Joana Manta

{{short description|Swiss tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Joana Manta | image = | fullname = Joana Manta | country_represented = {{SUI}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $11,358 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 292 (1 November 1993) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 395 (24 August 1992) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} '''Joana Manta''' (born 26 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.

==Tennis career== Manta began competing on the ITF circuit in 1991 while still a junior, later partnering with Ludmila Richterová to win the girls' doubles title at the 1993 Australian Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ausopen.com/history/honour-roll/girls-doubles|title=Girls' Doubles|publisher=ausopen.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>

At the age of 15 she debuted for the Switzerland Fed Cup team in 1993, featuring in the doubles rubbers of a World Group tie against the United States and a play-off against Peru.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-tennis-5442629.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-tennis-5442629.html |archive-date=2022-06-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sporting Digest: Tennis|date=21 July 1993|work=The Independent|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>

In 1995 she played in another three Fed Cup ties, with both of her two wins coming in doubles, teaming up with former junior partner Martina Hingis.

==ITF finals== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:12%;" |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} ===Singles finals (0-1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |-style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 18 October 1993 | Flensburg, Germany | Carpet | {{flagicon|HUN}} Antonia Homolya | 3–6, 5–7 |}

===Doubles finals (0-1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |-style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 20 July 1992 | Subiaco, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Ballet | {{flagicon|CSK}} Martina Hautová <br/> {{flagicon|SLO}} Karin Lušnic | 1–6, 6–2, 2–6 |}

==Personal life==

Both his father Leonardo and his brother Lorenzo also played tennis professionally.<ref>{{cite news |title=Die Manta-Bar zieht an den Graben|newspaper=Der Landbote |date=28 April 2014 |language=German |url=https://www.landbote.ch/news/standard/die-mantabar-zieht-an-den-graben/story/19600772 |accessdate=25 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Open d'Australie: un Suisse au sommet, Dominic face au défi ultime et un chanteur inattendu|newspaper=Radio Télévision Suisse |date=1 February 2020 |language=French |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/tennis/11057368-open-daustralie-un-suisse-au-sommet-dominic-face-au-defi-ultime-et-un-chanteur-inattendu.html |accessdate=25 May 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manta, Joana}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss female tennis players Category:Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles