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Joana Manta
Full name	Joana Manta
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	26 July 1977 (age 47)
Prize money	$11,358
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 292 (1 November 1993)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 395 (24 August 1992)

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

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

^ "Girls' Doubles". ausopen.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "Sporting Digest: Tennis". The Independent. 21 July 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "Die Manta-Bar zieht an den Graben". Der Landbote (in German). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "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.

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

[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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