Niege Dias

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Niege Dias
Full nameNiege Pelanio Dias
Country (sports)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (1966-12-05) 5 December 1966 (age 56)
Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil [1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Retired1989
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand) [2]
Singles
Career record112–83
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 31 (5 December 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1989)
Wimbledon 2R (1986)
US Open 2R (1987)
Doubles
Career record47–69
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 89 (31 August 1987)

Niege Dias [lower-alpha 1] (born 5 December 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. [2] [1] She also competed for the Brazil Fed Cup team from 1985 to 1988. [3]

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In her career, she won two WTA Tour singles tournaments, the 1987 Brazil Open and 1988 Barcelona Open. [4] [1]

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the 1988 French Open.

Dias retired from professional tennis in 1989, at the age of 22. She married her former coach, Luiz Carlos Enck. [5]

WTA Career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 1987 Brasil Open Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Patricia Medrado 6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Win2–0Apr 1988 Spanish Open Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Bettina Fulco 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 1985São Paulo, BrazilClay Flag of Hungary.svg Csilla Bartos Flag of Argentina.svg Mercedes Paz
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini 		5–7, 4–6
Win1–1Dec 1986São Paulo, BrazilClay Flag of Brazil.svg Patricia Medrado Flag of Austria.svg Petra Huber
Flag of Peru.svg Laura Gildemeister 		4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Notes

  1. ↑ Her name is spelled Neige Dias by the ITF; WTA spells it 'Niege'.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Carta, Gianni; Marcher, Roberto (2004). O Tênis no Brasil : De Maria Esther Buerno a Gustavo Kuerten (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Códex. pp. 264–283. ISBN   978-8575940310.
  2. 1 2 3 John Barrett, ed. (1990). The International Tennis Federation  : World of Tennis 1990. London: Willow Books. p. 270. ISBN   9780002183550.
  3. ↑ "FedCup player profile". FedCup. International Tennis Federation (ITF).
  4. ↑ José Geraldo Azevedo (21 April 2015). "Dona do último WTA antes de Teliana, Niege Dias é só elogios: "Ela merece"". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo.
  5. ↑ "Niége parou aos 22 por vida comum". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 May 2008.


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