Luciana Corsato-Owsianka (born 21 January 1966) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Brazil.
Biography
Corsato began competing on the professional tour in 1984.
Her best performance in a
grand slam
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tournament was a second round appearance at the
1988 French Open, which she competed in as a lucky loser from qualifying.
In 1989 she was a doubles finalist at the WTA Tour event in Guaruja and made the quarter-finals of the singles at Taranto.
She had her best WTA Tour result in singles at São Paulo in 1990, when she made it through to the semi-finals, in a run which included a win over top seed
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As a member of Brazil's Fed Cup team she featured in a total of seven ties. In a World Group play off tie against Argentina in 1991 she won her only singles match, over
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Later settling in Germany, Corsato married local tennis coach Marek Owsianka.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles (0-1)
ITF finals
Singles (2–3)
Doubles (2–2)
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1966 births
Living people
Brazilian female tennis players
Brazilian emigrants to Germany
Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Brazil
21st-century Brazilian women
20th-century Brazilian women