Natalia Guitler

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 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 6 July 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 454 whilst her best doubles ranking was 461 on 2 November 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 (1–2)
Result No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1 14 September 2008 Santos, Brazil Clay Fernanda Hermenegildo 3–6, 4–6
Win 1 7 December 2008 Fortaleza, Brazil Clay Nathália Rossi 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2 30 August 2010 Barueri, Brazil Hard Mailen Auroux 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (4–4)
Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1 4 May 2008 Bell Ville, Argentina Clay Joana Cortez Tatiana Búa
Karen Castiblanco		 4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win 1 25 May 2008 Managua, Nicaragua Hard Nathália Rossi Kit Carson
Nicole Monteiro		 3–6, 7–6(2), [11–9]
Loss 2 27 July 2008 Brasília, Brazil Clay Carla Beltrami Fabiana Chiaparini
Carla Tiene		 5–7, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 2 14 September 2008 Santos, Brazil Clay Joana Cortez Ana Clara Duarte
Fernanda Hermenegildo		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3 9 November 2008 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Nathália Rossi Karen Castiblanco
Emilia Yorio		 5–7, 4–6
Win 3 7 December 2008 Fortaleza, Brazil Hard Carla Tiene Aleksandrina Naydenova
Nathália Rossi		 7–6(5), 6–1
Loss 4 5 April 2009 Lima, Peru Clay Bianca Botto Carla Beltrami
María Irigoyen		 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 4 27 September 2009 Obregón, Mexico Hard Andrea Koch Benvenuto Jamie Hampton
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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