Teliana Pereira

Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

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 (now Billie Jean King Cup), she was one of the players who has most represented Brazil, she participated in 26 matches and won 26 (17 in singles and 9 in doubles).

Early and personal life Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, where she had to overcome a childhood on the fringes of poverty.

Pereira's favorite tournament is the French Open. Her childhood tennis idol was Gustavo Kuerten. Her favourite surface is clay.

Career Pereira competed in the Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games in 2007, winning the bronze medal with Joana Cortez on the women's doubles competition.

In February 2014, she reached the semifinals of the Rio Open.

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.

Pereira performed very poorly throughout 2016 and finally dropped out of top 200 by the end of the season.

In 2016, she participated at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, stopping at the first round of singles and doubles, where she played alongside Paula Gonçalves and at the second round of mixed doubles, playing alongside Marcelo Melo. Since then she has commented tennis on ESPN Brazil and ran an academy on Campo Largo, Paraná.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) LegendPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternationalFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore Win 1–0 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(7–2), 6–1 Win 2–0 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International Clay Annika Beck 6–4, 4–6, 6–1

WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 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)

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Record against players who were ranked top 10 Ranked top 10 at some point in their career (but not necessarily when they faced Pereira)