Silvana Campos (born 11 May 1966) is a Brazilian former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player.

Biography

Tennis career

Born in

Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: �ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State wi ...

, Campos competed on tour in the 1980s and represented Brazil in international events, including the

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

and

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

. She was fourth in the singles tournament at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

and also featured at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, where tennis was a demonstration sport. At the Olympics she was beaten in the first round by France's

Pascale Paradis Pascale Paradis-Mangon (born 24 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France. Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did ...

. Campos played

Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis. Federation Cup may also refer to: * Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament *Federation Cup ...

tennis for Brazil in 1984 and won all four of her singles rubbers. On the WTA Tour she had her best performance at the 1984

Brasil Open The Brasil Open was a tennis tournament held annually in São Paulo, Brazil. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series, and was one of the main events in the Brazilian tennis calendar alongside ATP Tour 500 Rio Open. Since 2004, it was a part of th ...

in Rio de Janeiro, winning her way through to the semi-finals. Campos appeared in the main draw of the women's doubles at the

1985 French Open The 1985 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 89th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand ...

and reached the second round with partner

Luciana Corsato Luciana Corsato-Owsianka (born 21 January 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Biography Corsato began competing on the professional tour in 1984. Her best performance in a grand slam tournament was a second round appearanc ...

Personal life

Campos was the second of four wives of Brazilian footballer

Sócrates Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with styl ...

, whom she married in 1990. They had one son together, Sócrates Júnior. She took part in the torch relay for the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

in Rio de Janeiro, carrying the torch through the streets of Ribeirão Preto.

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Silvana 1966 births Living people Brazilian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Brazil Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil People from Ribeirão Preto Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian women 20th-century Brazilian women