Irene Burillo

Irene Burillo Escorihuela (born 23 July 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 207 in singles, achieved in January 2022, and No. 109 in doubles, achieved on 20 April 2026. She has won two WTA 125 doubles titles, and six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life Burillo was born in Caspe, Zaragoza. Her father, Carlos Burillo, was a footballer. She has a twin brother named Carlos. She trains at the Ad in Tennis Academy in Barcelona.

Career overview

In January 2021, Burillo won the inaugural Georgia's Rome Tennis Open, a $60k event, by defeating Grace Min in the final in her fifth three-setter of the week to win her first title since 2017 – and her first above $15k level.

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Rabat Grand Prix where she lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round. The following month, she entered the Open Internacional de Valencia as a wildcard, but lost to fourth seed Arantxa Rus in the first round.

In 2023, she qualified for her first WTA 1000 tournament, the Madrid Open, having been given a wildcard for the qualifying draw. She won her first match at the WTA Tour-level against Kaia Kanepi in the first round.

Ranked No. 280, she qualified for her first major at the 2024 French Open by defeating Carole Monnet, Veronika Erjavec, and Jil Teichmann in qualifying without dropping a set. However, she lost in the first round of the main draw to fellow qualifier Moyuka Uchijima.

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournaments

Doubles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW60 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW10/15 tournaments