Teliana Pereira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is 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 name	Teliana Santos Pereira
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Curitiba, Brazil
Born	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 37) Águas Belas, Brazil
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired	2020
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,068,880
Singles
Career record	419–249
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 43 (19 October 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open	1R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	122–85
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 117 (16 September 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
US Open	1R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–11
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 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.

She is the sister of the Brazilian tennis player José Pereira.

She is currently married to the former Brazilian professional soccer player and club world champion Paulo André, with whom she has a son named Matteo. ^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

In February 2014, she reached the semifinals of the Rio Open.^[4]

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.^[5]

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".^[6] Since then she has commented tennis on ESPN Brazil and ran an academy on Campo Largo, Paraná.^[7][8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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

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

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)

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

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

Singles: 31 (22 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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)

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

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