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

Joana Manta
Full nameJoana Manta
Country (sports)  Switzerland
Born (1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 45)
Prize money$11,358
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 292 (1 November 1993)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 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


  1. "Girls' Doubles". ausopen.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. "Sporting Digest: Tennis". The Independent. 21 July 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. "Die Manta-Bar zieht an den Graben". Der Landbote (in German). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. "Open d'Australie: un Suisse au sommet, Dominic face au défi ultime et un chanteur inattendu". Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.





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