Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

Teliana Pereira
Teliana Pereira at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying
Full nameTeliana Santos Pereira
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceCuritiba, Brazil
Born (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 36)
Águas Belas, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired2020
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,068,880
Singles
Career record419–249
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 43 (19 October 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2016)
French Open2R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record122–85
Career titles0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 117 (16 September 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2016)
WimbledonQ2 (2013)
US Open1R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup26–11
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles

On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 48 in August 2015, after having won her second career title at Florianópolis by defeating German Annika Beck, in three sets.

On 19 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 43. Pereira won 22 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 26–11.

Early and personal life

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Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, and was coached by her brother, Renato. Pereira's parents are Jose, who worked at a sugar cane plantation, and Maria; she has three brothers and three sisters. At a very young age, her father moved to Curitiba, where he had two brothers, and once he got a job at a tennis academy, he arranged for the rest of the family to follow him. Everyone got work at the academy as well, with Teliana being a ball girl. Given the academy owner, Frenchman Didier Rayon, brought the Pereira children to the court whenever a student did not show up, Pereira started playing at age 8, and said that she already had grown an interest watching Renato play. One year later, she entered a tournament and won, making Rayon decide to become her coach.[1] Pereira's favorite tournament is the French Open. Her childhood tennis idol was Gustavo Kuerten. Her favourite surface is clay.

Career

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

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

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

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

Pereira performed very poorly throughout 2016 and finally dropped out of top 200 by the end of the season.

In September 2020, Pereira announced her retirement at the age of 32, declaring she had lost interest in training and travels, while expressing satisfaction with how her career went, with two WTA Tour titles and "always surpassing my expectations".[5] Since then she has commented tennis on ESPN Brazil and ran an academy on Campo Largo, Paraná.[6][7]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 1R Q2 1R Q2 A A 0–2
French Open A A A A A Q3 2R 2R 2R A A A 3–3
Wimbledon Q1 A A A Q1 Q2 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–3
US Open A A A A Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–11

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay   Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 2015 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International Clay   Annika Beck 6–4, 4–6, 6–1

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2013 Copa Bionaire, Colombia Clay   Florencia Molinero   Catalina Castaño
  Mariana Duque Mariño
6–3, 1–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 31 (22 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2006 ITF Tucumán, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Vivian Segnini 6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 2006 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto 6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Oct 2006 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Mailen Auroux 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Nov 2006 ITF Itajaí, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Veronica Spiegel 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Nov 2006 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Yanina Wickmayer 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 0–6
Win 4–2 Mar 2007 ITF Athens, Greece 10,000 Clay   Violette Huck 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–2 Mar 2007 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay (i)   Audrey Bergot 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 Mar 2007 ITF Foggia, Italy 10,000 Clay   Rebeca Bou Nogueiro 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–3 May 2007 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay   Darija Jurak 1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 7–3 Aug 2007 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Maria Fernanda Alves 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–3 Aug 2007 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 25,000 Clay   Frederica Piedade 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 9–3 Dec 2008 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Emilia Yorio 6–2, 6–1
Win 10–3 Oct 2010 ITF Arujá, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 11–3 Oct 2010 ITF Londrina, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg 6–4, 6–0
Win 12–3 Mar 2011 ITF Metepec, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Amanda Fink 6–4, 6–4
Win 13–3 Jul 2011 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–4, 6–3
Loss 13–4 Apr 2012 ITF Caracas, Venezuela 25,000 Hard   Adriana Pérez 1–6, 1–6
Win 14–4 May 2012 ITF Rosario, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Mailen Auroux 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 14–5 Jun 2012 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 25,000 Clay   Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss 14–6 Sep 2012 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay   Timea Bacsinszky 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 15–6 Oct 2012 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay   Estrella Cabeza Candela 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win 16–6 Nov 2012 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Amanda Carreras 6–1, 6–2
Win 17–6 Jun 2013 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay   Daniela Seguel 6–1, 6–4
Win 18–6 Jul 2013 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Alberta Brianti 6–4, 7–5
Win 19–6 Sep 2013 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay   Pauline Parmentier 6–1, 6–4
Win 20–6 Sep 2013 Open de Saint-Malo, France 25,000 Clay   Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 6–1
Win 21–6 Sep 2013 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay   Florencia Molinero 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 21–7 Jul 2014 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay   Kaia Kanepi 2–6, 4–6
Loss 21–8 Sep 2014 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn,
Netherlands
25,000 Clay   Denisa Allertová 3–6, ret.
Win 22–8 Apr 2015 Open Medellín, Colombia 50,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss 22–9 Oct 2019 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Tena Lukas 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2006 ITF Itajaí, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Yanina Wickmayer   Fernanda Hermenegildo
  Monika Kochanová
6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2006 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Yanina Wickmayer   Florencia Molinero
  Veronica Spiegel
7–5, 6–4
Win 3–0 Mar 2007 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay (i)   Marcella Koek   Monika Krauze
  Anna Savitskaya
6–1, 6–0
Win 4–0 May 2007 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay   Nikola Hofmanova   Katarína Poljaková
  Zuzana Zlochová
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 4–1 Jul 2007 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay   Joana Cortez   Nina Bratchikova
  Neuza Silva
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 4–2 Aug 2007 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 25,000 Clay   Ana Clara Duarte   Joana Cortez
  Roxane Vaisemberg
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Sep 2007 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Joana Cortez   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Magdalena Kiszczyńska
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [4–10]
Loss 4–4 Nov 2007 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon 25,000 Clay   Nicole Clerico   Olga Brózda
  Maria Kondratieva
3–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Nov 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal 25,000 Clay (i)   Nicole Clerico   Joana Cortez
  Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–2
Win 6–4 Nov 2008 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Fernanda Hermenegildo   Tatiana Búa
  María Irigoyen
6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–5 Mar 2011 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Fernanda Hermenegildo   Macall Harkins
  Nicole Rottmann
2–6, 4–6
Win 7–5 Jul 2011 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg   Céline Ghesquière
  Elixane Lechemia
6–1, 6–1
Win 8–5 Jul 2011 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Fernanda Hermenegildo   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Roxane Vaisemberg
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Loss 8–6 Dec 2011 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Vivian Segnini   Mailen Auroux
  María Irigoyen
1–6, 3–6
Win 9–6 Apr 2012 ITF Pomezia, Italy 10,000 Clay   Bianca Botto   Benedetta Davato
  Anne Schäfer
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 10–6 May 2012 ITF Rosario, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Nicole Rottmann   Verónica Cepede Royg
  Luciana Sarmenti
6–2, 7–5
Loss 10–7 Jun 2012 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg   Elitsa Kostova
  Jasmina Tinjić
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 10–8 Sep 2012 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Timea Bacsinszky
  Mihaela Buzărnescu
4–6, 1–6
Loss 10–9 Sep 2012 Open de Saint-Malo, France 25,000 Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Pemra Özgen
  Alyona Sotnikova
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 10–10 Oct 2012 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Paula Kania
  Katarzyna Piter
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 10–11 May 2013 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay   Catalina Castaño   Vania King
  Arantxa Rus
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 10–12 Jul 2014 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Florencia Molinero
  Stephanie Vogt
2–6, 2–6

Record against players who were ranked top 10

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Ranked top 10 at some point in their career (but not necessarily when they faced Pereira)

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
  Serena Williams 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2016 Roland Garros
  Karolína Plíšková 0–2 0% 0–0 0–1 0–1 Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6) at 2014 Eastbourne
  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 Won (6–1, 6–4) at 2015 Bogotá
  Belinda Bencic 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2014 Fed Cup
Number 5 ranked players
  Eugenie Bouchard 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2013 Australian Open
  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 Open
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
  Carla Suárez Navarro 1–2 33% 1–2 0–1 0–0 Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2016 US Open
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
  Timea Bacsinszky 2–2 50% 0–0 2–2 0–0 Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2014 Fed Cup

References

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  1. ^ A única chance de vencer
  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
  5. ^ Aos 32 anos de idade, Teliana Pereira anuncia sua aposentadoria do tênis
  6. ^ Teliana renova com ESPN e faz parte de super transmissão do US Open[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Clubes e Academias do Paraná: Academia Pereira Tennis
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