Mandy Minella

Mandy Minella

Country (sports)	Luxembourg
Residence	Esch-sur-Alzette Paris, France
Born	(1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$224,146
Singles
Career record	223–176
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 110 (November 14, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 110 (November 14, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q3 (2011)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
US Open	3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	45–52
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	210 (October 03, 2011)
Last updated on: July 18, 2011.

Mandy Minella

Medal record
Tennis
Representing Luxembourg
Games of the Small States of Europe
	2003 Malta	Doubles
	2005 Andorra	Singles
	2005 Andorra	Doubles
	2007 Monaco	Doubles
	2009 Cyprus	Singles
	2009 Cyprus	Doubles
	2003 Malta	Singles
	2007 Monaco	Singles

Mandy Minella (born November 22, 1985 in Esch-sur-Alzette) 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. Minella has not won a Women's Tennis Association title in singles or doubles, but has won six International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, and two ITF doubles titles.

Minella currently resides in Paris and in her city of birth, Esch-sur-Alzette, in Luxembourg. Her parents are Mario and Anna Minella, and she is coached by Norbert Palmier. The Luxembourgian likes to listen to music, and cites clay as her favorite surface.

Tennis career

2000

In 2000, Minella debuted in the Luxembourg Fed Cup team, partnering Celine Francois in the doubles matches against Ukraine and Great Britain, losing both times.

2010

In 2010, Minella had some success on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won two $25,000 events, one in Florida and one in Germany, and finished runner-up in an ITF event in California.

In the qualifying draw for the 2010 U.S. Open, Minella won all three matches and lost just one set. In her first appearance in the main draw of a grand slam, she beat World No. 47 Polona Hercog to advance to the second round. She continued her good performance by defeating World No. 34 and 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova. In the third round of the US Open, she lost 2–6 1–6 to World No. 4 Venus Williams.

ITF Circuit Finals: 13 (7-6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	July 27, 2003	ITF $10,000 Ancona, Italy	Clay	Liana Balaci	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	April 5, 2004	ITF $10,000 Napoli, Italy	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	May 23, 2004	ITF $10,000 Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Matea Mezak	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	4.	August 7, 2005	ITF $10,000 Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	May 21, 2006	ITF $25,000 Caserta, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	May 28, 2006	ITF $25,000 Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	August 9, 2008	ITF $25,000 Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Nathalie Vierin	1–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Winner	8.	April 19, 2009	ITF $25,000 Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay (i)	Youlia Fedossova	7–5, 6-3
Winner	9.	January 24, 2010	ITF $25,000 Lutz, United States	Clay	Jamie Hampton	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	February 14, 2010	ITF $25,000 Laguna Niguel, United States	Hard	Olivia Sanchez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	July 4, 2010	ITF $25,000 Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Elise Tamaela	6–4, 6–2
Winner	12.	July 18, 2011	ITF $25,000 Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Karolina Pliskova	7–6(5), 6–2
Runner-up	13.	October 9, 2011	ITF $50,000 Kōfu, Japan	Clay	Chang Kai-chen	4–6, 6–1, 4–6

Doubles Wins (2)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in final	Score
1.	April 4, 2004	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Elke Clijsters	Michelle Gerards Marielle Hoogland	6–1, 6–0
2.	May 23, 2004	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Lisa Tognetti	Michaela Michalkova Martina Babáková	walkover

External links

• Mandy Minella at the Women's Tennis Association
• Template:ITF junior profile
• Mandy Minella at the Billie Jean King Cup