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Joana Manta (born 26 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

Joana Manta

Full name	Joana Manta
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	(1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 45)
Prize money	$11,358
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 292 (1 November 1993)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 395 (24 August 1992)

Tennis career

Manta began competing on the ITF circuit in 1991 while still a junior, later partnering with Ludmila Richterová to win the girls' doubles title at the 1993 Australian Open.[1]

At the age of 15 she debuted for the Switzerland Fed Cup team in 1993, featuring in the doubles rubbers of a World Group tie against the United States and a play-off against Peru.[2]

In 1995 she played in another three Fed Cup ties, with both of her two wins coming in doubles, teaming up with former junior partner Martina Hingis.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 October 1993	Flensburg, Germany	Carpet	Antonia Homolya	3–6, 5–7

Doubles finals (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 July 1992	Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Nathalie Ballet	Martina Hautová Karin Lušnic	1–6, 6–2, 2–6

Personal life

Both his father Leonardo and his brother Lorenzo also played tennis professionally.[3][4]

References

External links

• Joana Manta at the Women's Tennis Association
• Joana Manta at the International Tennis Federation
• Joana Manta at the Billie Jean King Cup

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