Teliana Pereira


Teliana Santos Pereira is a professional Brazilian tennis player.
On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 48 in August 2015, after having won her second WTA title at Florianópolis by defeating German Annika Beck 6–4, 4–6, 6–1.
On 19 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 43. Pereira has won 22 singles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit to date.
Playing for Brazil at the Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 26–10.

Early and personal life

Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, and is coached by her brother, Renato. Pereira's parents are Jose and Maria; she has three brothers and three sisters. She started playing at age 8 because her brothers played. Pereira's favorite tournament is the French Open. Her childhood tennis idol was Gustavo Kuerten. Her favourite surface is clay.

Career

In February 2013, Pereira reached the semifinals of Copa Colsanitas as a qualifier, which boosted her singles ranking to 116.
In February 2014, Pereira reached the semifinals of Rio Open.
In April 2015, Pereira reached the final of Copa Colsanitas, where she won her first WTA title beating fifth seed Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets to become the first Brazilian woman to win a WTA singles title since 1988, and jumping 130 places up the WTA rankings to No. 81.
In July 2015 she won her second WTA title at the Brasil Tennis Cup in Florianópolis. With the result, Pereira entered the top 50 for the first time. She was just the second Brazilian in the Open Era to win a WTA title in Brazil – Niege Dias achieved the feat once, doing it over in Guarujá in 1987.
Pereira performed very poorly throughout 2016 and finally dropped out of top 200 by the end of the season.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02015 Copa Colsanitas – Singles|Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Yaroslava Shvedova7–6, 6–1
Win2–02015 Brasil Tennis Cup – Singles|Brasil Tennis Cup, BrasilInternationalClay Annika Beck6–4, 4–6, 6–1

WTA 125s finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 31 (22 titles, 9 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2006ITF Tucumán, Argentina10,000Clay Vivian Segnini6–2, 6–1
Loss1–1Oct 2006ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Vanesa Furlanetto1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win2–1Oct 2006ITF Santiago, Chile10,000Clay Mailen Auroux4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Nov 2006ITF Itajaí, Brazil10,000Clay Veronica Spiegel4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss3–2Nov 2006ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Yanina Wickmayer6–1, 6–7, 6–0
Win4–2Mar 2007ITF Athens, Greece10,000Clay Violette Huck6–2, 6–1
Win5–2Mar 2007ITF Amiens, France10,000Clay Audrey Bergot7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Win6–2Mar 2007ITF Foggia, Italy10,000Clay Rebeca Bou-Nogueiro6–4, 6–3
Loss6–3May 2007ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Darija Jurak6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Win7–3Aug 2007ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil25,000Hard Maria Fernanda Alves6–4, 6–2
Win8–3Aug 2007ITF Bogotá, Colombia25,000Clay Frederica Piedade7–6, 6–2
Win9–3Dec 2008ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000Clay Emilia Yorio6–2, 6–1
Win10–3Oct 2010ITF Arujá, Brazil10,000Clay Vanesa Furlanetto4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win11–3Oct 2010ITF Londrina, Brazil10,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg6–4, 6–0
Win12–3Mar 2011ITF Metepec, Mexico10,000Hard Amanda Fink6–4, 6–4
Win13–3Jul 2011ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko6–4, 6–3
Loss13–4Apr 2012ITF Caracas, Venezuela25,000Hard Adriana Pérez6–1, 6–1
Win14–4May 2012ITF Rosario, Argentina25,000Clay Mailen Auroux7–5, 7–6
Loss14–5Jun 2012ITF Maribor, Slovenia25,000Clay Anna-Lena Friedsam2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss14–6Sep 2012ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Timea Bacsinszky6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win15–6Oct 2012ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win16–6Nov 2012ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Amanda Carreras6–1, 6–2
Win17–6Jun 2013ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Daniela Seguel6–1, 6–4
Win18–6Jul 2013ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Alberta Brianti6–4, 7–5
Win19–6Sep 2013ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Pauline Parmentier6–1, 6–4
Win20–6Sep 2013ITF Saint-Malo, France25,000Clay Pauline Parmentier6–2, 6–1
Win21–6Sep 2013ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Florencia Molinero7–6, 6–3
Loss21–7Jul 2014ITF Biarritz, France100,000Clay Kaia Kanepi2–6, 4–6
Loss21–8Sep 2014ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands25,000Clay Denisa Allertová3–6, ret.
Win22–8Apr 2015ITF Medellín, Colombia50,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg7–6, 6–1
Loss22–9Oct 2019ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Tena Lukas4–6, 3–6

Doubles 22 (10–12)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Winner111 November 2006Itajaí, BrazilClay Yanina Wickmayer Fernanda Hermenegildo
Monika Kochanová		6–3, 6–3
Winner226 November 2006Córdoba, ArgentinaClay Yanina Wickmayer Florencia Molinero
Veronica Spiegel		7–5, 6–4
Winner325 March 2007Amiens, FranceClay Marcella Koek Monika Krauze
Anna Savitskaya		6–1, 6–0
Winner427 May 2007Vienna, AustriaClay Nikola Hofmanova Katarína Poljaková
Zuzana Zlochová		7–6, 6–3
Runner-up18 July 2007Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Joana Cortez Nina Bratchikova
Neuza Silva		6–3, 7–6
Runner-up219 August 2007Bogotá, ColombiaClay Ana Clara Duarte Joana Cortez
Roxane Vaisemberg		5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up313 September 2007Sofia, BulgariaClay Joana Cortez Mihaela Buzărnescu
Magdalena Kiszczyńska		6–4, 6–7,
Runner-up410 November 2007Jounieh, LebanonClay Nicole Clerico Olga Brózda
Maria Kondratieva		6–3, 6–1
Winner525 November 2007Sintra, PortugalClay Nicole Clerico Joana Cortez
Roxane Vaisemberg		6–4, 6–2
Winner629 November 2008Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Fernanda Hermenegildo Tatiana Búa
María Irigoyen		6–3, 6–2
Runner-up527 March 2011Poza Rica, MexicoHard Fernanda Hermenegildo Macall Harkins
Nicole Rottmann		6–2, 6–4
Winner73 July 2011Denain, FranceClay Verónica Cepede Royg Céline Ghesquière
Elixane Lechemia		6–1, 6–1
Winner831 July 2011Campos do Jordão, BrazilHard Fernanda Hermenegildo Maria Fernanda Alves
Roxane Vaisemberg		3–6, 7–6,
Runner-up610 December 2011Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Vivian Segnini Mailen Auroux
María Irigoyen		6–1, 6–3
Winner913 April 2012Pomezia, ItalyClay Bianca Botto Benedetta Davato
Anne Schäfer		7–6, 6–2
Winner1012 May 2012Rosario, ArgentinaClay Nicole Rottmann Verónica Cepede Royg
Luciana Sarmenti		6–2, 7–5
Runner-up710 June 2012Zlín, Czech RepublicClay Verónica Cepede Royg Elitsa Kostova
Jasmina Tinjić		4–6, 6–1,
Runner-up814 September 2012Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Aleksandrina Naydenova Timea Bacsinszky
Mihaela Buzărnescu		6–4, 6–1
Runner-up923 September 2012Saint-Malo, FranceClay Aleksandrina Naydenova Pemra Özgen
Alyona Sotnikova		6–4, 7–6
Runner-up1020 October 2012Seville, SpainClay Aleksandrina Naydenova Paula Kania
Katarzyna Piter		5–7, 6–4,
Runner-up1112 May 2013Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Catalina Castaño Vania King
Arantxa Rus		4–6, 7–5,
Runner-up1211 Jul 2014Biarritz, FranceClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Florencia Molinero
Stephanie Vogt		2–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Record against players who were ranked top 10

Ranked top 10 at some point in their career