Mana Endo

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameMana•Endo
Used nameMana•Endo
Original name遠藤•愛
Born6 February 1971 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima (JPN)
Measurements160 cm / 55 kg
NOC Japan

Biography

Mana Endo was a Japanese tennis player who played professionally from 1991 to 1998. Endo achieved a career-best singles ranking of 26 in the world in September 1994, and a doubles ranking of 98 in the world in January 1995.

Endo won her first singles title on the ITF circuit in November 1989 when she beat Yone Kamio in straight sets in Matsuyama. Endo won three more ITF titles during her career, with all her wins occurring in Japan. She competed at 22 Grand Slams tournaments as a singles player, with her best performance coming at the 1994 US Open, when she reached the fourth round.

Endo competed at the 1991 Summer Universiade where she won gold in the singles and silver in the doubles. The following year she played in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, reaching the second round. At the 1994 Asian Games she won gold in the team event and a bronze in the doubles.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Tennis JPN Mana Endo
Singles, Women (Olympic) =17

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