María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | 29 July 1975 |
Prize money | $105,874 |
Singles | |
Career record | 184–143 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 183 (5 August 1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 151–103 |
Career titles | 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 108 (24 May 1999) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999) |
US Open | 1R (1996) |
Biography
editLanda 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
editDoubles: 1 (runner-up)
editResult | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
editSingles: 15 (6–9)
edit$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 Kiev, 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)
editResult | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
edit- ^ "Suárez tampoco pudo". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 May 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Final odds slashed on giantkiller". TheGuardian.com. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.