{{Short description|Dutch tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Silvana Bauer | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{NED}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $3,612 | singlesrecord = 10–5 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 762 (2 December 2002) | doublesrecord = 1–2 }} '''Silvana Bauer''' (born 14 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scholten |first1=Esther |title=Twee tennistalenten over hun topsportjeugd: ‘Ik viel regelmatig flauw omdat ik mezelf veel druk oplegde’ |url=https://www.trouw.nl/verdieping/twee-tennistalenten-over-hun-topsportjeugd-ik-viel-regelmatig-flauw-omdat-ik-mezelf-veel-druk-oplegde~be3d73cd/ |work=Trouw |date=28 October 2020 |language=nl-NL}}</ref>
Bauer, a native of Zeeland, played in all junior grand slam tournaments and had a best ITF junior world ranking of 11.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bauer hoopt op stuntje bij Challenger Zeeland |url=https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/48191/Bauer-hoopt-op-stuntje-bij-Challenger-Zeeland |work=Omroep Zeeland |date=22 June 2011 |language=NL}}</ref>
In 2002, she made a WTA Tour main draw appearance at the Ordina Open and toured with the Netherlands Fed Cup team for an away tie in Australia, as a reserve.<ref>{{cite news |title=Drugs? What drugs? We're here for the tennis |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/drugs-what-drugs-were-here-for-the-tennis-20020718-gdfglm.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 July 2002 |language=en}}</ref>
At the age of 17, she decided to give the game away to the surprise of many in Dutch tennis.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Misset |first1=Robèrt |title='Iedereen riep maar dat ik zo'n mooi leven had' |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/iedereen-riep-maar-dat-ik-zo-n-mooi-leven-had~bb72c353/ |work=de Volkskrant |date=18 April 2003 |language=nl-NL}}</ref>
==ITF finals== ===Singles: 1 (1–0)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- ! Outcome ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Opponent ! Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 16 June 2002 | ITF Raalte, Netherlands | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} Jolanda Mens | 6–1, 6–0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA|310867}} * {{ITF profile|silvana-bauer/800224301/ned}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauer, Silvana}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch female tennis players Category:Sportspeople from Zeeland Category:20th-century Dutch women Category:20th-century Dutch people Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen