María Fernanda Landa Explained

María Fernanda Landa
Birth Date:	29 July 1975
Careerprizemoney:	$105,874
Singlestitles:	6 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 183 (5 August 1996)
Doublestitles:	14 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 108 (24 May 1999)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (1999)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (1996)

María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Biography

Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player, she won six ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183.

She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open.^[1]

At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu.^[2] She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río.

She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires.^[3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (6–9)

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	23 November 1992	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay		4–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	26 April 1993	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	3.	24 May 1993	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Katarzyna Teodorowicz	6–0, 3–6, 5–7
Win	4.	11 April 1994	ITF Supetar, Croatia	Clay	Aleksandra Olsza	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5.	5 September 1994	ITF Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Cecilia Ampuero	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	25 September 1994	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	2–6, 7–5, 0–1 ret.
Win	7.	10 October 1994	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Pamela Zingman	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8.	14 November 1994	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	2–6, 2–6
Win	9.	14 August 1995	ITF Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Petra Kamstra	2–3 ret.
Win	10.	27 May 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	6–2, 6–2
Loss	11.	22 July 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	12.	24 August 1997	ITF Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Barbara Schwartz	3–6, 2–6
Win	13.	29 September 1997	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Bettina Fulco	6–4, 6–1
Loss	14.	29 March 1999	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Catalina Castaño	4–6, 2–6
Loss	15.	4 July 1999	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (14–13)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	21 September 1992	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Florencia Cianfagna	Ninfa Marra Sumara Passos	1–6, 6–7
Loss	2.	19 October 1992	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Florencia Cianfagna	Laura Montalvo Mariana Randrup	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3.	3 May 1993	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariana Randrup	Laura Montalvo Maria Inés Araiz	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	4.	10 May 1993	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ana Salas Lozano	Conchita Martínez Granados Claudia Timm	5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Win	5.	17 May 1993	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Maria Inés Araiz	Tzipora Obziler Limor Zaltz	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	12 July 1993	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Sofia Prazeres	Petra Kamstra Linda Niemantsverdriet	7–6^(6), 3–6, 7–6^(5)
Win	7.	19 July 1993	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Sofia Prazeres	Silvia Ramón-Cortés Inmaculada Varas	6–4, 6–4
Win	8.	11 April 1994	ITF Supetar, Croatia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9.	12 September 1994	ITF Manizales, Colombia	Clay	María Dolores Campana	Guadalupe Bugallo Vanessa Menga	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win	10.	10 October 1994	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mariana Eberle	Bárbara Castro María-Alejandra Quezada	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	11.	17 October 1994	ITF Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Eberle	Carla Rodriguez Lorena Rodriguez	6–3, 6–0
Win	12.	17 June 1995	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Magdalena Grzybowska	Maaike Koutstaal Seda Noorlander	6–2, 6–4
Win	13.	14 August 1995	ITF Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Yolanda Clemot	Talina Beiko Teodora Nedeva	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14.	20 May 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Mariana Faustinelli Lorena Martinez	2–6, 5–7
Loss	15.	28 July 1996	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	Kirstin Freye Caroline Schneider	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	16.	6 October 1996	ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Hard	Marlene Weingärtner	Paula Cabezas Veronica Stele	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	17.	23 June 1997	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Marlene Weingärtner	Caroline Dhenin Nino Louarsabishvili	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Loss	18.	30 June 1997	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Marlene Weingärtner	Seda Noorlander Nirupama Vaidyanathan	3–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	13 July 1997	ITF Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Seda Noorlander	Kirstin Freye Noëlle van Lottum	1–6, 2–6
Win	20.	4 October 1998	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Seda Noorlander	Nannie de Villiers Janette Husárová	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	21.	19 October 1998	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Eva Bes	Laura Montalvo Paola Suarez	2–6, 2–6
Win	22.	2 November 1998	ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Eva Bes	Luciana Masante Alicia Ortuño	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	23.	16 November 1998	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Eva Bes	Seda Noorlander Katarina Srebotnik	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	24.	7 February 1999	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Alice Canepa	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 1–6
Win	25.	14 February 1999	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	Emmanuelle Curutchet Kelly Liggan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	26.	4 July 1999	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Eva Bes	Giana Gutiérrez Romina Ottoboni	6–4, 6–4
Win	27.	23 April 2000	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Romina Ottoboni	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–4, 7–6^(7)

Notes and References

1. News: Suárez tampoco pudo. 23 May 1999. La Nación. Spanish. 30 January 2018.
2. News: Final odds slashed on giantkiller. 25 June 1999. TheGuardian.com. 30 January 2018.
3. News: Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre. 16 June 2012. Diario Popular. Spanish. 30 January 2018.