Tânia Couto | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1972 |
Careerprizemoney: | $16,757 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 345 (12 April 1993) |
Doublestitles: | 1 ITF |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 298 (8 March 1993) |
Tânia Couto (born 5 July 1972) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player.
Couto won Portugal's national singles championships in 1989 and was also a seven-time national doubles champion.[1]
On the professional tour, Couto reached a best singles ranking of 345 and featured in the main draw of the 1990 Estoril Open. As a member of Portugal's Federation Cup team in 1991 and 1992 she registered wins in three singles and four doubles rubbers.
Couto's younger brother Emanuel played on the ATP Tour.
Since retiring from tennis she has commentated on the sport for Portuguese television and plays padel competitively.[2] [3]
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Clay | Tatiana Buss | Alessandra Kaul Christina Rozwadowski | 6–1, 1–6, 7–5 | ||
Loss | Vilamoura, Portugal | Hard | Sofia Prazeres | Svetlana Krivencheva Elena Likhovtseva | 3–6, 2–6 |