Natalia Guitler

Natalia Guitler (born 4 June 1987) is a former professional Brazilian tennis player,^[1] freestyle footballer, footvolley player, and teqball player.

Biography[]

Guitler was born on June 4, 1987, in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Her family is originally from Argentina, from where her parents emigrated in 1980. She is the fourth daughter of Leonor Rosa Maman and Cesar Alberto Guitler. She has three older brothers, Gaston, Felipe and Lucas.

Tennis career[]

When she was just four years old, she started playing tennis, a sport that led her to live in Argentina for 5 years. On July 6, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 454 whilst her best doubles ranking was 461 on November 2, 2009. She has won one singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She left professional tennis at the end of 2009.

Teqball career[]

Guitler started playing teqball after tennis. In 2018, her partner finished fourth in doubles.^[2] The following year they became champions in Budapest.^[3]

Natalia has gained national and international fame by showing her entire category in Footvolley and futmesa matches against well-known athletes like Neymar and Ronaldinho among others.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Her talent earned her the signing of an agreement with Puma, representing the brand as an ambassador for women's football and with Mikasa, signing her official Futvolley ball.

ITF Circuit Finals[]

$10,000 tournaments

Singles : 3 (1–2)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	14 September 2008	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Fernanda Hermenegildo	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	7 December 2008	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay	Nathália Rossi	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	30 August 2010	Barueri, Brazil	Hard	Mailen Auroux	4–6, 2–6

Doubles : 8 (4–4)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 May 2008	Bell Ville, Argentina	Clay	Joana Cortez	Tatiana Búa Karen Castiblanco	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Winner	1.	25 May 2008	Managua, Nicaragua	Hard	Nathália Rossi		3–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, [11–9]
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2008	Brasília, Brazil	Clay		Carla Tiene	5–7, 6–4, [11–13]
Winner	2.	14 September 2008	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Joana Cortez	Ana Clara Duarte Fernanda Hermenegildo	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	9 November 2008	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Nathália Rossi	Karen Castiblanco	5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	7 December 2008	Fortaleza, Brazil	Hard	Carla Tiene	Aleksandrina Naydenova Nathália Rossi	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	5 April 2009	Lima, Peru	Clay	Bianca Botto	María Irigoyen	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	4.	27 September 2009	Cd. Obregón, Mexico	Hard	Andrea Koch Benvenuto	Jamie Hampton Whitney Jones	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–4