María Fernanda Landa

María Fernanda Landa
Full name María Fernanda Landa
Country (sports)  Argentina
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975
Prize money $105,874
Singles
Highest ranking No. 183 (5 August 1996)
Doubles
Highest ranking No. 108 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1999)
US Open 1R (1996)

María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Biography

Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player she won two ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183.

She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open.[1]

At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu.[2] She also competed in the mixed doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río.

She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0-1)

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss May, 1999 Madrid, Spain Tier III Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
2–6, 6–0, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (6-9)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 23 November 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Belgium Vicky Maes 4-6, 5-7
Runner-up 2. 26 April 1993 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo 4-6, 6-2, 3-6
Runner-up 3. 24 May 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay Poland Katarzyna Teodorowicz 6-0, 3-6, 5-7
Winner 4. 11 April 1994 Supetar, Croatia Clay Poland Aleksandra Olsza 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Winner 5. 5 September 1994 Medellín, Colombia Clay Bolivia Cecilia Ampuero 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 6. 25 September 1994 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 7–5, 0–1 ret.
Winner 7. 10 October 1994 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman 6-2 6-3
Runner-up 8. 14 November 1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo 2-6, 2-6
Winner 9. 14 August 1995 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Netherlands Petra Kamstra 2–3 ret.
Winner 10. 27 May 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella 6-2, 6-2
Runner-up 11. 22 July 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 3-6, 6-7(5-7)
Runner-up 12. 24 August 1997 Kiev, Ukraine Clay Austria Barbara Schwartz 3-6, 2-6
Winner 13. 29 September 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Bettina Fulco 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up 14. 29 March 1999 Santiago, Chile Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 15. 4 July 1999 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3-6, 4-6

Doubles: 27 (14-13)

Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 21 September 1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Argentina Maria-Florencia Cianfagna Venezuela Ninfa Marra
Brazil Sumara Passos
1-6, 6-7
Runner-up 2. 19 October 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Maria-Florencia Cianfagna Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Mariana Randrup
3-6, 6-3, 3-6
Runner-up 3. 3 May 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Randrup Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Maria Inés Araiz
1-6, 6-3, 2-6
Runner-up 4. 10 May 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Ana Salas Lozano Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Germany Claudia Timm
5-7, 6-1, 2-6
Winner 5. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay Argentina Maria Inés Araiz Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Limor Zaltz
4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Winner 6. 12 July 1993 Vigo, Spain Clay Portugal Sofia Prazeres Netherlands Petra Kamstra
Netherlands Linda Niemantsverdriet
7-6(6), 3-6, 7-6(5)
Winner 7. 19 July 1993 Bilbao, Spain Clay Portugal Sofia Prazeres Spain Silvia Ramón Cortés
Spain Inmaculada Varas
6-4, 6-4
Winner 8. 11 April 1994 Supetar, Croatia Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva
Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova
6-4, 6-2
Runner-up 9. 12 September 1994 Manizales, Colombia Clay Ecuador María Dolores Campaña Argentina Guadalupe Bugallo
Brazil Vanessa Menga
6-2, 4-6, 5-7
Winner 10. 10 October 1994 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Mariana Eberle Chile Barbara Castro
Chile María-Alejandra Quezada
6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Winner 11. 17 October 1994 Asuncion, Paraguay Clay Argentina Mariana Eberle Peru Carla Rodriguez
Peru Lorena Rodriguez
6-3, 6-0
Winner 12. 17 June 1995 Getxo, Spain Clay Poland Magdalena Grzybowska Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal
Netherlands Seda Noorlander
6-2, 6-4
Winner 13. 14 August 1995 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Spain Yolanda Clemot Ukraine Talina Beiko
Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva
6-3, 6-2
Runner-up 14. 20 May 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella Argentina Mariana Faustinelli
Argentina Lorena Martinez
2-6, 5-7
Runner-up 15. 28 July 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer Germany Kirstin Freye
Germany Caroline Schneider
6-7(4-7), 4-6
Winner 16. 6 October 1996 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hard Germany Marlene Weingärtner Chile Paula Cabezas
Argentina Veronica Stele
4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Runner-up 17. 23 June 1997 Bordeaux, France Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner France Caroline Dhenin
Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 18. 30 June 1997 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner Netherlands Seda Noorlander
India Nirupama Vaidyanathan
3-6, 1-6
Runner-up 19. 13 July 1997 Puchheim, Germany Clay Netherlands Seda Noorlander Germany Kirstin Freye
France Noëlle van Lottum
1-6, 2-6
Winner 20. 4 October 1998 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Netherlands Seda Noorlander South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6-4, 5-7, 7-6
Runner-up 21. 19 October 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Spain Eva Bes Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suarez
2-6, 2-6
Winner 22. 2 November 1998 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Spain Eva Bes Argentina Luciana Masante
Spain Alicia Ortuño
4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Runner-up 23. 16 November 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Spain Eva Bes Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6-7(5-7), 3-6
Runner-up 24. 7 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Alice Canepa Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1-6, 1-6
Winner 25. 14 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio France Emmanuelle Curutchet
Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan
2-6, 6-4, 7-6
Winner 26. 4 July 1999 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Eva Bes Colombia Giana Gutierrez
Argentina Romina Ottoboni
6-4, 6-4
Winner 27. 23 April 2000 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni United Kingdom Helen Crook
United Kingdom Victoria Davies
6-4, 7-6(7)

References

  1. "Suárez tampoco pudo". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 May 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Final odds slashed on giantkiller". TheGuardian.com. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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