Vitória Miranda (August 20, 2007) is a Brazilian
Paralympic wheelchair tennis player who represents her country in various international competitions. She has won significant titles in junior circuits, such as the Australian Open and French Open wheelchair girls' singles and wheelchair girls' doubles in 2025.
She was also a runner-up in wheelchair girls' singles and wheelchair girls' doubles at the
2024 US Open and in Wheelchair girls' doubles at
2024 Roland Garros.
Miranda is the current world number one in the wheelchair girls' ITF ranking.
As of now, Miranda is also the best ranked player from Brazil in the wheelchair woman's singles ITF professional ranking and the second best in doubles.
Personal life
Vitória Miranda was born prematurely and has only 10% strength in her legs.
Junior career
2024: Multiple Grand Slam finals
In 2024, Miranda was the runner-up in three Grand Slam finals. First, she got to be in the wheelchair girls' doubles final at
Roland Garros, in which she participated alongside Japanese player Yuma Takamuro. They faced Ksenia Chasteau from France and Maylee Phelps from United States and lost by a score of 3/6, 6/0,
8–16
In the next semester, she was at the
US Open finals in both wheelchair girls' singles and wheelchair girls' doubles. In the singles final, she faced Yuma Takamuro from Japan and lost by a score of 2/6, 6/4, 6/4. In doubles, she played alongside Luna Gryp from
Belgium
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and lost 6/3, 6/2 against the Japanese duo Rio Okano and Yuma Takamuro.
2025: Multiple Grand Slam titles
In January 2025, Miranda played in the inaugural
Australian Open junior wheelchair tennis competition in both the singles and doubles draws. She got the trophy in doubles partnering with
Belgian player Luna Gryp. In the final, they faced Sabina Czauz from the
United States
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and Ailina Mosko from
Latvia
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and won by a score of 6/1, 6/1.
Miranda was also crowned champion in the singles draw. Once again facing Czauz in the final, she got a comeback victory with a score of 0/6, 6/3, 7/6(4).
At the
2025 French Open, Miranda was once again a junior Grand Slam champion in both singles and doubles. In the singles final she once again faced
Sabina Czauz and won with a score of 6-3 6-2.
At the doubles final she played alongside
Belgian player Luna Gryp one more time and faced Emma Gjerseth from Sweden and
Sabina Czauz. She once again won with a score of 6-3 6-2.
External links
Vitória Miranda at the International Tennis FederationVitória Miranda at the Australian OpenVitória Miranda at Roland Garros
References
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Living people
2007 births
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Brazilian wheelchair tennis players
21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Brazil
Brazilian female tennis players
Grand Slam (tennis) junior tournament champions
Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte