Teliana Pereira

Teliana Pereira

Teliana Pereira at the 2013 Wimbledon qualifications
Full name	Teliana Santos Pereira
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Curitiba, Brazil
Born	20 July 1988 Águas Belas, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 834,008
Singles
Career record	346–183 (65.41%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 43 (19 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 84 (26 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	122–80 (60.4%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 117 (16 September 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
US Open	1R (2015)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles
Last updated on: 26 April 2016.

Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas) is a professional Brazilian tennis player.^[1]

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. She achieved a singles ranking of World No. 48 in August 2015 after she won her second title at Florianópolis by defeating German Annika Beck 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

On 19 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 43.

Career

In February 2013, Pereira reached the semifinals of Copa Colsanitas as a qualifier, which boosted her singles ranking to 116.^[2]

In February 2014, Pereira reached the semifinals of Rio Open.^[3]

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 woman to win a WTA singles title since 1988, and jumping 130 places up the WTA rankings to No.81.

In July 2015 she won her second WTA title at the Brasil Tennis Cup in Florianópolis. With the result, Pereira entered the top 50 for the first time. Pereira was just the second Brazilian in the Open Era to win a WTA title in Brazil – Niege Dias achieved the feat once, doing it over in Guarujá in 1987.^[4]

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 Águas Belas, Coached by brother, Renato.^[1] 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 surface is clay.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (2-0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2-0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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
Winner	2.	1 August 2015	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Annika Beck	6–4, 4–6, 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)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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 Jordão, 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	Périgueux, 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)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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 Búa 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 Schäfer	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

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q2	1R	0–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	2R	2R		2–2
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	1R		0–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	1R		0–2

Record against top 10 players

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Ana Ivanovic	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2016 Miami
Number 2 ranked players
Simona Halep	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2014 Wimbledon
Number 4 ranked players
Francesca Schiavone	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Win (6–1, 6–4) at 2015 Bogota
Number 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2014 Charleston
Sara Errani	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2015 Rio de Janeiro
Number 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–3, 0–6, 4–6) at 2015 Beijing
Number 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2015 US Open
Number 9 ranked players
Andrea Petkovic	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 Brisbane

References

1. "Teliana conquista primeiro título de WTA da carreira, em Bogotá". TelianaPereira.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
2. "Teliana lose in the semifinals and quits best country's campaign in 24 years". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
3. "Semifinalist, Teliana demands of herself for higher intensity". TenisBrasil (in Portuguese). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
4. Pereira Makes History At Home In Brazil

External links

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