Mana Endo

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Mana Endo
遠藤 愛
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceFukuyama City, Japan
Born (1971-02-06) 6 February 1971 (age 50)
Hiroshima, Japan
Turned pro1991
Retired1998
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$463,765
Singles
Career record144–108
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking26 (26 September 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (1996)
French Open3R (1992)
Wimbledon3R (1992, 1994)
US Open4R (1994)
Doubles
Career record25–42
Career titles0
Highest ranking98 (30 January 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
Last updated on: 13 November 2010.

Mana Endo (遠藤 愛, Endō Mana) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player who played on the WTA Tour from 1991 until 1998. She was born on February 6, 1971, in Hiroshima, Japan and resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.

She started playing tennis at age 7 with her father and coach Hiroshi. She graduated from the University of Tsukuba while on the tour in March 1993.

Career highlights[]

  • Her career high ranking was 26th worldwide in singles (1994), and 98th in doubles (1995)
  • She played 22 Grand Slam tournaments in singles with her best result being the Round of 16 at the 1994 US Open. That tournament marked the first time two Japanese women reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam (Kimiko Date was the other player).
  • Her career record is 144–108. She won a singles title in Hobart in 1994, defeating Lindsay Davenport during that tournament.
  • Her biggest upset over a seeded player came at the 1996 Australian Open she defeated the number five seed Kimiko Date in the second round.

WTA Tour finals[]

Singles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 1
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 15 January 1994 Hobart, Australia Hard Australia Rachel McQuillan 6–1, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 2. 14 January 1996 Hobart, Australia Hard France Julie Halard-Decugis 1–6, 2–6

ITF Finals[]

Singles (4–0)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 12 November 1989 Matsuyama, Japan Hard Japan Yone Kamio 6-2, 6-4
Winner 2. 30 September 1990 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Japan Yone Kamio 6-2, 6-1
Winner 3. 28 October 1990 Nagasaki, Japan Hard Japan Yone Kamio 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
Winner 4. 10 November 1991 Kofu, Japan Hard Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting 6-4, 6-0

Doubles (0–3)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 18 October 1993 Kugayama, Japan Hard Japan Masako Yanagi Japan Mami Donoshiro
Japan Yuka Tanaka
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 31 October 1993 Kyoto, Japan Hard Japan Masako Yanagi Australia Maija Avotins
Australia Lisa McShea
6–7(5), 5–7
Runner-up 3. 7 November 1993 Saga, Japan Grass Japan Naoko Sawamatsu Japan Ei Iida
Japan Maya Kidowaki
2-6, 6-3, 2-6

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