68 Facts About Mandy Minella

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Mandy Minella was born on 22 November 1985 and is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg.

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Mandy Minella won 16 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

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Mandy Minella was coached by Norbert Palmier from May 2008 until 2011.

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Mandy Minella is coached by Tim Sommer, her husband since October 2014.

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In 2000, Mandy Minella debuted for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team, partnering Celine Francois in the doubles matches against the teams of Ukraine and Great Britain, losing both times.

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Mandy Minella reached her first ITF singles final in 2003, losing to Liana-Gabriela Balaci in three sets.

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Mandy Minella lost again in ITF finals in 2004, before winning her first singles title in Zadar later that year.

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In 2010, Mandy Minella had more success on the ITF Circuit, winning two $25k events, in Lutz, Florida and in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, and finishing runner-up in Laguna Niguel, California.

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Mandy Minella continued her good performance by defeating world No 34 and Wimbledon semifinalist, Tsvetana Pironkova.

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In 2012, Mandy Minella played her first Australian Open main draw.

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Mandy Minella was given direct entry, being ranked No 110.

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Mandy Minella lost to American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round.

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Mandy Minella then went on to reach the final of a $100k tournament in Cali.

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Mandy Minella fared better in doubles, winning the title with Karin Knapp.

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Mandy Minella then played at the Copa Colsanitas, losing in the first round.

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Mandy Minella reached the final in doubles; her first WTA final of any kind.

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Mandy Minella followed this up with a win over wildcard Yaroslava Shvedova in a tight three-setter.

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Mandy Minella lost to second seed Sara Errani in her first WTA singles quarterfinal.

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At the Nurnberger Gastein tournament, Mandy Minella defeated Johanna Larsson to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal.

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Mandy Minella reached the third round of Wimbledon doubles alongside Olga Govortsova, losing to Llagostera Vives and Martinez Sanchez.

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In 2013, Mandy Minella started her season at the Shenzhen Open, where she faced first seed Li Na but lost in straight sets.

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Mandy Minella then played the Hobart International where she qualified for the main draw but lost to Monica Niculescu in the first round.

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Mandy Minella then continued her disappointing run of first-round losses where she lost to Valeria Savinykh in the first round of the Australian Open.

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Mandy Minella partnered Megan Moulton-Levy in the doubles event and saved multiple match points in their first-round match, eventually going on to win.

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Mandy Minella then played the Paris indoor but suffered a first-round loss in qualifying and another first-round loss in doubles.

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Mandy Minella then went to play in the Copa Colsanitas where she had more positive results, reaching the quarterfinals in singles, beating Tatjana Malek and Timea Babos before losing to Teliana Pereira.

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Mandy Minella went on to play the Mexican Open but lost to Silvia Soler Espinosa in the first round.

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Mandy Minella then lost out to Olga Govortsova at Indian Wells in a tight three-setter.

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At Miami, Mandy Minella fell in qualifying to junior player Katerina Siniakova.

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Mandy Minella then suffered another first-round loss at Charleston, to Camila Giorgi.

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Mandy Minella then went on to play the Marrakech Grand Prix and defeated Estrella Cabeza Candela in the first round, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi in the second, and Soler Espinosa in the quarterfinals.

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Mandy Minella lost her semifinal match to Lourdes Dominguez Lino but won the doubles event with Timea Babos.

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Mandy Minella played the French Open, suffering first-round losses in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

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Mandy Minella then had a string of first-round losses, including at the Wimbledon Championships to the world No 1, Serena Williams.

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Mandy Minella then suffered early losses in multiple tournaments including losses to Estrella Cabeza Candela, Casey Dellacqua, Belinda Bencic and Caroline Wozniacki.

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Mandy Minella then went on to play at the ITF Poitiers where she defeated Donna Vekic in the first round, only to lose to eventual tournament champion, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in the second.

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Mandy Minella played the Tevlin Women's Challenger defeating Elisabeth Fournier and Julia Boserup easily before falling to eventual champion, Victoria Duval, in the quarterfinals.

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Mandy Minella then went to her last tournament of the year at the South Seas Island Resort Women's Pro Classic, defeating Hsu Chieh-yu, Allie Will, Boserup and Allie Kiick to reach the final in which she played Gabriela Dabrowski, defeating her in straight sets.

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In 2014, Mandy Minella started the year at the Brisbane International where she lost to Heather Watson in the first round of qualifying, but reached the semifinals in the doubles event partnering Chanelle Scheepers.

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Mandy Minella scored her first win of the season at the Australian Open where she defeated German qualifier Carina Witthoft in straight sets, scoring her first win at a Grand Slam championship outside of the US Open, but her run was not to go further as she fell in the second round to 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

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Mandy Minella then was forced to withdraw from the events in Paris, Rio and Acapulco, as well as the Fed Cup due to an edema in her right arm, in which she had experienced pain whilst playing in Australia.

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Mandy Minella made her comeback at the Indian Wells Open, losing to Allie Klick in the first round of qualifying.

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Mandy Minella lost again at the first qualifying stage a fortnight later in Miami.

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Mandy Minella had to take a couple of weeks off again due to the edema and hoped to be back in Marrakech for the Morocco Open, but sat out a further week before playing at the $25k Wiesbaden Open in Germany, losing in the first round of singles, but making the final in doubles with Julia Glushko.

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Mandy Minella encountered further first-round losses at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Prague, the French Open and Marseille.

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Mandy Minella then won the $25k in Essen defeating Richel Hogenkamp in the final.

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Mandy Minella then went on to have success on the ITF Circuit reaching the semifinals of a $25k event in Stuttgart, reaching the quarterfinals at the Lorraine Open 88 and the semifinals at Biarritz.

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Mandy Minella then went to play the US Open suffering a first-round loss to Kateryna Kozlova in the first qualifying round.

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Mandy Minella had scheduled to play doubles at the US Open with Camila Giorgi, but later withdrew.

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Mandy Minella started her Asian tour at the Tashkent Open where she was defending semifinal points but she failed to do so, losing in the first round to Donna Vekic.

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Mandy Minella then continued to lose in qualifying rounds in Beijing and Linz, but continued her success with Barthel in the doubles competitions in Wuhan, Beijing and Linz winning a round in each.

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Mandy Minella's year ended in her home tournament in Luxembourg where she faced Barthel in the first round and lost in straight sets.

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In 2015, Mandy Minella went to Melbourne in mid-December to prepare early for the season.

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Mandy Minella started in Auckland where she won two matches in qualifying over Barbora Krejcikova and Sharon Fichman, before falling at the last hurdle to Anna Tatishvili.

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Mandy Minella had no luck in the doubles event with Barthel, losing in the first round.

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Mandy Minella then headed to the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round to Paula Ormaechea.

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Mandy Minella fared better in the doubles event with Barthel, they reached the second round.

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Mandy Minella then went on to reach the quarterfinals at the Burnie International, falling to eventual champion Daria Gavrilova.

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At the Bolivar Open, Mandy Minella won the doubles title partnering Lourdes Dominguez Lino, defeating Mariana Duque and Julia Glushko in the final.

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Mandy Minella continued her poor form in singles where she had a string of early losses in WTA and ITF draws as well as the mistake of forgetting to enter the French Open singles qualifying tournament.

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At Wimbledon, Mandy Minella won her first career matches on grass, reaching the final qualifying round, defeating Amanda Carreras and Lourdes Dominguez Lino before losing to Laura Siegemund.

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Mandy Minella won the singles and doubles title of the Challenger, defeating players such as Sofia Arvidsson, Jovana Jaksic, Antonia Lottner, Jessica Pegula and Nicole Gibbs.

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Mandy Minella had more success in the doubles competition, where she partnered Julie Coin, reaching the quarterfinals.

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In 2016, Mandy Minella started the year poorly, including a string of first-round losses in Auckland, Melbourne and Launceston.

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However, Mandy Minella bowed out in the first or second round of her next four events which included both ITF and WTA tournaments.

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Mandy Minella began her 2016 clay-court campaign at the Prague Open.

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Mandy Minella was born in Esch-sur-Alzette to parents Mario and Anna Mandy Minella and started playing tennis at the age of five.

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On 17 October 2014, Mandy Minella married her coach and boyfriend Tim Sommer in her home town of Esch-sur-Alzette.