Joana Manta
Swiss tennis player
Full name | Joana Manta |
---|---|
Country (sports) | Switzerland |
Born | (1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 46) |
Prize money | $11,358 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 292 (1 November 1993) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 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 |
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Runner-up | 1. | 18 October 1993 | Flensburg, Germany | Carpet | Antonia Homolya | 3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles finals (0-1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 20 July 1992 | Subiaco, Italy | Clay | Nathalie Ballet | Martina Hautová 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
- ^ "Girls' Doubles". ausopen.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Tennis". The Independent. 21 July 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Die Manta-Bar zieht an den Graben". Der Landbote (in German). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Joana Manta at the Women's Tennis Association
- Joana Manta at the International Tennis Federation
- Joana Manta at the Billie Jean King Cup
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Australian Open girls' doubles champions
- 1930: Nell Hall / Emily Hood
- 1931: S. Moon / Emily Westacott
- 1932: F. Francisco / J. Williams
- 1933: Dorothy Stevenson / Gwen Stevenson
- 1934: E. Chrystal / E. McColl
- 1935: Dorothy Stevenson / Nancye Wynne
- 1936: M. Carter / Margaret Wilson
- 1937: J. Prior / I. Webb
- 1938: Alison Burton / Joyce Wood
- 1939: Alison Burton / Joyce Wood
- 1940: Alison Burton / Joyce Wood
- 1946: N. Reid / Helen Utz
- 1947: Shirley Jackson / Veronica Linehan
- 1948: Gloria Blair / B. Bligh
- 1949: Beryl Penrose / Jean Robbins
- 1950: Carmen Borelli / Pam Southcombe
- 1951: Jenny Staley / Margaret Wallis
- 1952: Mary Carter / Betty Holstein
- 1953: Mary Carter / Barbara Warby
- 1954: Betty Holstein / Beth Jones
- 1955: Elizabeth Orton / Pat Parmenter
- 1956: Sheila Armstrong / Lorraine Coghlan
- 1957: Margot Rayson / Val Roberts
- 1958: Betty Holstein / Jan Lehane
- 1959: Jan Lehane / Dawn Robberds
- 1960: Dawn Robberds / Lesley Turner
- 1961: Robyn Ebbern / Madonna Schacht
- 1962: Heather Ross / Jill Starr
- 1963: Trish McClenaughan / Gail Sherriff
- 1964: Kaye Dening / Helen Gourlay
- 1965: Helen Gourlay / Kerry Melville
- 1966: Karen Krantzcke / Pat Turner
- 1967: Susan Alexander / Caroline Cooper
- 1968: Lesley Hunt / Vicki Lancaster
- 1969: Pat Edwards / Evonne Goolagong
- 1970: Janet Fallis / Janet Young
- 1971: Pat Edwards / Janine Whyte
- 1972: Sally Irvine / Pam Whytcross
- 1973: Jenny Dimond / Dianne Fromholtz
- 1974: Nerida Gregory / Julia Hanrahan
- 1975: Diane Evers / Nerida Gregory
- 1976: Jan Morton / Jan Wilton
- 1977 (Jan): Kerryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin
- 1977 (Dec): Kerryn Pratt / Amanda Tobin
- 1978: Debbie Freeman / Kathy Mantle
- 1979: Linda Cassell / Sue Leo
- 1980: Anne Minter / Miranda Yates
- 1981: Maree Booth / Sharon Hodgkin
- 1982: Annette Gulley / Kim Staunton
- 1983: Bernadette Randall / Kim Staunton
- 1984: Louise Field / Larisa Savchenko
- 1985: Jenny Byrne / Janine Thompson
- 1987: Ann Devries / Nicole Provis
- 1988: Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan
- 1989: Andrea Strnadová / Eva Švíglerová
- 1990: Rona Mayer / Limor Zaltz
- 1991: Karina Habšudová / Barbara Rittner
- 1992: Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London
- 1993: Joana Manta / Ludmila Richterová
- 1994: Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmužová
- 1995: Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmužová
- 1996: Michaela Paštiková / Jitka Schönfeldová
- 1997: Mirjana Lučić / Jasmin Wöhr
- 1998: Evie Dominikovic / Alicia Molik
- 1999: Eleni Daniilidou / Virginie Razzano
- 2000: Anikó Kapros / Christina Wheeler
- 2001: Petra Cetkovská / Barbora Strýcová
- 2002: Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja
- 2003: Casey Dellacqua / Adriana Szili
- 2004: Chan Yung-jan / Sun Shengnan
- 2005: Victoria Azarenka / Marina Erakovic
- 2006: Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- 2007: Yevgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova
- 2008: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Ksenia Lykina
- 2009: Christina McHale / Ajla Tomljanović
- 2010: Jana Čepelová / Chantal Škamlová
- 2011: An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs
- 2012: Gabrielle Andrews / Taylor Townsend
- 2013: Ana Konjuh / Carol Zhao
- 2014: Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova
- 2015: Miriam Kolodziejová / Markéta Vondroušová
- 2016: Anna Kalinskaya / Tereza Mihalíková
- 2017: Bianca Andreescu / Carson Branstine
- 2018: Liang En-shuo / Wang Xinyu
- 2019: Natsumi Kawaguchi / Adrienn Nagy
- 2020: Alexandra Eala / Priska Madelyn Nugroho
- 2021: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2022: Clervie Ngounoue / Diana Shnaider
- 2023: Renáta Jamrichová / Federica Urgesi
- 2024: Tyra Caterina Grant / Iva Jovic