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
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 CareerSR CareerW–L Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A A A A A LQ LQ LQ 0 / 0 0–0 French Open A A A A A A LQ LQ A 0 / 0 0–0 Wimbledon A A A A A A LQ 1R LQ 0 / 1 0–1 US Open A A A A A A LQ LQ A 0 / 0 0–0 SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/AWin–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 N/A 0–1 Premier 5 tournaments Dubai Not Tier I LQ A 0 / 0 0–0 SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/AWin–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0 Premier tournaments Moscow A A A A A A A LQ A 0 / 0 0–0 SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/AWin–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0 SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 8 N/AWin–loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 N/A 2–8 Career statisticsTournaments played 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0Career total: 9Finals reached 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0Tournaments won 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0 Statistics by surface Hardcourt win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 N/A 7–1 Clay win-loss 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 N/A 4–8 Grass win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 N/A 0–1 Carpet win-loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–2Overall win-loss 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 4–4 0–0 N/A 11–12 Win (%)%0%%%0%%%%0%Career win: % Year-end ranking 710 732 421 468 495 204 162 170 434 N/A N/A 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) EditionRoundDateAgainstSurfaceOpponentW–LResult2002 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IRR 24 April 2002 Bulgaria Clay Desislava Topalova Loss 6–7(4–7), 1–62005 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIIRR 26 April 2005 Moldova Clay Ina Sireteanu Win 6–1, 6–1GIII Play-offs 28 April 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Selma Babic Win 6–3, 6–02007 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIRR 17–19 April 2007 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHard Dijana Stojić Win 6–3, 6–3 Georgia Oksana Kalashnikova Win 7–5, 6–4 Norway Karoline Steiro Win 6–2, 6–1GII Play-offs 20 April 2007 Greece Hard Asimina Kaplani Win 6–2, 6–12008 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IRR 30 January–3 February 2008 Bulgaria Carpet Tsvetana Pironkova Loss 1–6, 0–6 Netherlands Arantxa Rus Loss 5–7, 4–62009 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIRR 22–24 April 2009 MoroccoHard Nadia Lalami Win 6–1, 6–0 Latvia Irina Kuzmina Win 6–2, 6–1GII Play-offs 25 April 2009 South Africa Hard Lizaan du Plessis Win 6–2, 6–32010 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IRR 4–5 February 2010 CroatiaHard Ajla Tomljanović Loss 6–7(6–8), 4–6 Switzerland Amra Sadiković Loss 4–6, 1–6GI Play-offs 6 February 2010 Bulgaria Hard Dia Evtimova Loss 1–6, 1–6
Doubles (12) EditionRoundDatePartneringAgainstSurfaceOpponentsW–LResult2002 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IRR 26 April 2002 Angela Cardoso Georgia Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili Salome Devidze Loss 4–6, 3–62003 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIRR 29 April–1 May 2003 Ana Catarina Nogueira Norway Clay Karoline Borgersen Ina Sartz Win 6–0, 6–2 Frederica Piedade Turkey Pemra Özgen İpek Şenoğlu Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–22005 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIIRR29 April 2005 Ana Catarina Nogueira KenyaClay Caroline Oduor Tamara OrwaWin6–0, 6–0GIII Play-offs30 April 2005 Ana Catarina Nogueira Bosnia and HerzegovinaClay Selma Babic Sanja RacicWin6–1, 6–32006 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group IIRR 26–28 April 2006 Ana Catarina Nogueira Poland Clay Klaudia Jans Alicja RosolskaLoss2–6, 2–6 Ana Catarina Nogueira Latvia Anastasija Sevastova Alise VaidereWin6–3, 4–6, 6–2 Ana Catarina Nogueira Greece Anna Gerasimou Anna KoumantouWin6–2, 3–6, 6–42009 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group II RR 22–24 April 2009 Frederica Piedade Morocco Hard Fatima El Allami Nadia LalamiWin6–0, 6–1 Frederica Piedade Latvia Līga Dekmeijere Anastasija SevastovaLoss1–6, 1–62010 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group I RR 4–5 February 2010 Michelle Larcher de Brito Croatia Hard Jelena Kostanić Tošić Silvia Njirić Win 7–5, 6–4 Maria João Koehler Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Raluca Olaru Win 7–5, 7–5
External links
Neuza Silva at Luso Ténis