Mana Endo

Mana Endo
遠藤えんどう愛あい
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Fukuyama City, Japan
Born	6 February 1971 (age 53); Hiroshima, Japan
Turned pro	1991
Retired	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$463,765
Singles
Career record	144–108
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (26 September 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1996)
French Open	3R (1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1992, 1994)
US Open	4R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	25–42
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 98 (30 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1995)

Mana Endo (遠藤えんどう愛あい, Endō Mana) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She was born on February 6, 1971, in Hiroshima and resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.

She started playing tennis at age seven with her father and coach Hiroshi and played on the WTA Tour from 1991 until 1998. 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 when she defeated the fifth seed Kimiko Date in the second round.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
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 International, Australia	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–1, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	2.	14 January 1996	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	1–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	12 November 1989	Matsuyama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Yone Kamio	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	30 September 1990	Kuroshio, Japan	10,000	Hard	Yone Kamio	6–2, 6–1
Win	3.	28 October 1990	Nagasaki, Japan	25,000	Hard	Yone Kamio	0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	10 November 1991	Kofu, Japan	25,000	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	6–4, 6–0

Doubles (0–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	18 October 1993	ITF Kugayama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Masako Yanagi	Mami Donoshiro Yuka Tanaka	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	31 October 1993	ITF Kyoto, Japan	10,000	Hard	Masako Yanagi	Maija Avotins Lisa McShea	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 5–7
Loss	3.	7 November 1993	ITF Saga, Japan	25,000	Grass	Naoko Sawamatsu	Ei Iida Maya Kidowaki	2–6, 6–3, 2–6

External links

Mana Endo at the Women's Tennis Association
Mana Endo at the International Tennis Federation
Mana Endo at the Billie Jean King Cup

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