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Janet Souto

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Janet Souto
Full nameJanet Souto-Garcia
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1967-11-22) 22 November 1967 (age 57)
Caracas, Venezuela
Prize money$59,266
Singles
Career record93–98
Highest rankingNo. 217 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record114–76
Highest rankingNo. 122 (17 August 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1992)
US Open1R (1992, 1994)

Janet Souto-Garcia (born 22 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography

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Souto, who comes from Galicia but is Venezuelan by birth, began playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s.[1]

Often partnering her sister Ninoska, the pair made the doubles semi-finals of the 1988 Spanish Open.

In 1992 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at three grand slam tournaments, all with Ana Segura as her partner. She also featured in the 1994 US Open, partnering Ruxandra Dragomir.[2]

ITF finals

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Singles (1–0)

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Legend
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 21 September 1987 Llorca, Spain Clay Sweden Maria Strandlund 1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (11–10)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 28 July 1986 Sezze, Italy Clay Spain Ninoska Souto Spain Rosa Bielsa
Spain Elena Guerra
6–3, 7–6
Win 2. 24 August 1987 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Ninoska Souto Argentina Gaby Castro
Spain Ana Segura
4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 3. 7 March 1988 Castellón, Spain Clay Spain Ninoska Souto Mexico Lucila Becerra
Mexico Claudia Hernández
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. 8 August 1988 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa United States Allison Cooper
United States Mary Norwood
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 5. 15 August 1988 Caltagirone, Italy Clay Netherlands Titia Wilmink Argentina Gaby Castro
Spain Ana Segura
6–4, 6–2
Loss 6. 29 August 1988 Corsica, France Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Austria Bettina Diesner
Switzerland Mareke Plocher
1–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 12 September 1988 Arzachena, Italy Hard Spain Rosa Bielsa United States Anne Grousbeck
Australia Tracey Morton
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. 28 August 1989 Arzachena, Italy Hard Spain Rosa Bielsa Finland Anne Aallonen
Finland Nanne Dahlman
1–6, 1–6
Win 9. 18 September 1989 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Spain Inmaculada Varas
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 10. 12 March 1990 Murcia, Spain Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Spain Ana-Belen Quintana
Spain Ana Segura
5–7, 5–7
Win 11. 25 February 1991 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Czechoslovakia Janette Husárová
Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Málková
6–2, 6–3
Loss 12. 8 April 1991 Limoges, France Carpet Spain Rosa Bielsa Finland Anne Aallonen
Russia Eugenia Maniokova
3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 13. 3 June 1991 Milan, Italy Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Italy Nathalie Baudone
Italy Francesca Romano
4–6, 5–7
Win 14. 1 July 1991 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa Italy Claudia Piccini
Italy Cristina Salvi
6–3, 6–2
Win 15. 19 August 1991 Spoleto, Italy Clay Spain Ana Segura Netherlands Ingelise Driehuis
Australia Louise Pleming
3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Loss 16. 28 October 1991 Madeira, Portugal Hard Spain Rosa Bielsa Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Germany Meike Babel
3–6, 2–6
Win 17. 13 July 1992 Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Rosa Bielsa United States Kylie Johnson
Germany Sabine Lohmann
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 18. 21 September 1992 Acireale, Italy Hard Spain Ana Segura Australia Kirrily Sharpe
Netherlands Claire Wegink
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 19. 21 February 1994 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Gala León García Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Netherlands Hanneke Ketelaars
4–6, 4–6
Loss 20. 6 June 1994 Elvas, Portugal Hard Austria Désirée Leupold Belgium Ann Devries
Portugal Sofia Prazeres
2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 21. 27 June 1994 Cáceres, Spain Hard Spain Gala León García Spain Mariam Ramón Climent
Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo
4–6, 6–2, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "El Correo hace 25 años". El Correo (in Spanish). 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Tennis U.S. Open". The Chronicle. newspaperarchive.com. 1 September 1994.
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