Joana Cortez

Joana Amorim Cortez dos Santos (born 11 January 1979) is a former professional Brazilian tennis player.

Career In her career, Cortez won seven singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 September 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 204. On 5 November 2001, she peaked at No. 115 in the doubles rankings.

Cortez represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in women's doubles, reaching the second round with Vanessa Menga. A year previously, the pair won gold at the 1999 Pan American Games. Cortez won gold again in 2003, partnering Bruna Colósio, and in 2007 won bronze with Teliana Pereira in Rio.

Playing for Brazil in the Fed Cup, Cortez has a win–loss record of 23–14.

Cortez played and lost two doubles matches in major events, at the 2001 US Open and in 2002 in Australia.

After retiring from the tour, she became a beach tennis player.

ITF finals Legend$40,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (7–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 29 November 1998 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard Valentina Sassi 6–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 2. 9 May 1999 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Nadia Johnston 6–3, 3–6, 6–2Win 3. 16 May 1999 ITF Tampico, Mexico Hard Kylie Hunt 6–3, 6–3Win 4. 30 August 1999 ITF Querétaro City, Mexico Clay Katarina Mišić 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2Win 5. 16 April 2000 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Betsy Miringoff 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3Loss 6. 1 May 2000 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Miriam D'Agostini 4–6, 6–2, 1–6Win 7. 1 April 2001 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Vanina García Sokol 6–3, 6–3Loss 8. 28 May 2001 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Dally Randriantefy 1–6, 1–6Loss 9. 10 March 2003 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard Maria Fernanda Alves 6–3, 4–6, 2–6Loss 10. 24 March 2003 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Maria Fernanda Alves 6–4, 6–7(3), 4–6Win 11. 11 October 2004 ITF Campo Grande, Brazil Clay Estefanía Craciún 6–1, 6–1Loss 12. 28 November 2004 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Micaela Moran 6–2, 2–6, 2–6Loss 13. 12 June 2005 ITF Nazaré, Portugal Hard Florencia Molinero 5–7, 6–3, 0–6Loss 14. 7 November 2005 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard Florencia Molinero 5–7, 6–7(3)Win 15. 11 November 2006 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Clay Marina Giral Lores 7–5, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 61 (26–35) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 10 November 1996 ITF Campinas, Brazil Clay Roberta Burzagli Larissa Schaerer Cintia Tortorella 7–5, 3–6, 3–6Win 2. 20 October 1997 ITF Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Clay Ana-Paula Zannoni Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1Loss 3. 5 October 1998 ITF Montevideo, Uruguay Hard Eugenia Maia Zsófia Gubacsi Mariana López Palacios 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss 4. 30 November 1998 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Sabrina Valenti Kildine Chevalier Silvia Uríčková 2–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 5. 16 May 1999 Tampico, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene Melody Falcó Joelle Schad 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 6. 30 August 1999 Querétaro, Mexico Clay Carla Tiene Milagros Sequera Gabriela Voleková 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 7. 12 September 1999 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Vanessa Menga Melody Falcó Joelle Schad 6–4, 6–2Win 8. 28 November 1999 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Celeste Contín Miriam D'Agostini Carla Tiene 6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss 9. 28 February 2000 Chengdu City, China Hard Katalin Marosi Li Na Li Ting 1–6, 3–6Win 10. 16 April 2000 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Miriam D'Agostini Tassia Sono Carla Tiene 6–4, 6–1Loss 11. 1 May 2000 Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Miriam D'Agostini Milagros Sequera Gabriela Voleková 6–4, 3–6, 5–7Loss 12. 14 May 2000 Midlothian, United States Clay Miriam D'Agostini Dawn Buth Julie Scott 3–6, 2–6Win 13. 21 May 2000 Jackson, United States Clay Miriam D'Agostini Karin Miller Jessica Steck 6–4, 5–7, 6–1Loss 14. 11 June 2000 Galatina, Italy Clay Miriam D'Agostini Alice Canepa Mariana Díaz-Oliva 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 15. 2 July 2000 Orbetello, Italy Clay Miriam D'Agostini Li Ting Li Na 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 16. 9 October 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Vanessa Menga Kirstin Freye Kelly Liggan 5–3, 5–4(6–4), 4–0Win 17. 10 December 2000 Bogotá, Colombia Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva Clarisa Fernández Conchita Martínez Granados 3–6, 6–1, 6–2Win 18. 29 January 2001 Clearwater, United States Hard Clarisa Fernández 6–1, 7–5Loss 19. 15 April 2001 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Clarisa Fernández Eugenia Chialvo Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6(3), 1–6, 1–6Win 20. 28 May 2001 Biella, Italy Clay Vanessa Menga Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3Win 21. 25 June 2001 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Vanessa Menga Melisa Arévalo Natalia Gussoni 6–3, 6–3Loss 22. 5 August 2001 Alghero, Italy Hard Maret Ani Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin 4–6, 5–7Loss 23. 17 September 2001 São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Vanessa Menga Daniela Olivera 6–4, 5–7, 3–6Loss 24. 13 May 2002 Bromma, Sweden Clay Tiffany Dabek Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić 4–6, 4–6Win 25. 24 November 2002 Mallorca, Spain Clay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Ema Janašková Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–3, 6–1Loss 26. Columbus, United States Hard (i) Bruna Colósio Li Ting Sun Tiantian 3–6, 1–6Loss 27. 10 March 2003 Matamoros, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene Melisa Arévalo Maria Fernanda Alves 0–6, 5–7Loss 28. 17 March 2003 Monterrey, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene Caroline-Ann Basu Kildine Chevalier 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 29. Catania, Italy Clay Bruna Colósio Aurélie Védy Christina Zachariadou 6–1, 6–1Loss 30. 31 August 2003 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Marina Tavares Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene 3–6, 4–6Win 31. Greenville, United States Clay Bruna Colósio Kelly McCain Kristen Schlukebir 6–2, 7–5Loss 32. Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Bruna Colósio Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene 3–6, 6–7(4)Win 33. Mexico City, Mexico Hard Bruna Colósio Maria Fernanda Alves Carla Tiene 1–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 34. 16 May 2004 Monzón, Spain Hard Marina Tavares Larissa Carvalho Neuza Silva 2–6, 4–6Loss 35. 14 June 2004 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Marina Tavares Erica Krauth Aurélie Védy 2–6, 4–6Loss 36. 18 October 2004 Goiânia, Brazil Clay Marcela Evangelista María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 3–6, 3–6Win 37. 28 November 2004 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Marcela Evangelista Fernanda Hermenegildo Sarah Tami Masi 6–4, 6–4Loss 38. 1 February 2005 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Svetlana Krivencheva Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–3, 5–7, 5–7Loss 39. 27 March 2005 San Luis Potosi, Mexico Clay Tomoko Yonemura Lourdes Domínguez Lino Clarisa Fernández 2–6, 2–6Win 40. 15 May 2005 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Roxane Vaisemberg Katalin Marosi Gloria Pizzichini 6–2, 6–0Win 41. 6 June 2005 Nazaré, Portugal Hard Silvia Disderi Nana Urotadze Pemra Özgen 6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4Win 42. 26 June 2005 Alcobaça, Portugal Hard Laura Zelder Rebecca Fong Kirsty Woolley w/oWin 43. 29 August 2005 Amarante, Portugal Hard Neuza Silva Flavia Mignola Gabriela Velasco Andreu 6–2, 6–3Loss 44. 18 September 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Karolina Kosińska Sanja Ančić Tamira Paszek 7–6(9), 2–6, 4–6Loss 45. 26 February 2006 Portimão, Portugal Hard Magali de Lattre Sanne van den Biggelaar Suzanne van Hartingsveldt w/oLoss 46. 15 April 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Zsófia Gubacsi Matea Mezak 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 47. 11 June 2006 Móstoles, Spain Hard María José Martínez Sánchez Carla Tiene Jenifer Widjaja 6–3, 6–2Loss 48. 10 July 2006 Brussels, Belgium Clay Aleksandra Srndovic Iveta Gerlová Carmen Klaschka 3–6, 2–6Loss 49. 6 August 2006 Vigo, Spain Clay Larissa Carvalho María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 4–6, 3–6Loss 50. 8 August 2006 Coimbra, Portugal Hard Neuza Silva María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 6–7(4), 6–7(5)Win 51. 13 October 2006 Saltillo, Mexico Hard Larissa Carvalho Monique Adamczak Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–2, 7–5Win 52. 30 October 2006 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay Jorgelina Cravero Soledad Esperón Carla Tiene 6–2, 4–6, 6–4Loss 53. 11 November 2006 Caracas, Venezuela Clay Fabiana Mak Marina Giral Lores Mariana Muci 6–4, 5–7, 5–7Win 54. 18 November 2006 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Larissa Carvalho Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović 7–5, 6–2Loss 55. 8 July 2007 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Teliana Pereira Nina Bratchikova Neuza Silva 6–3, 7–6(3)Win 56. 4 August 2007 Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Roxane Vaisemberg María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 7–5, 6–0Win 57. 18 August 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Roxane Vaisemberg Ana Clara Duarte Teliana Pereira 5–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 58. 13 September 2007 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Teliana Pereira Mihaela Buzărnescu Magdalena Kiszczyńska 6–4, 6–7(2), [10–4]Loss 59. 25 November 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal Clay Roxane Vaisemberg Nicole Clerico Teliana Pereira 4–6, 2–6Loss 60. 28 April 2008 ITF Bell Ville, Argentina Clay Natalia Guitler Tatiana Búa Karen Castiblanco 4–6, 6–1, [7–10]Win 61. 13 September 2008 ITF Santos, Brazil Clay Natalia Guitler Ana Clara Duarte Fernanda Hermenegildo 6–1, 6–3