Lisa Pigato

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Lisa Pigato
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Pigato at the 2026 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003 (age 23)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$345,942
Singles
Career record231–148
Career titles2 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 108 (19 October 2026)
Current rankingNo. 108 (19 October 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q2 (2026)
Wimbledon Q1 (2026)
US Open Q1 (2026)
Doubles
Career record103–73
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 187 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 902 (21 September 2026)
Last updated on: 21 September 2026.

Lisa Pigato (born 21 June 2003 [1] ) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 108, achieved on 19 October 2026, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 187, reached on 18 July 2022. Pigato has won two WTA 125 singles titles as well as nine singles titles and nine in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As junior, she won the 2020 French Open event with Eleonora Alvisi.

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Juniors

Pigato won the 2020 French Open girls' doubles event, partnering Eleonora Alvisi, when they defeated the Russian pairing of Maria Bondarenko and Diana Shnaider in the final. [2]

Grand Slam performance

Singles
Doubles

Professional

2021–2025: WTA Tour debut

Pigato made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma where she won two qualifying matches, before losing to the top seed, Serena Williams, in the first round. [3]

Given a wildcard entry, she made her WTA 1000 main-draw debut at the 2023 Italian Open [4] defeating Diletta Cherubini, [5] before losing to eighth seed Daria Kasatkina in the second round. [6]

Again having received a wildcard into the 2024 Italian Open, Pigato was defeated in the first round by Shelby Rogers. [7]

2026: First WTA 125 titles

Pigato won her first WTA 125 title at the Open Villa de Madrid by defeating Marina Bassols Ribera in the final. [8] She claimed her second WTA 125 title at the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, overcoming Gabriela Knutson in the final. [9] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 113, on 21 September 2026. [10]

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Apr 2026 Open Villa de Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Marina Bassols Ribera 6–4, 6–0
Win2–0 Sep 2026 Caldas da Rainha Open, PortugalHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Knutson 6-4, 6-2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments (2–2)
W25/35 tournaments (3–3)
W15 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (6–3)
Carpet (1–1)
Hard (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2019ITF Tabarka, TunisiaW15Clay Flag of Russia.svg Anna Ureke6–0, 2–0 ret.
Win2–0Nov 2019ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Melania Delai w/o
Win3–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Turkey.svg İlay Yörük6–2, 3–6, 3–1 ret.
Win4–0 Oct 2023 ITF Solarino, ItalyW25Carpet Flag of Italy.svg Dalila Spiteri 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss4–1Nov 2023ITF Solarino, ItalyW25Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Klimovičová 2–6, 3–6
Loss4–2 Apr 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35Clay Flag of Spain.svg Andrea Lázaro García 6–7(4), 3–6
Win5–2 Mar 2025 ITF Gonesse, FranceW15Clay (i) Flag of France.svg Thessy Ntondele Zinga 6–1, 6–4
Loss5–3 Sep 2025 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Caijsa Hennemann 5–7, 2–6
Win6–3 Oct 2025 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35Clay Flag of Italy.svg Giorgia Pedone 6–1, 6–4
Loss6–4 Jan 2026 ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW75Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Mananchaya Sawangkaew 1–6, 4–6
Win7–4Jan 2026ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW75Hard Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Abe 6–4, 6–7(6), 6–2
Win8–4Mar 2026ITF San Gregorio, ItalyW35Clay Flag of France.svg Alice Tubello 6–2, 6–4
Loss8–5 Apr 2026 Chiasso Open, SwitzerlandW75Clay Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Maria Timofeeva 2–6, 3–6
Win9–5 Sep 2026 The Campus Open, PortugalW75Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Vedder 1–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (2–0)
W40 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (6–4)
W15 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (7–4)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2019ITF Schio, ItalyW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Matilde Paoletti Flag of Colombia.svg Yuliana Lizarazo
Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi
3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss0–2Sep 2020ITF Trieste, ItalyW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Melania Delai Flag of Colombia.svg Yuliana Lizarazo
Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi
2–6, 3–6
Win1–2Dec 2020ITF Selva Gardena, ItalyW25Hard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Matilde Paoletti Flag of Poland.svg Maja Chwalińska
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Fruhvirtová
7–5, 6–1
Win2–2Sep 2021ITF Jablonec nad Nisou,
Czech Republic
W25Clay Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Roșca Flag of Japan.svg Mana Kawamura
Flag of Japan.svg Funa Kozaki
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss2–3Jan 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25Hard Flag of Italy.svg Nuria Brancaccio Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cody Wong
2–6, 3–6
Loss2–4May 2022ITF Santa Margherita di Pula,
Italy
W25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Martina Colmegna Flag of Portugal (official).svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Matilde Jorge
5–7, 6–0, [9–11]
Win3–4 May 2022 Rome Cup, ItalyW60Clay Flag of Italy.svg Matilde PaolettiFlag placeholder.svg Darya Astakhova
Flag of Latvia.svg Daniela Vismane
6–3, 7–6(7)
Win4–4 June 2022 Internazionali di Brescia, ItalyW60Clay Flag of Italy.svg Nuria Brancaccio Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zhibek Kulambayeva
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–4, 6–1
Loss4–5 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di PulaW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli Flag placeholder.svg Amina Anshba
Flag of Romania.svg Oana Georgeta Simion
3–6, 1–6
Loss4–6 Jan 2023 ITF Tallinn, EstoniaW40Hard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Deborah Chiesa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Havlíčková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková
5–7, 6–4, [11–13]
Win5–6 Sep 2023 ITF Varna, BulgariaW25Clay Flag of Latvia.svg Daniela Vismane Flag of Romania.svg Karola Patricia Bejenaru
Flag of France.svg Yasmine Mansouri
7–64, 7–5
Win6–6 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di PulaW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Martina Colmegna Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Radišić
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Anita Wagner
6–4, 7–5
Loss6–7Oct 2023ITF Solarino, ItalyW25Carpet Flag of Italy.svg Giorgia Pedone Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney
Flag of Germany.svg Lena Papadakis
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win7–7Nov 2023ITF Solarino, ItalyW25Carpet Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli Flag of Georgia.svg Sofia Shapatava
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith
6–3, 6–4
Win8–7 Feb 2025 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Vittoria Paganetti Flag of Slovenia.svg Živa Falkner
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Naito
6–3, 6–4
Win9–7 Jun 2025 ITF Klosters, SwitzerlandW35Clay Flag of Italy.svg Deborah Chiesa Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jasmijn Gimbrère
Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Lahey
6–0, 3–6, [10–6]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2020 French Open Clay Flag of Italy.svg Eleonora Alvisi Flag of Russia.svg Maria Bondarenko
Flag of Russia.svg Diana Shnaider
7–6(3), 6–4

References

  1. ↑ "Lisa Pigato". ESPN.com.
  2. ↑ "France's Jacquemot storms back to claim Roland Garros girls' title". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Serena defeats debutante Pigato in Parma, Schmiedlova bests Venus again". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ↑ "Fognini and Errani lead the Rome wild cards". internazionalibnlditalia.com. 28 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Italian Open: Pigato to face Kasatkina in round of 64". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Italian Open: Kasatkina cruises into third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Italian Open: Rogers sets up Qinwen Zheng clash". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "WTA 125 Madrid: Lisa Pigato gana su primer título, dominado por Bassols". Tennis Talker Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Pigato sweeps past Knutson 6-4, 6-2 for the Caldas da Rainha title". Tennis Majors. 20 September 2026. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Lisa Pigato regina in Portogallo, battuta Knutson in finale. Per Lisa è il secondo titolo WTA dell'anno". Tennis Talker Magazine (in Italian). 20 September 2026. Retrieved 21 September 2026.