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Ana Catarina Nogueira (born 20 September 1978) is a Portuguese professional padel player and former international tennis player.[1]

Ana Catarina Nogueira

Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	(1978-09-20) 20 September 1978 (age 44) Porto, Portugal
Prize money	$45,627
Singles
Career record	120–123
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 383 (2 October 2000)
Doubles
Career record	51–66
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 386 (5 April 1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	22–24

Biography

Born in Porto, Nogueira holds the Portugal Fed Cup record for most ties played and is the most successful doubles player in the team's history. She featured in 36 ties between 1997 and 2008, winning 22 matches, 16 of which came in doubles.[2]

Nogueira won three ITF singles titles and had a best ranking of 383 in the world. Most of her WTA Tour main-draw appearances came in her home country's events, including the Estoril Open where she played in the singles main draw as a wild card on four occasions.

She now competes on the World Padel Tour and in 2018 became the first Portuguese player to win a tournament.[3]

ITF finals

Singles (3–3)

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 July 2000	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Annica Cooper	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	5 August 2001	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	20 June 2004	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	15 August 2004	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Irina Kotkina	7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	25 July 2006	A Coruña, Spain	Hard	Sara del Barrio Aragón	3–6, 6–7(4)
Winner	3.	14 October 2007	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Claire de Gubernatis	7–5, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 November 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Yoriko Yamagishi	Silvia Sosnarová Marie Vrba	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	17 May 1999	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Ayami Takase	Hanna-Katri Aalto Kirsi Lampinen	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	27 February 2000	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Nicola Payne	Maria Elena Camerin Barbara Hellwig	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	7 May 2001	Mersin, Turkey	Clay	Angela Cardoso	Duygu Akşit Oal Elena Yaryshka	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	25 June 2001	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Oleksandra Kravets Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	21 August 2005	Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Angelique Kerber Tatjana Priachin	6–4, 7–6(1)

References

External links

• Ana Catarina Nogueira at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ana Catarina Nogueira at the International Tennis Federation
• Ana Catarina Nogueira at the Billie Jean King Cup

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