Sofia Prazeres

Sofia Prazeres (born 19 June 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Portugal.

Sofia Prazeres
Full nameSofia Prazeres
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1974-06-19) 19 June 1974
Porto, Portugal
Prize money$85,935
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 152 (9 June 1997)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 171 (5 May 1997)

Biography

Born in Porto, Prazeres started playing tennis at the age of seven.

Prazeres debuted on the WTA Tour as a 16 year old at the 1990 Estoril Open, featuring in both the singles and doubles draws. In 1991 she began representing Portugal in Fed Cup competition and went on to become the most capped player in the team's history, with 30 wins from 49 matches.[1] She made main draw appearances in singles at the 1995 Moscow Ladies Open and the 1997 Styrian Open. After making it to the final round of qualifying at the 1997 French Open, she reached her highest singles ranking of 152 in the world. This was the highest rank attained by a female player from Portugal until surpassed by Frederica Piedade.[2]

She retired in 1998 soon after winning Portugal's national championship for the nine successive year.[3]

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (1-8)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 17 June 1991 Covilhã, Portugal Clay Galia Angelova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 8 February 1993 Faro, Portugal Hard Gala León García 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 21 February 1994 Valencia, Spain Clay Ángeles Montolio 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 12 September 1994 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 3 July 1995 Sezze, Italy Clay Marzia Grossi 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 1 July 1996 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Sandra Klösel 6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 7 April 1997 Athens, Greece Hard (i) María Sánchez Lorenzo 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 8. 21 April 1997 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Keirsten Alley 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 9 February 1998 Faro, Portugal Hard Paula Hermida 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (6–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 June 1991 Aveiro, Portugal Hard Christina Zachariadou Kristine Jonkosky
Siobhán Nicholson		 0–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 24 February 1992 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Tânia Couto Svetlana Krivencheva
Elena Likhovtseva		 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 12 July 1993 Vigo, Spain Clay María Fernanda Landa Petra Kamstra
Linda Niemantsverdriet		 7–6(6), 3–6, 7–6(5)
Winner 4. 19 July 1993 Bilbao, Spain Clay María Fernanda Landa Silvia Ramón-Cortés
Inmaculada Varas		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 5. 6 June 1994 Elvas, Portugal Hard Ann Devries Désirée Leupold
Janet Souto		 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up 6. 16 June 1996 Salzburg, Austria Clay Emmanuelle Gagliardi Alicia Ortuño
Veronica Stele		 0–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 8 September 1996 Spoleto, Italy Clay Miriam D'Agostini Alicia Ortuño
Joelle Schad		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 13 January 1997 Pontevedra, Spain Hard (i) Alicia Ortuño Tathiana Garbin
Sara Ventura		 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 9. 20 January 1997 Orense, Spain Hard (i) Alicia Ortuño Linda Sentis
Susanne Trik		 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 16 February 1997 Cali, Colombia Clay Larissa Schaerer Rachel McQuillan
Syna Schmidle		 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 9 February 1998 Faro, Portugal Hard Abigail Tordoff Nikola Hübnerová
Alena Paulenková		 2–6, 2–6

References
  1. "Aos 23 anos, Michelle repete feito que só Sofia Prazeres havia alcançado" (in Portuguese). Bola Amarela. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Portuguese tennis player makes history". The Portugal News. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. "Saída de Sofia Prazeres representa travessia no deserto". Record (in Portuguese). 19 July 2000. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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