Luciana Tella
# Luciana Tella

Luciana Camargo Tella (born 31 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

## Biography

Born in Campinas, Tella first appeared on the WTA Tour in the 1986 season and went on to reach a top ranking 154 in the world in singles.

At the 1988 French Open, she competed in the main draw of both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events.

She featured in a total of 19 Fed Cup ties for Brazil, which included World Group fixtures against Czechoslovakia in 1988 and Canada in 1989.

Her representative career included appearing at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, where she partnered with Andrea Vieira to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles.

Since 1998, she has run the Tella Tennis Academy in Campinas.

## ITF Circuit finals

* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 15 (7–8)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 1. | 28 September 1986 | ITF Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Tracie Blumentritt | 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2. | 6 December 1986 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Natacha Marcucci | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1. | 7 September 1987 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Michèle Strebel | 3–6, 6–4, 2–0 ret. |
| Loss | 3. | 14 September 1987 | ITF Medellín, Colombia | Clay | Andrea Vieira | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2. | 18 September 1988 | ITF Medellín, Colombia | Clay | Paloma Collantes | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 26 September 1988 | ITF Bogota, Colombia | Clay | Karin Ptaszek | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | 15 May 1989 | ITF Jaffa, Israel | Hard | Petra Thorén | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1 June 1992 | ITF Brindisi, Italy | Clay | Flora Perfetti | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | 10 May 1993 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Sandra Cacic | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | 16 May 1993 | ITF León, Mexico | Clay | Sandra Cacic | 4–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | 9 October 1994 | ITF La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Carla Rodríguez | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7. | 30 October 1994 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Vieira | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 21 November 1994 | ITF La Plata, Argentina | Clay | Lea Ghirardi | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | 28 November 1994 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Eugenia Maia | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7. | 19 February 1995 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Miriam D'Agostini | 6–3, $7–6^{(5)}$ |

### Doubles: 24 (14–10)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 1. | 6 December 1986 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Claudia Tella | Gisele Faria Adriana Florido | 6–4, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | 7 September 1987 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Carolina Espinoza Macarena Miranda | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 14 September 1987 | ITF Medellín, Colombia | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Macarena Miranda Andrea Tiezzi | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 3. | 21 September 1987 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Macarena Miranda Andrea Tiezzi | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | 21 March 1988 | Reims, France | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Gaby Castro Ana Segura | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | 18 April 1988 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Michèle Strebel | Hellas ter Riet Jennifer Fuchs | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 25 September 1988 | Medellín, Colombia | Clay | Gisele Faria | Henriette Kjær Nielsen Anja Michailoff | 0–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | 2 October 1988 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Gisele Faria | Paloma Collantes Alessandra Kaul | 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3. | 15 May 1989 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | Anne Aallonen | Ilana Berger María José Llorca | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 3 July 1989 | Vaihingen, West Germany | Clay | Andrea Tiezzi | Anouschka Popp Réka Szikszay | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 4 December 1989 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 13 August 1990 | Brasília, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Sofie Albinus Samantha Smith | $6–7^{(2)},$ 6–4, 3–6 |
| Win | 7. | 12 November 1990 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Clay | Cláudia Chabalgoity | Anne Grousbeck Lihini Weerasuriya | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7. | 21 June 1992 | Milan, Italy | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Kyōko Nagatsuka Miki Yokobori | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 19 September 1994 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Vanessa Menga | Paula Cabezas Emilie Viqueira | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 26 September 1994 | ITF Lima, Peru | Clay | Vanessa Menga | Laura Arraya María Eugenia Rojas | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9. | 30 October 1994 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 28 November 1994 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Vanessa Menga | Carmiña Giraldo Paula Umaña | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9. | 20 November 1995 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Eugenia Maia | Vanessa Menga Andrea Vieira | $6–7^{(3)},$ 3–6 |
| Win | 11. | 4 December 1995 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Vanessa Menga | Nannie de Villiers Katalin Marosi | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12. | 1 July 1996 | ITF Santos, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Vieira | Vanessa Menga Joelle Schad | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10. | 8 July 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Renata Diez | Vanessa Menga Joelle Schad | $7–6^{(6)},$ 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 13. | 1 December 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Miriam D'Agostini Andrea Vieira | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 14. | 8 December 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Susie Starrett Paige Yaroshuk | 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
