Noelia Pérez Peñate on the ITF circuit, but in 1993 she qualified for the doubles at Montpellier with Åsa Carlsson and the pair made the quarter-finals. Noelia Pérez Peñate Noelia Pérez Peñate (born 6 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Pérez comes from Spain's Canary Islands and is the first person from the autonomous community to appear at grand slam level, having played at the Australian and US Open main draws. In 1992 she featured in two doubles matches for the Spain Fed Cup team. Both matches, which Spain lost, were in dead rubbers, partnering Arantxa Sanchez Vicario against
Laura Granville tennis singles championships as a sophomore at Stanford University. Turned professional after her sophomore year and reached three ITF circuit semifinals. 2002- Won two ITF tournaments, was the runner-up in two ITF tournaments, reached her first-ever WTA tour quarterfinals in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. and Luxembourg (beating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the first round), won three singles matches at Wimbledon (including a defeat of Mary Pierce), reached the third round at the tournament in Montreal, and made her Top 100 and Top 50 debuts. 2007- Defeated former World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the third round at Wimbledon to match