Ana Filipa Santos

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Ana Filipa Santos
Country (sports)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Born (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$33,513
Singles
Career record63–129
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 818 (26 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 818 (9 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record66–93
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 576 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 576 (9 September 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 1–4
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Ana Filipa Santos (born 12 February 1996) is a Portuguese tennis player.

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Santos has a career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of 576, achieved on 9 September 2024.

Santos made her Fed Cup debut for Portugal in 2019. [1] [2]

Alongside Jacqueline Cabaj Awad from Sweden, Santos won her first international title in doubles in Cancún, Mexico. They won the final against Astrid Cirotte and Anatasia Sysoeva.

Outside from tennis, Santos has a master's degree in Micro and Nanotechnologies Engineering from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, part of NOVA University Lisbon. [3] She has defended her master's thesis (available here) with a final grade of 18 out of 20 marks. [4]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2019ITF Lousada, PortugalW15Hard (i) Flag of Spain.svg Almudena Sanz-Llaneza Fernández Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Spain.svg Olga Parres Azcoitia		4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Flag of France.svg Astrid Cirotte
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Sysoeva 		6–4, 6–3
Loss1-2May 2022ITF Curitiba, BrazilW15Clay Flag of Bolivia.svg Noelia Zeballos Flag of Argentina.svg Martina Capurro Taborda
Flag of Chile.svg Fernanda Labraña 		1–6, 4–6
Win2–2Mar 2024ITF São João da Boa Vista, BrazilW15Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Victoria Bosio Flag of Italy.svg Verena Meliss
Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Zanolini 		6–2, 6–4
Loss2–3Aug 2024ITF Valladolid, SpainW15Hard Flag of Spain.svg Celia Cerviño Ruiz Flag of Germany.svg Kathleen Kanev
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eliz Maloney 		2–6, 6–4, [4–10]

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References

  1. ↑ José Morgado. "Portugal-Luxemburgo, 0-1: Ana Filipa Santos derrotada por jovem da casa". bolamarela.pt (in Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Francisco Semedo. "Ana Filipa Santos perde na estreia na Fed Cup e Portugal fica sem margem de manobra". raquetc.com (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ "Ana Filipa Santos. A mestre que bate a esquerda a uma mão e idolatra o "toro" de Manacor" (in European Portuguese). 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  4. ↑ "Ténis: Ana Filipa Santos, natural de Santiago do Cacém com uma Temporada de Sonho". Rádio Miróbriga (in European Portuguese). 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2022-02-21.


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