Neuza Silva

Neuza Silva (born 4 May 1983) is a Portuguese former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 133, reached on 6 July 2009;, on 6 July 2008, she peaked at No. 185 in the doubles rankings. Silva regularly competed for the Portugal Fed Cup team with a total win–loss record of 16–6.

Career Silva debuted in the ITF Women's 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, 7–6, to become the first Portuguese female player to win a singles match at the tournament. She then lost to fourth seed Denisa Chládková, in straight sets.

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 in two sets to home player and sixth seed, Tamarine Tanasugarn.

In May, at Estoril, she played first seed Iveta Benešová in the first round, losing in three sets. In doubles, with Alexandra Dulgheru, she reached the quarterfinals.

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

Her next WTA Tour event was the Tashkent Open in September, where she lost in the first round to eighth 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 Wimbledon Championships qualifying tournament where she lost in the first round to Michaëlla Krajicek, in straight sets.

Citing constant pain in both of her knees, Silva retired on 12 September 2010.

ITF Circuit finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 13 June 2004 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard Lucía Jiménez 7–5, 5–7, 6–1Win 2. 24 October 2004 ITF Évora, Portugal Hard Laura Zelder 6–1, 2–6, ret.Loss 1. 18 June 2006 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Han Xinyun 2–6, 6–2, 5–7Win 3. 25 June 2006 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal Hard Han Xinyun 6–3, 2–6, 7–5Win 4. 27 August 2006 ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands Clay Pauline Wong 6–1, 6–2Win 5. 17 September 2006 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Paula Fondevila Castro 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)Loss 2. 25 November 2006 ITF Ramat HaSharon, İsrael Hard Nicole Thyssen 2–6, 4–6Win 6. 26 February 2007 ITF Portimão, Portugal Hard Irena Pavlovic 7–6(7–2), 6–4Loss 3. 25 March 2007 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Ana Jovanović 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 4. 25 May 2007 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Carpet Nicole Thyssen 2–6, 4–6Win 7. 1 June 2007 ITF Braga, Portugal Clay Stéphanie Vongsouthi 6–1, 6–4Loss 5. 15 July 2007 ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass Petra Cetkovská 2–6, 4–6Win 8. 29 July 2007 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Marina Erakovic 0–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss 6. 11 August 2007 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Olivia Sanchez 6–7(8–10), 1–6Win 9. 27 January 2008 ITF Kaarst, Germany Carpet (i) Renée Reinhard 6–3, 6–1Win 10. 13 July 2008 ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass Sarah Borwell 6–3, 6–2Loss 7. 26 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Anna Gerasimou 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Win 11. 3 August 2008 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6–3, 6–1Win 12. 11 July 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Vesna Dolonc 6–3, 6–1Loss 8. 21 March 2010 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Alexandra Panova 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 23 June 2002 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Carlota Santos Alberta Brianti Frederica Piedade 6–4, 6–2Loss 1. 14 July 2002 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Irena Nossenko Marta Fraga María José Sánchez Alayeto 3–6, 4–6Win 2. 4 August 2002 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Frederica Piedade Alberta Brianti İpek Şenoğlu 6–2, 4–6, 6–2Win 3. 29 September 2002 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Frederica Piedade Caroline-Ann Basu Aliénor Tricerri 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4Loss 2. 13 October 2002 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Susanne Filipp Kildine Chevalier Shelley Stephens 2–6, 2–6Win 4. 25 May 2003 ITF Almería, Spain Hard İpek Şenoğlu Romy Farah Astrid Waernes 7–5, 5–7, 6–3Win 5. 3 August 2003 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Gabriela Velasco Andreu Veronika Litvinskaya Elena Poliakova 6–0, 6–1Loss 3. 30 August 2003 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Hannah Collin Paula Marama Danielle Steinberg 4–6, 6–7Loss 4. 18 October 2003 ITF Carcavelos, Portugal Clay Romy Farah Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Céline Beigbeder 2–6, 0–1 ret.Win 6. 16 May 2004 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Larissa Carvalho Joana Cortez Marina Tavares 6–2, 6–4Loss 5. 13 September 2004 ITF Lleida, Spain Clay Kildine Chevalier Elena Vianello Elisa Villa 5–7, 5–7Win 7. 28 August 2005 ITF Amarante, Portugal Hard Joana Cortez Flavia Mignola Gabriela Velasco Andreu 6–2, 6–3Win 8. 9 October 2005 ITF Bolton, Great Britain Hard (i) Daniela Kix Veronika Chvojková Claire Peterzan 6–0, 6–2Loss 6. 17 June 2006 ITF Montemor-o-Novo Hard Karoline Steiro Anna Koumantou Pemra Özgen w/oLoss 7. 12 August 2006 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Joana Cortez María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 6–7, 6–7Win 9. 18 November 2006 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Nuria Sánchez García Anja Prislan Laura Siegemund 6–3, 6–1Win 10. 27 January 2007 ITF Hull, Great Britain Hard (i) Claire de Gubernatis Danielle Brown Elizabeth Thomas 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–4Win 11. 25 February 2007 ITF Portimão, Portugal Hard Nicole Thyssen Jessica Lehnhoff Robin Stephenson 6–4, 6–2Win 12. 24 March 2007 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Nicole Thyssen Anna Koumantou Pemra Özgen 6–2, 6–4Win 13. 24 May 2007 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Carpet Nicole Thyssen Mariana Duque Marino Roxane Vaisemberg 6–1, 6–2Loss 8. 9 June 2007 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Nina Bratchikova Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami 4–6, 4–6Win 14. 7 July 2007 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Nina Bratchikova Joana Cortez Teliana Pereira 6–3, 7–6(3)Win 15. 10 August 2007 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Kira Nagy Magdalena Kiszczyńska Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 3–6, 7–5Loss 9. 2 December 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal Clay (i) Roxane Vaisemberg Caroline Maes Teodora Mirčić 4–6, 1–6Loss 10. 9 February 2008 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Danielle Harmsen Kateryna Herth Nina Bratchikova 4–6, 3–6Win 16. 5 July 2008 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay İpek Şenoğlu Melanie Klaffner Frederica Piedade 6–4, 6–2Win 17. 25 July 2008 ITF La Coruña, Spain Hard Nicole Thyssen Karen Castiblanco Paula Zabala 6–2, 6–2Win 18. 2 August 2008 ITF Vigo, Spain Hard Nicole Thyssen Nina Bratchikova Frederica Piedade 6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics; walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

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 Singles (15)

Doubles (12)