Mandy Minella

Mandy Minella is a Belgian tennis player. She was born on November 3, 1987, in Lint, Belgium, and has been playing since the age of three.

Minella reached her highest ranking of world number 55 in 2009 and currently ranks at 104th. Her last tournament was Roland Garros, where she lost to Kirsten Flipkens (6-1) 4-6 2-6 and Marion Bartoli (4-6) 1-0 ret., before retiring with an injury.

She began playing tennis at the age of 3 when her mother took her to a club near home, after which she played for 10 years without interruption until 2003 when she stopped because of puberty problems. At that time, Minella also had difficulties in school because she experienced falls during training sessions, which led her parents to consider giving up the sport. Her father said that if she retired from playing Tennis, he would allow her an extra year of studies so that she could get back on track.