On Monday, the 14-year-old Brazilian Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva entered the WTA ranking. The young gun earned points at three professional events, introducing herself to the tennis world as world no. 1291. She is the first player born in 2010 on the WTA ranking list, replacing the Romanian Giulia Safina Popa as the youngster competitor with the WTA ranking.
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The upcoming star is a strong hitter, taking charge from the baseline as her idol, Victoria Azarenka. The Brazilian claimed five junior titles in 2023, including two at the ITF level. She made her junior Major debut in Paris this year and achieved two notable results at the J100 level.
Da Silva made her professional debut at the W15 Campinas event in March, falling to Maria Kononova. A week later, a teenager entered the qualifying draw at the W50 Sao Paulo tournament and prevailed over Jaeda Daniel after a thriller, earning her first WTA point.
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Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva secured the WTA ranking milestone.
Nauhany Vitoria returned to the professional circuit at the end of August, receiving a wild card at the W35 Sao Paulo 2 event.
The young Brazilian faced a qualifier, Maria Toma, in the first round and forged a 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 victory in three hours. The 14-year-old lost serve two times in a row in the closing stages of the opener, losing it 7-5. She stepped in and moved 5-2 in front in set number two before wasting set points.
Still, she kept her composure and delivered a break at 6-5, introducing a decider and gaining a boost. The Brazilian notched three breaks in the final set, securing her first main-draw professional win.
The 14-year-old could not repeat that in the second round, losing to Aurora Zantedeschi 6-1, 6-3 and adding four WTA points to her tally.
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Staying at home, the young gun received a qualifying wild card for the W35 Leme tournament, dominating both matches and dropping seven games in four sets for a place in the main draw. Leme Da Silva made a promising start against Luisina Giovannini before falling 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 in two hours and 11 minutes.
The Brazilian struggled behind the first and second serve, dropping half of the points in her games and giving serve away six times. Nauhany Vitoria claimed the opener with two breaks before losing ground, suffering a bagel in the second set and standing with no chance in the decider.
