page_title: Michelle Larcher de Brito
section_title: 2007
hierarchical_section_title: Michelle Larcher de Brito / Career / 2007
caption_attribution_description: Michelle Larcher de Brito at the 2007 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque
context_page_description: Michelle Larcher de Brito is a former professional tennis player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1.
  Larcher de Brito has won four singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 6 July 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 76. On 28 February 2011, she peaked at No. 535 in the doubles rankings.
  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. She reached the third round, which remains her best ever Grand Slam result.
  Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Larcher de Brito has a win-loss record of 25–23.
  Larcher de Brito now is a real estate agent.
context_section_description: Larcher de Brito made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in early February 2007, at the $75,000 hard-court tournament in Midland, Michigan, United States. There, as an unranked wild card, she lost in the first round of both singles (against world No. 185 Kristina Brandi) and doubles, teaming with Gréta Arn, against the pairing of Julie Ditty and Natalie Grandin). She would make her WTA Tour debut as an unranked wild card at the Miami Open, reaching the second round before falling to the 16th seed Daniela Hantuchová 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 Team Tennis, 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 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 Ríos. The feat allowed her to debut in the WTA rankings at world No. 364.
caption: Larcher de Brito at the 2007 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque
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