Francisca Jorge (born 21 April 2000) is a Portuguese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 176, achieved on 15 July 2024, and best doubles ranking of No. 102, achieved on 14 October 2024.

Francisca Jorge
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$263,835
Singles
Career record236–180
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (15 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 197 (7 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record247–125
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 28 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 102 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup23–19
(singles 14–10, doubles 9–9)
Last updated on: 7 October 2024.

Jorge has won six titles in singles and 27 in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Portugal Fed Cup team, she has won 23 and lost 19 rubbers in the 28 ties she has played since 2017.

Career

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In April 2024, she won her first WTA Challenger title, partnering with her younger sister Matilde Jorge.[1] In September 2024, the sisters were runners-up at the W100 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open in Portugal, losing in the final to Jodie Burrage and Anastasia Tikhonova.[2]

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2024 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal Clay   Matilde Jorge   Harriet Dart
  Kristina Mladenovic
6–0, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2018 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Aubane Droguet 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4)
Win 2–0 Nov 2018 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Alba Carrillo Marín 7–6(3), 6–0
Loss 2–1 May 2019 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W15 Hard   Alba Carrillo Marín 0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3–1 Oct 2019 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Carole Monnet 4–6, 7–6(6), 6–4
Loss 3–2 Oct 2020 ITF Porto, Portugal W25 Hard   Georgina García Pérez 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 2020 ITF Funchal, Portugal W15 Hard   Beatriz Haddad Maia 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Jun 2022 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W25 Carpet   Vitalia Diatchenko 7–5, 7–5
Loss 4–4 Apr 2023 Oeiras Open, Portugal W60 Clay   Nigina Abduraimova 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Aug 2023 ITF Ourense, Spain W25 Hard   Lesley Pattinama-Kerkhove 6–7(1), 4–6
Win 5–5 Dec 2023 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil W25 Clay   Justina Mikulskytė 6–1, 6–1
Loss 5–6 Dec 2023 ITF Vacaria, Brazil W60 Clay (i)   Séléna Janicijevic 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Jun 2024 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W75 Hard   Liv Hovde 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 58 (27 titles, 31 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (1–2)
W60/75 tournaments (4–4)
W40/50 tournaments (2–4)
W25/35 tournaments (12–4)
W10/15 tournaments (8–17)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–19)
Clay (8–10)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2016 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W10 Carpet   Marta Oliveira   Inês Murta
  Laëtitia Sarrazin
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Oct 2016 ITF Porto, Portugal W10 Clay   Rita Vilaça   Hsieh Shu-ying
  Hsieh Su-wei
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 2017 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W15 Hard   Marta Oliveira   Monika Kilnarová
  Valeriya Zeleva
6–3, 5–7, [2–10]
Loss 1–3 Aug 2017 ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium W15 Clay   Helena Jansen Figueras   Lara Salden
  Chelsea Vanhoutte
3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 1–4 Jul 2018 ITF Corroios, Portugal W15 Hard   María Luque Moreno   Andrea Ka
  Eden Silva
6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 1–5 Sep 2018 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W15 Hard   Lúcia Quitério   Inês Murta
  Nina Stadler
1–6, 0–6
Loss 1–6 Oct 2018 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W15 Carpet   Anna Popescu   Katharina Hering
  Manca Pislak
4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 1–7 Oct 2018 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Maileen Nuudi   Katharina Hering
  Olga Parres Azcoitia
2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–8 Mar 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Andrea Ka   Loudmilla Bencheikh
  Lou Brouleau
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–9 May 2019 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W15 Carpet   Anna Ureke   Alba Carrillo Marín
  Noelia Zeballos
3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 1–10 Jun 2019 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W15 Hard   Maria Inês Fonte   Suzan Lamens
  Anna Pribylova
2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 2–10 Jun 2019 ITF Amarante, Portugal W15 Hard   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Georgia Drummy
  Christina Rosca
6–4, 2–6, [12–10]
Win 3–10 Jun 2019 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25 Hard   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Laura Pigossi
  Moyuka Uchijima
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 3–11 Jul 2019 ITF Corroios, Portugal W25 Hard   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Alison Bai
  Paige Hourigan
6–3, 2–6, [12–14]
Loss 3–12 Oct 2019 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Celia Cerviño Ruiz
  Angeles Moreno Barranquero
3–6, 5–7
Win 4–12 Nov 2019 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard (i)   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Ana Filipa Santos
  Almudena Sanz-Llaneza
6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–13 Jan 2020 ITF Stuttgart, Germany W15 Hard (i)   Karolína Beránková   Alena Fomina
  Angelica Moratelli
5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–14 Aug 2020 ITF Oeiras, Portugal W15 Clay   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Eva Guerrero Álvarez
  Diane Parry
6–7(1), 0–6
Win 5–14 Sep 2020 ITF Santarém, Portugal W15 Hard   Olga Parres Azcoitia   Martyna Kubka
  Valeriya Strakhova
6–2, 6–3
Win 6–14 Feb 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain W15 Hard   Stephanie Visscher   Camilla Rosatello
  Ekaterina Yashina
6–7(4), 6–3, [10–2]
Win 7–14 Mar 2021 ITF Le Havre, France W15 Clay (i)   Camilla Rosatello   Anaëlle Leclercq
  Lucie Nguyen Tan
7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–15 May 2021 ITF Salinas, Ecuador W15 Hard   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad   Jodie Burrage
  Paige Hourigan
2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 7–16 Oct 2021 ITF Loulé, Portugal W15 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Despina Papamichail
  Natalija Stevanović
2–6, 5–7
Loss 7–17 Apr 2022 ITF Oeiras, Portugal W15 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
  Guiomar Maristany
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 7–18 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W15 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Angelica Moratelli
  Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 5–7
Win 8–18 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W15 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Martina Colmegna
  Lisa Pigato
7–5, 0–6, [11–9]
Win 9–18 May 2022 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W15 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Alana Parnaby
  Prarthana Thombare
6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–19 Jun 2022 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Despina Papamichail
  Camilla Rosatello
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 10–19 Jul 2022 ITF Guimarães, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Sarah Beth Grey
  Jamie Loeb
6–3, 6–1
Win 11–19 Jul 2022 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25+H Hard   Alexandra Bozovic   Lee Pei-chi
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–2, 3–6, [12–10]
Win 12–19 Sep 2022 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Choi Ji-hee
  Natalija Stevanović
6–4, 6–0
Win 13–19 Oct 2022 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W25 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Irene Burillo Escorihuela
  Andrea Lázaro García
6–2, 6–2
Win 14–19 Oct 2022 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Ku Yeon-woo
  Adrienn Nagy
6–4, 6–4
Win 15–19 Oct 2022 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Lee Pei-chi
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–3, 7–5
Win 16–19 Nov 2022 ITF Funchal, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Joëlle Steur
  Judith Visscher
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 17–19 Dec 2022 Aberto da República, Brazil W60 Clay   Ingrid Martins   Anna Rogers
  Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–3
Loss 17–20 Mar 2023 ITF Bangalore, India W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Dea Herdželaš
  Eden Silva
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 18–20 Mar 2023 ITF Bangalore, India W40 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Valentini Grammatikopoulou
  Eden Silva
5–7, 6–0, [10–3]
Win 19–20 Mar 2023 ITF Palmanova, Spain W25 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Ekaterine Gorgodze
  Iryna Shymanovich
6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 20–20 Mar 2023 ITF Palmanova, Spain W25 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Ekaterine Gorgodze
  Iryna Shymanovich
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 20–21 Apr 2023 Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal W100 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Ulrikke Eikeri
  Eri Hozumi
6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 20–22 May 2023 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Ashley Lahey
  Ellen Perez
3–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 20–23 Jun 2023 ITF Guimaraes, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Georgina García Pérez
  Petra Hule
4–6, 5–7
Win 21–23 Jul 2023 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W25 Carpet   Matilde Jorge   Madeleine Brooks
  Holly Hutchinson
6–3, 6–3
Loss 21–24 Jul 2023 Porto Indoor, Portugal W40 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Gabriella Da Silva Fick
  Alexandra Osborne
4–6, 3–6
Loss 21–25 Sep 2023 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland W60 Clay   Matilde Jorge  Amina Anshba
  Lexie Stevens
6–1, 5–7, [10–12]
Win 22–25 Sep 2023 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Sofia Costoulas
  Jenny Dürst
7–5, 7–6(5)
Win 23–25 Sep 2023 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Ashley Lahey
  Tian Fangran
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 23–26 Oct 2023 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W40 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Olivia Gadecki
  Heather Watson
4–6, 1–6
Win 24–26 Oct 2023 Scottish Open, UK W60 Hard (i)   Maia Lumsden   Freya Christie
  Olivia Gadecki
6–3, 6–1
Loss 24–27 Dec 2023 ITF Vacaria, Brazil W60 Clay (i)   Matilde Jorge   Romina Ccuno
  Justina Mikulskytė
2–6, 3–6
Loss 24–28 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W50 Hard (i)   Matilde Jorge   Sarah Beth Grey
  Olivia Nicholls
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 24–29 Jan 2024 Porto Indoor 2, Portugal W50 Hard (i)   Matilde Jorge   Veronika Erjavec
  Dominika Šalková
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 24–30 Feb 2024 Porto Indoor 3, Portugal W75 Hard (i)   Matilde Jorge   Anna Bondár
  Céline Naef
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 25–30 Mar 2024 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W50 Hard (i)   Anna Rogers   Nigina Abduraimova
  Jesika Malečková
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 26–30 Apr 2024 Oeiras Open, Portugal W100 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Yana Sizikova
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–2, 6–0
Loss 26–31 Sep 2024 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W100 Hard   Matilde Jorge   Jodie Burrage
  Anastasia Tikhonova
6–7(3), 4–6
Win 27–31 Sep 2024 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W75 Clay   Matilde Jorge   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Ángela Fita Boluda
7–6(5), 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "Um ano depois, Francisca Jorge e Matilde Jorge são novamente campeãs nacionais de pares". raquetc.com (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Jodie Burrage continues comeback with doubles title while Luke Johnson lifts 10th Challenger crown". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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