with Ulrikke Eikeri. ^[4]

Neel won her fourth career doubles title at the 2024 Rosmalen Open, partnering Dutch player Bibiane Schoofs. ^{[5] [6]}

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.

Doubles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	0 / 2	3–2
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	2R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 4	3–4
US Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R		0 / 3	1–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–3	1–3	3–2	0 / 10	7–10

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (1–1) WTA 250 (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (2–0) Clay (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2021	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Elixane Lechemia	Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2023	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Ulrikke Eikeri	Harriet Dart Heather Watson	7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Win	3–0	Sep 2023	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	WTA 500	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	3–1	Apr 2024	Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany	WTA 500	Clay (i)	Ulrikke Eikeri	Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Win	4–1	Jun 2024	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Bibiane Schoofs	Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls	7–6(8–6), 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2023	Firenze Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Vivian Heisen	Asia Muhammad Giuliana Olmos	1–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	2–0	Jun 2023	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Wu Fang-hsien	Anna Sisková Renata Voráčová	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–0	Aug 2023	Chicago Challenger, United States	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Cristina Bucșa Alexandra Panova	walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend $10,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Clay (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2014	ITF Amelia Island, United States	10,000	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	4–4 ret.
Win	2–0	Jun 2016	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Mueller	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (2–0) $80,000 tournaments (1–2) $50/60,000 tournaments (4–1) $25,000 tournaments (3–1) $10,000 tournaments (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (7–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2015	ITF Gainesville, US	10,000	Clay	Fanny Stollár	Sofia Kenin Marie Norris	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Mar 2015	ITF Orlando, US	10,000	Clay	Fanny Stollár	Kateřina Kramperová Katerina Stewart	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	3–0	Jan 2016	ITF Wesley Chapel, US	25,000	Clay	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
Win	4–0	Feb 2016	Midland Tennis Classic, US	100,000	Hard (i)	CiCi Bellis	Naomi Broady Shelby Rogers	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–0	Jun 2016	ITF Buffalo, US	10,000	Clay	Caroline Dolehide	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	5–1	Jun 2016	ITF Baton Rouge, US	25,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Lauren Herring Ellen Perez	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–1	Sep 2016	Atlanta Open, US	50,000	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Alexandra Stevenson Taylor Townsend	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	7–1	Nov 2016	Scottsdale Challenge, US	50,000	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Samantha Crawford Melanie Oudin	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–1	Oct 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Michaëlla Krajicek	Cristina Bucșa Diāna Marcinkeviča	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8–2	Oct 2018	Tennis Classic of Macon, US	80,000	Hard	Anna Danilina	Caty McNally Jessica Pegula	1–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win	9–2	Apr 2019	Clay Court Championships, US	W80	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Akgul Amanmuradova Lizette Cabrera	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	9–3	Jul 2019	Challenger de Granby, Canada	W80	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata	6–7(5), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	9–4	Aug 2019	Concord Open, US	W60	Hard	Elizabeth Halbauer	Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes	6–7(3), 6–4, [15–17]
Win	10–4	Oct 2019	ITF Charleston Pro, US	W60	Clay	Anna Danilina	Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey	6–1, 6–1
Win	11–4	Oct 2019	ITF Hilton Head, US	W25	Clay	Anna Danilina	Katharine Fahey Elizabeth Halbauer	6–3, 6–2
Win	12–4	Jun 2022	Surbiton Trophy, UK	W100	Grass	Rosalie van der Hoek	Fernanda Contreras Gómez Catherine Harrison	6–3, 6–3
Win	13–4	Feb 2023	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	W60+H	Hard	Emina Bektas	Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason	7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]

References

1. ""Matšpall": Sinimustvalge all mängima hakkav Ingrid Neel: üritan Eestit esindada parimal võimalikul moel". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). April 30, 2022.
2. "Osorio Serrano keeps dream alive in Bogota, will face Zidansek for title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
3. "Paolini defeats Townsend to claim Florence 125 title". Women's Tennis Association.
4. "Kudermetova tops Pegula in Tokyo to win second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
5. "Samsonova stops Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch to capture fifth career title". June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
6. "Schoofs and Neel take doubles title". Libéma Open. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

External links

• Ingrid Neel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ingrid Neel at the International Tennis Federation
• Ingrid Neel at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)