Vanessa Menga Explained

Vanessa Menga
Residence:	São Paulo
Birth Date:	1976 10, df=first
Birth Place:	São Paulo
Height:	1.71 m
Turnedpro:	1995
Retired:	2003
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$139,973
Singlesrecord:	185–186
Singlestitles:	3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 163 (22 February 1999)
Doublesrecord:	267–148
Doublestitles:	33 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 93 (7 June 1999)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (1999)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (1999)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	2R (1999)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (1999)

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

Singles: 9 (3–6)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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	Laura Montalvo	3–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	11 May 1998	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Alina Jidkova	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	6.	6 September 1998	ITF Manaus, Brazil	Hard	Dora Krstulović	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	7.		ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Maureen Drake	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	30 November 1998	ITF Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Katalin Marosi	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	22 July 2001	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Hard	Seda Noorlander	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 54 (33–21)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 May 1993	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Melissa Beadman		6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	21 March 1994	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Maria Inés Araiz	Ivana Havrlíková Patrícia Marková	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	4 April 1994	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Ivana Havrlíková	Jindra Gabrisová Dominika Gorecká	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	12 September 1994	Manizales, Colombia	Clay	Guadalupe Bugallo	María Dolores Campana María Fernanda Landa	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	19 September 1994	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Luciana Tella	Paula Cabezas Emilie Viqueira	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	26 September 1994	Lima, Peru	Clay	Luciana Tella	Laura Arraya María Eugenia Rojas	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	30 October 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Luciana Tella Andrea Vieira	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	28 November 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Luciana Tella	Carmiña Giraldo Paula Umaña	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	8 May 1995	Mollet, Spain	Clay	Mariana Eberle	Marta Cano Nuria Montero	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	17 July 1995	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Valentina Solari	Ximena Rodríguez Joelle Schad	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	31 July 1995	Brasília, Brazil	Clay		Geraldine Aizenberg Joelle Schad	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	20 November 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Vieira]	Eugenia Maia Luciana Tella	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Winner	13.	4 December 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Luciana Tella	Nannie de Villiers Katalin Marosi	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	24 June 1996	Campo Grande, Brazil	Hard	Eugenia Maia	Cristina Ferreira Suzana Rodriguez	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	1 July 1996	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Joelle Schad	Luciana Tella Andrea Vieira	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	16.	8 July 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Joelle Schad	Luciana Tella Renata Diez	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	24 November 1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	28 September 1997	Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	19.	6 October 1997	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Laura Bernal	Monika Maštalířová Paula Racedo	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	20.	18 October 1997	Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	Monika Maštalířová Paula Racedo	w/o
Runner-up	21.	20 October 1997	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Joana Cortez Ana-Paula Zannoni	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Runner-up	22.	2 November 1997	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Laura Montalvo Mercedes Paz	2–6, 0–6
Winner	23.	23 November 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Celeste Contín Cintia Tortorella	6–1, 6–3
Winner	24.	14 December 1997	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini		6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	4 May 1998	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	6–7, 5–7
Winner	26.	11 May 1998	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	27.	18 May 1998	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	28.	6 July 1998	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Paula Racedo	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Elena Salvador	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	29.	18 July 1998	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Tomoe Hotta Petra Rampre	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	30.	22 November 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Alicia Ortuño	Maureen Drake Caroline Schneider	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	31.	12 September 1999	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Joana Cortez	Melody Falcó Joelle Schad	6–4, 6–2
Winner	32.	12 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	33.	19 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Maja Matevžič Dragana Zarić	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	34.	7 August 2000	Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Bianca Kamper Ekaterina Kozhokina	6–2, 6–1
Winner	35.	9 October 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Joana Cortez	Kirstin Freye Kelly Liggan	5–3, 5–4^(6–4), 4–0
Runner-up	36.	7 January 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Miriam D'Agostini	Clarisa Fernández Romina Ottoboni	1–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	37.	14 May 2001	Turin, Italy	Clay	Melisa Arévalo	Luciana Masante Daniela Olivera	7–5, 6–2
Winner	38.	21 May 2001	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Galina Fokina	Lenka Cenková Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–2, 6–1
Winner	39.	28 May 2001	Biella, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	40.	4 June 2001	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Winner	41.	25 June 2001	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	Melisa Arévalo Natalia Gussoni	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	42.		São José dos Campos, Brazil	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Bruna Colósio Carla Tiene	3–6, 5–7
Winner	43.	17 September 2001	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Daniela Olivera	Joana Cortez Conchita Martínez Granados	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	44.	23 September 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	Melisa Arévalo Jorgelina Cravero	6–3, 6–1
Winner	45.	28 January 2002	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Caroline-Ann Basu Daniela Olivera	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	46.	4 February 2002	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Maria Fernanda Alves Olga Kalyuzhnaya	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	47.	10 February 2002	Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	48.	17 February 2002	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	49.	31 March 2002	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Carla Tiene	Dominika Luzarová Arantxa Parra Santonja	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	50.	6 April 2002	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Celeste Contín Romina Ottoboni	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	51.	9 June 2002	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Erica Krauth	Maja Palaveršić Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	52.		ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Bruna Colósio	Beau Jones Anžela Žguna	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	53.	31 March 2003	ITF Naples, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Oana Elena Golimbioschi Eszter Molnár	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	54.	7 November 2005	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Andrea Vieira	Ana Clara Duarte Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3, 5–7, 4–6

References

• Globoesporte

External links

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