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27 Facts About Luisa Stefani

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Luisa Stefani had a ITF combined junior ranking of No 10, on March 2015.

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Luisa Stefani won the mixed-doubles competition at the 2023 Australian Open with Rafael Matos, becoming the first all Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam title.

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Luisa Stefani is a bronze medalist in women's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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At the age of 14, Luisa Stefani's family moved to the United States, where it was hoped she would develop herself better in tennis.

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Luisa Stefani started training at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy, and eventually reached two junior Grand Slam semifinals in doubles: the 2014 French Open and the 2015 US Open.

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Luisa Stefani made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup where she received a singles main-draw wildcard.

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Until 2019, Luisa Stefani tried to play both singles and doubles.

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At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Luisa Stefani won a bronze medal alongside Carolina Meligeni Alves.

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Luisa Stefani had to pass on the French Open after being forced to endure an emergency appendicitis surgery.

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At the postponed Tokyo Olympics, Luisa Stefani won a bronze medal, partnering Laura Pigossi.

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Pigossi and Luisa Stefani became the first Brazilians in history to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis, surpassing Fernando Meligeni's campaign that took 4th place in 1996.

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The US Open had Luisa Stefani reaching her first major semifinal and fifth straight in 2021, partnering with Gabriela Dabrowski, only to injure her knee in the decisive game against Coco Gauff and Caty McNally and withdraw.

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Luisa Stefani had to sit out the rest of the season following surgery to mend the anterior cruciate ligament injury.

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Luisa Stefani returned to the courts winning the WTA 250 title in Chennai along with Dabrowski.

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Luisa Stefani announced she would play the 2023 Australian Open with Caty McNally, but withdrew without playing a game once McNally injured herself in the singles tournament.

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Later, playing with Caroline Garcia, Luisa Stefani won the WTA 500 in Berlin, with this reaching No 14 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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Still with Garcia, Luisa Stefani reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, along the way defeating sixth seeds Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend, and former doubles world No 1, Timea Babos - who played alongside Kirsten Flipkens - before a loss to the eventual champions, Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strycova.

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Luisa Stefani made the Cincinnati quarterfinals, partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and upon her return to the US Open, alongside Jennifer Brady, repeated the semifinal that preceded her injury.

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Luisa Stefani reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open playing with Demi Schuurs, this being her best campaign in this tournament to date.

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In October, after falling in round 1 of the 2024 Wuhan Open, even if the pair was still in the chase for the 2024 WTA Finals, Luisa Stefani declared she was ending her season sooner due to knee pain.

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Originally on a break, Luisa Stefani was called to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to serve as an alternate with Demi Schuurs, ready to participate if needed in the doubles competition.

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Luisa Stefani began her 2025 season confident in her recovery and aiming for strong results.

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Luisa Stefani debuted the Slyce uniform at the Australian Open.

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At the Australian Open, Luisa Stefani partnered with American tennis player Peyton Stearns.

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Babos and Luisa Stefani won in the semifinal by beating the number one seeded pair of Zhang Shuai from China and Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic.

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At the 2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha Luisa Stefani played with Peyton Stearns .

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Luisa Stefani then went to play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where she formed a first time partnership with Canadian Leylah Fernandez.