María Lourdes Carlé (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾja ˈluɾðes kaɾˈle]; born 10 February 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 71, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a best doubles ranking of 124, achieved on 11 November 2024.
Carlé has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won thirteen singles and six doubles titles.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Carlé had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved in November 2017. She played 2018–19 one season of college tennis for the Georgia Bulldogs in the United States, helping the team win the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title, and was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team.
Playing for Argentina in Billie Jean King Cup, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of August 2026).
2022: WTA Tour and top 150 debuts
She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, losing to Tatjana Maria in the first round.
2023: Pan American Games, maiden WTA 125 final
During the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Carlé won two medals for Argentina. She advanced to the women's singles gold medal match, earning her a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics singles tournament. Carlé would also win the bronze medal in women's doubles, partnering with Julia Riera.
Partnering Julia Riera, she won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final.
In December 2023, Carlé reached her first WTA 125 final at the Buenos Aires Open but lost to Laura Pigossi. She won the doubles draw at the same tournament with Despina Papamichail, defeating María Paulina Pérez and Sofia Sewing in the final.
2024: WTA 1000 debut, WTA 125 title, top 75
Carlé made her top 100 debut on 4 March 2024 at world No. 99. Two weeks later, she qualified into the main draw of Miami making her WTA 1000 debut. Two weeks later, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Solgironès Open in La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain.
Ranked No. 82 at the Madrid Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard and 2021 US Open champion, Emma Raducanu, and 17th seed Veronika Kudermetova, recording her first WTA 1000 wins, before losing to ninth seed and 2017 French Open champion, Jelena Ostapenko, in the third round. As a result, she moved in the rankings into the top 75.
Partnering with Simona Waltert, Carlé was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Montreux Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.
In November, she reached the final at the WTA 125 Copa Santiago losing there to Nina Stojanović, in three sets.
2025: First WTA Tour doubles final and singles quarterfinal
Partnering Simona Waltert, Carlé made it into her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Iași Open, but they lost to Veronika Erjavec and Panna Udvardy in straight sets. At the same tournament, she also reached the singles quarterfinals for the first time at a WTA Tour event, defeating wildcard entrant Patricia Maria Țig and top seed Elina Avanesyan, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea in the last eight.
Current through the 2026 US Open.