Panna Udvardy (Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈpɒnnɒˈudvɒrdi]; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 76, achieved on 12 September 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 24 October 2022.
Udvardy has won one WTA Tour doubles title at the 2025 Iași Open, partnering with Veronika Erjavec.
2021–23: Major debut, first WTA 125 singles & doubles 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.[2] She made her top 100 debut at world No. 96, on 29 November 2021.[3]
Udvardy reached her maiden Tour doubles final at the WTA 500 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic, partnering Vivian Heisen, losing to Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.[4]
She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Australian Open,[5] losing to Victoria Azarenka in the first round.[6]
Making her debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she recorded her first major win, defeating Tamara Zidanšek,[8] before losing to 24th seed Elise Mertens in the second round.[9]
Udvardy at the 2023 French Open
Partnering 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.[10] She reached the singles final at 2022 Iași Open, but lost to Ana Bogdan.[11]
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.[12]
In November 2022, Udvardy won her first WTA 125 title at the Argentina Open, defeating Danka Kovinić in straight sets in the final.[13]
She entered the main draw at the 2024 French Open as a lucky loser, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[16] Udvardy defeated wildcard Giorgia Pedone,[17] qualifier Anastasiya Soboleva,[18] sixth seed Renata Zarazúa[19] and ninth seed Tamara Zidanšek[20] to reach the final at the 2024 WTA 125 Open delle Puglie, where she lost Anca Todoni.[21]
She qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, but lost in the first round to 17th seed Anna Kalinskaya in straight sets.[22]
In November 2024, Udvardy reached back-to-back WTA 125 singles semifinals at the Bolivia Open and Cali Open, losing to Emiliana Arango[23] and Veronika Erjavec[24] respectively.
Partnering 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.[25]
Performance timelines
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.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^2016: WTA ranking-1034, 2017: WTA ranking-360, ... 2019: WTA ranking-427, 2020: WTA ranking-352.
^Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.