Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel
Country (sports)	United States ; Estonia (since April 2023)
Residence	Bradenton, Florida
Born	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$ 374,982
Singles
Career record	104–91 (53.3%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 501 (June 8, 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2015)
US Open Junior	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	215–165 (56.6%)
Career titles	4 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 33 (January 29, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 40 (June 17, 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: June 17, 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.

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.

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 Tour 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.

2022-24: 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.^[2] At the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she won her biggest title to date with Ulrikke Eikeri.

Neel won her fourth doubles title at the 2024 Rosmalen Open, partnering Dutch player Bibiane Schoofs.^[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.

Doubles

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: 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)

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	ITF Atlanta, 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	80,000	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Akgul Amanmuradova Lizette Cabrera	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	9–3	Jul 2019	Challenger de Granby, Canada	80,000	Hard	Quinn Gleason	Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	9–4	Aug 2019	Concord Open, US	60,000	Hard	Elizabeth Halbauer	Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–4, [15–17]
Win	10–4	Oct 2019	ITF Charleston Pro, US	60,000	Clay	Anna Danilina	Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey	6–1, 6–1
Win	11–4	Jun 2022	Surbiton Trophy, UK	W100	Grass	Rosalie van der Hoek	Fernanda Contreras Catherine Harrison	6–3, 6–3
Win	12–4	Feb 2023	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	W60+H	Hard	Emina Bektas	Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 3–6, [10–6]

References

^ ""Matšpall": Sinimustvalge all mängima hakkav Ingrid Neel: üritan Eestit esindada parimal võimalikul moel". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 30 April 2022.
^ "Paolini defeats Townsend to claim Florence 125 title". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Samsonova stops Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch to capture fifth career title". 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Schoofs and Neel take doubles title". Libéma Open. Retrieved 17 June 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

[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.

[3] "Samsonova stops Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch to capture fifth career title". 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[4] "Schoofs and Neel take doubles title". Libéma Open. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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Singles

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$ 374,982
Career record	104–91 (53.3%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 501 (June 8, 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2015)
US Open Junior	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	215–165 (56.6%)
Career titles	4 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 33 (January 29, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 40 (June 17, 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: June 17, 2024.