Niege Dias

Niege Dias
Full name Niege Pelanio Dias
Country (sports)  Brazil
Born (1966-12-05) 5 December 1966
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil [1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Retired 1989
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) [2]
Singles
Career record 112–83
Career titles 2 WTA
Highest ranking No. 31 (5 December 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 3R (1989)
Wimbledon 2R (1986)
US Open 2R (1987)
Doubles
Career record 47–69
Career titles 1 WTA
Highest ranking No. 89 (31 August 1987)

Niege Dias[lower-alpha 1](born 5 December 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.[2][1] She competed for Brazil in the Fed Cup from 1985 to 1988.[3]

During her career, she won two WTA singles tournaments: 1987 Brazil Open and 1988 Barcelona Open.[4][1]

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the 1988 French Open.

Dias retired from professional tennis in 1989 at the age of 22. She married her former coach Luiz Carlos Enck.[5]

Career finals

Singles (2 titles)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. December 1987 Brasil Open, Guarujá, Brazil Clay Brazil Patricia Medrado 6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Win 2. April 1988 Spanish Open, Barcelona, Spain Clay Argentina Bettina Fulco 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. December 1985 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Hungary Csilla Bartos Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini		 5–7, 4–6
Win 1. December 1986 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Patricia Medrado Austria Petra Huber
Peru Laura Gildemeister		 4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Notes

  1. ↑ Her name is spelled Neige Dias by the ITF and WTA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Carta, Gianni; Marcher, Roberto (2004). O Tênis no Brasil : De Maria Esther Buerno a Gustavo Kuerten (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Códex. pp. 264–283. ISBN 978-8575940310.
  2. 1 2 3 John Barrett, ed. (1990). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1990. London: Willow Books. p. 270. ISBN 9780002183550.
  3. ↑ "FedCup player profile". FedCup. International Tennis Federation (ITF).
  4. ↑ José Geraldo Azevedo (21 April 2015). "Dona do último WTA antes de Teliana, Niege Dias é só elogios: "Ela merece"". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo.
  5. ↑ "Niége parou aos 22 por vida comum". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 May 2008.


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