Sofia Prazeres

Portuguese tennis player

Sofia Prazeres
Singles
Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	(1974年06月19日) 19 June 1974 (age 50) Porto, Portugal
Prize money	85,935ドル
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (9 June 1997)
Doubles
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (5 May 1997)

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

Biography

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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 ninth successive year.^[3]

ITF finals

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25,000ドル tournaments

10,000ドル tournaments

Singles: 9 (1–8)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 June 1991	Covilhã, Portugal	Clay	Bulgaria Galia Angelova	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	8 February 1993	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Spain Gala León García	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	21 February 1994	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Spain Ángeles Montolio	3–6, 0–6
Loss	4.	12 September 1994	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Czech Republic Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	3 July 1995	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Italy Marzia Grossi	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	1 July 1996	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Germany Sandra Klösel	6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	7.	7 April 1997	Athens, Greece	Hard (i)	Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 1–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	8.	21 April 1997	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	United States Keirsten Alley	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9.	9 February 1998	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Spain Paula Hermida	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

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