Janet Souto-Garcia (born 22 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Janet Souto
Full nameJanet Souto-Garcia
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1967-11-22) 22 November 1967 (age 56)
Caracas, Venezuela
Prize money$59,266
Singles
Career record93–98
Highest rankingNo. 217 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record114–76
Highest rankingNo. 122 (17 August 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1992)
US Open1R (1992, 1994)

Biography edit

Souto, who comes from Galicia but is Venezuelan by birth, began playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s.[1]

Often partnering her sister Ninoska, the pair made the doubles semi-finals of the 1988 Spanish Open.

In 1992 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at three grand slam tournaments, all with Ana Segura as her partner. She also featured in the 1994 US Open, partnering Ruxandra Dragomir.[2]

ITF finals edit

Singles (1–0) edit

Legend
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 21 September 1987 Llorca, Spain Clay   Maria Strandlund 1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (11–10) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 28 July 1986 Sezze, Italy Clay   Ninoska Souto   Rosa Bielsa
  Elena Guerra
6–3, 7–6
Win 2. 24 August 1987 Porto, Portugal Clay   Ninoska Souto   Gaby Castro
  Ana Segura
4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 3. 7 March 1988 Castellón, Spain Clay   Ninoska Souto   Lucila Becerra
  Claudia Hernández
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. 8 August 1988 Palermo, Italy Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Allison Cooper
  Mary Norwood
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 5. 15 August 1988 Caltagirone, Italy Clay   Titia Wilmink   Gaby Castro
  Ana Segura
6–4, 6–2
Loss 6. 29 August 1988 Corsica, France Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Bettina Diesner
  Mareke Plocher
1–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 12 September 1988 Arzachena, Italy Hard   Rosa Bielsa   Anne Grousbeck
  Tracey Morton
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. 28 August 1989 Arzachena, Italy Hard   Rosa Bielsa   Anne Aallonen
  Nanne Dahlman
1–6, 1–6
Win 9. 18 September 1989 Porto, Portugal Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Inmaculada Varas
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 10. 12 March 1990 Murcia, Spain Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Ana-Belen Quintana
  Ana Segura
5–7, 5–7
Win 11. 25 February 1991 Valencia, Spain Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Janette Husárová
  Zdeňka Málková
6–2, 6–3
Loss 12. 8 April 1991 Limoges, France Carpet   Rosa Bielsa   Anne Aallonen
  Eugenia Maniokova
3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 13. 3 June 1991 Milan, Italy Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Nathalie Baudone
  Francesca Romano
4–6, 5–7
Win 14. 1 July 1991 Palermo, Italy Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Claudia Piccini
  Cristina Salvi
6–3, 6–2
Win 15. 19 August 1991 Spoleto, Italy Clay   Ana Segura   Ingelise Driehuis
  Louise Pleming
3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Loss 16. 28 October 1991 Madeira, Portugal Hard   Rosa Bielsa   Carin Bakkum
  Meike Babel
3–6, 2–6
Win 17. 13 July 1992 Vigo, Spain Clay   Rosa Bielsa   Kylie Johnson
  Sabine Lohmann
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 18. 21 September 1992 Acireale, Italy Hard   Ana Segura   Kirrily Sharpe
  Claire Wegink
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss 19. 21 February 1994 Valencia, Spain Clay   Gala León García   Seda Noorlander
  Hanneke Ketelaars
4–6, 4–6
Loss 20. 6 June 1994 Elvas, Portugal Hard   Désirée Leupold   Ann Devries
  Sofia Prazeres
2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 21. 27 June 1994 Cáceres, Spain Hard   Gala León García   Mariam Ramón Climent
  María Sánchez Lorenzo
4–6, 6–2, 6–1

References edit

  1. ^ "El Correo hace 25 años". El Correo (in Spanish). 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Tennis U.S. Open". The Chronicle. newspaperarchive.com. 1 September 1994.

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