Teliana Pereira

Teliana Pereira

Teliana Pereira at the 2013 Wimbledon qualifications
Full name	Teliana Santos Pereira
Country	Brazil
Residence	Curitiba, Brazil
Born	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 Santana do Ipanema, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$496,809
Singles
Career record	318–161
Career titles	1 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking	81 (19 April 2015)
Current ranking	81 (19 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	121–75
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	117 (16 September 2013)
Current ranking	265 (19 April 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
Last updated on: 20 April 2015.

Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988 in Santana do Ipanema) is a professional Brazilian tennis player.

On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian to win a WTA Tour title in 27 years, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. With the result, she reached a career high ranking of World No. 81.

Career

In February 2013, Pereira reached the semifinals of Copa Colsanitas as a qualifier, which boosted her singles ranking to 116.^[1]

In February 2014, Pereira reached the semifinals of Rio Open.^[2]

In April 2015, Pereira reached the final of Copa Colsanitas, where she won her first WTA title beating 5th seed Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets to become the first Brazilian women to win a WTA singles title since 1988, and jumping 130 places up the WTA rankings to No.81.

Pereira has won twenty one singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career.

Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team at the Fed Cup, Pereira has a win–loss record of 21–5.

Early and personal life

Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Santana do Ipanema, Coached by brother, Renato. Parents are Jose and Maria; has three brothers and three sisters. Started playing at age 8 because brothers were playing. Favorite tournament is French Open. Tennis idol was Gustavo Kuerten; also likes Rafael Nadal. Favorite type of music is reggae (especially Bob Marley). Her favourite surfaces are clay.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	7–6(7–2), 6–1

WTA 125s finals

Doubles 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 February 2013	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque	3–6 6–1 [10–5]

ITF Career Finals

Singles: 30 (22–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 October 2006	Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Vivian Segnini	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	15 October 2006	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	2.	21 October 2006	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mailen Auroux	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	11 November 2006	Itajaí, Brazil	Clay	Veronica Spiegel	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	26 November 2006	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–0
Winner	4.	18 March 2007	Athens, Greece	Clay	Violette Huck	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	25 March 2007	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Audrey Bergot	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	31 March 2007	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Rebeca Bou-Nogueiro	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	27 May 2007	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Darija Jurak	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	5 August 2007	Campos Do Jordao, Brazil	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 August 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Frederica Piedade	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	9.	6 December 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilia Yorio	6–2, 6–1
Winner	10.	2 October 2010	Arujá, Brazil	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	11.	10 October 2010	Londrina, Brazil	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	6–4, 6–0
Winner	12	20 March 2011	Metepec, Mexico	Hard	Amanda Fink	6–4, 6–4
Winner	13.	3 July 2011	Denain, France	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 April 2012	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Adriana Pérez	6–1, 6–1
Winner	14.	12 May 2012	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Mailen Auroux	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	5.	3 June 2012	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Anna-Lena Friedsam	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	14 September 2012	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	15.	20 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	16.	3 November 2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Amanda Carreras	6–1, 6–2
Winner	17.	29 June 2013	Perigueux, France	Clay	Daniela Seguel	6–1, 6–4
Winner	18.	7 July 2013	Denain, France	Clay	Alberta Brianti	6–4, 7–5
Winner	19.	16 September 2013	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–1, 6–4
Winner	20.	22 September 2013	Saint Malo, France	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 6–1
Winner	21.	29 September 2013	Seville, Spain	Clay	Florencia Molinero	7–6(7–5) 6–3
Runner-up	7.	12 July 2014	Biarritz, France	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	1 September 2014	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Denisa Allertová	3–6, ret.
Winner	22.	6 April 2015	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	7–6(8–6), 6–1

Doubles 22 (10–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	11 November 2006	Itajaí, Brazil	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	Fernanda Hermenegildo Monika Kochanová	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	26 November 2006	Córdoba, Argentina	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	Florencia Molinero Veronica Spiegel	7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	25 March 2007	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Marcella Koek	Monika Krauze Anna Savitskaya	6–1, 6–0
Winner	4.	27 May 2007	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Nikola Hofmanova	Katarína Poljaková Zuzana Zlochová	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	8 July 2007	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Joana Cortez	Nina Bratchikova Neuza Silva	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	19 August 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Ana-Clara Duarte	Joana Cortez Roxane Vaisemberg	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	13 September 2007	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Joana Cortez	Mihaela Buzărnescu Magdalena Kiszczyńska	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–4]
Runner-up	4.	10 November 2007	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Olga Brózda Maria Kondratieva	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	25 November 2007	Sintra, Portugal	Clay (i)	Nicole Clerico	Joana Cortez Roxane Vaisemberg	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 November 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Fernanda Hermenegildo	Tatiana Bua María Irigoyen	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	27 March 2011	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Fernanda Hermenegildo	Macall Harkins Nicole Rottmann	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	3 July 2011	Denain, France	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	Céline Ghesquière Elixane Lechémia	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	31 July 2011	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Fernanda Hermenegildo	Maria Fernanda Alves Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Runner-up	6.	10 December 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Vivian Segnini	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	13 April 2012	Pomezia, Italy	Clay	Bianca Botto	Benedetta Davato Anne Schaefer	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	10.	12 May 2012	Rosario, Argentina	Clay	Nicole Rottmann	Verónica Cepede Royg Luciana Sarmenti	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	10 June 2012	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	Elitsa Kostova Jasmina Tinjić	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-up	8.	14 September 2012	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Timea Bacsinszky Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	23 September 2012	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Pemra Özgen Alyona Sotnikova	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	10.	20 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	11.	12 May 2013	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Catalina Castaño	Vania King Arantxa Rus	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Runner-up	12.	11 Jul 2014	Biarritz, France	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Florencia Molinero Stephanie Vogt	2–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

References

External links

• Teliana Pereira at the Women's Tennis Association
• Teliana Pereira at the International Tennis Federation
• Teliana Pereira at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Brazilian female singles tennis players as of 27 April 2015 1. Teliana Pereira (81 ) 2. Beatriz Haddad Maia (166 2) 3. Paula Cristina Gonçalves (258 29) 4. Gabriela Cé (261 8) 5. Laura Pigossi (386 4) 6. Eduarda Piai (477 4) 7. Nathaly Kurata (505 6) 8. Carolina Alves (514 6) 9. Nathália Rossi (545 1) 10. Maria Fernanda Alves (704 )