Luciana Corsato-Owsianka

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Luciana Corsato-Owsianka
Country (sports)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (1966-01-21) 21 January 1966 (age 58)
Prize money$122,996
Singles
Career record136–173
Highest rankingNo. 134 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record57–92
Highest rankingNo. 119 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1985)
US Open 1R (1988, 1990)

Luciana Corsato-Owsianka (born 21 January 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

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Biography

Corsato began competing on the professional tour in 1984.

Her best performance in a grand slam tournament was a second round appearance at the 1988 French Open, which she competed in as a lucky loser from qualifying.

In 1989 she was a doubles finalist at the WTA Tour event in Guaruja and made the quarter-finals of the singles at Taranto. [1]

She had her best WTA Tour result in singles at São Paulo in 1990, when she made it through to the semi-finals, in a run which included a win over top seed Eva Švíglerová.

As a member of Brazil's Fed Cup team she featured in a total of seven ties. In a World Group play off tie against Argentina in 1991 she won her only singles match, over Patricia Tarabini. [2]

Later settling in Germany, Corsato married local tennis coach Marek Owsianka. [3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0-1)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss Dec 1989 Guarujá, BrazilTier VHard Flag of Brazil.svg Cláudia Chabalgoity Flag of Argentina.svg Mercedes Paz
Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini
2–6, 2–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.17 March 1985 Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lea Plchová 2–6, 1–6
Winner1.20 July 1986 Schenectady, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Fuchs 6–0, 6–4
Winner2.12 October 1986 Medellín, ColombiaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Andrea Tiezzi 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up2.25 January 1987 San Antonio, United StatesClay Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Brown 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.10 December 1989 São Paulo, BrazilClay Flag of Brazil.svg Cláudia Chabalgoity 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.14 July 1985 Miramar, United StatesHard Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Monica Reinach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jackie Masters
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michelle Parun
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up1.4 August 1986 Chatham, United StatesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colleen Carney Flag of the United States.svg Anne Grousbeck
Flag of Japan.svg Maya Kidowaki
3–6, 4–6
Winner2.31 July 1989 Vigo, SpainClay Flag of France.svg Pascale Etchemendy Flag of Spain.svg Ana Larrakoetxea
Flag of Spain.svg Ninoska Souto
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up2.25 November 1991 Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Flag of Brazil.svg Andrea Vieira Flag of France.svg Sybille Niox-Château
Flag of Spain.svg Silvia Ramón-Cortés
4–6, 3–6

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  2. "World Group, Play-Off 1st Round". Fed Cup official website. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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