Maria Fernanda Alves Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Country      Brazil
Residence     Florianópolis, Brazil
Born     17 April 1983 (age 28)
Florianópolis, Brazil
Height     1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Plays     Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money     US$299,669
Singles
Career record     330–286
Career titles     0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking     132 (12 September 2005)
Current ranking     262 (1 March 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open     Q2 (2005, 2006)
French Open     Q3 (2005)
Wimbledon     Q1 (2005, 2006, 2008)
US Open     Q3 (2005)
Doubles
Career record     350–227
Career titles     0 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest ranking     109 (3 April 2007)
Alves was born on 17 April 1983 to Carlos José Alves and Maria Cristina Barbato Alves, who were both professional tennis players. She resides in her hometown Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.Alves began playing tennis aged four, along with her older sister Maria Cláudia. She cites Jennifer Capriati (of whom she said, "Capriati, because she played really well; she had problems with drugs and she escaped. I admire her determination to get out of that hole.", Roger Federer and Steffi Graf as her role models, and clay as her favourite surface. Along with tennis, her favourite sports include volleyball and football, and she cites Pretty Woman and Notting Hill as her favourite films. She also admires beach and beach sports. Alves was raised as Roman Catholic.
Alves often works with kids in her father's tennis camp in Florida, Some of players who practised in Carlos Alves' camp are former World No. 1 player Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Melo, André Sá and others. She is currently coached by her father Carlos and former World No. 4 male tennis player Thomaz Koch.
Grand Slam singles performances timeline
Tournament     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     Career SR
Australian Open     A     Q1     Q2     Q2     A     A     A     A     0 / 3
French Open     A     A     Q3     Q1     A     A     A         0 / 2
Wimbledon     A     A     Q1     Q1     A     Q1     A         0 / 3
US Open     Q2     Q2     Q3     Q2     Q1     Q1     A         0 / 6
SR     0 / 1     0 / 2     0 / 4     0 / 4     0 / 1     0 / 2     0 / 0     0 / 0     0 / 14
Grand Slam doubles performances timeline
Tournament     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     Career SR
Australian Open     1R     A     A     A     A     A     0 / 1
French Open     A     A     A     A     A         0 / 0
Wimbledon     A     A     A     Q1     A         0 / 1
US Open     A     A     A     A     A         '0 / 0
SR     0 / 1     0 / 0     0 / 0     0 / 1     0 / 0     0 / 0     0 / 2

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