Letícia Sobral

Letícia Sobral

Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1980-12-06) 6 December 1980 (age 43) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prize money	$84,960
Singles
Career record	178–181 (49.6%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 284 (13 February 2006)
Doubles
Career record	215–135 (61.4%)
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 105 (22 May 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–1

Letícia Sobral (born 6 December 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Sobral began competing on the ITF Circuit in the late 1990s and went on to win 25 doubles titles, the first in 2003.^[1]

With a best doubles ranking of 105 in the world, she featured in the main draw of several WTA Tour events from 2005 to 2007, all with regular partner María José Argeri.

In 2006, she appeared in four Fed Cup ties for Brazil, winning all three of her completed doubles matches.

Sobral is now based in São Paulo and works as a tennis coach.^[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 December 2001	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Sabrina Eisenberg	6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up	2.	29 June 2003	Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Carla Tiene	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	24 August 2003	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Jenifer Widjaja	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	26 October 2003	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 40 (25–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 May 2000	Itajaí, Brazil	Hard	Nathalia Bellizia	Jorgelina Cravero Claudia Salgues	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1 April 2001	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Marcela Evangelista	Celeste Contín Romina Ottoboni	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	22 April 2001	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	Marcela Evangelista	Tassia Sono Carla Tiene	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	10 June 2001	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Marcela Evangelista	Chanelle Scheepers Lara van Rooyen	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	9 September 2001	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Marcela Evangelista	Jorgelina Barrera Salome Llaguno	2–6, 7–6(4), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	28 July 2002	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Marcela Evangelista	Alejandra Rivero Regina Temez	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	1 October 2002	Mexicali, Mexico	Hard	Marcela Evangelista	Celeste Contín Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	17 November 2002	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Marcela Evangelista	Larissa Carvalho Bruna Colosio	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	24 August 2003	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Marcela Evangelista	Valentina Castro Andrea Koch Benvenuto	3–6, 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Winner	10.	8 September 2003	Santiago, Chile	Clay	María José Argeri	Andrea Benítez Virginia Donda	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	26 October 2003	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	María José Argeri	Zuzana Černá Eva Hrdinová	w/o
Winner	12.	23 February 2004	Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	María José Argeri	Eszter Molnár Maria Wolfbrandt	6–3, 6–3
Winner	13.	25 May 2004	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	María José Argeri	Emilia Desiderio Claudia Ivone	6–0, 6–1
Winner	14.	9 August 2004	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	María José Argeri	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	6–4, 6–3
Winner	15.	16 August 2004	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Hard	María José Argeri	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	6–3, 6–1
Winner	16.	23 August 2004	La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	María José Argeri	Marcela Evangelista Carla Tiene	6–1, 6–3
Winner	17.	6 September 2004	Santiago, Chile	Clay	María José Argeri	Bruna Colosio Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	6–2, 6–0
Winner	18.	18 October 2004	Goiânia, Brazil	Clay	María José Argeri	Joana Cortez Marcela Evangelista	6–3, 6–3
Winner	19.	24 October 2004	Florianapolis, Brazil	Clay	María José Argeri	Larissa Carvalho Jenifer Widjaja	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	20.	4 April 2005	Porto, Portugal	Hard	María José Argeri	Annette Kolb Laura Zelder	7–6(6), 6–1
Winner	21.	11 April 2005	Porto, Portugal	Hard	María José Argeri	Lisanne Balk Surina De Beer	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(13)
Runner-up	22.	15 May 2005	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	María José Argeri	Claire Curran Natalie Grandin	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	23.	5 June 2005	Nanjing, China	Hard	María José Argeri	Chuang Chia-jung Xie Yanze	3–6, 7–6(5), 2–6
Winner	24.	4 July 2005	College Park, United States	Hard	María José Argeri	Ashley Harkleroad Svetlana Krivencheva	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(1)
Winner	25.	18 July 2005	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María José Argeri	Maria Fernanda Alves Frederica Piedade	6–0, 6–2
Winner	26.	4 October 2005	Ciudad Juárez, Mexico	Clay	María José Argeri	Soledad Esperón Olga Vymetálková	7–6(1), 6–3
Winner	27.	11 October 2005	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	María José Argeri	Soledad Esperón Valentina Sassi	6–3, 6–4
Winner	28.	18 October 2005	Mexico City	Hard	María José Argeri	Soledad Esperón Kelly Liggan	7–6(2), 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up	29.	7 February 2006	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	María José Argeri	Milagros Sequera Meilen Tu	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	30.	4 April 2006	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	María José Argeri	Carla Tiene Jenifer Widjaja	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	31.	8 May 2006	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	María José Argeri	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova	4–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	32.	15 May 2006	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	María José Argeri	Ivana Abramović Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 0–6
Winner	33.	16 July 2006	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María José Argeri	Carla Tiene Jenifer Widjaja	6–3, 6–3
Winner	34.	31 July 2006	Vigo, Spain	Hard	María José Argeri	Larissa Carvalho Joana Cortez	6–4, 6–3
Winner	35.	8 August 2006	Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	María José Argeri	Joana Cortez Neuza Silva	7–6(4), 7–6(5)
Winner	36.	31 October 2006	Mexico City	Hard	María José Argeri	Maria Fernanda Alves Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 7–5
Winner	37.	7 November 2006	Mexico City	Hard	María José Argeri	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Yvonne Meusburger	6–4, 6–2
Winner	38.	11 June 2007	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	María José Argeri	Story Tweedie-Yates Christina Wheeler	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	39.	30 July 2007	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	María José Argeri	Joana Cortez Roxane Vaisemberg	5–7, 0–6
Winner	40.	3 September 2007	Barueri, Brazil	Hard	Fabiana Chiaparini	Soledad Esperón María Irigoyen	6–7(4), 6–4, [11–9]

References

External links

• Letícia Sobral at the Women's Tennis Association
• Letícia Sobral at the International Tennis Federation
• Letícia Sobral at the Billie Jean King Cup