Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American-Estonian professional tennis player. She has specialized in doubles and has won four titles on the WTA Tour and three titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. In addition, she has won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 May 2024, she achieved a career-high of No. 33 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Personal life Her Estonian grandmother (also named Ingrid) emigrated from Saaremaa to the United States during World War II to avoid Soviet deportation. Her relatives live in Tallinn.
In 2017, tennisrecruiting.net ranked Neel the No. 1 incoming college freshman in the United States. Ingrid attended University of Florida. As the sole freshman on the top-ranked Gators women's tennis team, she clinched championship-winning matches for team victories in the finals of Indoor Nationals vs. North Carolina and the finals of the NCAA National Championship vs. Stanford in 2018.
Career 2015: Major debut By winning the Junior National Doubles Championships in 2015, Neel was awarded a wildcard from the United States Tennis Association into the women's doubles tournament of the US Open alongside Tornado Alicia Black where the duo won round one. They were unable to accept the substantial prize money since, at the time, it would have rendered them ineligible for participation in college tennis competition.
2021: Maiden WTA Tour title In April 2021, she won her first tour title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia and defeating the third seeded pair of Mihaela Buzărnescu and Anna-Lena Friedsam.
2022–24: WTA 125 & 500 titles, top 35
In July 2022, at Wimbledon with partner Aliona Bolsova, Neel upset multiple major singles and doubles titles holder Samantha Stosur and her partner Latisha Chan in the first round.
Neel won her first WTA 125 trophy, partnering German Vivian Heisen, at the 2023 Firenze Ladies Open. At the 2023 Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she won her biggest title to date with Ulrikke Eikeri.
Neel won her fourth career doubles title at the 2024 Rosmalen Open, partnering Dutch player Bibiane Schoofs.
2025–26: Return to play, WTA 250 final In November 2025, Neel returned to court to play two W35 tournaments with Abigail Rencheli, making semifinals and winning, respectively.
Neel made her best Grand Slam tournament result at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, making it to the quarterfinals.
Grand Slam performance timeline
Doubles Tournament201820192020202120222023202420252026 Australian OpenAAAA1RAAA1R0 / 20–2 French OpenAAAAA2R3RAA0 / 23–2 WimbledonAANH2R2R1R2RAQF0 / 56–5 US OpenAAA1R2R1R1RA0 / 41–4Win–loss0–00–00–01–22–31–33–30–03–20 / 1310–13
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000WTA 500 (1–1)WTA 250 (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Grass (2–1)Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Apr 2021Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaWTA 250Clay Elixane Lechemia Mihaela Buzărnescu Anna-Lena Friedsam6–3, 6–4Win2–0Nottingham Open, United KingdomWTA 250Grass Ulrikke Eikeri Harriet Dart Heather Watson7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]Win3–0Pan Pacific Open, JapanWTA 500Hard Ulrikke Eikeri Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya3–6, 7–5, [10–5]Loss3–1Stuttgart Open, GermanyWTA 500Clay (i) Ulrikke Eikeri Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova6–4, 3–6, [2–10]Win4–1Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsWTA 250Grass Bibiane Schoofs Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls7–6(8–6), 6–3Loss4–2Jun 2026Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsWTA 250Grass Giuliana Olmos Shuko Aoyama Liang En-shuo2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 3 (3 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinFirenze Ladies Open, ItalyClay Vivian Heisen Asia Muhammad Giuliana Olmos1–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win2–0Makarska International, CroatiaClay Wu Fang-hsien Anna Sisková Renata Voráčová6–3, 7–5Win3–0Chicago Challenger, United StatesHard Ulrikke Eikeri Cristina Bucșa Alexandra Panovawalkover
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Legend$10,000 tournaments (2–0)Finals by surfaceClay (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2014ITF Amelia Island, United States10,000 Clay Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–4 ret.Win 2–0 Jun 2016ITF Bethany Beach, United States10,000 Clay Alexandra Mueller 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 19 (14 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (2–1)$80,000 tournaments (1–2)$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)$25,000 tournaments (4–1)$10,000 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (8–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Mar 2015ITF Gainesville, US10,000 Clay Fanny Stollár Sofia Kenin Marie Norris 6–3, 6–3Win 2–0 Mar 2015ITF Orlando, US10,000 Clay Fanny Stollár Kateřina Kramperová Katerina Stewart 6–3, 7–6(4)Win 3–0 Jan 2016ITF Wesley Chapel, US25,000 Clay Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova 4–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]Win 4–0 Feb 2016Midland Tennis Classic, US100,000 Hard (i) CiCi Bellis Naomi Broady Shelby Rogers 6–2, 6–4Win 5–0 Jun 2016ITF Buffalo, US10,000 Clay Caroline Dolehide Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller 5–7, 6–3, [10–6]Loss 5–1 Jun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, US25,000 Hard Jamie Loeb Lauren Herring Ellen Perez 3–6, 3–6Win 6–1 Sep 2016Atlanta Open, US50,000 Hard Luisa Stefani Alexandra Stevenson Taylor Townsend 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]Win 7–1 Nov 2016Scottsdale Challenge, US50,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Samantha Crawford Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–3Win 8–1 Oct 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Michaëlla Krajicek Cristina Bucșa Diāna Marcinkeviča 6–2, 6–2Loss 8–2 Oct 2018Tennis Classic of Macon, US80,000 Hard Anna Danilina Caty McNally Jessica Pegula 1–6, 7–5, [9–11]Win 9–2 Apr 2019Clay Court Championships, USW80 Clay Quinn Gleason Akgul Amanmuradova Lizette Cabrera 5–7, 7–5, [10–8]Loss 9–3 Jul 2019Challenger de Granby, CanadaW80 Hard Quinn Gleason Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata 6–7(5), 7–5, [8–10]Loss 9–4 Aug 2019Concord Tennis Open, USW60 Hard Elizabeth Halbauer Angela Kulikov Rianna Valdes 6–7(3), 6–4, [15–17]Win 10–4 Oct 2019LTP Charleston Pro, USW60 Clay Anna Danilina Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey 6–1, 6–1Win 11–4 Oct 2019ITF Hilton Head, USW25 Clay Anna Danilina Katharine Fahey Elizabeth Halbauer 6–3, 6–2Win 12–4 Jun 2022Surbiton Trophy, UKW100 Grass Rosalie van der Hoek Fernanda Contreras Gómez Catherine Harrison 6–3, 6–3Win 13–4 Feb 2023Guanajuato Open, MexicoW60+H Hard Emina Bektas Elixane Lechemia Quinn Gleason 7–6(4), 3–6, [10–6]Win 14–4 Dec 2025ITF Daytona Beach, USW35 Clay Abigail Rencheli Anastasia Goncharova Madison Tattini 6–3, 6–2Loss 14–5 May 2026ITF Indian Harbour Beach, USW100 Clay Abigail Rencheli Anna Rogers Allura Zamarripa 3–6, 0–6
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Ingrid Neel at the Billie Jean King Cup