Tânia Couto

Tânia Couto
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1972-07-05) 5 July 1972 (age 52)
Prize money$16,757
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 345 (12 April 1993)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 298 (8 March 1993)

Tânia Couto (born 5 July 1972) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player.

Couto won Portugal's national singles championships in 1989 and was also a seven-time national doubles champion.[1]

On the professional tour, Couto reached a best singles ranking of 345 and featured in the main draw of the 1990 Estoril Open. As a member of Portugal's Federation Cup team in 1991 and 1992 she registered wins in three singles and four doubles rubbers.

Couto's younger brother Emanuel played on the ATP Tour.

Since retiring from tennis she has commentated on the sport for Portuguese television and plays padel competitively.[2][3]

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss May 1991 Tortosa, Spain Clay Spain Marta Cruells-Lopez 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jun 1991 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Clay Brazil Tatiana Buss Brazil Alessandra Kaul
Brazil Christina Rozwadowski 		6–1, 1–6, 7–5
Loss Feb 1992 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Portugal Sofia Prazeres Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
Russia Elena Likhovtseva 		3–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ Gomes, Kathleen (2 May 2007). "As jogadoras não dão beijos". Público (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Tânia Couto comenta na Sport TV Porto Open em ténis". Record (in European Portuguese). 29 March 2002.
  3. ^ Cruz Martins, André (13 December 2015). "A moda do padel em Portugal já produziu campeãs europeias". Diário de Notícias (in European Portuguese).