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Neuza Silva

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Neuza Silva
Country (sports) Portugal
ResidenceLisbon, Portugal
Born (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41)
Setúbal, Portugal
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$172,509
Singles
Career record226–145
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 133 (6 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2009)
French OpenQ2 (2009)
Wimbledon1R (2009)
US OpenQ3 (2008)
Doubles
Career record145–85
Career titles18 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 185 (6 July 2008)

Neuza Silva (born 4 May 1983) is a Portuguese former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 133, reached on 6 July 2009;, on 6 July 2008, she peaked at No. 185 in the doubles rankings. Silva regularly competed for the Portugal Fed Cup team with a total win–loss record of 16–6.

Career

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Silva debuted in the ITF Women's Circuit in Vila do Conde with a first-round loss. Her first high-level match came in 2002 at the Estoril Open, followed soon by her first presence in the Fed Cup. Both matches resulted in defeat.

Her greatest moment came at home at the 2004 Estoril Open when she defeated Julia Schruff, the previous year finalist, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to become the first Portuguese female player to win a singles match at the tournament. She then lost to fourth seed Denisa Chládková, in straight sets.

The year 2009 proved to be a breakthrough year for Silva. In February, she entered her first tour event outside of Portugal in Pattaya and reached the second round, defeating Jessica Moore 6–2, 6–1 before losing in two sets to home player and sixth seed, Tamarine Tanasugarn.

In May, at Estoril, she played first seed Iveta Benešová in the first round, losing in three sets. In doubles, with Alexandra Dulgheru, she reached the quarterfinals.

On 18 June 2009, Silva qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon, where she lost to second seed Serena Williams, 1–6, 5–7 in the first round.

Her next WTA Tour event was the Tashkent Open in September, where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Galina Voskoboeva.

2010 was an injured filled year for Silva, who missed most of the season. Her last match came in June during the Wimbledon Championships qualifying tournament where she lost in the first round to Michaëlla Krajicek, in straight sets.

Citing constant pain in both of her knees, Silva retired on 12 September 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 13 June 2004 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard Spain Lucía Jiménez 7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Win 2. 24 October 2004 ITF Évora, Portugal Hard Germany Laura Zelder 6–1, 2–6, ret.
Loss 1. 18 June 2006 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard China Han Xinyun 2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win 3. 25 June 2006 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard China Han Xinyun 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win 4. 27 August 2006 ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Pauline Wong 6–1, 6–2
Win 5. 17 September 2006 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Spain Paula Fondevila Castro 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2. 25 November 2006 ITF Ramat HaSharon, İsrael Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen 2–6, 4–6
Win 6. 26 February 2007 ITF Portimão, Portugal Hard France Irena Pavlovic 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 3. 25 March 2007 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Serbia Ana Jovanović 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 4. 25 May 2007 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Carpet Netherlands Nicole Thyssen 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 1 June 2007 ITF Braga, Portugal Clay France Stéphanie Vongsouthi 6–1, 6–4
Loss 5. 15 July 2007 ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská 2–6, 4–6
Win 8. 29 July 2007 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard New Zealand Marina Erakovic 0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 6. 11 August 2007 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard France Olivia Sanchez 6–7(8–10), 1–6
Win 9. 27 January 2008 ITF Kaarst, Germany Carpet (i) Netherlands Renée Reinhard 6–3, 6–1
Win 10. 13 July 2008 ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass United Kingdom Sarah Borwell 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7. 26 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Greece Anna Gerasimou 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 11. 3 August 2008 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6–3, 6–1
Win 12. 11 July 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Serbia Vesna Dolonc 6–3, 6–1
Loss 8. 21 March 2010 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Alexandra Panova 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 23 June 2002 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Portugal Carlota Santos Italy Alberta Brianti
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 14 July 2002 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Ukraine Irena Nossenko Spain Marta Fraga
Spain María José Sánchez Alayeto
3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 4 August 2002 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade Italy Alberta Brianti
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3. 29 September 2002 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Portugal Frederica Piedade Germany Caroline-Ann Basu
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri
6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2. 13 October 2002 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Austria Susanne Filipp France Kildine Chevalier
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
2–6, 2–6
Win 4. 25 May 2003 ITF Almería, Spain Hard Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Colombia Romy Farah
Spain Astrid Waernes
7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Win 5. 3 August 2003 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu Ukraine Veronika Litvinskaya
Russia Elena Poliakova
6–0, 6–1
Loss 3. 30 August 2003 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard United Kingdom Hannah Collin New Zealand Paula Marama
Israel Danielle Steinberg
4–6, 6–7
Loss 4. 18 October 2003 ITF Carcavelos, Portugal Clay Colombia Romy Farah Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
France Céline Beigbeder
2–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 6. 16 May 2004 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Brazil Larissa Carvalho Brazil Joana Cortez
Brazil Marina Tavares
6–2, 6–4
Loss 5. 13 September 2004 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay France Kildine Chevalier Italy Elena Vianello
Italy Elisa Villa
5–7, 5–7
Win 7. 28 August 2005 ITF Amarante, Portugal Hard Brazil Joana Cortez Argentina Flavia Mignola
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–2, 6–3
Win 8. 9 October 2005 ITF Bolton, Great Britain Hard (i) Austria Daniela Kix Czech Republic Veronika Chvojková
United Kingdom Claire Peterzan
6–0, 6–2
Loss 6. 17 June 2006 ITF Montemor-o-Novo Hard Norway Karoline Steiro Greece Anna Koumantou
Turkey Pemra Özgen
w/o
Loss 7. 12 August 2006 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Brazil Joana Cortez Argentina María José Argeri
Brazil Letícia Sobral
6–7, 6–7
Win 9. 18 November 2006 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Sánchez García Slovenia Anja Prislan
Germany Laura Siegemund
6–3, 6–1
Win 10. 27 January 2007 ITF Hull, Great Britain Hard (i) France Claire de Gubernatis United Kingdom Danielle Brown
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
6–7(2), 7–5, 6–4
Win 11. 25 February 2007 ITF Portimão, Portugal Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen United States Jessica Lehnhoff
United States Robin Stephenson
6–4, 6–2
Win 12. 24 March 2007 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Greece Anna Koumantou
Turkey Pemra Özgen
6–2, 6–4
Win 13. 24 May 2007 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Carpet Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Colombia Mariana Duque Marino
Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg
6–1, 6–2
Loss 8. 9 June 2007 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina Betina Jozami
4–6, 4–6
Win 14. 7 July 2007 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova Brazil Joana Cortez
Brazil Teliana Pereira
6–3, 7–6(3)
Win 15. 10 August 2007 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Hungary Kira Nagy Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 9. 2 December 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal Clay (i) Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg Belgium Caroline Maes
Serbia Teodora Mirčić
4–6, 1–6
Loss 10. 9 February 2008 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Netherlands Danielle Harmsen Ukraine Kateryna Herth
Russia Nina Bratchikova
4–6, 3–6
Win 16. 5 July 2008 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Austria Melanie Klaffner
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–4, 6–2
Win 17. 25 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Colombia Karen Castiblanco
Colombia Paula Zabala
6–2, 6–2
Win 18. 2 August 2008 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Russia Nina Bratchikova
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career
SR
Career
W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A LQ LQ LQ 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A LQ LQ A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A LQ 1R LQ 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A A A A LQ LQ A 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/A
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 N/A 0–1
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I LQ A 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/A
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0
Premier tournaments
Moscow A A A A A A A LQ A 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/A
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 8 N/A
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 N/A 2–8
Career statistics
Tournaments played 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 Career total: 9
Finals reached 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Tournaments won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Statistics by surface
Hardcourt win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 N/A 7–1
Clay win-loss 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 N/A 4–8
Grass win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 N/A 0–1
Carpet win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–2
Overall win-loss 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 4–4 0–0 N/A 11–12
Win (%) 0% 0% 50% 67% 0% 80% 0% 50% 0% Career win: 48%
Year-end ranking 710 732 421 468 495 204 162 170 434 N/A N/A
  • Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics; walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

Fed Cup

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Silva played for the Portugal Fed Cup team from 2002 to 2009. Her singles record is 9–6 and her doubles record is 9–3 (18–9 overall).

Participations

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Singles (15)

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Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W–L Result
2002 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
RR 24 April 2002 Bulgaria Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Desislava Topalova Loss 6–7(4–7), 1–6
2005 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group III
RR 26 April 2005 Moldova Moldova Clay Moldova Ina Sireteanu Win 6–1, 6–1
GIII Play-offs 28 April 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Selma Babic Win 6–3, 6–0
2007 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
RR 17–19 April 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Dijana Stojić Win 6–3, 6–3
Georgia (country) Georgia Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Win 7–5, 6–4
Norway Norway Norway Karoline Steiro Win 6–2, 6–1
GII Play-offs 20 April 2007 Greece Greece Hard Greece Asimina Kaplani Win 6–2, 6–1
2008 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
RR 30 January–
3 February 2008
Bulgaria Bulgaria Carpet Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova Loss 1–6, 0–6
Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Arantxa Rus Loss 5–7, 4–6
2009 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
RR 22–24 April 2009 Morocco Morocco Hard Morocco Nadia Lalami Win 6–1, 6–0
Latvia Latvia Latvia Irina Kuzmina Win 6–2, 6–1
GII Play-offs 25 April 2009 South Africa South Africa Hard South Africa Lizaan du Plessis Win 6–2, 6–3
2010 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
RR 4–5 February 2010 Croatia Croatia Hard Croatia Ajla Tomljanović Loss 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Amra Sadiković Loss 4–6, 1–6
GI Play-offs 6 February 2010 Bulgaria Bulgaria Hard Bulgaria Dia Evtimova Loss 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (12)

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Edition Round Date Partnering Against Surface Opponents W–L Result
2002 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
RR 26 April 2002 Portugal Angela Cardoso Georgia (country) Georgia Clay Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili
Georgia (country) Salome Devidze
Loss 4–6, 3–6
2003 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
RR 29 April–
1 May 2003
Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Norway Norway Clay Norway Karoline Borgersen
Norway Ina Sartz
Win 6–0, 6–2
Portugal Frederica Piedade Turkey Turkey Turkey Pemra Özgen
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2005 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group III
RR 29 April 2005 Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Kenya Kenya Clay Kenya Caroline Oduor
Kenya Tamara Orwa
Win 6–0, 6–0
GIII Play-offs 30 April 2005 Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Selma Babic
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanja Racic
Win 6–1, 6–3
2006 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
RR 26–28 April 2006 Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Poland Poland Clay Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
Loss 2–6, 2–6
Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Latvia Latvia Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Latvia Alise Vaidere
Win 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Greece Greece Greece Anna Gerasimou
Greece Anna Koumantou
Win 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2009 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group II
RR 22–24 April 2009 Portugal Frederica Piedade Morocco Morocco Hard Morocco Fatima El Allami
Morocco Nadia Lalami
Win 6–0, 6–1
Portugal Frederica Piedade Latvia Latvia Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
Loss 1–6, 1–6
2010 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Group I
RR 4–5 February 2010 Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Croatia Croatia Hard Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Croatia Silvia Njirić
Win 7–5, 6–4
Portugal Maria João Koehler Romania Romania Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Ioana Raluca Olaru
Win 7–5, 7–5
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