María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

María Fernanda Landa
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 49)
Prize money$105,874
Singles
Career record184–143
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 183 (5 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record151–103
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 108 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1996)

Biography

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Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player, she won six ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183.

She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open.[1]

At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu.[2] She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río.

She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[3]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss May 1999 Madrid Open, Spain Tier III Clay   Marlene Weingärtner   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
2–6, 6–0, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 15 (6–9)

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 23 November 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Vicky Maes 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 26 April 1993 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Laura Montalvo 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 3. 24 May 1993 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay   Katarzyna Teodorowicz 6–0, 3–6, 5–7
Win 4. 11 April 1994 ITF Supetar, Croatia Clay   Aleksandra Olsza 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5. 5 September 1994 ITF Medellín, Colombia Clay   Cecilia Ampuero 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 25 September 1994 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 7–5, 0–1 ret.
Win 7. 10 October 1994 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Pamela Zingman 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8. 14 November 1994 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Laura Montalvo 2–6, 2–6
Win 9. 14 August 1995 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Clay   Petra Kamstra 2–3 ret.
Win 10. 27 May 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Cintia Tortorella 6–2, 6–2
Loss 11. 22 July 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Mariana Díaz Oliva 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 12. 24 August 1997 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine Clay   Barbara Schwartz 3–6, 2–6
Win 13. 29 September 1997 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Bettina Fulco 6–4, 6–1
Loss 14. 29 March 1999 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Catalina Castaño 4–6, 2–6
Loss 15. 4 July 1999 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (14–13)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 September 1992 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Florencia Cianfagna   Ninfa Marra
  Sumara Passos
1–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 19 October 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Florencia Cianfagna   Laura Montalvo
  Mariana Randrup
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3. 3 May 1993 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Mariana Randrup   Laura Montalvo
  Maria Inés Araiz
1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 4. 10 May 1993 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay   Ana Salas Lozano   Conchita Martínez Granados
  Claudia Timm
5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Win 5. 17 May 1993 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay   Maria Inés Araiz   Tzipora Obziler
  Limor Zaltz
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 6. 12 July 1993 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay   Sofia Prazeres   Petra Kamstra
  Linda Niemantsverdriet
7–6(6), 3–6, 7–6(5)
Win 7. 19 July 1993 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay   Sofia Prazeres   Silvia Ramón-Cortés
  Inmaculada Varas
6–4, 6–4
Win 8. 11 April 1994 ITF Supetar, Croatia Clay   Laura Montalvo   Teodora Nedeva
  Antoaneta Pandjerova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 9. 12 September 1994 ITF Manizales, Colombia Clay   María Dolores Campana   Guadalupe Bugallo
  Vanessa Menga
6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win 10. 10 October 1994 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Mariana Eberle   Bárbara Castro
  María-Alejandra Quezada
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win 11. 17 October 1994 ITF Asuncion, Paraguay Clay   Mariana Eberle   Carla Rodriguez
  Lorena Rodriguez
6–3, 6–0
Win 12. 17 June 1995 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay   Magdalena Grzybowska   Maaike Koutstaal
  Seda Noorlander
6–2, 6–4
Win 13. 14 August 1995 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Clay   Yolanda Clemot   Talina Beiko
  Teodora Nedeva
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14. 20 May 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Cintia Tortorella   Mariana Faustinelli
  Lorena Martinez
2–6, 5–7
Loss 15. 28 July 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Larissa Schaerer   Kirstin Freye
  Caroline Schneider
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 16. 6 October 1996 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hard   Marlene Weingärtner   Paula Cabezas
  Veronica Stele
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 17. 23 June 1997 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay   Marlene Weingärtner   Caroline Dhenin
  Nino Louarsabishvili
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Loss 18. 30 June 1997 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Marlene Weingärtner   Seda Noorlander
  Nirupama Vaidyanathan
3–6, 1–6
Loss 19. 13 July 1997 ITF Puchheim, Germany Clay   Seda Noorlander   Kirstin Freye
  Noëlle van Lottum
1–6, 2–6
Win 20. 4 October 1998 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Seda Noorlander   Nannie de Villiers
  Janette Husárová
6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss 21. 19 October 1998 ITF Montevideo, Uruguay Clay   Eva Bes   Laura Montalvo
  Paola Suarez
2–6, 2–6
Win 22. 2 November 1998 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay   Eva Bes   Luciana Masante
  Alicia Ortuño
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 23. 16 November 1998 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Eva Bes   Seda Noorlander
  Katarina Srebotnik
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 24. 7 February 1999 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Alice Canepa   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1–6, 1–6
Win 25. 14 February 1999 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Ángeles Montolio   Emmanuelle Curutchet
  Kelly Liggan
2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 26. 4 July 1999 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Eva Bes   Giana Gutiérrez
  Romina Ottoboni
6–4, 6–4
Win 27. 23 April 2000 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay   Romina Ottoboni   Helen Crook
  Victoria Davies
6–4, 7–6(7)

References

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  1. ^ "Suárez tampoco pudo". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 May 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Final odds slashed on giantkiller". TheGuardian.com. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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