Luciana Tella

Luciana Tella
Full name	Luciana Camargo Tella
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	31 December 1969 (age 54); Campinas, Brazil
Prize money	$105,962
Singles
Career record	156–115
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (6 March 1995)
Doubles
Career record	134–88
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 155 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1988)
Medal record
Pan American Games

Last updated December 27, 2024

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

Biography

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

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (7–8)

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^(7–5)

Doubles: 24 (14–10)

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^(2–7), 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^(3–7), 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^(8–6), 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

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References

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

External links

Luciana Tella at the Women's Tennis Association
Luciana Tella at the International Tennis Federation
Luciana Tella at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[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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