Maria Fernanda Barbato AlvesOfficial Website: Cantinho da Nanda (; born 17 April 1983), also known as Nanda Alves, is a Brazilian former tennis player.
As of 1 March 2010, Alves was ranked world No. 262, and was the highest ranked Brazilian player.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Rankings | Singles Nationalities | Brazil She enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning 23 singles and 58 doubles titles.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Maria Fernanda Alves Alves made her WTA Tour debut at Copa Colsanitas in 2004, and played qualifications for all four Grand Slam events.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Activity | Maria Fernanda Alves Partnering with Vanessa Henke, she took part in the 2005 Australian Open doubles event, but they lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Martina Navratilova in the first round. After 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup, Alves retired from professional tennis.
Personal life Alves was born on 17 April 1983 to Carlos José Alves and Maria Cristina Barbato Alves, who were both professional tennis players.Official Website: Nanda e a Família She resides in her hometown Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.Maria Fernanda Alves at the International Tennis Federation Alves began playing tennis aged four, along with her older sister Maria Cláudia. She cites Jennifer Capriati (of whom she said, "Capriati, because she played really well; she had problems with drugs and she escaped. I admire her determination to get out of that hole."), Roger Federer and Steffi Graf as her role models, and clay as her favourite surface.
Alves often works with kids in her father's tennis camp in Florida.Nanda Kids: Conheça o projeto Nanda Kids Some of the players who practised in that camp are former world No. 1 player Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Melo, André Sá and others. She was coached by her father Carlos and former tennis professional Thomaz Koch.
Equipment Alves played in Solfire gear and used a Dunlop racket, the model Aerogel 500 Tour.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info (Player Gear) | Maria Fernanda Alves
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 40 (23 titles, 17 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$40,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (15–9)Clay (8–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 July 2000 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard Stephanie Schaer 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 13 November 2000 ITF San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Alejandra Rivero 4–2, 4–2Win 3. 25 June 2001 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Oleksandra Kravets 6–3, 6–2Loss 1. 8 July 2001 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Sandra Klösel 3–6, 2–6Loss 2. 23 September 2001 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene 3–6, 5–7Win 4. 6 April 2002 ITF Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Vanina García Sokol 6–3, 6–1Loss 3. 15 July 2002 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Jolanda Mens 2–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 5. 19 August 2002 ITF Asunción, Paraguay Clay Celeste Contín 6–1, 6–1Win 6. 10 March 2003 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard Joana Cortez 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 4. 17 March 2003 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Kildine Chevalier 6–3, 0–6, 3–6Win 7. 24 March 2003 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Joana Cortez 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4Win 8. 16 June 2003 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene 6–4, 7–5Win 9. 30 June 2003 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Carla Tiene 7–5, 6–3Loss 5. 14 July 2003 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Frederica Piedade 3–6, 6–2, 4–6Win 10. 21 June 2004 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Maria Wolfbrandt 6–3, 6–3Win 11. 12 July 2004 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Katalin Marosi 7–5, 7–6(7)Win 12. 4 October 2004 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay María José Argeri 7–5, 6–3Win 13. 18 July 2005 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard María José Argeri 6–3, 7–5Win 14. 1 May 2007 ITF Los Mochis, Mexico Hard Irina Falconi 6–2, 6–0Win 15. 7 May 2007 ITF Mazatlán, Mexico Hard Jennifer Elie 6–1, 6–4Win 16. 14 May 2007 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Hard Viky Núñez Fuentes 6–3, 7–5Loss 6. 25 June 2007 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Kira Nagy 7–6, 5–7, 1–6Loss 7. 30 July 2007 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard Teliana Pereira 4–6, 2–6Win 17. 1 September 2008 ITF Barueri, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene 6–3, 7–5Win 18. 15 June 2009 ITF Belém, Brazil Hard Nathalia Rossi 6–3, 6–3Loss 8. 27 July 2009 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard María Fernanda Álvarez 3–6, 3–6Loss 9. 8 March 2010 ITF Metepec, Mexico Hard Macall Harkins 1–6, 3–6Loss 10. 11 October 2010 ITF Lima, Peru Clay Lucía Jara Lozano 7–6, 3–6, 3–6Loss 11. 13 June 2011 ITF Bethany Beach, United States Clay Lena Litvak 6–7, 6–4, 3–6Win 19. 27 June 2011 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Nathaly Kurata 6–4, 7–5Win 20. 1 August 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia 4–6, 7–5, 6–3Win 21. 22 August 2011 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Nathalia Rossi 6–1, 6–4Loss 12. 10 October 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Carolina Zeballos 4–6, 4–6Win 22. 17 October 2011 ITF Goiânia, Brazil Clay Carla Lucero 6–2, 6–4Loss 13. 20 August 2012 ITF Lima, Peru Clay Patricia Kú Flores 4–6, 4–6Loss 14. 10 September 2012 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Laura Pigossi 2–6, 6–0, 5–7Loss 15. 1 October 2012 ITF Gainesville, United States Clay María Fernanda Álvarez 6–2, 0–6, 5–7Win 23. 21 January 2013 ITF Lima, Peru Clay Hilda Melander 6–2, 6–2Loss 16. 31 March 2014 ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves 2–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss 17. 23 March 2015 ITF Metepec, Mexico Hard Marcela Zacarías 4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 104 (58 titles, 46 runner-ups)