Joana Manta

Joana Manta
Full nameJoana Manta
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 47)
Prize money$11,358
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 292 (1 November 1993)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 395 (24 August 1992)

Joana Manta (born 26 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

Tennis career

Manta began competing on the ITF circuit in 1991 while still a junior, later partnering with Ludmila Richterová to win the girls' doubles title at the 1993 Australian Open.[1]

At the age of 15 she debuted for the Switzerland Fed Cup team in 1993, featuring in the doubles rubbers of a World Group tie against the United States and a play-off against Peru.[2]

In 1995 she played in another three Fed Cup ties, with both of her two wins coming in doubles, teaming up with former junior partner Martina Hingis.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals (0-1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 18 October 1993 Flensburg, Germany Carpet Hungary Antonia Homolya 3–6, 5–7

Doubles finals (0-1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 20 July 1992 Subiaco, Italy Clay France Nathalie Ballet Czechoslovakia Martina Hautová
Slovenia Karin Lušnic 		1–6, 6–2, 2–6

Personal life

Both his father Leonardo and his brother Lorenzo also played tennis professionally.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Girls' Doubles". ausopen.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Sporting Digest: Tennis". The Independent. 21 July 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Die Manta-Bar zieht an den Graben". Der Landbote (in German). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Open d'Australie: un Suisse au sommet, Dominic face au défi ultime et un chanteur inattendu". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.