Portuguese tennis player
Michelle Larcher de Brito
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Country (sports)
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Portugal
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Residence
| Lisbon
, Portugal
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Born
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1993-01-29
)
29 January 1993
(age 31)
Lisbon
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Height
| 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
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Turned pro
| 7 February 2007
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Retired
| 2018
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Plays
| Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
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Prize money
| $924,144
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Career record
| 257?211 (54.9%)
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Career titles
| 4
ITF
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Highest ranking
| No. 76 (6 July 2009)
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Australian Open
| 1R (
2013
)
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French Open
| 3R (
2009
)
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Wimbledon
| 3R (
2013
,
2014
)
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US Open
| 2R (
2009
,
2013
)
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Career record
| 2?8 (20.0%)
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Career titles
| 0
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Highest ranking
| No. 535 (28 February 2011)
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Fed Cup
| 25?23 (52.1%)
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Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito
[1]
(born 29 January 1993), known by the anglicized name
Michelle Larcher de Brito
, is a Portuguese former professional
tennis
player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1. Larcher de Brito won four singles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
in her career. On 6 July 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 76.
Upon entering the
2009 French Open
, Larcher de Brito became the second Portuguese female player ever to appear in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament (after Deborah Fiuza in the
1975 Australian Open
).
[2]
She reached the third round, which remains her best ever result at a major (repeated at the
2013
and
2014 Wimbledon Championships
). Playing for the
Portugal Fed Cup team
, she has a win?loss record of 25?23.
Larcher de Brito is now a
real estate agent
.
Biography
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]
Larcher de Brito was born in the Portuguese capital,
Lisbon
. She moved with her family to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
in Bradenton, Florida, where she remained until the end of 2007. She trained full-time with her father, Antonio Larcher de Brito, who is Portuguese and from
Angola
.
[3]
Her mother, Caroline, is from South Africa.
[4]
She has two older brothers who are twins, Sergio and Sebastiao, born in 1989. She began playing at the age of 3 when her father introduced her at a local club. As a baseliner whose main attributes are her groundstrokes and movement, she won the 2008 Revelation Award from the Fundacao Luso-Brasileira (Portuguese-Brazilian Foundation) and, as a result, appeared in the pages of
Elle Portugal
.
[5]
In 2009, she won the Confederacao do Desporto de Portugal (Portuguese Sports Confederation) female athlete of the year award against such rivals as
Vanessa Fernandes
and
Telma Monteiro
.
Career
[
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]
Junior
[
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]
Larcher de Brito played on the
ITF Junior Circuit
from August 2006 to December 2007, winning three singles tournaments. At Grand Slam tournaments, she made it to the singles quarterfinals of the
2007 French Open
and the doubles quarterfinals of the
2007 Wimbledon Championships
. She won her last tournament, the
2007 Orange Bowl
, becoming, at 14 years, 10 months and 11 days, the second youngest champion of the event's history after
Nicole Vaidi?ova
. She was also the youngest player ever to win the U-16 Eddie Herr Championship (in 2005 when she was 12). Her best junior ranking was 19th with a 54?16 singles record and a 10?17 doubles record.
2007
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Larcher de Brito made her debut on the
ITF Women's Circuit
in early February 2007, at the $75k hardcourt tournament in
Midland, Michigan
. There, as an unranked
wildcard
, she lost in the first round of both singles (against world No. 185,
Kristina Brandi
) and doubles, teaming with
Greta Arn
, against the pairing of
Julie Ditty
and
Natalie Grandin
). She would make her
WTA Tour
debut as an unranked wildcard at the
Miami Open
, reaching the second round before falling to the 16th seed
Daniela Hantuchova
in straight sets. At 14 years, one month and three days, Brito became the seventh-youngest player in the history of the WTA tour to win a singles main draw match by beating
Meghann Shaughnessy
in the first round and the youngest since the Age Eligibility Rule was implemented in 1995. Despite this achievement, due to her age, she wasn't allowed to play any more senior tournaments until September. During that time, she played for the
Sacramento Capitals
in the
World TeamTennis
, becoming the youngest player ever to be drafted in the competition. She would be instrumental in the Capitals victory in the 2007 championship. In her return to the ITF Circuit, she became the first Portuguese player to reach a semifinal at a $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, losing to third seed
Rossana de los Rios
. The feat allowed her to debut in the
WTA rankings
at world No. 364.
2008
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In February, Larcher de Brito defeated world No. 124,
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro
, in the first round of the
Cellular South Cup
, but lost in the second round to the world No. 43,
Caroline Wozniacki
, in straight sets.
On 28 March 2008, on her return to the
Miami Masters
, she upset world No. 16,
Agnieszka Radwa?ska
, in the second round. She would then lose to world No. 19,
Shahar Pe'er
. In the first round she defeated world No. 75,
Ekaterina Makarova
, in three sets. The following month, she debuted on her home tournament, the
Portugal Open
, where she lost to world No. 471,
Sanda Mami?
.
In June, she failed to qualify for
Wimbledon
, losing to world No. 105,
Stephanie Foretz Gacon
, in the preliminary rounds.
On 16 July 2008, she nearly won the best victory of her career, narrowly losing to former world No. 1 player, Serena Williams, in three sets.
[6]
The day before, she had beaten world No. 34,
Gisela Dulko
, in straight sets.
[7]
Based on her good Bank of the West Classic tournament performance, where she won three qualifying matches and one main draw match, on 21 July 2008, Larcher de Brito's WTA singles ranking rose 56 places from the previous week, from No. 226 to 170 in the world, her then best ranking ever. With that ranking she became the highest ranked female Portuguese player, ahead of then world No. 192,
Neuza Silva
. At the
Canada Masters
, Larcher de Brito won two qualifying matches to make it into the main draw. She then went on to defeat world No. 97,
Vania King
, in the first round and world No. 18,
Flavia Pennetta
, in the second, before losing to fourth seed
Svetlana Kuznetsova
. After such a great performance by the 15-year-old, she rose to No. 131 in the world, making her the highest ranked Portuguese tennis player of all time.
At the
US Open
, Larcher de Brito reached the third round of qualifying, beating world No. 165,
Angela Haynes
, and world No. 169,
Abigail Spears
, but lost to
Raluca Olaru
in straight sets.
Her most significant result of the season came in October at the
Tashkent Open
where she reached her first quarterfinal on the WTA Tour. She would lose to third seed and eventual champion
Sorana Cirstea
, after she defeated
Andreja Klepa?
and
Tatiana Poutchek
in the first two rounds.
2009
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Larcher de Brito obtained an invite from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association twice again to play
2009 JB Group Classic
for Team Europe with
Jelena Jankovi?
and
Agnes Szavay
, they lost to Team America (include two Americans
Venus Williams
,
CoCo Vandeweghe
and Argentine Gisela Dulko) 1?2 in the semifinals and then they lost to Team Asia Pacific (include Chinese
Zheng Jie
, Indian
Sania Mirza
and
Zhang Ling
from Hong Kong) 0?3 in the Silver Group final.
Larcher de Brito begun the season at the
Australian Open
where she reached the second qualifying round losing to world No. 169,
Alberta Brianti
. This was followed by a second round finish in
Memphis
, losing to world No. 52,
Anne Keothavong
, after defeating world No. 91,
Sofia Arvidsson
, in the first round and a qualification to
Indian Wells
, losing to world No. 107,
Urszula Radwa?ska
, in the first round. In Miami, after successful tournaments as a wildcard the two previous years, she failed to qualify this time by losing in the first qualifying round to
Aravane Rezai
.
In April, she debuted in the
Fed Cup
, helping
Portugal
qualify to the Europe/Africa Group I with a 2?1 singles record.
At Estoril in May, she lost in straight sets to world No. 165,
Elena Bovina
, in the third qualifying round, but qualified to the main tournament as a lucky loser. She lost to seventh seed
Shahar Pe'er
. The following week at the
Madrid Open
, as the last direct acceptance into the qualifying draw, she reached the final round where she lost to
Anna-Lena Gronefeld
, after defeating
Olga Govortsova
in three sets.
On 22 May 2009, de Brito qualified for her first
Grand Slam
tournament main draw at the
French Open
after winning the final round of the qualifying by beating world No. 152,
Kristina Ku?ova
, world No. 177, Yuliana Fedak, and world No. 151,
Ekaterina Ivanova
. She became the first Portuguese female player ever to do so. After overcoming
Melanie South
in the first round, Larcher de Brito once again made history by becoming the first Portuguese player overall to qualify for the third round of a Grand Slam by beating world No. 15, Zheng Jie. She would lose to home player Aravane Rezai, a game in which her opponent made a number of complaints about the amount of noise coming from the Portuguese.
[8]
With her third round result, she entered the top 100 for the first time, a ranking of world No. 90.
After failing to qualify for the
Birmingham Classic
, where she lost in the second round to
Chanelle Scheepers
, she received a wildcard to participate in
Wimbledon
, before winning the
Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International
, an exhibition tournament, where she beat fellow Wimbledon wildcard
Laura Robson
in the final. At Wimbledon, she defeated
Klara Zakopalova
in the first round but fell to world No. 43,
Francesca Schiavone
, in the second. After the good results in Europe, she returned to the United States to compete on the
US Open Series
tournaments. However, her results were disappointing, first in Los Angeles, where she received a wildcard, losing to Sorana Cirstea, then as a qualifier in Cincinnati losing to
Yaroslava Shvedova
and Toronto against world No. 69,
Petra Kvitova
.
Following those results it was announced that she signed a three-year deal with the famous
Mouratoglou Tennis Academy
to prepare herself during the European seasons.
[9]
At the
US Open
, Larcher de Brito reached the second round, beating No. 97
Mathilde Johansson
, before losing to world No. 19,
Li Na
. She finished the year by losing to
Kirsten Flipkens
in the first round of qualifying in
Luxembourg
.
2010
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Playing in the qualifying phase at the
Australian Open
, Larcher de Brito failed to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament since the previous year's Australian Open, losing in the first qualifying round to
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
. This was followed by a four-match losing run in the
Fed Cup
in February (that saw the
Portugal
relegated to Europe/Africa Group II) and a third successive second round showing in Memphis, losing to
Anne Keothavong
.
After first round exits at Indian Wells (after she won two qualifying matches against Klara Zakopalova and world No. 115,
Arantxa Rus
, she lost to
Alexandra Dulgheru
) and Miami (where she lost to world No. 40,
Sorana Cirstea
), she found more success in the clay-court season with second round showings at Charleston (where she lost to
Patty Schnyder
) and Estoril (after she defeated world No. 71,
Alize Cornet
, in the first round, she lost to Sorana Cirstea). Despite signs of improvement, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to
Misaki Doi
in the second qualifying round in three sets.
In June came her best result of the season, a third round showing in Birmingham, where she lost to
Kaia Kanepi
, after defeating
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
and Olga Govortsova in the first two rounds. This was followed with a first round loss at Wimbledon against world No. 1 and eventual champion, Serena Williams. The American hardcourt season also proved to be unsuccessful with failed qualification attempts at Stanford and San Diego and a first round loss at the
US Open
against world No. 159,
Sania Mirza
(after she won three qualifying matches against
Karolina Pli?kova
,
Anastasiya Yakimova
and
Alexandra Panova
). She finished the year at the $75k event in Albuquerque with another first round, straight set-loss to
Daria Gavrilova
.
2011
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Larcher de Brito started the season by playing in a $25k event in Plantation, losing in the first round to world No. 323,
Julia Boserup
, in straight sets. She then took part in another $25k event in Lutz, losing in the second round to
Jessica Pegula
in a close three set-match. At her third event, at the $25k event in Rancho Santa Fe, California, Larcher de Brito won her first career title, beating world No. 189,
Madison Brengle
, in the final. Afterwards, she took part at the $100k event in Midland, losing in the second round to
Ahsha Rolle
. In Miami, she lost in the second round of qualifying to the former world junior No. 1, Arantxa Rus, after having defeated
Magdalena Rybarikova
in the first round.
In April, at the $50k event in Charlottesville, Virginia, Larcher de Brito lost to
Stephanie Dubois
in the final.
In May, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to world No. 202,
Elena Bogdan
, in the first qualifying round.
In June, she reached the semifinals of the $75k event in Nottingham, losing to Olga Govortsova in straight sets.
In August, returning from injury, she won in the first round of qualifying for the
US Open
, beating Lesia Tsurenko in three sets in two hours 51 minutes with an incredible 19 double-faults. In the second round, she defeated world No. 193,
Anna Floris
, in only 56 minutes. In the third round, she lost to
Karin Knapp
in a long three-setter.
In September, she won in the second round of qualifying to the
Bell Challenge
, beating
Amra Sadikovi?
. In the third round, she lost to
Gail Brodsky
.
In October, Larcher de Brito was the third seed at the $25k tournament in Bayamon. In the first round, she defeated Yolima Ogando, in the second
Teliana Pereira
, in the quarterfinals she beat the No. 5 seed Madison Brengle. In her semifinal against
Catalina Castano
, she again won in straight sets to book a final appearance against Monica Puig, winning in straight sets for her second career title.
In November, at the $75k event in Phoenix, Larcher de Brito lost to world No. 175,
Sesil Karatantcheva
, in the final, after defeating first seed
Irina Falconi
in the first round and third seed,
Mandy Minella
, in the semifinals.
2012
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Playing in the qualifying phase at the
Australian Open
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round to knock out
Kathrin Worle
. In the second round, she defeated
Arantxa Parra Santonja
. In the third round, she lost to the world No. 140,
Stefanie Vogele
.
This was followed by participation in the Fed Cup in February. After a straight sets-loss to
Elena Baltacha
, Portugal's overall 3?0 loss to Great Britain, Larcher de Brito, 99 places lower than her Israeli opponent Shahar Pe'er, played a solid baseline game and capitalised on the Israeli's errors to register a straight set-thrashing of the home favourite. She also beat
Michaella Krajicek
and
Dia Evtimova
to help Portugal to achieve fifth place in the Europe/Africa group. After that, at the $25k event in Surprise, Arizona, Larcher de Brito won her third career-title, defeating world No. 172,
Claire Feuerstein
, in the final.
In April, playing in the qualifying phase at
Charleston
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round to
Alexandra Stevenson
. In the second round, she lost to Karolina Pli?kova. A week later, at the $25k event in Pelham, Larcher de Brito lost to the
Edina Gallovits-Hall
in the semifinals, after defeating the
Julia Boserup
in the first round and the young Australian
Sacha Jones
in the quarterfinals.
In May, playing in the qualifying phase at
Brussels
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round to
Ysaline Bonaventure
. In the second round, she lost to the world No. 98, Arantxa Rus. A week later, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to
Tatjana Malek
in the first qualifying round.
In June, she reached the second round in the $75k tournament in Nottingham, where she lost to Elena Baltacha, after winning three matches in qualifying and defeating
Ayumi Morita
in the first round. A week later, playing in the qualifying phase at
Birmingham
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round
L?ga Dekmeijere
. In the second round, she defeated
Chan Yung-jan
and qualified for the tournament main draw. Then she won in the first round, defeating
Bojana Jovanovski
in three sets. In the second round, she lost to
Melanie Oudin
. This was followed with a first round victory in the qualifying phase at
Wimbledon
against
Ajla Tomljanovi?
. In the second round, she lost to Karolina Pli?kova.
In July, Michelle received a wildcard to the
Stanford Classic
. In the first round she won eleven straight games from 7?5, 2?0 down and eventually knocked out
Jarmila Gajdo?ova
. In the second round, she lost to sixth seed Chanelle Scheepers. A week later, playing in the qualifying phase at the
San Diego Open
, she beat Julia Boserup in the first round. In the second round she defeated Melanie Oudin and qualified for the tournament main draw. In the first round, she lost to Misaki Doi. This was followed with a first round victory in the qualifying phase at Washington against Alessandra Parra. In the second record she defeated
Gabriela Paz
and qualified for the tournament main draw. Larcher de Brito battled past Croat
Mirjana Lu?i?-Baroni
in a three-set thriller. She also had to endure a short delay because of temperatures rising to unplayable levels, but came out victorious against the German-born Lu?i? to labour into the second round. She broke her rival's serve twice and jumped to a 5?1 lead. Apart from wasting her chance of serving out the opening set with a breadstick, Larcher de Brito plucked her serve once more and clicked the opener with a 6?3 win. Lu?i?-Baroni re-focused in the follow-up set and got back in action. She earned the critical break in the fourth game and leaped to a 4?1 lead. The Croat held her remaining serves with poise and sealed the equalizer by winning six games to two. Larcher de Brito regained her strength in the final set, after Lu?i?-Baroni held her serve in the second game, the Portuguese unleashed her good form and went on a five-game streak, subsequently pulling out the decider with a breadstick. In the second round, she lost to world No. 50,
Sloane Stephens
.
In August, at the
Rogers Cup
, Larcher de Brito won the first round of qualifying against
Kristina Mladenovic
in straight sets. In the second round, she defeated
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
. In the final round, she defeated Lu?i?-Baroni to qualify for the main draw. In the first round proper, she lost to
Simona Halep
. Later, she won the first round of qualifying at the
US Open
, beating
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
. She lost, however, to
Elina Svitolina
in the second round.
In September, she lost in the first round of the
Bell Challenge
to
Petra Rampre
. Later, she reached the semifinal at the $75k event in Albuquerque, losing to
Maria Sanchez
in straight sets despite saving seven match points.
In October, she reached the semifinals of the $25k event in Troy, losing to
Sharon Fichman
after saving five match points.
2013
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Playing in the qualifying phase at the
Australian Open
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round over
Azra Hadzic
. In the second round she defeated
Cristina Mitu
. In the third round, Larcher de Brito needed more than two hours to defeat South Africa's Chanel Simmonds, triumphing in a titanic three set-clash on Court 10 to make her Australian Open main-draw debut. In the first round, she was defeated by 19th seed Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets. This was followed by participation in the
Fed Cup
in February. After a straight sets-loss to
Timea Babos
in Portugal's overall 3?0 loss to Hungary, Michelle defeated
Heather Watson
.
Laura Robson
and Heather Watson held their nerve in a deciding doubles rubber against Portugal to secure Great Britain's second victory at the Fed Cup in Israel. Watson and Robson are occasional doubles partners, teaming up at the previous year's Olympic Games, and they easily saw off Larcher de Brito and
Joana Valle Costa
to earn Britain a 2?1 victory in the tie. In the last round, she defeated
Jelena Simi?
from
Bosnia
and in doubles with
Barbara Luz
they defeated
Anita Husari?
and
Dea Herd?ela?
with the loss of just one game. This was followed by a loss in the qualifying in
Memphis
at the hands of world No. 96,
Jana ?epelova
.
At the qualifying to the
Indian Wells Open
, Larcher de Brito defeated Misaki Doi in the first round. In the second round, she qualified for the main draw, defeating
Anastasia Rodionova
. In the first round, she lost to
Alexandra Dulgheru
, the ex-top-25 player from Romania. Playing in the qualifying phase at the
Family Circle Cup
, Larcher de Brito won in the first round (
Hayley Carter
) but lost to
Jessica Pegula
in the second.
In May, in the qualification to the
Brussels Open
, Larcher de Brito won in the first qualifying round over
Alicja Rosolska
. In the second round, she lost to
Yulia Putintseva
. Later, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the
French Open
, where she lost in the first round of the qualifying to
Maryna Zanevska
. In June, playing in the qualifying phase at
Birmingham
, Larcher de Brito lost in the first qualifying round to
Arantxa Parra Santonja
. At
Wimbledon
, she qualified for the main draw by defeating
Chanel Simmonds
,
Claire Feuerstein
and
Shahar Pe'er
. In the first round of the main draw, Larcher de Brito defeated Melanie Oudin in three sets. In the second round, she defeated 2004 champion and world No. 3,
Maria Sharapova
, in straight sets. In the third round, however, she lost to the unseeded
Karin Knapp
from Italy.
In July, Larcher de Brito played in the qualifying phase of the Stanford Classic, defeating Julia Boserup in the second round. In the third round she defeated
Natalie Grandin
and qualified for the main draw where she lost to sixth seed
Varvara Lepchenko
. Lepchenko nearly let a 6?2, 5?1 lead slip away but eventually closed. The American won the match on her sixth match point. This was followed with a first-round victory in the qualifying phase at Washington against
Louisa Chirico
. In the second record, she defeated
Victoria Duval
to qualify for the main draw, but lost here to world No. 40,
Madison Keys
. A week later, at the
Roger's Cup
, Larcher de Brito lost in the first round of qualifying to
Paula Ormaechea
of Argentina.
In August, Larcher de Brito won the first round of US Open qualifying, beating
Chiara Scholl
. In the second round, she laboured to a three-set victory over Kazakhstani
Zarina Diyas
. To qualify for the Grand Slam main draw, she defeated
Elena Baltacha
in three sets. In round one of the main draw, Larcher de Brito defeated world No. 124,
Eleni Daniilidou
, but lost to
Maria Kirilenko
in round two.
In September, she lost in the first round of the Bell Challenge to
Julie Coin
of France. She would contest six more tournaments in the season, playing ITF tournaments in the United States. She was mostly unsuccessful and only advanced to one quarterfinal. She ended the year ranked world No. 109 ? her highest season-ending ranking.
2014
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Larcher de Brito elected to skip the Australian Open and remain in the United States, where she lost in the first round of an $25k tournament to
Aleksandra Wozniak
. She then qualified for the main draw in
Indian Wells Open
, but went down in the first round to Karolina Pli?kova. She continued to play in American events until the
French Open
. Ranked world number 117, she entered the qualifying draw and defeated
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
,
Irina Ramialison
, and
Allie Kiick
for a spot in the main draw. She did, however, lose in the first round to
Julia Gorges
.
She began her grass-court season in
Nottingham
, where she advanced to the semifinals. Larcher de Brito had lost the first set of her first three matches before coming back to win. Her run was ended in the semifinals by Zarina Diyas in straight sets. At
Wimbledon
, Larcher de Brito again played qualifying and had little trouble, defeating all three opponents in straight sets. She would then record her season-best win in the main draw, with a three-set win over two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. She followed it up with another three-set win over Australian wildcard
Jarmila Gajdo?ova
, in the second round. She was defeated by Agnieszka Radwa?ska in the round of 32.
2015
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At the
Birmingham Classic
, as a qualifier, she defeated lucky loser
Zheng Saisai
in the first round before producing the biggest win of her career by beating world No. 7, Ana Ivanovic, in three sets, before losing to
Daniela Hantuchova
in the third round. Larcher de Brito only played one other tournament in 2015, in
Wimbledon
, where she failed to qualify for the main draw.
[10]
Grunting controversy
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During the 2009
French Open
and
Wimbledon
tournaments, Larcher de Brito came under criticism for what by some was considered excessive
grunting
.
[11]
Larcher de Brito's in-game grunts at Wimbledon were recorded at 109
decibels
, louder than police sirens and higher than the sound intensity records of other players.
[12]
Some players and commentators have voiced suspicions that the grunting is used as an unsportsmanlike tactic to distract the opponent and that this tactic is actually taught by
Nick Bollettieri
, who is responsible for the training of Larcher de Brito and other grunting players.
[11]
Michelle Larcher de Brito denied being unsportsmanlike and stated: "Nobody can tell me to stop grunting. Tennis is an individual sport and I'm an individual player. If they have to fine me, go ahead, because I'd rather get fined than lose a match because I had to stop grunting [...] If it has inconvenienced the other player, there's nothing I can really do about it, because I don't really want to change anything. [...] I'm here to win. That's it. If people don't like my grunting they can always leave."
[11]
On a more conciliatory note, however, Larcher de Brito has also remarked: "I'm 16 and I'm still learning. Maybe I can eventually put it under control. I don't know, but I'll try. It comes from Seles; it comes from Sharapova. It comes from great players."
[13]
[14]
Like Larcher de Brito,
Monica Seles
and
Maria Sharapova
were also trained by Nick Bollettieri.
ITF Circuit finals
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Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner?ups)
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Legend
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$100,000 tournaments
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$75,000 tournaments
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$50,000 tournaments
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$25,000 tournaments
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$15,000 tournaments
|
|
Finals by surface
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Hard (3?2)
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Clay (1?1)
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Grass (0?0)
|
Carpet (0?0)
|
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Result
|
W?L
|
Date
|
Tournament
|
Tier
|
Surface
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Win
|
1?0
|
Feb 2011
|
Rancho Santa Fe Open
, United States
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25,000
|
Hard
|
Madison Brengle
|
3?6, 6?4, 6?1
|
Loss
|
1?1
|
May 2011
|
ITF Charlottesville, United States
|
50,000
|
Clay
|
Stephanie Dubois
|
6?1, 6?7
(5)
, 1?6
|
Win
|
2?1
|
Oct 2011
|
ITF Bayamon, Puerto Rico
|
25,000
|
Hard
|
Monica Puig
|
6?3, 6?2
|
Loss
|
2?2
|
Nov 2011
|
ITF Phoenix, United States
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75,000
|
Hard
|
Sesil Karatantcheva
|
1?6, 5?7
|
Win
|
3?2
|
Feb 2012
|
ITF Surprise, United States
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25,000
|
Hard
|
Claire Feuerstein
|
6?1, 6?3
|
Loss
|
3?3
|
Sep 2014
|
Las Vegas Open, United States
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50,000
|
Hard
|
Madison Brengle
|
1?6, 4?6
|
Win
|
4?3
|
Mar 2017
|
ITF Tampa, United States
|
15,000
|
Clay
|
Victoria Rodriguez
|
6?2, 6?0
|
Exhibition
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Singles
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Singles performance timeline
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Key
W
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F
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SF
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QF
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#R
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RR
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Q#
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DNQ
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A
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NH
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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W?L) win?loss record.
If ITF Women's Circuit (hardcourt: 45?26; clay: 13?13; grass: 7?2) and WTA qualifying (hardcourt: 31?17; clay: 9?9; grass: 4?4) participations are included, then her overall win?loss record stands at
139?103
.
Fed Cup
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Larcher de Brito debuted for the
Portugal Fed Cup team
in 2009 and helped the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I. The team was relegated back to Group II in 2010 and she helped again in 2011 with the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I with five victories. She has a 18?14 singles record and a 7?9 doubles record (25?23 overall).
Fed Cup participation (24)
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Singles (17)
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Edition
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Round
|
Date
|
Against
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Surface
|
Opponent
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W?L
|
Result
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2009 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
|
RR
|
22?24 April 2009
|
Morocco
|
Hard
|
Fatima El Allami
|
Win
|
6?4, 7?5
|
Latvia
|
Anastasija Sevastova
|
Loss
|
2?6, 3?6
|
GII Play-Offs
|
25 April 2009
|
South Africa
|
Hard
|
Natalie Grandin
|
Win
|
6?4, 6?3
|
2010 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
|
RR
|
3?5 February 2010
|
Croatia
|
Hard
|
Petra Marti?
|
Loss
|
4?6, 1?6
|
Switzerland
|
Patty Schnyder
|
Loss
|
2?6, 4?6
|
Romania
|
Alexandra Dulgheru
|
Loss
|
0?6, 7?5, 2?6
|
GI Play-Offs
|
6 February 2010
|
Bulgaria
|
Hard
|
Tsvetana Pironkova
|
Loss
|
3?6, 3?6
|
2011 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
|
RR
|
4?6 May 2011
|
Morocco
|
Clay
|
Fatima El Allami
|
Win
|
4?6, 6?3, 6?2
|
Finland
|
Emma Laine
|
Win
|
7?6
(3)
, 6?3
|
GII Play-Offs
|
7 May 2011
|
Georgia
|
Clay
|
Sofia Shapatava
|
Win
|
3?6, 6?4, 7?6
(6)
|
2012 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
|
RR
|
1?3 February 2012
|
Great Britain
|
Hard
|
Elena Baltacha
|
Loss
|
2?6, 3?6
|
Israel
|
Shahar Pe'er
|
Win
|
6?2, 6?1
|
Netherlands
|
Michaella Krajicek
|
Win
|
6?1, 6?2
|
GI Play-Offs
|
4 February 2012
|
Bulgaria
|
Hard
|
Dia Evtimova
|
Win
|
6?1, 6?1
|
2013 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
|
RR
|
7?9 February 2013
|
Hungary
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Hard
|
Timea Babos
|
Loss
|
6?3, 5?7, 5?7
|
Great Britain
|
Heather Watson
|
Win
|
6?1, 6?4
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Jelena Simi?
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Win
|
6?3, 3?6, 6?2
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Doubles (7)
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Top-10 wins
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References
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External links
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