Vanessa Menga


Vanessa Menga is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train tennis in Barcelona, where she won her first doubles championship.
She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000. Menga was also in two Pan American Games, Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles Gold medal with Joana Cortez.
In 2001, Menga posed for Playboy Brazil. In 2003, she retired from tennis after a motorcycle accident which left her for eight months without playing. Menga now has an institute in São Paulo where she teaches tennis to over 200 children, and participates in other charity projects.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (3–6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 54 (33-21)

OutcomeNODateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore
Winner1.3 May 1993Balaguer, SpainClay Melissa Beadman Yolanda Clemot
Ángeles Montolio
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up2.21 March 1994Castellón, SpainClay Maria Inés Araiz Ivana Havrlíková
Patrícia Marková
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner3.4 April 1994Murcia, SpainClay Ivana Havrlíková Jindra Gabrisova
Dominika Gorecká
6–3, 6–1
Winner4.12 September 1994Manizales, ColombiaClay Guadalupe Bugallo María Dolores Campana
María Fernanda Landa
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up5.19 September 1994Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Luciana Tella Paula Cabezas
Emilie Viqueira
4–6, 4–6
Winner6.26 September 1994Lima, PeruClay Luciana Tella Laura Arraya
María Eugenia Rojas
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up7.30 October 1994São Paulo, BrazilClay Miriam D'Agostini Luciana Tella
Andrea Vieira
6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner8.28 November 1994São Paulo, BrazilClay Luciana Tella Carmina Giraldo
Paula Umaña
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up9.8 May 1995Mollet, SpainClay Mariana Eberle Marta Cano
Nuria Montero
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up10.17 July 1995Santos, BrazilClay Valentina Solari Ximena Rodríguez
Joelle Schad
7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Winner11.31 July 1995Brasília, BrazilClay Andrea Vieira Geraldine Aizenberg
Joelle Schad
6–4, 6–2
Winner12.20 November 1995São Paulo, BrazilClay Andrea Vieira Eugenia Maia
Luciana Tella
7–6, 6–3
Winner13.4 December 1995São Paulo, BrazilHard Luciana Tella Nannie de Villiers
Katalin Marosi
6–3, 6–2
Winner14.24 June 1996Campo Grande, BrazilHard Eugenia Maia Cristina Ferreira
Suzana Rodriguez
1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up15.1 July 1996Santos, BrazilClay Joelle Schad Luciana Tella
Andrea Vieira
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner16.8 July 1996São Paulo, BrazilClay Joelle Schad Luciana Tella
Renata Diez
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up17.24 November 1996Sao Paulo, BrazilClay Miriam D'Agostini Cara Black
Irina Selyutina
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up18.28 September 1997Tucumán, ArgentinaClay Miriam D'Agostini Cara Black
Irina Selyutina
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up19.6 October 1997Montevideo, UruguayClay Laura Bernal Monika Maštalířová
Paula Racedo
1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner20.18 October 1997Asuncion, ParaguayClay Larissa Schaerer Monika Maštalířová
Paula Racedo
w/o
Runner-up21.20 October 1997Novo Hamburgo, BrazilClay Miriam D'Agostini Joana Cortez
Ana-Paula Zannoni
3–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up22.2 November 1997Mogi das Cruzes, BrazilClay Miriam D'Agostini Laura Montalvo
Mercedes Paz
2–6, 0–6
Winner23.23 November 1997São Paulo, BrazilClay Miriam D'Agostini Celeste Contín
Cintia Tortorella
6–1, 6–3
Winner24.14 December 1997Bogota, ColombiaClay Miriam D'Agostini Eugenia Maia
Larissa Schaerer
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up25.4 May 1998Tampico, MexicoHard Paula Cabezas Adria Engel
Alina Jidkova
6–7, 5–7
Winner26.11 May 1998Poza Rica, MexicoHard Paula Cabezas Adria Engel
Alina Jidkova
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner27.18 May 1998Coatzacoalcos, MexicoHard Paula Cabezas Adria Engel
Alina Jidkova
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up28.6 July 1998Vigo, SpainClay Paula Racedo Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Elena Salvador
1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner29.18 July 1998Getxo, SpainClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Tomoe Hotta
Petra Rampre
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner30.22 November 1998Caracas, VenezuelaHard Alicia Ortuño Maureen Drake
Caroline Schneider
6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Winner31.12 September 1999Mexico City, MexicoClay Joana Cortez Melody Falco
Joelle Schad
6–4, 6–2
Winner32.12 June 2000Grado, ItalyClay Alicia Ortuño Lourdes Domínguez Lino
María José Martínez Sánchez
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner33.19 June 2000Grado, ItalyClay Alicia Ortuño Maja Matevžič
Dragana Zarić
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner34.7 August 2000Carthage, TunisiaClay Alicia Ortuño Bianca Kamper
Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–2, 6–1
Winner35.9 October 2000Mexico City, MexicoHard Joana Cortez Kirstin Freye
Kelly Liggan
5–3, 5–4, 4–0
Runner-up36.7 January 2001São Paulo, BrazilHard Miriam D'Agostini Clarisa Fernández
Romina Ottoboni
1–6, 6–7
Winner37.14 May 2001Turin, ItalyClay Melisa Arévalo Luciana Masante
Daniela Olivera
7–5, 6–2
Winner38.21 May 2001Guimarães, PortugalHard Galina Fokina Lenka Cenková
Magdalena Zděnovcová
6–2, 6–1
Winner39.28 May 2001Biella, ItalyClay Joana Cortez Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Winner40.4 June 2001Galatina, ItalyClay Dally Randriantefy Bahia Mouhtassine
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Winner41.25 June 2001Fontanafredda, ItalyClay Joana Cortez Melisa Arévalo
Natalia Gussoni
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up42.São José dos Campos, BrazilHard Melisa Arévalo Bruna Colósio
Carla Tiene
3–6, 5–7
Winner43.17 September 2001São José dos Campos, BrazilClay Daniela Olivera Joana Cortez
Conchita Martínez Granados
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner44.23 September 2001São Paulo, BrazilHard Carla Tiene Melisa Arévalo
Jorgelina Cravero
6–3, 6–1
Winner45.29 January 2002Saltillo, MexicoHard Melisa Arévalo Caroline Ann Basu
Daniela Olivera
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner46.6 April 2002Monterrey, MexicoHard Melisa Arévalo Maria Fernanda Alves
Olga Kalyuzhnaya
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up47.11 February 2002Matamoros, MexicoHard Melisa Arévalo Jorgelina Cravero
Carla Tiene
2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up48.18 February 2002Ciudad Victoria, MexicoHard Melisa Arévalo Jorgelina Cravero
Carla Tiene
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up49.31 March 2002San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Carla Tiene Dominika Luzarová
Arantxa Parra Santonja
5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up50.6 April 2002Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Maria Fernanda Alves Celeste Contín
Romina Ottoboni
4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner51.9 June 2002Caserta, ItalyClay Erica Krauth Maja Palaveršić
Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up52.Miami, United StatesHard Bruna Colósio Beau Jones
Anzela Zguna
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner53.31 March 2003Naples, ItalyClay Stefanie Haidner Oana Elena Golimbioschi
Eszter Molnár
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up54.7 November 2005São Paulo, BrazilHard Andrea Vieira Ana Clara Duarte
Roxane Vaisemberg
6–3, 5–7, 4–6