Panna Udvardy

Panna Udvardy (; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59, achieved on 25 May 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 65, achieved in October 2022.

Udvardy has won one WTA Tour title in doubles, at the 2025 Iași Open, with Veronika Erjavec, and two WTA 125 tournaments in singles.

Career

2017: WTA Tour debut Udvardy made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Anna Blinkova.

2021–23: Major debut & WTA 125 titles, top 100 She reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour at the 2021 Montevideo Open, losing to Diane Parry in straight sets. She made her top 100 debut at world No. 96, on 29 November 2021.

Udvardy reached her maiden Tour doubles final at the WTA 500 2022 Sydney International, partnering Vivian Heisen, losing to Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Australian Open, losing to Victoria Azarenka in the first round.

Playing with Mayar Sherif, Udvardy won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2022 Karlsruhe Open, defeating Yana Sizikova and Alison Van Uytvanck in the final.

Making her debut at the Wimbledon Championships, she recorded her first major win, defeating Tamara Zidanšek, before losing to 24th seed Elise Mertens in the second round.

Udvardy at the 2023 French OpenPartnering with Amina Anshba, she was runner-up at the 2022 Palermo Ladies Open, her second doubles final on the WTA Tour. They were defeated by the defending champion Kimberley Zimmermann, who played alongside Anna Bondár. She reached the singles final at 2022 Iași Open, but lost to Ana Bogdan.

Udvardy made it through to the doubles final at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy in September 2022, playing with Réka Luca Jani, but again lost out on the title, this time to Aliona Bolsova and Andrea Gámiz.

In November 2022, Udvardy won her first WTA 125 title at the Argentina Open, defeating Danka Kovinić in straight sets in the final.

Udvardy reached her third tour doubles final at the 2023 Hobart International, partnering with Viktorija Golubic, losing to Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegemund.

2024–2025: First WTA Tour doubles titles Partnering Irina Khromacheva, Udvardy won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2024 Swedish Open, defeating Eri Hozumi and Jang Su-jeong in the final. She entered the main-draw at the 2024 French Open as a lucky loser, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Udvardy defeated wildcard entrant Giorgia Pedone, qualifier Anastasiya Soboleva, sixth seed Renata Zarazúa and ninth seed Tamara Zidanšek to reach the final at the 2024 WTA 125 Bari Open, where she lost Anca Todoni. She qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, but lost in the first round to 17th seed Anna Kalinskaya in straight sets.

In November 2024, Udvardy reached back-to-back WTA 125 singles semifinals at the Bolivia Open and Cali Open, losing to Emiliana Arango and Veronika Erjavec, respectively.

Partnering with Veronika Erjavec, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the 2025 Iași Open, defeating María Lourdes Carlé and Simona Waltert in the final. Udvardy lost to Alexandra Eala in the final of the 2025 Guadalajara 125 Open.

At the 2025 SP Open, Udvardy reached her first tour-level hardcourt quarterfinal by defeating Anna Rogers and wildcard entrant Ana Candiotto. She lost in the last eight to eventual champion Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah.

Udvardy was runner-up at the 2025 WTA 125 Cali Open, losing to Sinja Kraus in the final. She won her second WTA 125 singles title at the Argentina Open, overcoming Varvara Lepchenko in the championship match.

2026: First WTA Tour singles final

Seeded eighth at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, Udvardy defeated wildcard entrants María Torres Murcia and Julieta Pareja, both in three sets, before recording a straight sets win over Katarzyna Kawa to make it into the semifinals, where she overcame Emiliana Arango in a deciding set tiebreak to reach her first WTA Tour singles final. She lost in the championship match to top seed Marie Bouzková in three sets. Despite the defeat, Udvardy moved up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 71 on 6 April 2026.

At the Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco, she reached the second WTA Tour-level semifinal of her career, defeating Hanne Vandewinkel, wildcard entrant Sada Nahimana and Emiliana Arango. Udvardy lost to Anhelina Kalinina in the last four.

Seeded fifth at the Iași Open, she recorded wins over qualifier Leyre Romero Gormaz and Katarzyna Kawa, before losing to Paula Badosa in the quarterfinals.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

Doubles Current through the 2023 Hamburg Open.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendWTA 500 (0–1)WTA 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (1–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–3)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–2)W80 tournaments (0–1)W60 tournaments (4–1)W50 tournaments (0–1)W25 tournaments (4–3)W10/15 tournaments (4–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (11–6)

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W60/75 tournaments (0–1)W25 tournaments (4–2)W10/15 tournaments (4–1)Finals by surfaceClay (9–3)Carpet (0–1)

Junior finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrade 1 (1–0)Grade 2 (0–3)Grade 4 (0–1)Grade 5 (1–0)

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrade A (1–0) Grade 1 (1–2) Grade 2 (7–2) Grade 4 (1–1)Grade 5 (1–0)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players She has a 0–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.