Neuza Silva

Neuza Silva

Country	Portugal
Residence	Amadora, Portugal
Born	May 4, 1983 (1983-05-04) (age 28) Setúbal, Portugal
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	September 12, 2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$ 172,509
Singles
Career record	226–145 (61%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (July 6, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	Q3 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	145–85 (63%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 185 (July 6, 2008)
Last updated on: September 12, 2010.

Neuza Silva (born May 4, 1983) is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008. Silva regularly competed for the Portugal Fed Cup team, and had a total win–loss record of 16–6.

Career

Silva debuted in the ITF 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(5), 7–6(8), to become the first Portuguese female player to win a singles match at the tournament. She would then lose to fourth seed Denisa Chládková 6–2, 6–1.

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 to home player and sixth seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2.

In May, at Estoril, she played first seed Iveta Benešová in the first round, losing 6–4, 5–7, 6–4. In doubles, with Alexandra Dulgheru, she reached the quarterfinals.

On June 18, 2009, Silva qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon, where she lost to second seed Serena Williams on June 22, 2009, 6–1, 7–5 in the first round.

Her next WTA Tour event was the Tashkent Open in September, where she lost in the first round 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 to eight 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 2010 Wimbledon Championships qualifying tournament where she lost in the first round against Michaëlla Krajicek 6–1, 6–3. Citing constant pain in both of her knees, Silva retired on September 12, 2010.

Singles performance timeline

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
WTA 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
WTA 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
WTA International Tournaments
Auckland	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	0 / 0	0–0
Pattaya	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
Monterrey	Not Held							LQ	A	0 / 0	0–0
Fes	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Barcelona	Not Held					LQ	LQ	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Estoril	1R	LQ	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6
İstanbul	Not Held			A	A	A	A	LQ	A	0 / 0	0–0
Tashkent	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Linz	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	0 / 0	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.

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	tournaments won/played	W-L	Win-Loss
Performance Table Legend
NH	not held	A	absent
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds
QF	quarterfinalist	SF	semifinalist
F	runner-up	W	winner

Fed Cup

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 (27)

Singles (15)

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

Doubles (12)

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

ITF titles (30)

Singles (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 13, 2004	Alcobaça	Hard	Lucia Jimenez	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
2.	October 24, 2004	Évora	Hard	Laura Zelder	6–2, 2–6, RET
3.	June 26, 2006	Alcobaça	Hard	Xinyun Han	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
4.	August 27, 2006	Vlaardingen	Clay	Pauline Wong	6–1, 6–2
5.	September 17, 2006	Lleida	Clay	Paula Fondevila Castro	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(2)
6.	February 25, 2007	Portimão	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	7–6(2), 6–4
7.	June 2, 2007	Braga	Clay	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	6–1, 6–4
8.	July 30, 2007	La Coruña	Hard	Marina Erakovic	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
9.	January 27, 2008	Kaarst	Carpet	Renee Reinhard	6–3, 6–1
10.	July 13, 2008	Felixstowe	Grass	Sarah Borwell	6–3, 6–2
11.	August 3, 2008	Vigo	Hard	Silvia Soler Espinosa	6–3, 6–1
12.	July 12, 2009	La Coruña	Hard	Vesna Manasieva	6–3, 6–1

Doubles (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 23, 2002	Montemor-o-Novo	Hard	Carlota Santos	Alberta Brianti & Frederica Piedade	6–4, 6–2
2.	August 5, 2002	Pontevedra	Hard	Frederica Piedade	Alberta Brianti & İpek Şenoğlu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
3.	September 29, 2002	Lleida	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Caroline Ann Basu & Alienor Tricerri	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
4.	May 25, 2003	Almeria	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Romy Farah & Astrid Waernes	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
5.	August 3, 2003	Pontevedra	Hard	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Veronika Litvinskaya & Elena Poliakova	6–0, 6–1
6.	May 16, 2004	Monzón	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	Joana Cortez & Marina Tavares	6–2, 6–4
7.	August 29, 2005	Amarante	Hard	Joana Cortez	Flavia Mignola & Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–2, 6–3
8.	October 11, 2005	Bolton	Hard	Daniela Kix	Veronika Chvojkova & Claire Peterzan	6–0, 6–2
9.	October 11, 2006	Mallorca	Clay	Nuria Sanchez Garcia	Anja Prislan & Laura Siegemund	6–3, 6–1
10.	January 30, 2007	Hull	Hard	Claire de Gubernatis	Danielle Brown & Elizabeth Thomas	6–7(2), 7–5, 6–4
11.	February 25, 2007	Portimão	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Jessica Lehnhoff & Robin Stephenson	6–4, 6–2
12.	March 26, 2007	Athens	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Anna Koumantou & Pemra Özgen	6–2, 6–4
13.	May 26, 2007	Fuerteventura	Carpet	Nicole Thyssen	Mariana Duque Marino & Roxane Vaisemberg	6–1, 6–2
14.	July 9, 2007	Mont-de-Marsan	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Joana Cortez & Teliana Pereira	6–3, 7–6(3)
15.	August 10, 2007	Coimbra	Hard	Kyra Nagy	Magdalena Kiszczyńska & Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
16.	July 5, 2008	Mont-de-Marsan	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Melanie Klaffner & Frederica Piedade	6–4, 6–2
17.	July 27, 2008	La Coruña	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte & Paula Zabala	6–2, 6–2
18.	August 3, 2008	Vigo	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Nina Bratchikova & Frederica Piedade	6–2, 6–4

See also

• Luso Ténis Profile (in Portuguese)

External links

• Neuza Silva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Neuza Silva at the Fed Cup
• Neuza Silva at the International Tennis Federation

Persondata
Name	Silva, Neuza
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 4, 1983
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death