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Country (sports)
  
Japan

Career record
  
144 - 108

Height
  
1.60 m

Retired
  
1998

Prize money
  
$463,765

Role
  
Tennis player

Education
  
University of Tsukuba


Plays
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Mana Endo

Turned pro
  
1991

Residence
  
Fukuyama City, Japan

Career titles
  
1 WTA, 4 ITF

Weight
  
54 kg

Handed
  
Right-handed

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Born
  
2 June 1971 (age 53) Hiroshima, Japan (
1971-06-02
)

Mana Endo (遠藤 愛, Endō Mana) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player who played on the WTA Tour from 1991 until 1998. She was born on February 6, 1971, in Hiroshima, Japan and resides in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.

She started playing tennis at age 7 with her father and coach Hiroshi. 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 Grandslam (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 she defeated the number five seed Kimiko Date in the second round.

    • References

    Mana Endo Wikipedia
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