Bárbara Luz

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Bárbara Luz
Luz at the 2015 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 30)
Coimbra
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Prize money$39,747
Singles
Career record112–86 (56.6%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 368 (26 May 2014)
Doubles
Career record46–66 (41.1%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 446 (20 October 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–9

Bárbara Luz (born 28 May 1993) is a former professional tennis player from Portugal.

She won three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 26 May 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 368. On 20 October 2014, she peaked at No. 446 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Luz has a 2–9 win–loss record.

ITF finals[edit]

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2011 ITF Amarante, Portugal Hard Portugal Magali de Lattre 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2011 ITF Goiânia, Brazil Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India Hard India Ankita Raina 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–3 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India Hard India Ankita Raina 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–3 Jun 2013 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal Carpet Italy Alice Balducci 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 3–4 Feb 2014 ITF Palma Nova, Spain Clay Russia Ekaterina Lopes 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2014 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal Hard Russia Ekaterina Lopes 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–6 Mar 2014 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal Hard Belgium Elise Mertens 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Espinho, Portugal Clay United States Samantha Powers Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Germany Lena-Marie Hofmann
3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2011 ITF Salvador, Brazil Hard Brazil Karina Venditti Brazil Marcela Bueno
Brazil Flávia Guimarães Bueno
6–7(2–7), 1–3 ret.
Loss 0–3 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia Romania Irina Bara
Romania Diana Buzean
5–7, 1–6
Win 1–3 Nov 2013 ITF Sant Jordi, Spain Hard Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz India Sowjanya Bavisetti
Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez
7–5, 6–4

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation[edit]

Singles[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2013 Z1 R/R Feb 2013 Eilat, Israel Hungary Hungary Hard Hungary Gréta Arn L 1–6, 2–6
2014 Z1 R/R Feb 2014 Budapest, Hungary Turkey Turkey Hard (i) Turkey İpek Soylu L 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Z1 P/O Feb 2014 Belgium Belgium Belgium An-Sophie Mestach L 6–2, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2012 Z1 R/R Feb 2012 Eilat, Israel Netherlands Netherlands Hard Portugal Margarida Moura Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
L 3–6, 0–6
2013 Z1 R/R Feb 2013 Eilat, Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Husarić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
W 6–1, 6–0
2014 Z1 R/R Feb 2014 Budapest, Hungary Bulgaria Bulgaria Hard (i) Portugal Inês Murta Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova
Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova
L 2–6, 5–7
Belarus Belarus Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Belarus Ilona Kremen
Belarus Iryna Shymanovich
L 1–6, 0–6
Turkey Turkey Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Turkey Pemra Özgen
W 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Z1 P/O Belgium Belgium Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
L 6–7(3–7), 0–6
2015 Z1 R/R Feb 2015 Budapest, Hungary Bulgaria Bulgaria Hard (i) Portugal Michelle Larcher de Brito Bulgaria Dia Evtimova
Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova
L 0–6, 3–6
Belarus Belarus Portugal Inês Murta Belarus Vera Lapko
Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
L 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 2–6

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