Vanessa Menga
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Residence | São Paulo |
Born | São Paulo | 10 October 1976
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Retired | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $139,973 |
Singles | |
Career record | 185–186 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 163 (22 February 1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 267–148 |
Career titles | 33 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 93 (7 June 1999) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999) |
US Open | 1R (1999) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1999) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's Tennis | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Pan American Games | ||
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1999 Winnipeg | Women's Doubles |
Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train tennis in Barcelona, where she won her first doubles championship.
She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 (doubles with Miriam D’Agostini, falling in round 1), and Sydney 2000 (with Joana Cortez, falling in round 2). Menga was also in two Pan American Games, Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles gold medal with Joana Cortez.
In 2001, Menga posed for Playboy Brazil. In 2003, she retired from tennis after a motorcycle accident which left her for eight months without playing. Menga now has an institute in São Paulo where she teaches tennis to over 200 children, and participates in other charity projects.
ITF finals
[edit]Singles: 9 (3–6)
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$40,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 July 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 October 1996 | ITF Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 14 September 1997 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 20 October 1997 | ITF Novo Hamburgo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 5. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 6 September 1998 | ITF Manaus, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 22 November 1998 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 30 November 1998 | ITF Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 22 July 2001 | ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 54 (33–21)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 3 May 1993 | ITF Balaguer, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 21 March 1994 | Castellón, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 4 April 1994 | Murcia, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 4. | 12 September 1994 | Manizales, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 19 September 1994 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 6. | 26 September 1994 | Lima, Peru | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 30 October 1994 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 28 November 1994 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 May 1995 | Mollet, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 17 July 1995 | Santos, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 11. | 31 July 1995 | Brasília, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 12. | 20 November 1995 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 4 December 1995 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 24 June 1996 | Campo Grande, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1 July 1996 | Santos, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 16. | 8 July 1996 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 17. | 24 November 1996 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 28 September 1997 | Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 6 October 1997 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 20. | 18 October 1997 | Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 21. | 20 October 1997 | Novo Hamburgo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 22. | 2 November 1997 | Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 23. | 23 November 1997 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 24. | 14 December 1997 | Bogota, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 25. | 4 May 1998 | Tampico, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 26. | 11 May 1998 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 27. | 18 May 1998 | Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 28. | 6 July 1998 | Vigo, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Winner | 29. | 18 July 1998 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 30. | 22 November 1998 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 31. | 12 September 1999 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 32. | 12 June 2000 | Grado, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 33. | 19 June 2000 | Grado, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 34. | 7 August 2000 | Carthage, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 35. | 9 October 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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5–3, 5–4(6–4), 4–0 |
Runner-up | 36. | 7 January 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 37. | 14 May 2001 | Turin, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 38. | 21 May 2001 | Guimarães, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 39. | 28 May 2001 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 40. | 4 June 2001 | Galatina, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
Winner | 41. | 25 June 2001 | Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 42. | 22 July 2001 | São José dos Campos, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 43. | 17 September 2001 | São José dos Campos, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 44. | 23 September 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 45. | 28 January 2002 | Saltillo, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 46. | 4 February 2002 | Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 47. | 10 February 2002 | Matamoros, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 48. | 17 February 2002 | Ciudad Victoria, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 49. | 31 March 2002 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 50. | 6 April 2002 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
Winner | 51. | 9 June 2002 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 52. | 26 January 2003 | ITF Miami, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 53. | 31 March 2003 | ITF Naples, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 54. | 7 November 2005 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 4–6 |
References
[edit]- Globoesporte (in Portuguese)
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Vanessa Menga at the Women's Tennis Association
- Vanessa Menga at the International Tennis Federation
- Vanessa Menga at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Vanessa Menga at Olympedia
- Vanessa Menga at Olympics.com
- 1976 births
- Brazilian female tennis players
- Living people
- Olympic tennis players for Brazil
- Tennis players from São Paulo
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Brazilian women
- 21st-century Brazilian women
- South American tennis biography stubs
- Brazilian sportspeople stubs