Maria Fernanda Alves
Maria Fernanda Alves 
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| Maria Fernanda Alves 2008 at ITF Albuquerque | |||||||||||||
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 Brazil
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| Birthday: | April 17, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 174 cm | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Left, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
| Trainer: | Carlos Alves | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 405,862 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 489: 437 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA , 23 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 132 (September 12, 2005) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 611: 354 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 58 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 109 (April 3, 2006) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Maria Fernanda Alves (born April 17, 1983 in Florianópolis , Santa Catarina ) is a former Brazilian tennis player .
Career
Alves, who started playing tennis at the age of four , prefers the clay court , according to the ITF . She mainly plays in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit , where she has won 23 singles and 58 doubles titles.
The first time on the WTA Tour , she went to qualify for the Tier IV tournament in São Paulo ; she lost in the first round 3: 6 and 1: 6 against the Spaniard Ainhoa Goni . In 2000 she entered the qualification again at the same tournament and was eliminated again in round one with 1: 6, 6: 4 and 2: 6 against her compatriot Miriam D'Agostini . In 2001 she took part in the tournament in Costa do Sauípe and lost the first qualifying match there against Latvian Līga Dekmeijere in straight sets. In 2002 she lost in the same tournament in the first qualifying round against Cristina Torrens Valero in straight sets. In Bogotá in 2004, after three victories in qualifying, she was able to advance into the main draw of a WTA tournament for the first time in her career ; she lost her first round match against Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6: 3, 3: 6 and 1: 6.
In her Grand Slam debut in 2003, she was eliminated in the second qualifying round for the main single field of the Australian Open . In the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, Alves only appeared once in doubles: in 2005, at the Australian Open with her partner Vanessa Henke, she lost in round one to Daniela Hantuchová and Martina Navrátilová in two sets (1: 6 and 3: 6).
She achieved her best world rankings in September 2005 with position 132 in singles and in April 2006 with position 109 in doubles.
She has been nominated eleven times for the Brazilian Fed Cup team since 2000. She completed 45 games in 37 encounters, of which she was able to decide 27 for her team. She won 17 out of 32 single games, and celebrated ten victories after 13 double games.
She played her last games on the ITF tour in July 2016.
Web links
- WTA profile of Maria Fernanda Alves (English)
- ITF profile Maria Fernanda Alves (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Maria Fernanda Alves (English)
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| SURNAME | Alves, Maria Fernanda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florianópolis , Santa Catarina |