Marina Tavares

Marina Tavares
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	17 November 1984 (age 40); Maceió, Brazil
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$15,720
Singles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 864 (21 July 2003)
Doubles
Career record	80–70
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 226 (22 June 2009)

Marina Tavares (born 17 November 1984) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Tavares was born in the city of Maceió in Brazil's northeast. She was a top-100 junior in singles and made a Wimbledon semifinal for girls' doubles in 2002.^[1]

A right-handed player, Tavares only had success on the professional tour as a doubles player, with seven ITF titles, including a $50k title in Saguenay. She featured in the main draw of six WTA Tour tournaments, between 2004 and 2009.

She now runs her own tennis school for students in her home state of Alagoas.^[2]

ITF finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (7–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	31 August 2003	Asuncion, Paraguay	Clay	Joana Cortez	Jorgelina Cravero Carla Tiene	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	29 September 2003	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	0–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3.	30 November 2003	Florianópolis, Brazil	Hard	Gabriela Ziliotto	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	16 May 2004	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Joana Cortez	Larissa Carvalho Neuza Silva	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	14 June 2004	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Joana Cortez	Erica Krauth Aurélie Védy	2–6, 4–6
Win	1.	16 August 2004	Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Iveta Gerlová Sandra Záhlavová	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	31 August 2004	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 2–6
Win	2.	19 June 2005	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Carla Tiene	Sarah Raab Laura Zelder	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7.	23 August 2005	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Mari Andersson Kristina Andlovic	6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Loss	8.	27 September 2005	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Katalin Marosi	Nicole Clerico Katariina Tuohimaa	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	4 October 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Giulia Meruzzi Nancy Rustignoli	walkover
Win	4.	26 June 2006	Salzburg, Austria	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	3–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, 6–3
Win	5.	16 June 2008	Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Kateřina Kramperová Janina Toljan	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	9.	30 June 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Kristina Barrois Laura Siegemund	3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	20 October 2008	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Katalin Marosi	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	2–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	7.	23 March 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Ekaterina Lopes Marina Shamayko	6–2, 6–0