Michelle Larcher de Brito
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Michelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito (born 29 January 1993 in Lisbon
) is a Portuguese
tennis
player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
in Bradenton, Florida
. She was coached by Nick Bollettieri
until the end of 2007. Currently she is training full time with her father, António Larcher de Brito. She achieved a career-high ranking of 76 on July 6, 2009.
She is the first Portuguese female player to enter the main draw of a grand slam, which occurred at the 2009 French Open
. Her impressive results at such a young age have prompted Nick Bollettieri to tip her as a possible Top 10 player. She is known for her loud grunts
while executing shots, being noted for surpassing in decibels the likes of Maria Sharapova
, Monica Seles
, Victoria Azarenka
and Venus
and Serena Williams
, other famous "grunters". In response to criticism from fellow players about this, she defended herself by saying, "I could (stop grunting), but, you know, it won't feel natural, because it feels like something is missing in my game if I just stop."
, born in Angola
. Her mother, Caroline, is from South Africa
. She has two older brothers who are twins, Sérgio and Sebastião, born in 1992. She began playing at the age of three when her father introduced her at a local club in Lisbon. She is a baseliner whose main attributes are her groundstrokes and movement, and she prefers hard and grass courts. Her favorite players are Monica Seles
, Martina Hingis
and Rafael Nadal
. In a recent interview, she said it was her dream to play an exhibition match in a football stadium, preferably Benfica's Estádio da Luz in her native Lisbon
.
She won the 2008 Revelation Award from the Fundação Luso-Brasileira (Portuguese-Brazilian Foundation) and, as a result, she appeared in the pages of Elle Portugal. In 2009, she won the Confederação do Desporto de Portugal (Portuguese Sports Confederation) female athlete of the year award against such rivals as Vanessa Fernandes
and Telma Monteiro
.
, becoming, at 14 years, 10 months and 11 days, the second youngest champion of the event's history after Nicole Vaidišová
. She was also the youngest player ever to win the U-16 Eddie Herr Championship (in 2005 when she was 12). Her best junior ranking was 20th place with a 44–15 singles record and a 10–17 doubles record.
Larcher de Brito made her debut on the ITF
circuit in early February, 2007, in the $75.000, hard court tournament in Midland, Michigan
, United States. There, as an unranked wild card
, she lost in the first round both singles (lost 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 against world no. 185 Kristina Brandi
) and doubles (teaming with Gréta Arn
, lost 6–4, 6–2 against the pair of Julie Ditty
and Natalie Grandin
). She would make WTA Tour debut as unranked wild card at the Miami Open
, reaching the second round before falling to No.16 seed Daniela Hantuchová
7–5 6–0. At 14 years, 1 month and 3 days, Brito became the seventh-youngest in the WTA tour history to win a singles main draw match by beating no. 43 Meghann Shaughnessy
3–6, 6–2 7–6(3) in the first round and the youngest since the Age Eligibility Rule was implemented in 1995. Despite this achievement, due to her age, she wasn't allowed to play any more senior tournaments until September. During that time, she played for the Sacramento Capitals
in the World Team Tennis
, becoming the youngest player ever to be drafted in the competition. She would be instrumental in the Capitals victory in the 2007 championship. In her return to the circuit, she became the first Portuguese player to reach a semifinal at a $75,000 ITF event in Albuquerque, New Mexico
, losing to no.3 seed Rossana de los Ríos
7–5, 3–6, 7–5. The feat allowed her to debut in the WTA rankings at no.364, with no one younger ahead of her.
In February, she defeated World No. 124 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
by 7–5, 1–0 ret in the first round of the 2008 Cellular South Cup - Singles
, but she lost in the second round to the World No. 43 Caroline Wozniacki
by 6–2, 6–4.
On 28 March 2008, on her return to Sony Ericsson Open
in Miami, upset World No. 16 Agnieszka Radwańska
, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the 2nd round. She would then lose to World No. 19 Shahar Pe'er
6–0, 6–2. In the first round she defeated World No. 75 Ekaterina Makarova
by 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–3. The following month, she debuted on her home tournament in Portugal, the Estoril Open
. She lost to World No. 471 Sanda Mamić
2–6, 6–0, 6–4.
In June, she fail to past the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon
losing to world no. 105 Stéphanie Foretz Gacon by 6–0, 2–6, 6–4.
On 16 July 2008, she nearly won the best victory of her career, narrowly losing to former world number one player Serena Williams
in three sets, 6–4 3–6 2–6. The day before, she had beaten world number 34 Gisela Dulko
in straight sets, 7–5, 7–6(1).
Based on her good Bank of the West Classic tournament performance where she won three qualifying matches (including in the first round with Marta Domachowska
, No. 57, by 6–1, 6–0) and one main draw match, on 21 July 2008, de Brito's WTA singles ranking rose 56 places from the previous week, from number 226 to 170 in the world, her then best ranking ever. With that ranking she became (and still is) the highest ranked Portuguese women's player, ahead of then No. 192 Neuza Silva
. At the Roger's Cup
, Larcher de Brito won two qualifying matches to make it into the main draw. She then went on to defeat no. 97 Vania King
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round and no. 18 Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 0–6, 6–3 in the second round before losing to no. 4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
7–5, 2–6, 6–4. After such a great performance by the 15-year old, she rise to number 131 in the world, making her the highest ranking Portuguese tennis player of all time.
At the US Open, de Brito reached the third round of the qualifying rounds, beating world no. 165 Angela Haynes
by 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 and world no. 169 Abigail Spears
by 6–2, 7–5, but she lost to world no. 124 Ioana Raluca Olaru
by 6–2, 6–3.
Her most significant result of the season came in October at the Tashkent Open
where she reached her first quarterfinal in the Tour. She would lose to third seed and eventual champion Sorana Cîrstea
6–2, 7–6(5), after she defeated in the first two rounds world no. 130 Andreja Klepac
by 6–0, 6–7(4), 6–2 and world no. 182 Tatiana Poutchek
by 6–4, 6–1.
for Team Europe with Jelena Janković
and Ágnes Szávay
, they lost to Team Americas (include two Americans Venus Williams
, Coco Vandeweghe
and Argentine Gisela Dulko
) 1–2 at Semi-final and then they lost to Team Asia Pacific (include Chinese Zheng Jie
, Indian Sania Mirza
and Zhang Ling
from Hong Kong) 0–3 at Final (Silver Group).
Larcher de Brito begun the season at the Australian Open
where she reached the second qualifying round losing to World no. 169 Alberta Brianti
6–2, 6–3. This was followed by a second round finish in Memphis
, losing to World no. 52 Anne Keothavong
7–6(2), 6–4, after defeating World no. 91 Sofia Arvidsson
in the first round by 6–2, 6–0 and a qualification to Indian Wells
losing to World no. 107 Urszula Radwańska
in the first round by 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. In Miami, after successful tournaments as a wild card the two previous years, she failed to qualify this time by losing 6–1, 6–2 in the first qualifying round to World no. 102 Aravane Rezaï
.
In April, she debuted in the Fed Cup
, helping Portugal
qualify to the Europe/Africa Group I with a 2–1 singles record.
At Estoril, in May, she lost 6–0, 6–2 to World no. 165 Elena Bovina
in the third qualifying round, but qualified to the main tournament as a lucky loser. She lost to seventh seed World no. 54 Shahar Pe'er
4–6, 6–0, 6–0. The following week at the Madrid Open
, as the last direct acceptance in the qualifying draw, she reached the final round where she lost to World no. 53 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–1, 6–0, after defeating World no. 63 Olga Govortsova
by 1–6, 6–4, 6–4.
On May 22, 2009, de Brito qualified for her first Grand Slam
tournament main draw at the French Open
after winning the final round of the qualifying by beating World no. 152 Kristina Kucova by 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, World no. 177 Yuliana Fedak by 6–3, 6–7 (1), 6–3 and World no. 151 Ekaterina Ivanova
0–6, 6–4, 6–4. She became the first Portuguese female player to do so. After overcoming World no. 121 Melanie South
0–6, 7–6 (5), 7–5 in the first round, de Brito once again made history by becoming the first Portuguese player overall to qualify to the third round of a Grand Slam by beating World no. 15 Jie Zheng
6–4, 6–3, in the greatest victory ever for a Portuguese female tennis player. She would lose to home player World no. 57 Aravane Rezaï
7–6 (3), 6–2, a game in which her opponent made a number of complaints about the amount of noise coming from de Brito. With her third round result, she entered the top 100 for the first time, as the world no. 90.
After a failed qualification in Birmingham
, where she lost in the second round to World no. 146 Chanelle Scheepers
6–1, 6–3, she received a wild card to participate in Wimbledon
, before winning the Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International
, an exhibition tournament, where she beat fellow Wimbledon wild card Laura Robson
6–4, 2–6, 10–6 in the final. At Wimbledon, she defeated World no. 122 Klára Zakopalová in the first round 6–2, 7–5 but fell to World no. 43 Francesca Schiavone
in the second 7–6 (2), 7–6 (4). After the good results on Europe, she returned to the USA to compete on the US Open Series tournaments. However, her results were disappointing, first in LA, where she received a Wild Card, losing 4–6, 5–7 against World no. 28 Sorana Cîrstea
, then as a qualifier in Cincinnati losing 4–6, 2–6 against World no. 61 Yaroslava Shvedova
and Toronto 3–6, 4–6 against World no. 69 Petra Kvitová
.
Following those results its was announced that she signed a three-year deal with the famous Mouratoglou Academy to prepare herself during the European seasons. At the US Open
, de Brito reached the second round, beating World no. 97 Mathilde Johansson
1–6, 7–5, 6–1, before losing to World no. 19 Na Li
6–1, 6–3. She finished the year by losing to Belgian World no. 85 Kirsten Flipkens
in the first round of qualifying in Luxembourg
7–5, 6–4.
, Larcher de Brito failed to qualify to a Grand Slam tournament since the previous year's Australian slam, losing in the first qualifying round 6–3, 6–0 to World no. 174 Ekaterina Dzehalevich
. This was followed by a four-match losing run in the Fed Cup
in February (that saw the Portugal
relegated to Europe/Africa Group II) and a third successive second round showing in Memphis, losing 6–3, 6–1 to World no. 121 Anne Keothavong
. After first round exits at Indian Wells (after she won two qualifying matches against World no. 86 Klára Zakopalová by 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 and World no. 115 Arantxa Rus
by 6–4, 6–3, she lost to World no. 51 Alexandra Dulgheru
by 6–2, 6–2) and Miami (where she lost to World no. 40 Sorana Cîrstea
by 7–5, 7–6(9)), she found more success in the clay court season with second round showings at Charleston (where she lost to World no. 49 Patty Schnyder
by 6–1, 6–2) and Estoril (after she defeated World no. 71 Alize Cornet
by 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 in the first round, she lost to World no. 38 Sorana Cîrstea
by 7–5, 7–5). Despite signs of improvement, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to World no. 179 Misaki Doi
in the second qualifying round 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.
In June, came her best result of the season, a third round showing in Birmingham, where she lost to World no. 93 Kaia Kanepi
6–2, 6–2, after defeating World no. 174 Ekaterina Dzehalevich
by 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 and World no. 39 Olga Govortsova
by 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 in the first two rounds. This was followed with a first round loss at Wimbledon against World no. 1 and eventual champion Serena Williams
6–0, 6–4. The American hard court season also proved to be unsuccessful with failed qualification attempts at Stanford and San Diego and a first round loss at the US Open against World no. 159 Sania Mirza
6–3, 6–2 (after she won three qualifying matches against World no. 207 Karolina Pliskova
by 6–4, 6–4, World no. 124 Anastasiya Yakimova
by 6–0, 6–0 and World no. 132 Alexandra Panova
by 2–6, 6–3, 6–3). She finished the year at the ITF 75K event at Albuquerque with another first round loss to World no. 677 Daria Gavrilova
by 6–2, 6–4.
in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. Afterwards she took part in 100K event in Midland, losing in the second round to American World no. 281 Ahsha Rolle
6–0, 3–6, 6–3. In Miami she lost in the second round of qualifying to former junior No.1 and World no. 104 Arantxa Rus
6–4, 6–2, after she defeated World no. 67 Magdalena Rybarikova
by 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 in the first round.
In April, in the ITF 50K event in Charlottesville, Larcher de Brito lost to World no. 189 Stephanie Dubois
in the final 1–6, 7–6(5), 6–1.
In May, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to World no. 202 Elena Bogdan
in the first qualifying round 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
In June, she achieved the semi-finals in the ITF 75K event in Nottingham, where she lost to no. 123 Olga Govortsova
by 7–5, 6–2.
In August, returning from injury, she won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating World no. 136 Lesia Tsurenko by 7–6(4), 4–6, 7–6(3) in 2h51m with a incredible number of 19 double-faults. In the second round, she defeated World no. 193 Anna Floris
by 6–2, 6–0 in only 56m. In the third round, she lost to the World no. 194 Karin Knapp
by 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(1) in 2h40m.
In September, she won the second round in the qualifying of the Bell Challenge
, beating World no. 422 Amra Sadikovic
by 6–0, 6–4 in 69m with 9 double-faults. In the third round, she lost to the World no. 236 Gail Brodsky
by 6-3, 6-4 in 59m.
In October, Larcher de Brito was the 3rd seed in the ITF 25K in Bayamon. In First Round, she defeated Yolima Ogando by 6–3, 6–2, in Second she won Teliana Pereira
by 6–4, 7–6(3), in Quarter-Finals defeated the no. 5 seed and World no. 195 Madison Brengle
by 6–3, 6–2, in Semi-Final defeated Catalina Castaño
by 6–4, 6–2. In the final she defeated the no. 8 seed and World no. 262 Monica Puig
by 6–3, 6–2 to win her second career title.
In November, in the ITF 75K event in Phoenix, Larcher de Brito lost to World no. 175 Sesil Karatantcheva
in the final by 6-1, 7–5, after defeating seed no. 1 and world no. 79 Irina Falconi
in the first round by 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 and no. 3 seed and world no. 117 Mandy Minella
by 6-2, 6-0 in the semi-finals.
tournaments, Larcher de Brito came under criticism for what by some was considered excessive grunting
. Some players and commentators have voiced suspicions that the grunting is used as an unsportmanlike tactic to distract the opponent and that this tactic is actually taught by Nick Bollettieri
, who is responsible for the training of Larcher de Brito and other grunting tennis greats. Bollettieri has denied this by saying: "My staff and I have never taught grunting. It isn’t something that is done deliberately to hurt their opponents." He also called for some sort of regulation: "Players on both the men's and women's tours grunt. Something eventually needs to be done." Michelle Larcher de Brito also denies being unsportmanlike and has stated: "Nobody can tell me to stop grunting. Tennis is an individual sport and I'm an individual player. If they have to fine me, go ahead, because I'd rather get fined than lose a match because I had to stop grunting [...] If it has inconvenienced the other player, there's nothing I can really do about it, because I don't really want to change anything. [...] I'm here to win. That's it. If people don't like my grunting they can always leave.". On a more conciliatory note, however, Larcher de Brito has also recently remarked: "I’m 16 and I’m still learning. Maybe I can eventually put it under control. I don’t know, but I’ll try. It comes from Seles; it comes from Sharapova. It comes from great players.". Like Larcher de Brito, Monica Seles
and Maria Sharapova
were also trained by Nick Bollettieri.
If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 29–17; Clay: 7–9; Grass: 3–1) and WTA Qualifying (Hardcourt: 24–17; Clay: 7–7; Grass: 1–3) participations are included, then her overall win-loss record stands at 95–81.
in 2009 and helped in the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I. The team was relegated back to Group II in 2010 and she helped again in 2011 in the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I with 5 victories. She has a 5–5 singles record and a 3–0 doubles record (8–5 overall).
Lisbon
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) is a Portuguese
Portugal
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tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy is located in Bradenton, Florida, and was founded in 1978 by Nick Bollettieri as a full-time tennis boarding school that combines intensive tennis training with an academic curriculum....
in Bradenton, Florida
Bradenton, Florida
Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833...
. She was coached by Nick Bollettieri
Nick Bollettieri
Nicholas James Bollettieri is an American tennis coach who is credited with developing many world-class champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. Recently, he has worked with 2006 U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Nicole Vaidišová and Sabine...
until the end of 2007. Currently she is training full time with her father, António Larcher de Brito. She achieved a career-high ranking of 76 on July 6, 2009.
She is the first Portuguese female player to enter the main draw of a grand slam, which occurred at the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
. Her impressive results at such a young age have prompted Nick Bollettieri to tip her as a possible Top 10 player. She is known for her loud grunts
Grunting (tennis)
Grunting in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes. It is prominent in women's tennis but also exists in men's tennis...
while executing shots, being noted for surpassing in decibels the likes of Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
, Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
, Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
and Venus
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
and Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
, other famous "grunters". In response to criticism from fellow players about this, she defended herself by saying, "I could (stop grunting), but, you know, it won't feel natural, because it feels like something is missing in my game if I just stop."
Family and personal life
Larcher de Brito's coach and father, António Maria de Lima de Sousa Larcher de Brito, is PortuguesePortuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
, born in Angola
Angola
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. Her mother, Caroline, is from South Africa
South Africa
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. She has two older brothers who are twins, Sérgio and Sebastião, born in 1992. She began playing at the age of three when her father introduced her at a local club in Lisbon. She is a baseliner whose main attributes are her groundstrokes and movement, and she prefers hard and grass courts. Her favorite players are Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
, Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
and Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...
. In a recent interview, she said it was her dream to play an exhibition match in a football stadium, preferably Benfica's Estádio da Luz in her native Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
.
She won the 2008 Revelation Award from the Fundação Luso-Brasileira (Portuguese-Brazilian Foundation) and, as a result, she appeared in the pages of Elle Portugal. In 2009, she won the Confederação do Desporto de Portugal (Portuguese Sports Confederation) female athlete of the year award against such rivals as Vanessa Fernandes
Vanessa Fernandes
Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes is a Portuguese athlete from Perosinho, Vila Nova de Gaia and a former triathlon European and World champion...
and Telma Monteiro
Telma Monteiro
Telma Monteiro is a Portuguese judoka from the city of Almada. She is currently in the number two spot on the world ranking list. She is also a multi-time medal winner in both World and European Championships and Cups. She won silver medals in the last European and World Championships.Since July...
.
Junior
Larcher de Brito played in the ITF Junior circuit from August 2006 to December 2007, winning three singles tournaments. In Grand-Slam tournaments, she made it to the singles quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open and the doubles quarterfinals of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. She won her last tournament, the 2007 Orange BowlOrange Bowl (tennis)
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, becoming, at 14 years, 10 months and 11 days, the second youngest champion of the event's history after Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,...
. She was also the youngest player ever to win the U-16 Eddie Herr Championship (in 2005 when she was 12). Her best junior ranking was 20th place with a 44–15 singles record and a 10–17 doubles record.
2007
International Tennis Federation
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circuit in early February, 2007, in the $75.000, hard court tournament in Midland, Michigan
Midland, Michigan
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, United States. There, as an unranked wild card
Wild card (sports)
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, she lost in the first round both singles (lost 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 against world no. 185 Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi is a Puerto Rican tennis player.-Early years:Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old.-USTA Circuit:In 2003, Brandi won the most titles...
) and doubles (teaming with Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn is a professional tennis player from Hungary, and the current Hungarian No. 1. Arn turned professional in 1997....
, lost 6–4, 6–2 against the pair of Julie Ditty
Julie Ditty
Julie Ditty is an American professional tennis player. Ditty did not have her true WTA breakthrough until 2007, when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge, a result that took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career on November 5, 2007, at No. 91...
and Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin is a professional tennis player from South Africa. Grandin has yet to compete outside of the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is known for her variety of play, and volleying ability....
). She would make WTA Tour debut as unranked wild card at the Miami Open
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
, reaching the second round before falling to No.16 seed Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
7–5 6–0. At 14 years, 1 month and 3 days, Brito became the seventh-youngest in the WTA tour history to win a singles main draw match by beating no. 43 Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles...
3–6, 6–2 7–6(3) in the first round and the youngest since the Age Eligibility Rule was implemented in 1995. Despite this achievement, due to her age, she wasn't allowed to play any more senior tournaments until September. During that time, she played for the Sacramento Capitals
Sacramento Capitals
The Sacramento Capitals are a team in World Team Tennis.The Capitals have won six championships, including four straight from 1997 to 2000. The other titles came in 2002 and 2007....
in the World Team Tennis
World Team Tennis
World TeamTennis is a coed professional tennis league played with a unique team format in the United States. Each match consists of five sets. Each set features a different configuration . Coaches, before the match, decide the order in which the sets will be played...
, becoming the youngest player ever to be drafted in the competition. She would be instrumental in the Capitals victory in the 2007 championship. In her return to the circuit, she became the first Portuguese player to reach a semifinal at a $75,000 ITF event in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, losing to no.3 seed Rossana de los Ríos
Rossana de los Rios
Rossana de los Ríos born September 16, 1975 is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...
7–5, 3–6, 7–5. The feat allowed her to debut in the WTA rankings at no.364, with no one younger ahead of her.
2008
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former French female professional tennis player.Her highest singles ranking was #61, achieved on October 5, 2003...
by 7–5, 1–0 ret in the first round of the 2008 Cellular South Cup - Singles
2008 Cellular South Cup - Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Petra Kvitová.Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–2, 6–1, against Olga Govortsova.-Seeds:# Venus Williams # Tatiana Golovin ...
, but she lost in the second round to the World No. 43 Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
by 6–2, 6–4.
On 28 March 2008, on her return to Sony Ericsson Open
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
in Miami, upset World No. 16 Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the 2nd round. She would then lose to World No. 19 Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
6–0, 6–2. In the first round she defeated World No. 75 Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
by 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–3. The following month, she debuted on her home tournament in Portugal, the Estoril Open
Estoril Open
The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,...
. She lost to World No. 471 Sanda Mamić
Sanda Mamic
Sanda Mamić is a professional female tennis player from Croatia.-Early career:*2001 – Reached final at ITF/Hvar-CRO*2002 – Reached final at ITF/Sopron-HUN...
2–6, 6–0, 6–4.
In June, she fail to past the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon
2008 Wimbledon Championships
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year...
losing to world no. 105 Stéphanie Foretz Gacon by 6–0, 2–6, 6–4.
On 16 July 2008, she nearly won the best victory of her career, narrowly losing to former world number one player Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
in three sets, 6–4 3–6 2–6. The day before, she had beaten world number 34 Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
in straight sets, 7–5, 7–6(1).
Based on her good Bank of the West Classic tournament performance where she won three qualifying matches (including in the first round with Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
, No. 57, by 6–1, 6–0) and one main draw match, on 21 July 2008, de Brito's WTA singles ranking rose 56 places from the previous week, from number 226 to 170 in the world, her then best ranking ever. With that ranking she became (and still is) the highest ranked Portuguese women's player, ahead of then No. 192 Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008...
. At the Roger's Cup
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
, Larcher de Brito won two qualifying matches to make it into the main draw. She then went on to defeat no. 97 Vania King
Vania King
Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova....
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round and no. 18 Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
6–3, 0–6, 6–3 in the second round before losing to no. 4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
7–5, 2–6, 6–4. After such a great performance by the 15-year old, she rise to number 131 in the world, making her the highest ranking Portuguese tennis player of all time.
At the US Open, de Brito reached the third round of the qualifying rounds, beating world no. 165 Angela Haynes
Angela Haynes
Angela Haynes is a professional tennis player from the United States. Haynes's top WTA singles ranking is World No. 95 which she attained in August, 2005. Angela is currently ranked World No. 158, race-singles World No. 260 and World No...
by 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 and world no. 169 Abigail Spears
Abigail Spears
Abigail Michal Spears is an American professional tennis player.Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 U.S. Open...
by 6–2, 7–5, but she lost to world no. 124 Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru is a Romanian tennis player. As of 2 August 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3...
by 6–2, 6–3.
Her most significant result of the season came in October at the Tashkent Open
Tashkent Open
The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a tennis tournament held in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:...
where she reached her first quarterfinal in the Tour. She would lose to third seed and eventual champion Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
6–2, 7–6(5), after she defeated in the first two rounds world no. 130 Andreja Klepac
Andreja Klepac
Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. While she has not won a WTA title of any kind, she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles, and made one WTA Tour singles final and two WTA Tour doubles final. Klepač reached her career-high singles ranking on July 14, 2008,...
by 6–0, 6–7(4), 6–2 and world no. 182 Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek is a tennis player from Belarus. Her career high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on July 22, 2002.Many of Poutchek's greatest career results have come in Tashkent reaching 1 singles final and 7 doubles finals winning 5. ....
by 6–4, 6–1.
2009
She obtained an invite from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association twice again to play 2009 JB Group Classic2009 JB Group Classic
The 2009 JB Group Classic is a women's exhibition team tennis tournament organized at the beginning of each season...
for Team Europe with Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
and Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :...
, they lost to Team Americas (include two Americans Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
, Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe
Coco Vandeweghe is an American professional tennis player. She played on the junior circuit, where she reached a high ranking of junior world no. 15, but is gradually playing more senior tournaments. She won the 2008 US Open Girls' singles championship.She made her WTA debut in Los Angeles, and...
and Argentine Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
) 1–2 at Semi-final and then they lost to Team Asia Pacific (include Chinese Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
, Indian Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
and Zhang Ling
Zhang Ling (tennis)
Zhang Ling is a professional Hong Kong tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 25, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 186. On June 22, 2009, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 219.-External links:...
from Hong Kong) 0–3 at Final (Silver Group).
Larcher de Brito begun the season at the Australian Open
2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
where she reached the second qualifying round losing to World no. 169 Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55...
6–2, 6–3. This was followed by a second round finish in Memphis
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the...
, losing to World no. 52 Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
7–6(2), 6–4, after defeating World no. 91 Sofia Arvidsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.-Biography:...
in the first round by 6–2, 6–0 and a qualification to Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
losing to World no. 107 Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwanska
Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...
in the first round by 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. In Miami, after successful tournaments as a wild card the two previous years, she failed to qualify this time by losing 6–1, 6–2 in the first qualifying round to World no. 102 Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
.
In April, she debuted in the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
, helping Portugal
Portugal Fed Cup team
The Portugal Fed Cup team represents Portugal in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Tenis. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I in 2010, but were relegated to Group II for 2011.-History:...
qualify to the Europe/Africa Group I with a 2–1 singles record.
At Estoril, in May, she lost 6–0, 6–2 to World no. 165 Elena Bovina
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....
in the third qualifying round, but qualified to the main tournament as a lucky loser. She lost to seventh seed World no. 54 Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
4–6, 6–0, 6–0. The following week at the Madrid Open
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
, as the last direct acceptance in the qualifying draw, she reached the final round where she lost to World no. 53 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
6–1, 6–0, after defeating World no. 63 Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
by 1–6, 6–4, 6–4.
On May 22, 2009, de Brito qualified for her first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
tournament main draw at the French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
after winning the final round of the qualifying by beating World no. 152 Kristina Kucova by 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, World no. 177 Yuliana Fedak by 6–3, 6–7 (1), 6–3 and World no. 151 Ekaterina Ivanova
Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis)
Ekaterina Ivanova is a professional Russian tennis player.Ivanova's highest WTA singles ranking is No. 142, which she reached on June 8, 2009. Her career high in doubles was at No. 145 set at May 21, 2007...
0–6, 6–4, 6–4. She became the first Portuguese female player to do so. After overcoming World no. 121 Melanie South
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...
0–6, 7–6 (5), 7–5 in the first round, de Brito once again made history by becoming the first Portuguese player overall to qualify to the third round of a Grand Slam by beating World no. 15 Jie Zheng
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of August 15, 2011, Zheng is ranked World No. 65 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles....
6–4, 6–3, in the greatest victory ever for a Portuguese female tennis player. She would lose to home player World no. 57 Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
7–6 (3), 6–2, a game in which her opponent made a number of complaints about the amount of noise coming from de Brito. With her third round result, she entered the top 100 for the first time, as the world no. 90.
After a failed qualification in Birmingham
2009 AEGON Classic
The 2009 AEGON Classic is a tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 28th edition of the event, known that year as the AEGON Classic, It is taking place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, from June 8 through June 14, 2009.-Seeds:*...
, where she lost in the second round to World no. 146 Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers
Chanelle Scheepers is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010....
6–1, 6–3, she received a wild card to participate in Wimbledon
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...
, before winning the Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International
Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International
The Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International is a mixed exhibition tennis tournament at Calderstones Park, Liverpool, England, held during the second week of the grass court season since 2002.-Men's Champions:-Women's Champions:-External links:*...
, an exhibition tournament, where she beat fellow Wimbledon wild card Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...
6–4, 2–6, 10–6 in the final. At Wimbledon, she defeated World no. 122 Klára Zakopalová in the first round 6–2, 7–5 but fell to World no. 43 Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
in the second 7–6 (2), 7–6 (4). After the good results on Europe, she returned to the USA to compete on the US Open Series tournaments. However, her results were disappointing, first in LA, where she received a Wild Card, losing 4–6, 5–7 against World no. 28 Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
, then as a qualifier in Cincinnati losing 4–6, 2–6 against World no. 61 Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player of Russian descent. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29 as of 21 June 2010. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US...
and Toronto 3–6, 4–6 against World no. 69 Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
.
Following those results its was announced that she signed a three-year deal with the famous Mouratoglou Academy to prepare herself during the European seasons. At the US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, de Brito reached the second round, beating World no. 97 Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson is a Swedish-born female tennis player who lives in and competes for France.She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round...
1–6, 7–5, 6–1, before losing to World no. 19 Na Li
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
6–1, 6–3. She finished the year by losing to Belgian World no. 85 Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten Flipkens is a professional female Belgian tennis player since 2003. Her career high rank for singles is No. 59 . She won 10 ITF Singles titles, and 1 ITF Doubles title....
in the first round of qualifying in Luxembourg
2009 BGL Luxembourg Open - Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate that year.Timea Bacsinszky won in the final 6-2, 7-5 against Sabine Lisicki.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki ...
7–5, 6–4.
2010
Playing in the qualifying phase at the Australian Open2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
, Larcher de Brito failed to qualify to a Grand Slam tournament since the previous year's Australian slam, losing in the first qualifying round 6–3, 6–0 to World no. 174 Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134th, which she reached on October 6, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 64th, which she reached on September 29, 2008. She has won four ITF and Satellite titles during her career...
. This was followed by a four-match losing run in the Fed Cup
2010 Fed Cup
The 2010 Fed Cup was the 48th edition of the tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place on 6–7 November in San Diego, United States. Italy successfully defended their title, in a rematch of the 2009 final against the United States...
in February (that saw the Portugal
Portugal Fed Cup team
The Portugal Fed Cup team represents Portugal in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Tenis. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I in 2010, but were relegated to Group II for 2011.-History:...
relegated to Europe/Africa Group II) and a third successive second round showing in Memphis, losing 6–3, 6–1 to World no. 121 Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
. After first round exits at Indian Wells (after she won two qualifying matches against World no. 86 Klára Zakopalová by 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 and World no. 115 Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player...
by 6–4, 6–3, she lost to World no. 51 Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
by 6–2, 6–2) and Miami (where she lost to World no. 40 Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
by 7–5, 7–6(9)), she found more success in the clay court season with second round showings at Charleston (where she lost to World no. 49 Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
by 6–1, 6–2) and Estoril (after she defeated World no. 71 Alize Cornet
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...
by 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 in the first round, she lost to World no. 38 Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
by 7–5, 7–5). Despite signs of improvement, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to World no. 179 Misaki Doi
Misaki Doi
is a professional Japanese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 116, which she reached on March 21, 2011 Her career high in doubles is 222, which she reached...
in the second qualifying round 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.
In June, came her best result of the season, a third round showing in Birmingham, where she lost to World no. 93 Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
6–2, 6–2, after defeating World no. 174 Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134th, which she reached on October 6, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 64th, which she reached on September 29, 2008. She has won four ITF and Satellite titles during her career...
by 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 and World no. 39 Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
by 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 in the first two rounds. This was followed with a first round loss at Wimbledon against World no. 1 and eventual champion Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
6–0, 6–4. The American hard court season also proved to be unsuccessful with failed qualification attempts at Stanford and San Diego and a first round loss at the US Open against World no. 159 Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
6–3, 6–2 (after she won three qualifying matches against World no. 207 Karolina Pliskova
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková is a professional Czech tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 168, which she reached on 24 May 2010. Her career high in doubles is 239, which she reached on 1 August 2011. Her twin sister Kristýna is also a tennis player...
by 6–4, 6–4, World no. 124 Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:...
by 6–0, 6–0 and World no. 132 Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Panova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134, which she reached on 23 August 2010. Her career high in doubles is 131, which she reached on 27 April 2009.-2009:...
by 2–6, 6–3, 6–3). She finished the year at the ITF 75K event at Albuquerque with another first round loss to World no. 677 Daria Gavrilova
Daria Gavrilova
Daria Gavrilova is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 347, which she reached on May 02, 2011.Daria highest junior ITF ranking is at No. 1 reached on August 23, 2010.-2010:...
by 6–2, 6–4.
2011
Larcher de Brito started the season by playing in an ITF 25K event in Plantation, losing in the first round to World no. 323 Julia Boserup in straight sets 6–0, 6–4. She then took part in another ITF 25K event in Lutz, losing in the second round to 874-ranked player Jessica Pegula in a close match, by 4–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(3). At her third event, in the ITF 25K event in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Larcher de Brito won her first career title beating World no. 189 Madison BrengleMadison Brengle
Madison Brengle is an American professional tennis player.-Background:Brengle has won two ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011...
in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. Afterwards she took part in 100K event in Midland, losing in the second round to American World no. 281 Ahsha Rolle
Ahsha Rolle
Ahsha Rolle is a professional American tennis player. She was born on March 21, 1985 in Miami Shores, Florida. She began playing tennis when she was nine years old.-2007:...
6–0, 3–6, 6–3. In Miami she lost in the second round of qualifying to former junior No.1 and World no. 104 Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player...
6–4, 6–2, after she defeated World no. 67 Magdalena Rybarikova
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...
by 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 in the first round.
In April, in the ITF 50K event in Charlottesville, Larcher de Brito lost to World no. 189 Stephanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...
in the final 1–6, 7–6(5), 6–1.
In May, she failed to qualify to the main draw at the French Open, losing to World no. 202 Elena Bogdan
Elena Bogdan
Elena Bogdan is a Romanian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was 155, which she reached on July 4, 2011 whilst her best doubles ranking was 107 on June 13, 2011...
in the first qualifying round 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
In June, she achieved the semi-finals in the ITF 75K event in Nottingham, where she lost to no. 123 Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
by 7–5, 6–2.
In August, returning from injury, she won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating World no. 136 Lesia Tsurenko by 7–6(4), 4–6, 7–6(3) in 2h51m with a incredible number of 19 double-faults. In the second round, she defeated World no. 193 Anna Floris
Anna Floris
Anna Floris , is an professional tennis player from Italy. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 129, which she reached on August 16, 2010...
by 6–2, 6–0 in only 56m. In the third round, she lost to the World no. 194 Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp is an Italian female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 35 on 25 February 2008.-Career:...
by 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(1) in 2h40m.
In September, she won the second round in the qualifying of the Bell Challenge
Bell Challenge
The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
, beating World no. 422 Amra Sadikovic
Amra Sadiković
Amra Sadiković is a professional Swiss tennis player of Macedonian origin and also a member of the Switzerland Fed Cup team. On November 7, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 273 whilst her best doubles ranking was 363 on November 9, 2009.-External links:...
by 6–0, 6–4 in 69m with 9 double-faults. In the third round, she lost to the World no. 236 Gail Brodsky
Gail Brodsky
Gail Brodsky is a young female tennis player from New York, USA. Her career high is 217, reached on 1 August 2011. She was given a wildcard into the 2008 and 2009 US Open, where she lost in the first round both times.-Singles Finals :...
by 6-3, 6-4 in 59m.
In October, Larcher de Brito was the 3rd seed in the ITF 25K in Bayamon. In First Round, she defeated Yolima Ogando by 6–3, 6–2, in Second she won Teliana Pereira
Teliana Pereira
Teliana Pereira is a professional Brazilian tennis player and member of the Brazil Fed Cup team. On October 8, 2007, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 196 whilst her best doubles ranking was 203 on July 7, 2008....
by 6–4, 7–6(3), in Quarter-Finals defeated the no. 5 seed and World no. 195 Madison Brengle
Madison Brengle
Madison Brengle is an American professional tennis player.-Background:Brengle has won two ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011...
by 6–3, 6–2, in Semi-Final defeated Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Alvarez is a professional female Colombian tennis player. On July 10, 2006, Catalina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 35. Since November 2006, she is the highest ranked South American female tennis player...
by 6–4, 6–2. In the final she defeated the no. 8 seed and World no. 262 Monica Puig
Mónica Puig
Mónica Puig is a junior Puerto Rican tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 310, attained on May 9, 2011. Currently Monica WTA single ranking is 313 as of May 16, 2011....
by 6–3, 6–2 to win her second career title.
In November, in the ITF 75K event in Phoenix, Larcher de Brito lost to World no. 175 Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Karatantcheva played for Bulgaria until February 2, 2009, when she changed nationality. She will play for Kazakhstan until at least 2012....
in the final by 6-1, 7–5, after defeating seed no. 1 and world no. 79 Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 119, which she reached on April 18, 2011. Her career high in doubles is World No. 205, which she reached on February 28, 2011...
in the first round by 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 and no. 3 seed and world no. 117 Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella
Mandy Minella is a professional Luxembourgian tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World Number 125 on July 25, 2011, and World Number 250 for doubles on July 17, 2006...
by 6-2, 6-0 in the semi-finals.
Grunting controversy
During the 2009 French Open and WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
tournaments, Larcher de Brito came under criticism for what by some was considered excessive grunting
Grunting (tennis)
Grunting in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes. It is prominent in women's tennis but also exists in men's tennis...
. Some players and commentators have voiced suspicions that the grunting is used as an unsportmanlike tactic to distract the opponent and that this tactic is actually taught by Nick Bollettieri
Nick Bollettieri
Nicholas James Bollettieri is an American tennis coach who is credited with developing many world-class champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. Recently, he has worked with 2006 U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Nicole Vaidišová and Sabine...
, who is responsible for the training of Larcher de Brito and other grunting tennis greats. Bollettieri has denied this by saying: "My staff and I have never taught grunting. It isn’t something that is done deliberately to hurt their opponents." He also called for some sort of regulation: "Players on both the men's and women's tours grunt. Something eventually needs to be done." Michelle Larcher de Brito also denies being unsportmanlike and has stated: "Nobody can tell me to stop grunting. Tennis is an individual sport and I'm an individual player. If they have to fine me, go ahead, because I'd rather get fined than lose a match because I had to stop grunting [...] If it has inconvenienced the other player, there's nothing I can really do about it, because I don't really want to change anything. [...] I'm here to win. That's it. If people don't like my grunting they can always leave.". On a more conciliatory note, however, Larcher de Brito has also recently remarked: "I’m 16 and I’m still learning. Maybe I can eventually put it under control. I don’t know, but I’ll try. It comes from Seles; it comes from Sharapova. It comes from great players.". Like Larcher de Brito, Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
and Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
were also trained by Nick Bollettieri.
Singles: 4 (2–2)
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| Winner | 1. | February 6, 2011 |  Rancho Santa FeRancho Santa Fe, California Rancho Santa Fe known locally as ″The Ranch″, is one of the most exclusive and affluent communities in Southern California. It is also a census-designated place in San Diego County, California and an unincorporated bedroom community of San Diego County... , USA |
Hard | Madison Brengle Madison Brengle Madison Brengle is an American professional tennis player.-Background:Brengle has won two ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles in her career, and has achieved a ranking on the women's WTA Tour of World Number 152 on April 18, 2011... |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | May 1, 2011 | Charlottesville Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for... , USA |
Clay |  Stéphanie DuboisStéphanie Dubois Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:... |
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | October 30, 2011 |  BayamonBayamón, Puerto Rico Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo... , PUR |
Hard | Mónica Puig Mónica Puig Mónica Puig is a junior Puerto Rican tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 310, attained on May 9, 2011. Currently Monica WTA single ranking is 313 as of May 16, 2011.... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | November 13, 2011 | Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... , USA |
Hard |  Sesil KaratantchevaSesil Karatantcheva Sesil Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Karatantcheva played for Bulgaria until February 2, 2009, when she changed nationality. She will play for Kazakhstan until at least 2012.... |
6–1, 7–5 |
Singles: 1 (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | June 20, 2009 | Liverpool Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International The Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International is a mixed exhibition tennis tournament at Calderstones Park, Liverpool, England, held during the second week of the grass court season since 2002.-Men's Champions:-Women's Champions:-External links:*... , England, U.K. |
Grass | Laura Robson Laura Robson Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her... |
6–4, 2–6, [10–6] |
Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament when the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through November 28, 2011.| Tournament | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | 2009 2009 WTA Tour The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.... | 2010 2010 WTA Tour The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end... | 2011 2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA... | Career SR | Career W–L |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | LQ 2009 Australian Open - Women's Singles Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, due to a shoulder injury.Serena Williams won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Dinara Safina.-Seeds:# Jelena Janković ... |
LQ | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | 3R | LQ 2010 French Open – Women's Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6 in the final and became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Seeds:... |
LQ | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | LQ 2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Venus Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against her sister Serena Williams.-Seeds:# Ana Ivanović # Jelena Janković # Maria Sharapova ... |
2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
A | LQ | 2R | 1R | LQ | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | N/A |
| Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 4–5 |
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments | |||||||
| Indian Wells Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.... |
A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Miami Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
2R | 3R | LQ 2009 Sony Ericsson Open - Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1.-Seeds:All seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Serena Williams # Dinara Safina # Jelena Janković ... |
1R | LQ | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Madrid | Not Held | LQ 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open - Women's Singles Dinara Safina defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 for the title.-Seeds:The four Rome semifinalists received a bye into the second round.# Dinara Safina # Serena Williams # Elena Dementieva ... |
LQ 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Women's Singles Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but she lost against Klára Zakopalová in the first round.Aravane Rezaï won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Venus Williams.-Seeds:# Serena Williams # Caroline Wozniacki ... |
A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... |
Not PMM | LQ 2009 China Open - Women's Singles Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but lost in the second round against Peng Shuai.Svetlana Kuznetsova won in the final 6–2, 6–4, against Agnieszka Radwańska.... |
A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | N/A |
| Win-Loss | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 3–5 |
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments | |||||||
| Montreal/Toronto Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
A | 3R | LQ | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Cincinnati Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... |
Not PM5 | LQ 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open - Singles Nadia Petrova, the defending champion, lost in the first round to Alyona Bondarenko.Jelena Janković won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Dinara Safina.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Dinara Safina ... |
A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | N/A |
| Win-Loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 2–1 |
| WTA Premier Tournaments | |||||||
| Charleston Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA... |
A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Stanford Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world... |
A | 2R | A | LQ 2010 Bank of the West Classic - Singles Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.-Seeds:The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.... |
A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Los Angeles | A | LQ 2008 East West Bank Classic - Singles Ana Ivanović was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Dinara Safina won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Flavia Pennetta.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Jelena Janković ... |
1R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| San Diego | Not Held | LQ 2010 Mercury Insurance Open – Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 in the final.-Seeds:The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Jelena Janković # Samantha Stosur # Vera Zvonareva ... |
A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | N/A |
| Win-Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | N/A | 2–3 |
| WTA International Tournaments | |||||||
| Memphis Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the... |
A | 2R | 2R | 2R | LQ | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Ponte Vedra Beach | A | A | A | LQ | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Fes Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Fes, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an International tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is the only WTA tournament held in Africa.... |
A | LQ | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Estoril Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,... |
A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Birmingham | A | A | LQ 2009 AEGON Classic - Singles Kateryna Bondarenko was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.# Zheng Jie # Kaia Kanepi # Aleksandra Wozniak ... |
3R | LQ 2011 AEGON Classic – Singles Li Na was the defending champion, but chose not to compete after winning the Grand Slam singles title the week before.Due to heavy rain the final was rescheduled to play on Monday, 13 June 2011 at 11:00 local time... |
0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Quebec City Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
A | LQ 2008 Bell Challenge - Singles Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Nadia Petrova won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, against Bethanie Mattek.-Seeds:# Nadia Petrova ... |
A | A | LQ 2011 Bell Challenge – Singles Tamira Paszek was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Marina Erakovic.6th seed Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won her first career singles title, defeating Erakovic in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0.-Seeds:# Daniela Hantuchová ... |
0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Tashkent Tashkent Open The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a tennis tournament held in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:... |
A | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Luxembourg | A | A | LQ 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open - Singles Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate that year.Timea Bacsinszky won in the final 6-2, 7-5 against Sabine Lisicki.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki ... |
A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 8 | N/A |
| Win-Loss | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | N/A | 8–8 |
| Career Statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments played | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | Career total: 22 | |
| Finals reached | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |
| Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |
| Statistics by surface | |||||||
| Hardcourt Win-Loss | 1–1 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 0–0 | N/A | 14–19 |
| Clay Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | N/A | 7–5 |
| Grass Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 3–3 |
| Carpet Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 0–0 |
| Overall Win-Loss | 1–1 | 8–6 | 7–8 | 5–12 | 3–0 | N/A | 24–271 |
| Win (%) | % | % | % | % | % | Career Win (%): % | |
| Year-end ranking | 312 | 124 | 114 | 205 | 142 | N/A | N/A |
- Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.
If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 29–17; Clay: 7–9; Grass: 3–1) and WTA Qualifying (Hardcourt: 24–17; Clay: 7–7; Grass: 1–3) participations are included, then her overall win-loss record stands at 95–81.
Fed Cup
Larcher de Brito debuted for the Portugal Fed Cup teamPortugal Fed Cup team
The Portugal Fed Cup team represents Portugal in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Tenis. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I in 2010, but were relegated to Group II for 2011.-History:...
in 2009 and helped in the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I. The team was relegated back to Group II in 2010 and she helped again in 2011 in the team's promotion to the Europe/Africa Group I with 5 victories. She has a 5–5 singles record and a 3–0 doubles record (8–5 overall).
Singles (10)
| Edition | Round | Date | Against | Surface | Opponent | W–L | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Fed Cup 2009 Fed Cup The 2009 Fed Cup was the 47th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis... Europe/Africa Group II |
RR | 22–24 April 2009 |  MoroccoMorocco Fed Cup team The Morocco Fed Cup team represents Morocco in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Tennis. They have not competed since 2003.-History:... |
Hard | Fatima El Allami |
Win | 6–4, 7–5 |
 LatviaLatvia Fed Cup team The Latvia Fed Cup team represents Latvia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Latvian Tennis Union. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II.-History:... |
Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195... |
Loss | 2–6, 3–6 | ||||
| GII Play-Offs | 25 April 2009 |  South AfricaSouth Africa Fed Cup team The South Africa Fed Cup team represents South Africa in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the South African Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II.-History:... |
Hard | Natalie Grandin Natalie Grandin Natalie Grandin is a professional tennis player from South Africa. Grandin has yet to compete outside of the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is known for her variety of play, and volleying ability.... |
Win | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 2010 Fed Cup 2010 Fed Cup The 2010 Fed Cup was the 48th edition of the tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place on 6–7 November in San Diego, United States. Italy successfully defended their title, in a rematch of the 2009 final against the United States... Europe/Africa Group I |
RR | 3–5 February 2010 |  CroatiaCroatia Fed Cup team The Croatia Fed Cup team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:Croatia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992... |
Hard | Petra Martić Petra Martic Petra Martić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. Her career high ranking is #47, achieved on September 26th 2011.-Early Career: 2006–2009:... |
Loss | 4–6, 1–6 |
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fed Cup team The Switzerland Fed Cup team represents Switzerland in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Swiss Tennis. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.-History:... |
Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No... |
Loss | 2–6, 4–6 | ||||
 RomaniaRomania Fed Cup team The Romania Fed Cup team represents Romania in Fed Cup tennis competition, being governed by the Federaţia Română de Tenis and currently competes in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I.-History:... |
Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:... |
Loss | 0–6, 7–5, 2–6 | ||||
| GI Play-Offs | 6 February 2010 |  BulgariaBulgaria Fed Cup team The Bulgaria Fed Cup team represents Bulgaria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Group II of the Europe/Africa Zone after losing the relegation play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2009.-History:Bulgaria... |
Hard | Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a female Bulgarian tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand.... |
Loss | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| 2011 Fed Cup 2011 Fed Cup The 2011 Fed Cup is the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis... Europe/Africa Group II |
RR | 4–6 May 2011 | Morocco Morocco Fed Cup team The Morocco Fed Cup team represents Morocco in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Tennis. They have not competed since 2003.-History:... |
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Fatima El Allami |
Win | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
 FinlandFinland Fed Cup team The Finland Fed Cup team represents Finland in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II, but were relegated to Group III for 2008.-History:... |
Emma Laine Emma Laine Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006.... |
Win | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | ||||
| GII Play-Offs | 7 May 2011 |  GeorgiaGeorgia Fed Cup team The Georgia Fed Cup team represents Georgia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Georgian Tennis Federation. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II in 2007, but were promoted to Group I for 2008.-History:... |
Clay | Sofia Shapatava Sofia Shapatava Sofia Shapatava is a Georgian tennis player. Her career high singles ranking is no.238 and career high doubles is no.210 . Her current singles is 256 and current doubles is 211... |
Win | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6) |
Doubles (3)
| Edition | Round | Date | Partnering | Against | Surface | Opponents | W–L | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Fed Cup 2010 Fed Cup The 2010 Fed Cup was the 48th edition of the tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place on 6–7 November in San Diego, United States. Italy successfully defended their title, in a rematch of the 2009 final against the United States... Europe/Africa Group II |
RR | 3 February 2010 |  Neuza SilvaNeuza Silva Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008... |
Croatia Croatia Fed Cup team The Croatia Fed Cup team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:Croatia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992... |
Hard | Jelena Kostanić Tošić Silvia Njirić Silvia Njirić Silvia Njirić is a junior Croatian tennis player. Having already played Fed Cup for Croatia, Njirić made semi-finals at the 2010 junior French Open, losing to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.-ITF Circuit singles finals :... |
Win | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2011 Fed Cup 2011 Fed Cup The 2011 Fed Cup is the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis... Europe/Africa Group II |
RR | 4–6 May 2011 | Maria João Koehler Maria João Koehler Maria João Koehler is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She reached her career high WTA singles ranking of 215 on October 2011. Koehler has represented the Portugal Fed Cup team, where she has a singles win-loss record of 1–3 and a doubles win–loss record of 3–3... |
Morocco Morocco Fed Cup team The Morocco Fed Cup team represents Morocco in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Tennis. They have not competed since 2003.-History:... |
Clay | Fatima El Allami Nadia Lalami Nadia Lalami Nadia Lalami is a Moroccan professional tennis player. As of May 2, 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking of World number 327.... |
Win | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Maria Joao Koehler |
Finland Finland Fed Cup team The Finland Fed Cup team represents Finland in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II, but were relegated to Group III for 2008.-History:... |
Clay | Emma Laine Emma Laine Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006.... Piia Suomalainen |
Win | 6–3, 6–2 |