Natalia Guitler (born 4 June 1987) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player,[1] freestyle footballer, footvolley player, and teqball player.

Biography

Guitler was born on June 4, 1987, in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Her family is originally from Argentina, from where her parents emigrated in 1980. She is the fourth daughter of Leonor Rosa Maman and Cesar Alberto Guitler. She has three older brothers, Gaston, Felipe and Lucas.

Tennis career

When Guitler was just four years old, she started playing tennis, a sport that led her to live in Argentina for five years. On July 6, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 454 whilst her best doubles ranking was 461 on November 2, 2009. Guitler has won one singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She left professional tennis at the end of 2009.

Teqball career

Guitler started playing teqball after tennis. In 2018, her partner Marcos Vieira da Silva finished fourth in doubles.[2] The following year, they became champions in Budapest.[3]

Natalia has gained national and international fame by showing her entire category in Footvolley and futmesa matches against well-known athletes like Neymar and Ronaldinho among others.[4][5][6]

Her talent earned her the signing of an agreement with Adidas, representing the brand as an ambassador for women's football and with Mikasa, signing her official Futvolley ball.

Football career

Guitler represented Brazil in football at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, scoring for the team during the tournament.[7]

ITF Circuit Finals

$10,000 tournaments

Singles : 3 (1–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1 14 September 2008 Santos, Brazil Clay Brazil Fernanda Hermenegildo 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1 7 December 2008 Fortaleza, Brazil Clay Brazil Nathália Rossi 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2 30 August 2010 Barueri, Brazil Hard Argentina Mailen Auroux 4–6, 2–6

Doubles : 8 (4–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1 4 May 2008 Bell Ville, Argentina Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Argentina Tatiana Búa

Colombia Karen Castiblanco

 4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Winner 1 25 May 2008 Managua, Nicaragua Hard Brazil Nathália Rossi United States Kit Carson

Netherlands Nicole Monteiro

 3–6, 7–6(2), [11–9]
Runner-up 2 27 July 2008 Brasília, Brazil Clay Argentina Carla Beltrami Brazil Fabiana Chiaparini

Brazil Carla Tiene

 5–7, 6–4, [11–13]
Winner 2 14 September 2008 Santos, Brazil Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Brazil Ana Clara Duarte

Brazil Fernanda Hermenegildo

 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 3 9 November 2008 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Brazil Nathália Rossi Colombia Karen Castiblanco

Argentina Emilia Yorio

 5–7, 4–6
Winner 3 7 December 2008 Fortaleza, Brazil Hard Brazil Carla Tiene Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova

Brazil Nathália Rossi

 7–6(5), 6–1
Runner-up 4 5 April 2009 Lima, Peru Clay Peru Bianca Botto Argentina Carla Beltrami

Argentina María Irigoyen

 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner 4 27 September 2009 Cd. Obregón, Mexico Hard Chile Andrea Koch Benvenuto United States Jamie Hampton

United States Whitney Jones

 7–6(6), 6–4

References

  1. ↑ "Natalia Guitler".
  2. ↑ "Results – Doubles ( 2018 World Championships)".
  3. ↑ "Results – Mixed doubles ( 2019 World Championships)".
  4. ↑ "Conheça Natalia Guitler, a mulher que já venceu Neymar no futmesa e impressionou até Ronaldinho Gaúcho no futevôlei". espn.com.br. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  5. ↑ "De Neymar a Ronaldinho, todos querem jogar com Natalia Guitler - UOL Esporte". olharolimpico.blogosfera.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Campeã em Brasília, Natália Guitler mantém reinado do futevôlei em Barcelona | outros esportes | ge". globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Round Robin - Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - Brazil v Great Britain". 2017 Maccabiah Games. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
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