María Fernanda Landa

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María Fernanda Landa
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 49)
Prize money$105,874
Singles
Career record184–143
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 183 (5 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record151–103
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 108 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1996)

María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Biography

Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player, she won six ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183.

She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open.[1]

At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu.[2] She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río.

She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss May 1999 Madrid Open, Spain Tier III Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
2–6, 6–0, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (6–9)

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 23 November 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Belgium Vicky Maes 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 26 April 1993 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 3. 24 May 1993 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Poland Katarzyna Teodorowicz 6–0, 3–6, 5–7
Win 4. 11 April 1994 ITF Supetar, Croatia Clay Poland Aleksandra Olsza 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 5. 5 September 1994 ITF Medellín, Colombia Clay Bolivia Cecilia Ampuero 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 25 September 1994 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 7–5, 0–1 ret.
Win 7. 10 October 1994 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8. 14 November 1994 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo 2–6, 2–6
Win 9. 14 August 1995 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Clay Netherlands Petra Kamstra 2–3 ret.
Win 10. 27 May 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella 6–2, 6–2
Loss 11. 22 July 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 12. 24 August 1997 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Austria Barbara Schwartz 3–6, 2–6
Win 13. 29 September 1997 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Bettina Fulco 6–4, 6–1
Loss 14. 29 March 1999 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 4–6, 2–6
Loss 15. 4 July 1999 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (14–13)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 September 1992 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Argentina Florencia Cianfagna Venezuela Ninfa Marra
Brazil Sumara Passos
1–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 19 October 1992 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Florencia Cianfagna Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Mariana Randrup
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3. 3 May 1993 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Randrup Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Maria Inés Araiz
1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 4. 10 May 1993 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Ana Salas Lozano Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Germany Claudia Timm
5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Win 5. 17 May 1993 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay Argentina Maria Inés Araiz Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Limor Zaltz
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 6. 12 July 1993 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Portugal Sofia Prazeres Netherlands Petra Kamstra
Netherlands Linda Niemantsverdriet
7–6(6), 3–6, 7–6(5)
Win 7. 19 July 1993 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Portugal Sofia Prazeres Spain Silvia Ramón-Cortés
Spain Inmaculada Varas
6–4, 6–4
Win 8. 11 April 1994 ITF Supetar, Croatia Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva
Bulgaria Antoaneta Pandjerova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 9. 12 September 1994 ITF Manizales, Colombia Clay Ecuador María Dolores Campana Argentina Guadalupe Bugallo
Brazil Vanessa Menga
6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win 10. 10 October 1994 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Mariana Eberle Chile Bárbara Castro
Chile María-Alejandra Quezada
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win 11. 17 October 1994 ITF Asuncion, Paraguay Clay Argentina Mariana Eberle Peru Carla Rodriguez
Peru Lorena Rodriguez
6–3, 6–0
Win 12. 17 June 1995 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Poland Magdalena Grzybowska Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal
Netherlands Seda Noorlander
6–2, 6–4
Win 13. 14 August 1995 ITF Carthage, Tunisia Clay Spain Yolanda Clemot Ukraine Talina Beiko
Bulgaria Teodora Nedeva
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14. 20 May 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella Argentina Mariana Faustinelli
Argentina Lorena Martinez
2–6, 5–7
Loss 15. 28 July 1996 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer Germany Kirstin Freye
Germany Caroline Schneider
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 16. 6 October 1996 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hard Germany Marlene Weingärtner Chile Paula Cabezas
Argentina Veronica Stele
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 17. 23 June 1997 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner France Caroline Dhenin
Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Loss 18. 30 June 1997 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Germany Marlene Weingärtner Netherlands Seda Noorlander
India Nirupama Vaidyanathan
3–6, 1–6
Loss 19. 13 July 1997 ITF Puchheim, Germany Clay Netherlands Seda Noorlander Germany Kirstin Freye
France Noëlle van Lottum
1–6, 2–6
Win 20. 4 October 1998 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard Netherlands Seda Noorlander South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss 21. 19 October 1998 ITF Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Spain Eva Bes Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suarez
2–6, 2–6
Win 22. 2 November 1998 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Spain Eva Bes Argentina Luciana Masante
Spain Alicia Ortuño
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 23. 16 November 1998 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Spain Eva Bes Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 24. 7 February 1999 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Alice Canepa Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1–6, 1–6
Win 25. 14 February 1999 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio France Emmanuelle Curutchet
Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan
2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 26. 4 July 1999 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Eva Bes Colombia Giana Gutiérrez
Argentina Romina Ottoboni
6–4, 6–4
Win 27. 23 April 2000 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni United Kingdom Helen Crook
United Kingdom Victoria Davies
6–4, 7–6(7)

References

  1. ^ "Suárez tampoco pudo". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 May 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Final odds slashed on giantkiller". TheGuardian.com. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.