María Fernanda Landa
| Country (sports) |  Argentina | 
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1975 | 
| Prize money | $105,874 | 
| Singles | |
| Career record | 184–143 | 
| Career titles | 6 ITF | 
| Highest ranking | No. 183 (5 August 1996) | 
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 151–103 | 
| Career titles | 14 ITF | 
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (24 May 1999) | 
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1999) | 
| US Open | 1R (1996) | 
María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Biography
Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player, she won six ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183.
She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open.[1]
At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu.[2] She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río.
She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[3]
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | May 1999 | Madrid Open, Spain | Tier III | Clay |  Marlene Weingärtner |  Virginia Ruano Pascual  Paola Suárez | 2–6, 6–0, 0–6 | 
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 15 (6–9)
| $25,000 tournaments | 
| $10,000 tournaments | 
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 23 November 1992 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | .svg.png) Vicky Maes | 4–6, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 2. | 26 April 1993 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay |  Laura Montalvo | 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 3. | 24 May 1993 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Katarzyna Teodorowicz | 6–0, 3–6, 5–7 | 
| Win | 4. | 11 April 1994 | ITF Supetar, Croatia | Clay |  Aleksandra Olsza | 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 | 
| Win | 5. | 5 September 1994 | ITF Medellín, Colombia | Clay |  Cecilia Ampuero | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 6. | 25 September 1994 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay |  Miriam D'Agostini | 2–6, 7–5, 0–1 ret. | 
| Win | 7. | 10 October 1994 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay |  Pamela Zingman | 6–2, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 8. | 14 November 1994 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Laura Montalvo | 2–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 9. | 14 August 1995 | ITF Carthage, Tunisia | Clay |  Petra Kamstra | 2–3 ret. | 
| Win | 10. | 27 May 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Cintia Tortorella | 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 11. | 22 July 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Mariana Díaz Oliva | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) | 
| Loss | 12. | 24 August 1997 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay |  Barbara Schwartz | 3–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 13. | 29 September 1997 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Bettina Fulco | 6–4, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 14. | 29 March 1999 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay |  Catalina Castaño | 4–6, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 15. | 4 July 1999 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay |  Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 3–6, 4–6 | 
Doubles: 27 (14–13)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 21 September 1992 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay |  Florencia Cianfagna |  Ninfa Marra  Sumara Passos | 1–6, 6–7 | 
| Loss | 2. | 19 October 1992 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Florencia Cianfagna |  Laura Montalvo  Mariana Randrup | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 3. | 3 May 1993 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Mariana Randrup |  Laura Montalvo  Maria Inés Araiz | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 4. | 10 May 1993 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Ana Salas Lozano |  Conchita Martínez Granados  Claudia Timm | 5–7, 6–1, 2–6 | 
| Win | 5. | 17 May 1993 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | Clay |  Maria Inés Araiz |  Tzipora Obziler  Limor Zaltz | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | 
| Win | 6. | 12 July 1993 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Clay | .svg.png) Sofia Prazeres |  Petra Kamstra  Linda Niemantsverdriet | 7–6(6), 3–6, 7–6(5) | 
| Win | 7. | 19 July 1993 | ITF Bilbao, Spain | Clay | .svg.png) Sofia Prazeres |  Silvia Ramón-Cortés  Inmaculada Varas | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Win | 8. | 11 April 1994 | ITF Supetar, Croatia | Clay |  Laura Montalvo |  Teodora Nedeva  Antoaneta Pandjerova | 6–4, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 9. | 12 September 1994 | ITF Manizales, Colombia | Clay |  María Dolores Campana |  Guadalupe Bugallo  Vanessa Menga | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 | 
| Win | 10. | 10 October 1994 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay |  Mariana Eberle |  Bárbara Castro  María-Alejandra Quezada | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 | 
| Win | 11. | 17 October 1994 | ITF Asuncion, Paraguay | Clay |  Mariana Eberle |  Carla Rodriguez  Lorena Rodriguez | 6–3, 6–0 | 
| Win | 12. | 17 June 1995 | ITF Getxo, Spain | Clay |  Magdalena Grzybowska |  Maaike Koutstaal  Seda Noorlander | 6–2, 6–4 | 
| Win | 13. | 14 August 1995 | ITF Carthage, Tunisia | Clay |  Yolanda Clemot |  Talina Beiko  Teodora Nedeva | 6–3, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 14. | 20 May 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Cintia Tortorella |  Mariana Faustinelli  Lorena Martinez | 2–6, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 15. | 28 July 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Larissa Schaerer |  Kirstin Freye  Caroline Schneider | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | 
| Win | 16. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard |  Marlene Weingärtner |  Paula Cabezas  Veronica Stele | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 17. | 23 June 1997 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay |  Marlene Weingärtner |  Caroline Dhenin .svg.png) Nino Louarsabishvili | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 18. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay |  Marlene Weingärtner |  Seda Noorlander  Nirupama Vaidyanathan | 3–6, 1–6 | 
| Loss | 19. | 13 July 1997 | ITF Puchheim, Germany | Clay |  Seda Noorlander |  Kirstin Freye  Noëlle van Lottum | 1–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 20. | 4 October 1998 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Hard |  Seda Noorlander |  Nannie de Villiers  Janette Husárová | 6–4, 5–7, 7–6 | 
| Loss | 21. | 19 October 1998 | ITF Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay |  Eva Bes |  Laura Montalvo  Paola Suarez | 2–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 22. | 2 November 1998 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay |  Eva Bes |  Luciana Masante  Alicia Ortuño | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 23. | 16 November 1998 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay |  Eva Bes |  Seda Noorlander  Katarina Srebotnik | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | 
| Loss | 24. | 7 February 1999 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | Clay |  Alice Canepa |  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez  Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 1–6, 1–6 | 
| Win | 25. | 14 February 1999 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | Clay |  Ángeles Montolio |  Emmanuelle Curutchet  Kelly Liggan | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 | 
| Win | 26. | 4 July 1999 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay |  Eva Bes |  Giana Gutiérrez  Romina Ottoboni | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Win | 27. | 23 April 2000 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay |  Romina Ottoboni |  Helen Crook  Victoria Davies | 6–4, 7–6(7) | 
References
- ^ "Suárez tampoco pudo". La Nación (in Spanish). 23 May 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Final odds slashed on giantkiller". TheGuardian.com. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Comenzó la liga de fútbol especial en Tigre". Diario Popular (in Spanish). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.