Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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player. She has career-high

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of 448 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2022, and 50 in doubles, attained on 9 October 2023. Gamarra Martins graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2019, majoring in integrated information technology. As part of the

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, she won the 2019

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tournament, with MVP and Player of the Year honors, ending her college tennis career ranked fourth in the

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rankings.

Career

2015: WTA debut in doubles

Gamarra Martins made her main-draw debut on the

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at the

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, in the doubles event, partnering Carolina Alves.

2022: Top 100 debut in doubles

She first entered the world top 100 in doubles in December 2022.

2023: First WTA title and debuts in majors, WTA 1000 and top 50

She won her first WTA Tour-level trophy at the WTA 250 doubles final in

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on grass courts with Belarusian

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. She entered the world top 60 at world No. 58 in doubles for the first time on 3 July 2023.Ingrid ganha primeiro WTA e será 58ª do ranking
/ref> She made her Grand Slam debut at the

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with Belarusian Irina Shymanovich. She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2023 National Bank Open, also playing with Morozava. She reached the semifinals with compatriot

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at the WTA 1000 China Open, defeating

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and

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. With this, she entered the world top 50 in doubles fot the first time.

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups)

References

External links

* * 1996 births Living people Brazilian female tennis players Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) South Carolina Gamecocks women's tennis players 21st-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub