Teliana Pereira

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 35)
Águas Belas, Brazil
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired2020
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,068,880
Singles
Career record419–249 (62.7%)
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 (58.9%)
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 (70.3%)
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

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

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 WTA title beating fifth seed Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets to become the first Brazilian woman to win a WTA 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 WTA 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

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019W–L
Australian OpenAAAAAQ11RQ21RQ2AA0–2
French OpenAAAAAQ32R2R2RAAA3–3
WimbledonQ1AAAQ1Q21R1R1RAAA0–3
US OpenAAAAQ1Q11R1R1RAAA0–3
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–41–31–40–00–00–03–11

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 2015Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaInternationalClay Yaroslava Shvedova7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win2–0Aug 2015Brasil Tennis Cup, BrazilInternationalClay Annika Beck6–4, 4–6, 6–1

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2013Copa Bionaire, ColombiaClay Florencia Molinero Catalina Castaño
Mariana Duque Mariño
3–6, 6–1, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 31 (22 titles, 9 runner–ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2006ITF Tucumán, Argentina10,000Clay Vivian Segnini6–2, 6–1
Loss1–1Oct 2006ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Vanesa Furlanetto1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win2–1Oct 2006ITF Santiago, Chile10,000Clay Mailen Auroux4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Nov 2006ITF Itajaí, Brazil10,000Clay Veronica Spiegel4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss3–2Nov 2006ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Yanina Wickmayer6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–0
Win4–2Mar 2007ITF Athens, Greece10,000Clay Violette Huck6–2, 6–1
Win5–2Mar 2007ITF Amiens, France10,000Clay (i) Audrey Bergot7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Win6–2Mar 2007ITF Foggia, Italy10,000Clay Rebeca Bou Nogueiro6–4, 6–3
Loss6–3May 2007ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Darija Jurak6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Win7–3Aug 2007ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil25,000Hard Maria Fernanda Alves6–4, 6–2
Win8–3Aug 2007ITF Bogotá, Colombia25,000Clay Frederica Piedade7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win9–3Dec 2008ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000Clay Emilia Yorio6–2, 6–1
Win10–3Oct 2010ITF Arujá, Brazil10,000Clay Vanesa Furlanetto4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win11–3Oct 2010ITF Londrina, Brazil10,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg6–4, 6–0
Win12–3Mar 2011ITF Metepec, Mexico10,000Hard Amanda Fink6–4, 6–4
Win13–3Jul 2011ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko6–4, 6–3
Loss13–4Apr 2012ITF Caracas, Venezuela25,000Hard Adriana Pérez6–1, 6–1
Win14–4May 2012ITF Rosario, Argentina25,000Clay Mailen Auroux7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss14–5Jun 2012ITF Maribor, Slovenia25,000Clay Anna-Lena Friedsam2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss14–6Sep 2012ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Timea Bacsinszky6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win15–6Oct 2012ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win16–6Nov 2012ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Amanda Carreras6–1, 6–2
Win17–6Jun 2013ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Daniela Seguel6–1, 6–4
Win18–6Jul 2013ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Alberta Brianti6–4, 7–5
Win19–6Sep 2013ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Pauline Parmentier6–1, 6–4
Win20–6Sep 2013Open de Saint-Malo, France25,000Clay Pauline Parmentier6–2, 6–1
Win21–6Sep 2013ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Florencia Molinero7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss21–7Jul 2014Open de Biarritz, France100,000Clay Kaia Kanepi2–6, 4–6
Loss21–8Sep 2014ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands25,000Clay Denisa Allertová3–6, ret.
Win22–8Apr 2015Open Medellín, Colombia50,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss22–9Oct 2019ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Tena Lukas4–6, 3–6

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2006ITF Itajaí, Brazil10,000Clay Yanina Wickmayer Fernanda Hermenegildo
Monika Kochanová
6–3, 6–3
Win2–0Nov 2006ITF Córdoba, Argentina10,000Clay Yanina Wickmayer Florencia Molinero
Veronica Spiegel
7–5, 6–4
Win3–0Mar 2007ITF Amiens, France10,000Clay (i) Marcella Koek Monika Krauze
Anna Savitskaya
6–1, 6–0
Win4–0May 2007ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Nikola Hofmanova Katarína Poljaková
Zuzana Zlochová
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss4–1Jul 2007ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Joana Cortez Nina Bratchikova
Neuza Silva
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss4–2Aug 2007ITF Bogotá, Colombia25,000Clay Ana Clara Duarte Joana Cortez
Roxane Vaisemberg
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Sep 2007ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000Clay Joana Cortez Mihaela Buzărnescu
Magdalena Kiszczyńska
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–4]
Loss4–4Nov 2007ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon25,000Clay Nicole Clerico Olga Brózda
Maria Kondratieva
6–3, 6–1
Win5–4Nov 2007ITF Sintra, Portugal25,000Clay (i) Nicole Clerico Joana Cortez
Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–2
Win6–4Nov 2008ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000Clay Fernanda Hermenegildo Tatiana Búa
María Irigoyen
6–3, 6–2
Loss6–5Mar 2011ITF Poza Rica, Mexico10,000Hard Fernanda Hermenegildo Macall Harkins
Nicole Rottmann
6–2, 6–4
Win7–5Jul 2011ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg Céline Ghesquière
Elixane Lechemia
6–1, 6–1
Win8–5Jul 2011ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil25,000Hard Fernanda Hermenegildo Maria Fernanda Alves
Roxane Vaisemberg
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Loss8–6Dec 2011ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Vivian Segnini Mailen Auroux
María Irigoyen
6–1, 6–3
Win9–6Apr 2012ITF Pomezia, Italy10,000Clay Bianca Botto Benedetta Davato
Anne Schäfer
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win10–6May 2012ITF Rosario, Argentina25,000Clay Nicole Rottmann Verónica Cepede Royg
Luciana Sarmenti
6–2, 7–5
Loss10–7Jun 2012ITF Zlín, Czech Republic25,000Clay Verónica Cepede Royg Elitsa Kostova
Jasmina Tinjić
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Loss10–8Sep 2012ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France25,000Clay Aleksandrina Naydenova Timea Bacsinszky
Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–4, 6–1
Loss10–9Sep 2012Open de Saint-Malo, France25,000Clay Aleksandrina Naydenova Pemra Özgen
Alyona Sotnikova
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss10–10Oct 2012ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Aleksandrina Naydenova Paula Kania
Katarzyna Piter
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss10–11May 2013Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France100,000Clay Catalina Castaño Vania King
Arantxa Rus
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss10–12Jul 2014Open de Biarritz, France100,000Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Florencia Molinero
Stephanie Vogt
2–6, 2–6

Record against players who were ranked top 10

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

PlayerRecordWin%HardClayGrassLast match
Number 1 ranked players
Ana Ivanovic0–10%0–10–00–0Lost (3–6, 0–6) at 2016 Miami
Serena Williams0–10%0–00–10–0Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2016 Roland Garros
Karolína Plíšková0–20%0–00–10–1Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6) at 2014 Eastbourne
Simona Halep0–10%0–00–00–1Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2014 Wimbledon
Number 4 ranked players
Francesca Schiavone1–0100%0–01–00–0Won (6–1, 6–4) at 2015 Bogotá
Belinda Bencic1–0100%0–01–00–0Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2014 Fed Cup
Number 5 ranked players
Eugenie Bouchard0–10%0–10–00–0Lost (6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2013 Australian Open
Daniela Hantuchová0–10%0–00–10–0Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2014 Charleston
Sara Errani0–10%0–00–10–0Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2015 Rio Open
Number 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta0–10%0–10–00–0Lost (6–3, 0–6, 4–6) at 2015 Beijing
Carla Suárez Navarro1–233%1–20–10–0Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2016 US Open
Number 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova0–20%0–10–10–0Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2015 US Open
Number 9 ranked players
Andrea Petkovic0–10%0–10–00–0Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 Brisbane
Timea Bacsinszky2–250%0–02–20–0Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2014 Fed Cup

References