Despina Papamichail

Despina Papamichail
Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ

Despina at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Greece
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31) Preveza, Greece
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right (two handed backhand)
Prize money	$797,407
Singles
Career record	514–417
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 143 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 281 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2023)
US Open	Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	387–233
Career titles	2 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 93 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 155 (4 November 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	31–29
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Despina Papamichail (Greek: Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 15 singles and 37 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for the Greece Fed Cup team, Papamichail has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of May 2024).

Career

Papamichail made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the first round.[1] In June 2021, she won the inaugural $60k Charleston Pro event by defeating Gabriela Cé in the final.[2]

She was selected to play for Greece at the 2023 United Cup, recording a win over Isabella Shinikova.[3]

Papamichail qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open and defeated lucky loser Sakura Hosogi,[4] before going out in the second round against sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.[5]

She won her first WTA125 doubles title at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, partnering with Valentini Grammatikopoulou to defeat Yuliana Lizarazo and María Paulina Pérez García in the final.[6][7]

Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she won the doubles title at the 2023 WTA 125 Argentina Open, defeating María Paulina Pérez García and Sofia Sewing in the final.[8]

She defeated Maria Mateas[9] to reach the second round at the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, where she lost to Kathinka von Deichmann.[10]

Performance timeline

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

Singles

Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
WTA 1000
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0[a]	0[a]	1	6	2		Career total: 9
Overall W–L	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–6	3–7	0–0	0 / 15	7–15
Year-end ranking	260	276	184	156	224		$385,895

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.

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2021	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	Irina Bara Ekaterine Gorgodze	7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	1–1	Aug 2023	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
Win	2–1	Dec 2023	Buenos Aires Open, Argentina	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	María Paulina Pérez Sofia Sewing	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments (1–1) $25/35,000 tournaments (2–1) $10/15,000 tournaments (12–7)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (10–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2010	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Mukhametova	2–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2010	ITF Mytilini, Greece	10,000	Hard	Anna Zaja	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	2–1	Apr 2011	ITF Vic, Spain	10,000	Clay	Victoria Larrière	7–6^(10), 6–1
Loss	2–2	May 2011	ITF Petroupoli, Greece	10,000	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	3–2	May 2011	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Nicole Rottmann	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	İpek Soylu	3–6, 6–7^(0)
Loss	3–4	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Maria Sakkari	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	4–4	Jun 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Anna Morgina	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Jun 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Jan Abaza	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	5–6	May 2017	ITF Acre, Israel	15,000	Hard	Sadafmoh Tolibova	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–6	Jul 2017	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	15,000	Hard	Estelle Cascino	7–6^(4), 6–3
Win	7–6	Jul 2017	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	15,000	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	3–6, 7–6^(5), 6–3
Win	8–6	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Bárbara Gatica	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–6	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Carolina Alves	6–1, 6–4
Win	10–6	Sep 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Raluca Șerban	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(6)
Win	11–6	May 2018	ITF San Severo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Simona Waltert	6–1, 6–2
Loss	11–7	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Mirjam Björklund	6–1, 6–7^(3), 3–6
Win	12–7	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Nastja Kolar	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	13–7	Jul 2019	ITF Getxo, Spain	W25	Clay (i)	Sandra Samir	6–2, 6–4
Win	14–7	Jul 2019	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W25	Clay	Jule Niemeier	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Win	15–7	Jun 2021	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	W60	Clay	Gabriela Cé	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	15–8	Jun 2022	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	W60	Clay	Ángela Fita Boluda	2–6, 0–6
Loss	15–9	Mar 2024	ITF Alaminos, Cyprus	W35	Clay	Loïs Boisson	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 69 (37 titles, 32 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (0–1) W60/75 tournaments (2–3) W40 tournaments (1–0) W25/35 tournaments (10–8) W10/15 tournaments (24–20)

Finals by surface Hard (18–14) Clay (19–17) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	ITF Vic, Spain	10,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2012	ITF Bron, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Justine Ozga Isabella Shinikova	7–5, 7–5
Win	2–1	Mar 2012	ITF Dijon, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Yana Sizikova Alison Van Uytvanck	7–5, 7–6^(7)
Win	3–1	Jul 2012	ITF Torino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lucia Cervera-Vazquez	Estelle Guisard Katharina Negrin	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	4–1	Aug 2012	ITF Locri, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Kana Daniel Nastassia Rubel	6–1, 6–0
Loss	4–2	Oct 2012	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Despoina Vogasari	Manon Arcangioli Laëtitia Sarrazin	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	Feb 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Alice Savoretti	Elena-Teodora Cadar Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Apr 2013	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Giulia Sussarello	Marina Melnikova Teodora Mirčić	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	Apr 2013	ITF San Severo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Martine Ditlev Malou Ejdesgaard	6–1, 6–4
Win	7–3	Aug 2013	ITF Locri, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica di Sarra	Alice Matteucci Camilla Rosatello	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	7–4	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Gaia Sanesi	Melis Sezer İpek Soylu	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	7–5	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Polina Leykina	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay	6–7, 2–6
Loss	7–6	Mar 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Alice Matteucci	Yuliana Lizarazo Alexandra Nancarrow	3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	7–7	Mar 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Olga Sáez Larra Alexandra Nancarrow	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	7–8	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Maria Sakkari	Natela Dzalamidze Valentini Grammatikopoulou	7–6, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	8–8	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Polina Leykina	Marie Benoît Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–8	Jun 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Arabela Fernández Rabener	Mai El Kamash Yasmin Hamza	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–9	Aug 2014	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Alice Matteucci	Yumi Miyazaki Mari Tanaka	2–6, 5–7
Win	10–9	Sep 2014	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Rebecca Šramková Julia Terziyska	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–10	Oct 2014	ITF Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Janina Toljan	Cindy Burger Sharon Fichman	6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Win	11–10	Dec 2014	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Miyabi Inoue Miki Miyamura	7–6^(5), 6–2
Loss	11–11	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Anastasiya Komardina Valentini Grammatikopoulou	2–6, 2–6
Win	12–11	May 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Nastja Kolar	Diana Buzean Alice Matteucci	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	13–11	May 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Alice Matteucci	Elena-Teodora Cadar Eleni Kordolaimi	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–11	Jun 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Alice Matteucci	Grace Dixon Ella Leivo	6–1, 6–3
Loss	14–12	Jul 2015	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Bernarda Pera	Claudia Giovine Xenia Knoll	5–7, 2–6
Win	15–12	Jul 2015	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6–4, 7–6^(2)
Loss	15–13	Aug 2015	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Maria Sakkari	Cristina Dinu Diana Buzean	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	16–13	Aug 2015	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Claudia Giovine	Harriet Dart Katy Dunne	6–2, 6–1
Win	17–13	Sep 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Cristiana Ferrando Chiara Grimm	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	18–13	Sep 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Carla Touly	Nina Stadler Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 6–4
Loss	18–14	Jan 2016	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Ola Abou Zekry	Petra Krejsová Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 0–6
Loss	18–15	Jan 2016	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Ola Abou Zekry	Petra Krejsová Chantal Škamlová	6–7^(2), 3–6
Loss	18–16	Feb 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Petra Januskova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	3–6, 2–6
Win	19–16	Feb 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Petra Januskova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	6–2, 6–7^(5), [10–5]
Win	20–16	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Georgia Brescia	Alice Balducci Claudia Giovine	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	20–17	Mar 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Karin Kennel	Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Shoshyna	1–6, 2–6
Loss	20–18	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Anastasia Pribylova Naomi Totka	1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win	21–18	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Samantha Murray	Ola Abou Zekry Jaqueline Cristian	6–3, 6–2
Win	22–18	May 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Samantha Murray	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	3–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Loss	22–19	Jun 2016	ITF Amarante, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Jessica Crivelletto	Tereza Mihalíková Inês Murta	6–7^(5), 3–6
Win	23–19	Aug 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	10,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Julieta Estable Daniela Farfan	6–7^(5), 6–0, [10–5]
Win	24–19	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Berfu Cengiz Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	7–6^(4), 1–6, [10–5]
Win	25–19	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Manon Arcangioli	Emilie Francati Sarah Beth Grey	6–4, 6–2
Win	26–19	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Victoria Muntean Sun Xuliu	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	26–20	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Olga Ianchuk	Mira Antonitsch Karman Thandi	0–6, 3–6
Loss	26–21	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Bojana Marinković	Mariam Bolkvadze Tereza Mihalíková	6–7^(7), 3–6
Win	27–21	May 2017	ITF Acre, Israel	15,000	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Shelly Krolitzky Maya Tahan	6–4, 6–3
Loss	27–22	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Catalina Pella	Karin Kennel Maria Marfutina	5–7, 2–6
Win	28–22	Jul 2018	Reinert Open Versmold, Germany	60,000	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Olga Danilović Nina Stojanović	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	29–22	Jul 2018	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Martina Colmegna	Romy Kölzer Aymet Uzcátegui	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	30–22	Oct 2018	ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	25,000	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Marina Bassols Ribera Ángela Fita Boluda	6–2, 6–2
Loss	30–23	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	Miriam Bulgaru Cristina Ene	3–6, 6–7^(5)
Loss	30–24	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	Arianne Hartono Eva Vedder	4–6, 6–3 [7–10]
Win	31–24	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Júlia Konishi Camargo Silva Katya Malikova	6–3, 6–1
Win	32–24	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Simona Waltert	Mayar Sherif Rana Sherif Ahmed	6–3, 6–2
Loss	32–25	May 2019	ITF Monzón, Spain	25,000	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Jana Fett Dalma Gálfi	6–7^(2), 2–6
Loss	32–26	May 2019	ITF Jerusalem, Israel	25,000	Hard	Samantha Murray	Yuliya Hatouka Tereza Mihalíková	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	32–27	Jul 2019	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	Tatiana Pieri Ivana Popovic	6–7^(5), 4–6
Win	33–27	Sep 2019	ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	Oana Georgeta Simion Julia Wachaczyk	6–3, 6–2
Loss	33–28	Dec 2019	ITF Solapur, India	25,000	Hard	Berfu Cengiz	Ulrikke Eikeri Ankita Raina	7–5, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	34–28	Oct 2021	ITF Loulé, Portugal	W25	Hard	Natalija Stevanović	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	6–2, 7–5
Win	35–28	Jun 2022	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	W60	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	35–29	Jun 2022	Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Nuria Brancaccio	Karolína Kubáňová Aneta Kučmová	2–6, 6–7^(9)
Win	36–29	Feb 2023	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	W40	Hard	Raluca Șerban	Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	36–30	May 2023	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	W100	Clay	Eleni Christofi	Mai Hontama Eri Hozumi	0–6, 5–7
Loss	36–31	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	W60	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	Anastasia Tikhonova Moyuka Uchijima	4–6, 2–6
Win	37–31	Mar 2024	ITF Alaminos, Cyprus	W35	Clay	Francesca Curmi	Leonie Küng Eliz Maloney	6–3, 6–2
Loss	37–32	May 2024	Chiasso Open, Italy	W75	Clay	Simona Waltert	Emily Appleton Lena Papadakis	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]

Notes

1. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup that is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.

References

1. "Pliskova ousts Papamichail for Abu Dhabi second round spot". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. Renton, Jamie (28 June 2021). "PAPAMICHAIL TRIUMPHS AS GREEK PLAYERS CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR MARK". itftennis.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
3. WTA Staff (29 December 2022). "Papamichail, Tsitsipas give Greece 2–0 lead vs. Bulgaria". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament: Papamichail moves into last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. "Kasatkina grinds past Papamichail to make Tokyo quarters". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
6. "Greek Duo Clinches Barranquilla Open Doubles Title in Thrilling Final". Greek City Times. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
7. "Wang Yafan, Maria claim WTA 125 titles in Stanford and Barranquilla". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
8. "Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
9. "Tiriac Foundation Trophy: Papamichail advances to last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
10. "Tiriac Foundation Trophy: von Deichmann moves into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

External links

• Despina Papamichail at the Women's Tennis Association
• Despina Papamichail at the International Tennis Federation
• Despina Papamichail at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)