Vanessa Menga

Vanessa Menga
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceSão Paulo
Born (1976-10-10) 10 October 1976
São Paulo
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$139,973
Singles
Career record185–186
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 163 (22 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record267–148
Career titles33 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 93 (7 June 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1999)
Vanessa Menga
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Women's Doubles

Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 July 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Joelle Schad 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 27 October 1996 ITF Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Hard Andrea Vieira 0–6, 2–6
Win 3. 14 September 1997 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay Laura Montalvo 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4. 20 October 1997 ITF Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Clay Laura Montalvo 3–6, 0–6
Win 5. 11 May 1998 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Alina Jidkova 6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Win 6. 6 September 1998 ITF Manaus, Brazil Hard Dora Krstulović 1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 7. 22 November 1998 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard Maureen Drake 1–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 30 November 1998 ITF Guadalajara, Mexico Clay Katalin Marosi 5–7, 3–6
Loss 9. 22 July 2001 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Hard Seda Noorlander 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 54 (33–21)

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

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