Victoria Luiza Barros

Victoria Luiza Barros, also known as Victoria Barros, Vic or Vicky, is a Brazilian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 956 achieved on 4 May 2026.

Barros reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 3 on 8 June 2026.

Early life

Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Barros started playing beach tennis with her parents before taking up tennis, when she was at the age of five.

Career

At the age of seven, Barros realized that she had a talent for tennis and wanted to become a professional player. Her mother, Maria Luiza, was a significant influence on her early development in tennis. She introduced Barros to the sport at the age of four, marking her initial contact with athletic activity. In 2018, recognizing her daughter’s potential and motivated to support her ambitions, Maria Luiza sent a letter to a tennis institute in Barueri, São Paulo.

Barros was subsequently invited to participate in evaluation trials, which she successfully completed, earning a scholarship. Following her divorce from Victoria’s father, Sérgio, in 2014, Maria Luiza relocated with her daughter to Barueri with the assistance of friends and fundraising initiatives. She later resigned from her position as an administrator to dedicate herself to supporting Victoria’s career, which developed from that point onward.

Barros began her career training at the Rede Tênis Brasil project in São Paulo, Brazil.

2022-23

In 2022, when Barros was only 12 years old, she was the singles champion of the Open Stade Français, a tournament for athletes up to 14 years old, that was played on the courts of the Stade Roland Garros.

In January 2023, Barros started training at the Mouratoglou Academy, at Biot, on the French Riviera.

In April 2023, Barros was the singles champion of the Ljubicic Academy Open U14 tournament.

In 2023, Victória Barros made her debut on the ITF junior world circuit. She competed in 10 tournaments, accumulating 35 wins and only six losses. This performance earned her four titles, in addition to a runner-up finish.

Her first trophies came both at the ITF J30 in Limassol, Cyprus. In the same country, she won an ITF J60 in Larnaca in June and closed the year with a victory at the J100 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

2024: First matches at junior grand slams

In 2024, Barros competed in her first junior Grand Slam, playing only doubles at Wimbledon. Later, at the US Open, she made her singles debut.

In 2024, Barros reached the quarterfinals of an ITF W15 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, overcoming older rivals and even players in the world's top 700.

2025: WTA Tour debut; Australian Open girls singles third round

In January 2025, Barros reached the Round of 16 at the Australian Open junior tournament, becoming the first Brazilian to advance to the third round of a junior Grand Slam since 2013.

Previously, the best result for Brazilian women's tennis at the Australian Open was the second round, with the last Brazilian to achieve this being Luisa Stefani in 2015. In the men's category, Tiago Fernandes was the junior champion in 2010.

In September 2025, Barros made her WTA Tour debut in both singles and doubles after receiving a wildcard into the main draw of the first edition of the SP Open at the WTA 250 level in São Paulo.

In the doubles draw, she participated alongside compatriot Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva, but lost her opening match against Anna Rogers and Janice Tjen.

At the singles draw she played against Whitney Osuigwe on the first round and lost in two sets.

2026: Billie Jean King Cup debut; junior tour milestones

In the month of March 2026, Barros participated at both singles and doubles draws of the traditional Banana Bowl junior tournament. In singles, she became runner up after being defeated by compatriot Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva at the final in three sets. This was the first time since 1986 that a singles final of the Banana Bowl was contested between two Brazilian women, when Gisele Miró won the title by beating Gisele Faria.

In April 2026, Barros represented Brazil at the Billie Jean King Cup in Ibagué, Colombia for the Americas Zone Group I stage of the tournament, making her debut at the tournament.

On the first tie against Chile, she played on both singles and doubles

In doubles, where she partnered with Ana Candiotto, they defeated the Chilean pair of Antonia Vergara Rivera and Jimar Gonzalez in straight sets, helping Brazil secure a 3 X 0 victory in the tie.

On the next day, Brazil faced Argentina.

Barros was selected to play with Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva on doubles, facing Julia Riera and Nicole Fossa Huergo and winning in three sets. This victory helped Brasil win the tie by 2 X 1.

On the third day of competition Brazil faced Peru. Barros played on the doubles match once again, once more alongside Ana Candiotto. The duo won in two sets, against Dana Guzmán and Romina Ccuno, helping Brazil to win the tie by 3 X 0.

With that result, Brazil secured the first place on the group and would face Mexico on the decisive tie.

Barros did not play against Mexico and with wins by Nauhany Vitória Leme da Silva and Gabriela Cé, the team secured the victory over Mexico by 2 X 0 and advanced to the playoffs of the competition.

On the following week, Barros reached the ninth position of the ITF junior circuit girls singles ranking.

Endorsements

For uniforms, Barros is sponsored by Nike, Inc.

For her rackets, Barros is sponsored by Wilson Sporting Goods.

Barros is also sponsored by the Itaú Unibanco Brazilian bank company and the telecommunications company Claro.

Personal life

Aside from playing tennis, Victoria Barros also enjoys to play football and beach tennis.

Barros has cited Serena Williams as being one of her main inspirations, the other being Beatriz Haddad Maia.

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (title)