 | |
| Full name | Mariana Mesa Pineda |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Colombia |
| Born | 1 April 1980 Pereira, Colombia |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $39,467 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 90–60 (60.0%) |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 251 (15 May 2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 78–50 (60.9%) |
| Career titles | 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 161 (7 August 2000) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 7–9 (43.8%) |
Mariana Mesa Pineda (born 1 April 1980) is a Colombian former professional tennis player.
Mesa, who grew up in the city of Pereira, made her Fed Cup debut in 1995, having just turned 15. She featured in a total of 12 ties for Colombia during her career, mostly as doubles player, winning seven matches overall.
On the WTA Tour, she made most of her main-draw appearances at her home event, the Copa Colsanitas, playing in every edition of the tournament from 1998 to 2000. She had her best performance in 1998, when she made the round of 16 of the singles and was a doubles semifinalist. Her only other singles main draw came at the 1999 Brasil Open, which she made as a qualifier.
Mesa reached a best singles ranking on tour of 251 in the world and won five ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. As a doubles player she had a top ranking of 161, with seven ITF titles.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Mesa represented Colombia in the doubles competition, with Fabiola Zuluaga as her partner. [1]
Mesa now coaches tennis and also works as broadcaster with Win Sports. She studied political science at Universidad Javeriana. [2]
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 18 September 1994 | ITF Manizales, Colombia | Clay |  Stephania Gehrke | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 6 July 1998 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Clay |  Paula Racedo | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 13 September 1998 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | Sabrina Valenti | 6–0, 7–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 May 1999 | ITF Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | Luciana Masante | 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 29 August 1999 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Melisa Arévalo | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 26 September 1999 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | María Emilia Salerni | 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 3 September 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Romina Ottoboni | 6–7(3), 2–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 11 September 1995 | ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia | Clay | Carmiña Giraldo |  Joanne Moore Ximena Rodríguez | 5–7, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 June 1998 | ITF Santander, Spain | Clay | Juliana Garcia |  Marina Escobar Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 1–6, 6–7(1) |
| Winner | 1. | 7 September 1998 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | Nina Nittinger | Natalia Gussoni Sabrina Valenti | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 30 November 1998 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Fabiola Zuluaga |  Katarina Srebotnik  Zuzana Váleková | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 23 May 1999 | ITF Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Melisa Arévalo Jorgelina Torti | w/o |
| Runner-up | 4. | 31 May 1999 | ITF Azeméis, Portugal | Hard | Jorgelina Torti |  Kelly Liggan  Tzipora Obziler | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(6) |
| Winner | 3. | 2 August 1999 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Melisa Arévalo | Gabriela Voleková  Aliénor Tricerri | 7–5, 7–6(1) |
| Winner | 4. | 23 August 1999 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Melisa Arévalo |  Helga Vieira  Ana Paula Novaes | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 19 September 1999 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | Hard | Aliénor Tricerri |  Rossana de los Ríos Larissa Schaerer | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 5 December 1999 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Fabiola Zuluaga | Miriam D'Agostini Larissa Schaerer | 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 24 July 2000 | ITF Pamplona, Spain | Hard |  Leanne Baker |  Yvette Basting Mia Buric | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 3 September 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires 2 | Clay | Larissa Schaerer | Melisa Arévalo Paula Racedo | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 6. | 10 September 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires 3 | Clay | Romina Ottoboni | Sabrina Valenti Natalia Gussoni | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 8 October 2000 | ITF Mexico City | Hard |  Branka Bojović |  Alejandra Rivero Zerene Reyes | 5–3, 4–0, 3–5 |
Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni is a Croatian former professional tennis player. She enjoyed a meteoric rise on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, during which she set several "youngest-ever" records. She captured the women's doubles title at the 1998 Australian Open when she was 15 years old, partnered with Martina Hingis. She also won the first ever professional tournament she entered, the 1997 Croatian Ladies Open, and defended it the following year at age 16, making her the youngest player in history to successfully defend a title. She then reached the semifinals of the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, beating world No. 4, Monica Seles, and eighth seed Nathalie Tauziat, the previous year's finalist, before she lost to Steffi Graf in three sets. Following a series of personal problems from 2000 onwards, she faded from the scene.
Mariana Duque Mariño is a Colombian former tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015.
Pauline Parmentier is a French former tennis player.
Sílvia Soler Espinosa is a retired Spanish tennis player.
Isabella Shinikova is a Bulgarian tennis player.
The 2013 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing alongside Luisa Stefani.
Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she has won eight singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent. She was born in Montpellier, France.
Viky Núñez Fuentes is a Colombian former professional tennis player.
Emiliana Arango is a Colombian tennis player.
María Lourdes Carlé is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 146 achieved on 16 January 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 25 July 2022.
The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF); the WTA Premier tournaments ; the WTA International tournaments; the Fed Cup and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2018 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Jessika Ponchet is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 138 in singles, achieved on 27 February 2023, and No. 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022.
Tatiana Kovalchuk is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.
The 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, also is included but did not distribute ranking points.
The 2020 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 WTA Tour calendar originally comprised the Grand Slam tournaments supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships.
Giana Gutiérrez is a Colombian former professional tennis player.
The 2022 WTA Tour was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, and the year-end championships.
