Burel qualified for the US Open, and reached the third round defeating Wimbledon champion and 25th seed, Elena Rybakina, and Alison Van Uytvanck, before losing to sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka.
As a result, her ranking rose almost 30 positions back to No. 102.
She qualified for the Australian Open and defeated wildcard Talia Gibson in the first round, her first win at this major.
In April, she also qualified into the main draw of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open.
Burel reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open for the first time at this major defeating Aleksandra Krunić and fifth seed Jessica Pegula, her first top-10 win.
As a result she moved into the top 50 in the rankings.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.
Current through the 2023 US Open.
2001
Clara Burel (born 24 March 2001) is a French tennis player.
On 5 February 2024, she peaked at No. 44 in the WTA singles rankings.
2008
At the French Open the following week, she beat Arantxa Rus in the first round, and Kaja Juvan in the second round to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career becoming the youngest Frenchwoman since 18-year-old Alizé Cornet did so in 2008.
She qualified for the 2021 Australian Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
Burel reached her first WTA Tour final at the Ladies Open Lausanne, losing to Tamara Zidanšek in three sets.
As a result, she made her top 100 debut, at world No. 98, on 19 July 2021.
She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 National Bank Open as a qualifier but lost to Ons Jabeur in the first round.
On 21 February 2022, she peaked at No. 74 in the singles rankings.
She recorded her first WTA 1000 win at the Miami Open against qualifier Magdalena Fręch.
2018
In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian Open, the US Open and the Youth Summer Olympics (YOG).
Partnering with compatriot Hugo Gaston, she also won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the YOG.
In October, Burel qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where she captured her first Major title.
She became the junior world No. 1 the next week, on 29 October 2018.
Grand Slam performance - Singles:
Grand Slam performance - Doubles:
Following her final in Melbourne, Burel was selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round against Belgium.
In September, she reached her first final on the Pro Circuit at Clermont-Ferrand, falling to Lesley Kerkhove.
Burel was a wildcard entrant in the Australian Open, where she lost in the first round to Carla Suárez Navarro.
2020
In 2020, Burel received wildcards for two WTA and the Grand Slam home tournaments.
In March in Lyon, she lost in the first round to Jil Teichmann.
In September in Strasbourg, she knocked out Kateryna Bondarenko before falling in the second round to Zhang Shuai.
