Luciana Camargo Tella (born 31 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Luciana Tella
Full nameLuciana Camargo Tella
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1969-12-31) 31 December 1969 (age 54)
Campinas, Brazil
Prize money$105,962
Singles
Career record156–115
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 154 (6 March 1995)
Doubles
Career record134–88
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 155 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1988)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles

Biography edit

Born in Campinas, Tella first appeared on the WTA Tour in the 1986 season and went on to reach a top ranking 154 in the world in singles.

At the 1988 French Open, she competed in the main draw of both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.[1]

She featured in a total of 19 Fed Cup ties for Brazil, which included World Group fixtures against Czechoslovakia in 1988 and Canada in 1989.

Her representative career included appearing at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, where she partnered with Andrea Vieira to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles.[2]

Since 1998, she has run the Tella Tennis Academy in Campinas.[3]

ITF Circuit finals edit

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (7–8) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 28 September 1986 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Tracie Blumentritt 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 2. 6 December 1986 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay   Natacha Marcucci 4–6, 6–7
Win 1. 7 September 1987 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Michèle Strebel 3–6, 6–4, 2–0 ret.
Loss 3. 14 September 1987 ITF Medellín, Colombia Clay   Andrea Vieira 1–6, 3–6
Win 2. 18 September 1988 ITF Medellín, Colombia Clay   Paloma Collantes 7–5, 6–1
Win 3. 26 September 1988 ITF Bogota, Colombia Clay   Karin Ptaszek 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 4. 15 May 1989 ITF Jaffa, Israel Hard   Petra Thorén 5–7, 2–6
Loss 5. 1 June 1992 ITF Brindisi, Italy Clay   Flora Perfetti 5–7, 3–6
Win 4. 10 May 1993 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay   Sandra Cacic 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6. 16 May 1993 ITF León, Mexico Clay   Sandra Cacic 4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win 5. 9 October 1994 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay   Carla Rodríguez 6–0, 6–1
Loss 7. 30 October 1994 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Andrea Vieira 1–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 21 November 1994 ITF La Plata, Argentina Clay   Lea Ghirardi 5–7, 1–6
Win 6. 28 November 1994 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Eugenia Maia 6–3, 6–2
Win 7. 19 February 1995 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Miriam D'Agostini 6–3, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 24 (14–10) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 6 December 1986 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay   Claudia Tella   Gisele Faria
  Adriana Florido
6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win 1. 7 September 1987 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Andrea Vieira   Carolina Espinoza
  Macarena Miranda
7–5, 7–5
Win 2. 14 September 1987 ITF Medellín, Colombia Clay   Andrea Vieira   Macarena Miranda
  Andrea Tiezzi
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 3. 21 September 1987 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Andrea Vieira   Macarena Miranda
  Andrea Tiezzi
7–6, 6–3
Win 4. 21 March 1988 Reims, France Clay   Andrea Vieira   Gaby Castro
  Ana Segura
6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 2. 18 April 1988 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay   Michèle Strebel   Hellas ter Riet
  Jennifer Fuchs
0–6, 4–6
Win 5. 25 September 1988 Medellín, Colombia Clay   Gisele Faria   Henriette Kjær Nielsen
  Anja Michailoff
0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 6. 2 October 1988 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Gisele Faria   Paloma Collantes
  Alessandra Kaul
1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3. 15 May 1989 Jaffa, Israel Hard   Anne Aallonen   Ilana Berger
  María José Llorca
3–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 3 July 1989 Vaihingen, West Germany Clay   Andrea Tiezzi   Anouschka Popp
  Réka Szikszay
5–7, 4–6
Loss 5. 4 December 1989 São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Andrea Vieira   Anne Aallonen
  Simone Schilder
5–7, 4–6
Loss 6. 13 August 1990 Brasília, Brazil Clay   Andrea Vieira   Sofie Albinus
  Samantha Smith
6–7(2), 6–4, 3–6
Win 7. 12 November 1990 Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay   Cláudia Chabalgoity   Anne Grousbeck
  Lihini Weerasuriya
6–1, 6–1
Loss 7. 21 June 1992 Milan, Italy Clay   Andrea Vieira   Kyōko Nagatsuka
  Miki Yokobori
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 8. 19 September 1994 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Vanessa Menga   Paula Cabezas
  Emilie Viqueira
4–6, 4–6
Win 8. 26 September 1994 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Vanessa Menga   Laura Arraya
  María Eugenia Rojas
6–4, 6–3
Win 9. 30 October 1994 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Andrea Vieira   Miriam D'Agostini
  Vanessa Menga
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 10. 28 November 1994 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Vanessa Menga   Carmiña Giraldo
  Paula Umaña
6–2, 6–3
Loss 9. 20 November 1995 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Eugenia Maia   Vanessa Menga
  Andrea Vieira
6–7(3), 3–6
Win 11. 4 December 1995 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Vanessa Menga   Nannie de Villiers
  Katalin Marosi
6–3, 6–2
Win 12. 1 July 1996 ITF Santos, Brazil Clay   Andrea Vieira   Vanessa Menga
  Joelle Schad
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 10. 8 July 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Renata Diez   Vanessa Menga
  Joelle Schad
7–6(6), 3–6, 2–6
Win 13. 1 December 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Laura Montalvo   Miriam D'Agostini
  Andrea Vieira
6–3, 6–4
Win 14. 8 December 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Laura Montalvo   Susie Starrett
  Paige Yaroshuk
2–6, 6–3, 7–5

References edit

  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - French Open - 23 May - 05 June 1988". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Dadá Vieira e Luciana Tella faturam a etapa paulista do Masters Tour". Grupo Globo (in Portuguese). 19 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Official Website" (in Portuguese). Tella Tennis. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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