Mandy Minella

Mandy Minella
Minella at the 2015 French Open
Nation:	Luxembourg
Birthday:	22nd November 1985 (age 34)
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	65 kg
1st professional season:	2001
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Tim summer
Prize money:	$ 1,996,721
singles
Career record:	470: 389
Career title:	0 WTA , 16 ITF 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking:	66 (September 17, 2012)
Current placement:	137
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	175: 188
Career title:	2 WTA, 10 ITF 3 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking:	47 (April 29, 2013)
Current placement:	117
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: November 4th, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mandy Minella (born November 22, 1985 in Esch-sur-Alzette ) is a Luxembourgish tennis player .

Career

Minella, who started tennis at the age of five, has won 17 singles titles and eight doubles titles with changing partners at ITF tournaments .

She took part in the games of the small states of Europe with great success : in 2003 she won the silver medal in singles and gold in doubles. She won further gold medals there in 2005 in singles and doubles, in 2007 in doubles and again in 2009 in singles and doubles.

She had her breakthrough in 2010 at the US Open , when she qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time . She defeated the top 50 players Polona Hercog and Zwetana Pironkowa before losing to Venus Williams in two sets in the third round .

In 2011, Mandy Minella was voted Luxembourg's Sportswoman of the Year .

On February 23, 2013 she achieved her first tournament victory on the WTA Tour . At the side of Tímea Babos , she won the double-finals in Bogotá . Nine weeks later they won their second joint title in Marrakech .

For the Luxembourg Fed Cup team , Minella has already played 70 games since 2000; she achieved a total of 29 victories (balance: singles 20:15; doubles 9:26).

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 23, 2004	Zadar	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Matea Mezak	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 4
2.	August 6, 2005	Gardone Val Trompia	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Sandra Záhlavová	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	May 20, 2006	Caserta	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Alissa Kleibanova	6: 2, 6: 4
4th	April 19, 2009	Tessenderlo	ITF $ 25,000	Sand (hall)	Youlia Fedossova	7: 5, 6: 3
5.	January 24, 2010	Lutz	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Jamie Hampton	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
6th	4th July 2010	Stuttgart-Vaihingen	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Elise Tamaela	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	July 17, 2011	Darmstadt	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Karolína Plíšková	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
8th.	November 10, 2013	Captiva Island	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Gabriela Dabrowski	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	June 14, 2014	eat	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Richèl Hogenkamp	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
10.	October 10, 2015	Kirkland	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Nicole Gibbs	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
11.	5th June 2016	Bol	WTA Challenger	sand	Polona Hercog	6: 2, 6: 3
12.	September 25, 2016	Albuquerque	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Verónica Cepede Royg	6: 4, 7: 5
13.	March 26, 2018	Santa Margherita di Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Deborah Chiesa	6: 3, 7 9 : 6 7
14th	June 16, 2018	eat	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Cindy Burger	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4
15th	1st July 2018	Stuttgart	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Anna Zaja	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
16.	4th November 2018	Pétange	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Hélène Scholsen	6: 2, 6: 1
17th	3rd November 2019	Tyler	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court	Alexa Glatch	6: 4, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 4, 2004	Naples	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Elke Clijsters	Michelle Gerards Marielle Hoogland	6: 1, 6: 0
2.	May 22, 2004	Zadar	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lisa Tognetti	Martina Babaková Michaela Michalková	without a fight
3.	July 3, 2010	Stuttgart-Vaihingen	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Irena Pavlovic	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Erika Sema	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	July 2, 2011	Cuneo	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Stefanie Vögele	Eva Birnerová Wesna Dolonz	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	February 11, 2012	Cali	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Karin Knapp	Alexandra Cadantu Raluca Olaru	6: 4, 6: 3
6th	February 23, 2013	Bogotá	WTA International	sand	Tímea Babos	Alexandra Panowa Eva Birnerová	6: 4, 6: 3
7th	April 28, 2013	Marrakech	WTA International	sand	Tímea Babos	Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic	6: 3, 6: 1
8th.	April 6, 2015	Medellin	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Mariana Duque Mariño Julia Glushko	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 5]
9.	October 10, 2015	Kirkland	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Stéphanie Foretz	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 4]
10.	15th November 2015	Limoges (1)	WTA Challenger	Hard court (hall)	Barbora Krejčíková	Margarita Gasparjan Oksana Kalashnikova	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 6]
11.	20th November 2016	Limoges (2)	WTA Challenger	Hard court (hall)	Elise Mertens	Anna Smith Renata Voráčová	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	17th December 2016	Dubai	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Hard court	Nina Stojanović	Hsieh Su-wei Valeryia Savinych	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 4]
13.	June 8, 2019	Bol	WTA Challenger	sand	Timea Bacsinszky	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	0: 6, 7: 6 3 , [10: 4]
14th	7th September 2019	Montreux	ITF $ 60,000	sand	Xenia Knoll	Conny Perrin Ylena In-Albon	6: 3, 6: 4
15th	9th November 2019	Las Vegas	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	Wolha Hawarzowa	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6: 3, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Tournament winners	Result
1.	19th February 2012	Bogotá	WTA International	sand	Stefanie Vögele	Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panowa	2: 6, 2: 6
2.	January 12, 2013	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Tímea Babos	Garbiñe Muguruza María Teresa Torró Flor	3: 6, 6: 7 5
3.	September 14, 2013	Tashkent	WTA International	Hard court	Wolha Hawarzowa	Tímea Babos Jaroslawa Schwedowa	3: 6, 3: 6
4th	20th September 2014	Seoul	WTA International	Hard court	Mona Barthel	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Irina-Camelia Begu	3: 6, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	2
French Open	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	2	2
Wimbledon	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	1	2
US Open	3	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	3

Double

competition	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	2	-	2
French Open	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	1	2
Wimbledon	-	-	AF	1	-	1	Q1	1	1	AF
US Open	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-		1

Personal

On October 30, 2017, she became the mother of a daughter (Emma Lina).

Web links

Commons : Mandy Minella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Mandy Minella (English)
• ITF profile Mandy Minella (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Mandy Minella (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former World No.66 Mandy Minella announced the arrival of baby daughter Emma Lina to the world via social media on Tuesday. In: wtatennis. October 31, 2017, accessed November 1, 2017 .