Vanessa Menga

Vanessa Menga
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing Brazil
Pan American Games

Vanessa Menga
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo
Born	10 October 1976 (age 48); São Paulo
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$139,973
Singles
Career record	185–186
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 163 (22 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record	267–148
Career titles	33 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 93 (7 June 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
US Open	1R (1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1999)

Last updated December 27, 2024

Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 (doubles with Miriam D’Agostini, falling in round 1), and Sydney 2000 (with Joana Cortez, falling in round 2). Menga was also in two Pan American Games, Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles gold medal with Joana Cortez.

In 2001, Menga posed for Playboy Brazil. In 2003, she retired from tennis after a motorcycle accident which left her for eight months without playing. Menga now has an institute in São Paulo where she teaches tennis to over 200 children, and participates in other charity projects.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (3–6)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 July 1996	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Joelle Schad	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	27 October 1996	ITF Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Hard	Andrea Vieira	0–6, 2–6
Win	3.	14 September 1997	ITF La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4.	20 October 1997	ITF Novo Hamburgo, Brazil	Clay	Laura Montalvo	3–6, 0–6
Win	5.	11 May 1998	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Alina Jidkova	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Win	6.	6 September 1998	ITF Manaus, Brazil	Hard	Dora Krstulović	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	7.	22 November 1998	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Maureen Drake	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	30 November 1998	ITF Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Katalin Marosi	5–7, 3–6
Loss	9.	22 July 2001	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Hard	Seda Noorlander	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 54 (33–21)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	3 May 1993	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Melissa Beadman	Yolanda Clemot Ángeles Montolio	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2.	21 March 1994	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Maria Inés Araiz	Ivana Havrlíková Patrícia Marková	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	4 April 1994	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Ivana Havrlíková	Jindra Gabrisová Dominika Gorecká	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	12 September 1994	Manizales, Colombia	Clay	Guadalupe Bugallo	María Dolores Campana María Fernanda Landa	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	5.	19 September 1994	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Luciana Tella	Paula Cabezas Emilie Viqueira	4–6, 4–6
Win	6.	26 September 1994	Lima, Peru	Clay	Luciana Tella	Laura Arraya María Eugenia Rojas	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7.	30 October 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Luciana Tella Andrea Vieira	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win	8.	28 November 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Luciana Tella	Carmiña Giraldo Paula Umaña	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9.	8 May 1995	Mollet, Spain	Clay	Mariana Eberle	Marta Cano Nuria Montero	5–7, 4–6
Loss	10.	17 July 1995	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Valentina Solari	Ximena Rodríguez Joelle Schad	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Win	11.	31 July 1995	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Vieira	Geraldine Aizenberg Joelle Schad	6–4, 6–2
Win	12.	20 November 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Vieira	Eugenia Maia Luciana Tella	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	13.	4 December 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Luciana Tella	Nannie de Villiers Katalin Marosi	6–3, 6–2
Win	14.	24 June 1996	Campo Grande, Brazil	Hard	Eugenia Maia	Cristina Ferreira Suzana Rodriguez	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	15.	1 July 1996	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Joelle Schad	Luciana Tella Andrea Vieira	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	16.	8 July 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Joelle Schad	Luciana Tella Renata Diez	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	17.	24 November 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	18.	28 September 1997	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	3–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	6 October 1997	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Laura Bernal	Monika Maštalířová Paula Racedo	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	20.	18 October 1997	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	Monika Maštalířová Paula Racedo	w/o
Loss	21.	20 October 1997	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Joana Cortez Ana-Paula Zannoni	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Loss	22.	2 November 1997	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Laura Montalvo Mercedes Paz	2–6, 0–6
Win	23.	23 November 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Celeste Contín Cintia Tortorella	6–1, 6–3
Win	24.	14 December 1997	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	Eugenia Maia Larissa Schaerer	6–2, 6–2
Loss	25.	4 May 1998	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	6–7, 5–7
Win	26.	11 May 1998	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	27.	18 May 1998	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Paula Cabezas	Adria Engel Alina Jidkova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	28.	6 July 1998	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Paula Racedo	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Elena Salvador	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	29.	18 July 1998	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Tomoe Hotta Petra Rampre	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	30.	22 November 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Alicia Ortuño	Maureen Drake Caroline Schneider	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	31.	12 September 1999	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Joana Cortez	Melody Falcó Joelle Schad	6–4, 6–2
Win	32.	12 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	33.	19 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Maja Matevžič Dragana Zarić	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	34.	7 August 2000	Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Bianca Kamper Ekaterina Kozhokina	6–2, 6–1
Win	35.	9 October 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Joana Cortez	Kirstin Freye Kelly Liggan	5–3, 5–4^(6–4), 4–0
Loss	36.	7 January 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Miriam D'Agostini	Clarisa Fernández Romina Ottoboni	1–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	37.	14 May 2001	Turin, Italy	Clay	Melisa Arévalo	Luciana Masante Daniela Olivera	7–5, 6–2
Win	38.	21 May 2001	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Galina Fokina	Lenka Cenková Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–2, 6–1
Win	39.	28 May 2001	Biella, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Win	40.	4 June 2001	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	41.	25 June 2001	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Joana Cortez	Melisa Arévalo Natalia Gussoni	6–3, 6–3
Loss	42.	22 July 2001	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Bruna Colósio Carla Tiene	3–6, 5–7
Win	43.	17 September 2001	São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Daniela Olivera	Joana Cortez Conchita Martínez Granados	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	44.	23 September 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	Melisa Arévalo Jorgelina Cravero	6–3, 6–1
Win	45.	28 January 2002	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Caroline-Ann Basu Daniela Olivera	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	46.	4 February 2002	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Maria Fernanda Alves Olga Kalyuzhnaya	6–2, 6–1
Loss	47.	10 February 2002	Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	48.	17 February 2002	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene	2–6, 5–7
Loss	49.	31 March 2002	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Carla Tiene	Dominika Luzarová Arantxa Parra Santonja	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	50.	6 April 2002	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Celeste Contín Romina Ottoboni	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	51.	9 June 2002	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Erica Krauth	Maja Palaveršić Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–4
Loss	52.	26 January 2003	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Bruna Colósio	Beau Jones Anžela Žguna	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	53.	31 March 2003	ITF Naples, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Oana Elena Golimbioschi Eszter Molnár	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Loss	54.	7 November 2005	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Andrea Vieira	Ana Clara Duarte Roxane Vaisemberg	6–3, 5–7, 4–6

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References

Globoesporte (in Portuguese)

External links

Official website Archived 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
Vanessa Menga at the Women's Tennis Association
Vanessa Menga at the International Tennis Federation
Vanessa Menga at the Billie Jean King Cup
Vanessa Menga at Olympedia ( archive )
Vanessa Menga at Olympics.com

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