Janet Souto

Janet Souto-Garcia (born 22 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Janet Souto

Full name	Janet Souto-Garcia
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1967-11-22) 22 November 1967 (age 56) Caracas, Venezuela
Prize money	$59,266
Singles
Career record	93–98
Highest ranking	No. 217 (19 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record	114–76
Highest ranking	No. 122 (17 August 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1992)
US Open	1R (1992, 1994)

Biography

Souto, who comes from Galicia but is Venezuelan by birth, began playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s.^[1]

Often partnering her sister Ninoska, the pair made the doubles semi-finals of the 1988 Spanish Open.

In 1992 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at three grand slam tournaments, all with Ana Segura as her partner. She also featured in the 1994 US Open, partnering Ruxandra Dragomir.^[2]

ITF finals

Singles (1–0)

Legend
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	21 September 1987	Llorca, Spain	Clay	Maria Strandlund	1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (11–10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	28 July 1986	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Ninoska Souto	Rosa Bielsa   Elena Guerra	6–3, 7–6
Win	2.	24 August 1987	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Ninoska Souto	Gaby Castro   Ana Segura	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	3.	7 March 1988	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Ninoska Souto	Lucila Becerra   Claudia Hernández	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	8 August 1988	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Allison Cooper   Mary Norwood	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win	5.	15 August 1988	Caltagirone, Italy	Clay	Titia Wilmink	Gaby Castro   Ana Segura	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	29 August 1988	Corsica, France	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Bettina Diesner   Mareke Plocher	1–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	12 September 1988	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Rosa Bielsa	Anne Grousbeck   Tracey Morton	5–7, 1–6
Loss	8.	28 August 1989	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Rosa Bielsa	Anne Aallonen   Nanne Dahlman	1–6, 1–6
Win	9.	18 September 1989	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Inmaculada Varas	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	12 March 1990	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Ana-Belen Quintana   Ana Segura	5–7, 5–7
Win	11.	25 February 1991	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Janette Husárová   Zdeňka Málková	6–2, 6–3
Loss	12.	8 April 1991	Limoges, France	Carpet	Rosa Bielsa	Anne Aallonen   Eugenia Maniokova	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss	13.	3 June 1991	Milan, Italy	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Nathalie Baudone   Francesca Romano	4–6, 5–7
Win	14.	1 July 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Claudia Piccini   Cristina Salvi	6–3, 6–2
Win	15.	19 August 1991	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Ana Segura	Ingelise Driehuis   Louise Pleming	3–6, 7–6^(5), 6–4
Loss	16.	28 October 1991	Madeira, Portugal	Hard	Rosa Bielsa	Carin Bakkum   Meike Babel	3–6, 2–6
Win	17.	13 July 1992	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Rosa Bielsa	Kylie Johnson   Sabine Lohmann	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	18.	21 September 1992	Acireale, Italy	Hard	Ana Segura	Kirrily Sharpe   Claire Wegink	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	21 February 1994	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Gala León García	Seda Noorlander   Hanneke Ketelaars	4–6, 4–6
Loss	20.	6 June 1994	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Désirée Leupold	Ann Devries   Sofia Prazeres	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	21.	27 June 1994	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Gala León García	Mariam Ramón Climent   María Sánchez Lorenzo	4–6, 6–2, 6–1

References

1. "El Correo hace 25 años". El Correo (in Spanish). 4 February 2010.
2. "Tennis U.S. Open". The Chronicle. newspaperarchive.com. 1 September 1994.

External links

• Janet Souto at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Janet Souto at the International Tennis Federation