Laura Pigossi

Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade (; born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 100 by the WTA, achieved on 29 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 80, reached on 1 December 2025. Her most notable achievement was a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in doubles, with Luisa Stefani.

Pigossi plays mostly on the WTA Challenger Tour, where she has won one title in singles and four in doubles. On the ITF Circuit, she earned twelve singles and 44 doubles titles.

Pigossi has represented Brazil in multiple international competitions and has spoken positively about competing in her home country. Playing for Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team since 2013, Pigossi has a win-loss record of 10–15 in BJK Cup competition, as of July 2026.

Career highlights

Juniors

Pigossi started playing tennis at the age of six at Club Athletico Paulistano in São Paulo, following her father and brother in the sport.

In 2009, at age 14, she travelled to compete on the ITF Junior Circuit, participating in the junior events at the US Open, Wimbledon and Roland Garros. In that same season, Pigossi earned her first points on the professional circuit.

On that period, Pigossi was studying at the Dante Alighieri school in São Paulo, but as she was already playing tennis, she and her family had an agreement that Pigossi had to make up for the missed classes. Then, Pigossi and her family decided to take her out of in-person schooling and she started to study remotely.

At the age of 15, she moved to Barcelona, where her brother had attempted to pursue tennis and later education.

Professional 2013 Pigossi made her debut for Brazil in the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup).

2017 Partnering with Nadia Podoroska of Argentina, Pigossi reached the quarterfinals of the doubles draw at the Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco, where they were defeated by Tímea Babos and Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, the top seeds.

2019 In October in Lagos, Nigeria, Pigossi won two consecutive ITF doubles titles, her 35th and 36th titles, which helped her break into the top 150 of the world doubles rankings.

2020–2021: Olympics doubles bronze medal, third longest game in history In April 2021, Pigossi competed at the W25 event in Córdoba, and in her opening match she lost to Russian player Amina Anshba with scores of 7–5, 3–6, 7–5, in a contest that lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes, becoming the third-longest match in the history of professional women's tennis.

Pigossi is an Olympic bronze medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the doubles event. She and partne Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and defending gold medallist Elena Vesnina to win the bronze medal. Pigossi and Stefani became the first Brazilians to obtain an Olympic medal in tennis history, surpassing Fernando Meligeni's campaign that took 4th place in 1996.

The medal was one of the most unexpected: the Brazilians got an Olympic spot at the last minute, confirmed one week before the Games opened, with Stefani ranked No. 23 in the doubles ranking and Pigossi only at No. 190. Although the Brazilian pair had lost in the only game they played together before, during the overall campaign they managed to save eight match points. In addition to the four in the bronze-medal match, they saved another four in the match against Czech duo Karolína Plíšková/Markéta Vondroušová in the round of 16.

2022: Wimbledon debut, top 100, first WTA Tour final In 2022, she played her first qualifying competition at a major at the Australian Open. Pigossi had her first WTA Tour-level wins at Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, coming from the qualifying rounds and reaching the finals. The campaign in Bogotá included wins against Dayana Yastremska in the quarterfinals and top seed Camila Osorio in the semifinals before losing the final to Tatjana Maria. Consequently, Pigossi reached a new career-high of world No. 126 in the singles rankings on 11 April 2022.

In May, she reached two second rounds at WTA 125-level in Saint-Malo and Karlsruhe . At the French Open, Pigossi made the qualifying draw as the 16th seed. In June, she made her major debut at Wimbledon. At the Guadalajara Open, she made her main-draw debut at the WTA 1000-level as a lucky loser.

2023–2024: Pan American gold, WTA 125 titles She also made her debut at the main draw of the Australian Open as a lucky loser. In August, Pigossi won an 60k event in Feira de Santana, Brazil. During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Pigossi won both the women's singles and doubles, the first Brazilian to ever do so – as well as the third to medal in both events after Maria Bueno and Gisele Miró – and earning her a spot in the 2024 Olympics singles tournament. Pigossi earned her first WTA 125 singles title by winning the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires.

Pigossi started the 2024 season with a first-round loss at the Canberra International. In doubles, she partnered with Alexandra Eala and advanced to the semifinals where they lost in straight sets. She reached her second WTA 125 doubles final in San Luis Potosí with Polish partner Katarzyna Piter, but they withdrew on the day of the final due to Pigossi’s knee injury. At the Copa Colsanitas, Pigossi won her opening match against fifth seed Nadia Podoroska, before losing her next match to Irina Bara. She claimed her ninth ITF title at the W50 event in Pretoria, South Africa, defeating Hanne Vandewinkel in the final.

During the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup) qualifier against Germany in São Paulo in April 2024, Pigossi lost a three-set battle to Tatjana Maria, and withdrew from the following day’s match against Laura Siegemund due to pain. In May, she made her debut at the French Open, after qualifying for the main draw. At the Olympics, she was defeated in her opening match by Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska. In front of her home crowd, Pigossi won the singles title of the W75 São Paulo tournament.

In November at the BJK Cup tie between Brazil and Argentina, Pigossi fell in three sets to Solana Sierra. She also lost her second match to Jazmín Ortenzi. Partnering Maja Chwalińska, Pigossi won the doubles title at the WTA 125 MundoTenis Open in December, defeating Nicole Fossa Huergo and Valeriya Strakhova in the final. This was her last tournament in the 2024 season and the first WTA 125 doubles title, her biggest achievement in doubles to date.

2025: First two WTA 250 doubles finals, top 80 on doubles, two WTA 125 doubles titles Pigossi began the 2025 season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand where she was defeated in the opening round of qualifying by Sachia Vickery. She then lost in the first round of the doubles draw at the same event. At the Australian Open, she won her first match in qualifying but lost her second.

In April, Pigossi participated in the 2025 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. In the singles draw, she had a three-set comeback victory against No. 5 seed Laura Siegemund but lost in the second round to Katarzyna Kawa, having been with a match point in the second set. In doubles, Pigossi and Irina Bara made the final losing there to Sara Sorribes Tormo and Cristina Bucșa in a tiebreak. This was Pigossi's first doubles final at the WTA 250-level and her biggest to date.

In the US Open qualifying, Pigossi lost to Emerson Jones in the second round.

Pigossi participated in the first edition of the SP Open, a WTA 250 in her hometown of São Paulo. Playing alongside Ingrid Martins, she was runner-up losing in three sets to Luisa Stefani and Tímea Babos. This was the first time that Pigossi reached a WTA Tour final on hardcourts in either singles or doubles. In singles, she advanced to the round of 16 but lost to Haddad Maia, in straight sets.

Pigossi returned to the Clube Paineiras do Morumby to defend her title at the São Paulo Torneio Internacional de Tênis Feminino, this time at the W35 level, and she defeated Carolina Alves in a three-sets final and three hours and 48 minutes of play.

Again partnering with Martins, Pigossi went to play at two WTA 125 events in Brazil in the month of October. At the first edition of Martins' hometown tournament, the Rio Ladies Open, Martins and Pigossi reached the semifinals but were defeated by Leyre Romero Gormaz and Tara Würth, in straight sets. Pigossi also lost her opening singles match to Julia Grabher, in straight sets.

The following week, they played at the MundoTenis Open in Florianópolis, where they lost in the second round to Irene Burillo and Ekaterine Gorgodze, in three sets. In singles, Pigossi reached the round of 16 and lost to Alice Ramé.

Pigossi then played at two more WTA 125 events in South America. First in Cali, Colombia, she reached the round of 16 but lost in straight sets to Sára Bejlek. Partnering with fellow Brazilian Ana Candiotto, she won the final against Ekaterine Gorgodze and Nicole Fossa Huergo, in straight sets.

In the first edition of the WTA 125 Tucumán Open in Argentina, she los in the first roundt to Argentine Carla Markus, in straight sets. Partnering with French player Carole Monnet, she reached the semifinals before losing to Valeriya Strakhova and Alicia Herrero Linana in three sets.

Then, Pigossi went to Hobart, Australia to join the BJK Cup team competing in the play-offs. On the first day, Pigossi faced Portugal’s Francisca Jorge (world No. 202) and won in straight sets. With Brazil’s victory already secured, the tie was concluded at 3–0 following a doubles victory by Luisa Stefani and Ingrid Martins, who defeated Inês Murta and Angelina Voloshchuk in three sets. On the second day, she faced Australian Maya Joint in the second match of the tie. Pigossi took the first set 6–2, but the match was interrupted for nearly two hours due to heavy rain in Hobart. After the resumption of the second set, Pigossi led by a break and even held a match point, but she was broken while serving for the match. From that moment, Joint took control of the match, defeating Pigossi in two hours and six minutes, securing Australia’s qualification for the 2026 Qualifying Round.

Then, Pigossi went to Colina, Chile to play there at the WTA 125 tournament. She reached the round of 16 in singles and was defeated by third seed Léolia Jeanjean in three sets. In doubles, alongside Alicia Herrero, she reached the semifinals, losing to María Lourdes Carlé and Sara Sorribes in two sets.

Pigossi then went to Buenos Aires for the WTA 125 Argentina Open. In singles, she lost in the first round in two sets againts Varvara Lepchenko. Alongside Alicia Herrero, she beat Nicole Fossa Huergo and Laura Samson in two sets in the final, securing her third WTA 125 title in doubles.

Her last tournament of the season was the WTA 125 Quito Open in Ecuador. In the singles draw, Pigossi reached the round of 16, but was defeated by Slovenian Veronika Erjavec, fifth seed in the tournament, in two sets. Alongside Herrero, she entered directly the quarterfinals and was defeated by Ecuadorians Mell Reasco and Camila Romero in two sets that both went to tie-breaks.

Pigossi ended the season as the world No. 80 in doubles, her highest ranking to date.

After losing in the singles qualifying for the 2026 Australian Open , Pigossi entered the doubles draw as an alternate, this being the first participation in a major doubles tournament in her career. Alongside Sára Bejlek, she lost in the first round to Jesika Malečková and Miriam Škoch in two sets.

Also at Melbourne, Pigossi participated in the exhibition event 1 Point Slam, where she lost her first match to eventual champion, amateur tennis player Jordan Smith.

In May 2026, Pigossi reached the quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Istanbul Open losing there to Guiomar Maristany, in straight sets.

Partnering with Maria Kozyreva, she won the title by defeating Makoto Ninomiya and Anastasia Detiuc in three sets in the final. It was Pigossi’s fourth doubles title at a WTA 125 event, achieved by winning her fourth consecutive doubles final at this level. Then, Pigossi entered the doubles draw as an alternate, this being her first participation in doubles at this tournament. However, she and Alycia Parks lost in the first round to Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai, in three sets.

Personal life and off-court activities Laura Pigossi has been noted for her off-court activities. In addition to her tennis career, she has been involved in a family owned burger restaurant business in Spain, which she co-founded with her older brother, Lucas Pigossi. The establishment operates in Barcelona and Madrid, and seeks introducing Brazilian style to the local market. Pigossi occasionally assists in the business during periods away from competition, performing tasks such as dishwashing and order organization..

Pigossi has cited the association football player Pelé and the volleyball player Bruno Rezende to be her main sporting influences outside tennis, and Victoria Azarenka, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to be her main influences in tennis.

Laura Pigossi has two tattoos. One, located on her ankle, depicts the Olympic rings and was made shortly after she won the bronze medal alongside Luisa Stefani at the 2020 Olympics.

The other, on her arm and done on the same day, features an excerpt from the Brazilian national anthem, "E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza" ("And your future reflects that greatness"). Pigossi cited that this phrase was a very important source for motivation during the Tokyo Olympic Games.