Neuza Silva

Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Lisbon, Portugal
Born	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 40) Setúbal, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$172,509
Singles
Career record	226–145 (60.9%)
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (6 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	Q3 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	145–85 (63.0%)
Career titles	18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 185 (6 July 2008)

Neuza Silva (born 4 May 1983) is a Portuguese former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 133, reached on 6 July 2009;, on 6 July 2008, she peaked at No. 185 in the doubles rankings. Silva regularly competed for the Portugal Fed Cup team with a total win–loss record of 16–6.

Career

Silva debuted in the ITF Women's Circuit in Vila do Conde with a first-round loss. Her first high-level match came in 2002 at the Estoril Open, followed soon by her first presence in the Fed Cup. Both matches resulted in defeat.

Her greatest moment came at home at the 2004 Estoril Open when she defeated Julia Schruff, the previous year finalist, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, to become the first Portuguese female player to win a singles match at the tournament. She then lost to fourth seed Denisa Chládková, in straight sets.

The year 2009 proved to be a breakthrough year for Silva. In February, she entered her first tour event outside of Portugal in Pattaya and reached the second round, defeating Jessica Moore 6–2, 6–1 before losing in two sets to home player and sixth seed, Tamarine Tanasugarn.

In May, at Estoril, she played first seed Iveta Benešová in the first round, losing in three sets. In doubles, with Alexandra Dulgheru, she reached the quarterfinals.

On 18 June 2009, Silva qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon, where she lost to second seed Serena Williams, 1–6, 5–7 in the first round.

Her next WTA Tour event was the Tashkent Open in September, where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Galina Voskoboeva.

2010 was an injured filled year for Silva, who missed most of the season. Her last match came in June during the Wimbledon Championships qualifying tournament where she lost in the first round to Michaëlla Krajicek, in straight sets.

Citing constant pain in both of her knees, Silva retired on 12 September 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 June 2004	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Lucía Jiménez	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	2.	24 October 2004	ITF Évora, Portugal	Hard	Laura Zelder	6–1, 2–6, ret.
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2006	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Han Xinyun	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	3.	25 June 2006	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Han Xinyun	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	27 August 2006	ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands	Clay	Pauline Wong	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	17 September 2006	ITF Lleida, Spain	Clay	Paula Fondevila Castro	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	2.	25 November 2006	ITF Ramat HaSharon, İsrael	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	26 February 2007	ITF Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2007	ITF Athens, Greece	Hard	Ana Jovanović	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 May 2007	ITF Fuerteventura, Spain	Carpet	Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	1 June 2007	ITF Braga, Portugal	Clay	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	15 July 2007	ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Petra Cetkovská	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	29 July 2007	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Marina Erakovic	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	11 August 2007	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Olivia Sanchez	6–7(8–10), 1–6
Winner	9.	27 January 2008	ITF Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Renée Reinhard	6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	13 July 2008	ITF Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Sarah Borwell	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	26 July 2008	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	11.	3 August 2008	ITF Vigo, Spain	Hard	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	11 July 2009	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	21 March 2010	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexandra Panova	1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	23 June 2002	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Carlota Santos	Alberta Brianti Frederica Piedade	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	14 July 2002	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Irena Nossenko	Marta Fraga María José Sánchez Alayeto	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	4 August 2002	ITF Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	Alberta Brianti İpek Şenoğlu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	29 September 2002	ITF Lleida, Spain	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Caroline Ann Basu Aliénor Tricerri	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	13 October 2002	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Susanne Filipp	Kildine Chevalier Shelley Stephens	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	25 May 2003	ITF Almería, Spain	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Romy Farah Astrid Waernes	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	5.	3 August 2003	ITF Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Veronika Litvinskaya Elena Poliakova	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	30 August 2003	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Hannah Collin	Paula Marama Danielle Steinberg	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	18 October 2003	ITF Carcavelos, Portugal	Clay	Romy Farah	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Céline Beigbeder	2–6, 0–1 ret.
Winner	6.	16 May 2004	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	Joana Cortez Marina Tavares	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	13 September 2004	ITF Lleida, Spain	Clay	Kildine Chevalier	Elena Vianello Elisa Villa	5–7, 5–7
Winner	7.	28 August 2005	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Joana Cortez	Flavia Mignola Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	9 October 2005	ITF Bolton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Daniela Kix	Veronika Chvojková Claire Peterzan	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	17 June 2006	ITF Montemor-o-Novo	Hard	Karoline Steiro	Anna Koumantou Pemra Özgen	w/o
Runner-up	7.	12 August 2006	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Joana Cortez	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	6–7, 6–7
Winner	9.	18 November 2006	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Nuria Sánchez García	Anja Prislan Laura Siegemund	6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	27 January 2007	ITF Hull, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Claire de Gubernatis	Danielle Brown Elizabeth Thomas	6–7(2), 7–5, 6–4
Winner	11.	25 February 2007	ITF Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Jessica Lehnhoff Robin Stephenson	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	24 March 2007	ITF Athens, Greece	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Anna Koumantou Pemra Özgen	6–2, 6–4
Winner	13.	24 May 2007	ITF Fuerteventura, Spain	Carpet	Nicole Thyssen	Mariana Duque Marino Roxane Vaisemberg	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	9 June 2007	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	7 July 2007	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Joana Cortez Teliana Pereira	6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner	15.	10 August 2007	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Kira Nagy	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	2 December 2007	ITF Sintra, Portugal	Clay (i)	Roxane Vaisemberg	Caroline Maes Teodora Mirčić	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	9 February 2008	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Danielle Harmsen	Kateryna Herth Nina Bratchikova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	16.	5 July 2008	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	İpek Şenoğlu	Melanie Klaffner Frederica Piedade	6–4, 6–2
Winner	17.	25 July 2008	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Karen Castiblanco Paula Zabala	6–2, 6–2
Winner	18.	2 August 2008	ITF Vigo, Spain	Hard	Nicole Thyssen	Nina Bratchikova Frederica Piedade	6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

• Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics; walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

Fed Cup

Silva played for the Portugal Fed Cup team from 2002 to 2009. Her singles record is 9–6 and her doubles record is 9–3 (18–9 overall).

Participations

Singles (15)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W–L	Result
2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	24 April 2002	Bulgaria	Clay	Desislava Topalova	Loss	6–7(4–7), 1–6
2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group III	RR	26 April 2005	Moldova	Clay	Ina Sireteanu	Win	6–1, 6–1
	GIII Play-offs	28 April 2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Selma Babic	Win	6–3, 6–0
2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	17–19 April 2007	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard	Dijana Stojić	Win	6–3, 6–3
			Georgia		Oksana Kalashnikova	Win	7–5, 6–4
			Norway		Karoline Steiro	Win	6–2, 6–1
	GII Play-offs	20 April 2007	Greece	Hard	Asimina Kaplani	Win	6–2, 6–1
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	30 January– 3 February 2008	Bulgaria	Carpet	Tsvetana Pironkova	Loss	1–6, 0–6
			Netherlands		Arantxa Rus	Loss	5–7, 4–6
2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	22–24 April 2009	Morocco	Hard	Nadia Lalami	Win	6–1, 6–0
			Latvia		Irina Kuzmina	Win	6–2, 6–1
	GII Play-offs	25 April 2009	South Africa	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	Win	6–2, 6–3
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Croatia	Hard	Ajla Tomljanović	Loss	6–7(6–8), 4–6
			Switzerland		Amra Sadiković	Loss	4–6, 1–6
	GI Play-offs	6 February 2010	Bulgaria	Hard	Dia Evtimova	Loss	1–6, 1–6

Doubles (12)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W–L	Result
2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	26 April 2002	Angela Cardoso	Georgia	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili Salome Devidze	Loss	4–6, 3–6
2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	29 April– 1 May 2003	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Norway	Clay	Karoline Borgersen Ina Sartz	Win	6–0, 6–2
			Frederica Piedade	Turkey		Pemra Özgen İpek Şenoğlu	Win	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group III	RR	29 April 2005	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Kenya	Clay	Caroline Oduor Tamara Orwa	Win	6–0, 6–0
	GIII Play-offs	30 April 2005	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Selma Babic Sanja Racic	Win	6–1, 6–3
2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	26–28 April 2006	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Poland	Clay	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Loss	2–6, 2–6
			Ana Catarina Nogueira	Latvia		Anastasija Sevastova Alise Vaidere	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
			Ana Catarina Nogueira	Greece		Anna Gerasimou Anna Koumantou	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	22–24 April 2009	Frederica Piedade	Morocco	Hard	Fatima El Allami Nadia Lalami	Win	6–0, 6–1
			Frederica Piedade	Latvia		Līga Dekmeijere Anastasija Sevastova	Loss	1–6, 1–6
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Michelle Larcher de Brito	Croatia	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Silvia Njirić	Win	7–5, 6–4
			Maria João Koehler	Romania		Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Raluca Olaru	Win	7–5, 7–5