Mana Endo
Appearance
Country (sports) | Japan |
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Residence | Fukuyama City, Japan |
Born | Hiroshima, Japan | 6 February 1971
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $463,765 |
Singles | |
Career record | 144–108 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (26 September 1994) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1996) |
French Open | 3R (1992) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1992, 1994) |
US Open | 4R (1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 25–42 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 98 (30 January 1995) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1995) |
Mana Endo (遠藤 愛, Endō Mana) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She was born on February 6, 1971, in Hiroshima and resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.
She started playing tennis at age seven with her father and coach Hiroshi and played on the WTA Tour from 1991 until 1998. She graduated from the University of Tsukuba while on the tour in March 1993.
Career highlights
[edit]- Her career-high ranking was 26th worldwide in singles (1994), and 98th in doubles (1995)
- She played 22 Grand Slam tournaments in singles with her best result being the round of 16 at the 1994 US Open. That tournament marked the first time two Japanese women reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam (Kimiko Date was the other player).
- Her career record is 144–108. She won a singles title in Hobart in 1994, defeating Lindsay Davenport during that tournament.
- Her biggest upset over a seeded player came at the 1996 Australian Open when she defeated the fifth seed Kimiko Date in the second round.
WTA career finals
[edit]Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Legend | |
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Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 1 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 15 January 1994 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Rachel McQuillan | 6–1, 6–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 14 January 1996 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Julie Halard-Decugis | 1–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
[edit]Singles (4–0)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 12 November 1989 | Matsuyama, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Yone Kamio | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 30 September 1990 | Kuroshio, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Yone Kamio | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 3. | 28 October 1990 | Nagasaki, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Yone Kamio | 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | 10 November 1991 | Kofu, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Wang Shi-ting | 6–4, 6–0 |
Doubles (0–3)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 18 October 1993 | ITF Kugayama, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Masako Yanagi | Mami Donoshiro Yuka Tanaka |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | 31 October 1993 | ITF Kyoto, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Masako Yanagi | Maija Avotins Lisa McShea |
6–7(5), 5–7 |
Loss | 3. | 7 November 1993 | ITF Saga, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | Naoko Sawamatsu | Ei Iida Maya Kidowaki |
2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
External links
[edit]- Mana Endo at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mana Endo at the International Tennis Federation
- Mana Endo at the Billie Jean King Cup
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- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
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- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
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