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. 143, reached on 17 October 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 17 singles and 39 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 2026).
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. In June 2021, she won the inaugural $60k Charleston Pro event by defeating Gabriela Cé in the final.
She was selected to play for Greece at the 2023 United Cup, recording a win over Isabella Shinikova.
Papamichail qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open and defeated lucky loser Sakura Hosogi, before going out in the second round against sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.
She won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, partnering with Valentini Grammatikopoulou to defeat Yuliana Lizarazo and María Paulina Pérez in the final.
Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she won the doubles title in December at the WTA 125 Argentina Open, defeating María Paulina Pérez and Sofia Sewing in the final.
She defeated Maria Mateas to reach the second round at the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, where she lost to Kathinka von Deichmann.
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.
Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Singles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Doubles: 75 (39 titles, 36 runner-ups)
Despina Papamichail at the Women's Tennis Association
Despina Papamichail at World Tennis
Despina Papamichail at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
Despina Papamichail at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)