María Fernanda Álvarez Terán

María Fernanda Álvarez Terán^[a] (Latin American Spanish: [maˈɾi.a feɾˈnanda ˈalβaɾes teˈɾan]; born 28 February 1989), also known as MFAT, is a former tennis player from Bolivia.

María Fernanda Álvarez

Álvarez in 2014
Full name	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Country (sports)	Bolivia
Residence	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Born	(1988-02-28) 28 February 1988 (age 37) Santa Cruz
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$143,924
Singles
Career record	291–169
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 187 (28 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	244–122
Career titles	24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 137 (7 April 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	32–33

Álvarez was ranked No. 15 in the junior rankings in 2007. She won tournaments including doubles at the Copa Gatorade, Copa Milo in singles, Méditerranée Avenir in doubles, and Raquette D'Or, Riad 21, both in singles, and 21st Copa Gerdau and Condor de Plata, both in doubles.

On the senior tour, her best singles ranking was world No. 187, achieved in September 2009. On 7 April 2014, she peaked at No. 137 in the doubles rankings. Her last match on the ITF Women's Circuit she competed in her hometown Santa Cruz, in December 2016.

Playing for Bolivia Fed Cup team, Álvarez Terán has a win–loss record of 32–33.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–5) Clay (6–7) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	13 September 2007	ITF Santo Andre, Brazil	Hard	María Irigoyen	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	4 November 2007	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nataly Yoo	6–0, 6–0
Win	3.	10 November 2007	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Vivian Segnini	7–6(9), 6–2
Loss	1.	2 December 2007	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	10 May 2008	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Andrea Benítez	7–6, 0–6, 6–0
Loss	2.	13 July 2008	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	0–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	8 November 2008	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	5.	16 November 2008	ITF Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Tarakaa Bertrand	6–0, 6–2
Win	6.	23 November 2008	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Megan Moulton-Levy	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	19 July 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Marina Giral Lores	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Win	7.	2 August 2009	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	15 August 2009	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Carla Beltrami	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	5.	1 August 2010	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Aranza Salut	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	6.	7 August 2010	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Camila Silva	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	9.	27 March 2011	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	17 July 2011	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	10.	7 October 2012	ITF Gainesville, United States	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	2–6, 6–0, 7–5
Loss	8.	24 November 2012	ITF Temuco, Chile	Clay	Vanesa Furlanetto	3–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	11.	24 May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Anna Brogan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9.	31 May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Irina Bara	7–6(2), 1–6, 0–6
Loss	10.	16 August 2015	ITF Bursa, Turkey	Hard	Ayla Aksu	3–6, 1–6
Loss	11.	30 August 2015	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	6–7(3), 6–2, 3–6
Loss	12.	3 October 2015	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	Clay	Daniela Seguel	2–6, 1–6
Win	12.	17 October 2015	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 43 (24 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (9–9) Clay (15–10) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	12 May 2006	ITF Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Bahia Mouhtassine Émilie Bacquet	w/o
Loss	2.	1 September 2007	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Claudia Razzeto	Soledad Esperón María Irigoyen	2–6, 2–6
Win	1.	22 September 2007	ITF Itajaí, Brazil	Clay	Carla Tiene	Verónica Spiegel Emilia Yorio	5–7, 6–2, [11–9]
Win	2.	20 October 2007	ITF Valencia, Venezuela	Clay	Mariana Muci	Kit Carson Katie Ruckert	6–1, 6–4
Win	3.	27 October 2007	ITF Valencia, Venezuela	Hard	Mariana Muci	Karen Castiblanco Hilda Zuleta Cabrera	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	4.	4 November 2007	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nataly Yoo	Marcela Fonseca Villarreal Maria Nivia	6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	9 November 2007	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Claudia Razzeto	Ana Clara Duarte Mariana Muci	3–6, 7–6(7), [10–5]
Loss	3.	1 December 2007	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Mariana Muci	Lorena Arias Erika Clarke	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	15 November 2008	ITF Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Indire Akiki	Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Erika Clarke	6–7, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	5.	22 November 2008	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Verónica Spiegel	Audra Cohen Megan Moulton-Levy	2–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	23 May 2009	ITF Santos, Brazil	Clay	María Irigoyen	Monique Adamczak Florencia Molinero	6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	6.	5 September 2009	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Jade Curtis	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	1–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Win	7.	10 October 2009	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Frederica Piedade	Karen Castiblanco Alina Jidkova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	31 October 2009	ITF Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	Karen Castiblanco	Kimberly Couts Heidi El Tabakh	3–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	8 May 2010	ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Bianca Botto Amanda Carreras	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	9.	26 November 2010	ITF Barueri, Brazil	Hard	Aranza Salut	Fernanda Faria Paula Cristina Gonçalves	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	8.	2 April 2011	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	10.	6 April 2012	ITF Villa María, Argentina	Clay	Camila Silva	Patricia Iveth Ku Flores Daniela Seguel	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss	11.	13 April 2012	ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina	Clay	Ornella Caron	Vanesa Furlanetto Aranza Salut	w/o
Win	9.	4 May 2012	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Gabriela Paz	Carla Forte Laura Pigossi	6–0, 6–3
Win	10.	12 May 2012	ITF Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Gabriela Paz	Alizé Lim Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–2, 6–4
Loss	12.	9 June 2012	ITF El Paso, United States	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 3–6
Win	11.	3 August 2012	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Luciana Sarmenti	Patricia Iveth Ku Flores Victoria Lozano	7–6(7), 6–4
Win	12.	30 September 2012	ITF Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Elizabeth Ferris Anastasia Kharchenko	6–2, 6–2
Win	13.	6 October 2012	ITF Gainesville, United States	Clay	Angelina Gabueva	Kristi Boxx Keri Wong	7–6(7), 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	13.	3 November 2012	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	14.	9 November 2012	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Anamika Bhargava Sylvia Krywacz	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	14.	6 April 2013	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	Ilona Kremen Angelique van der Meet	3–6, 4–6
Win	15.	13 April 2013	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Stéphanie Dubois Olga Savchuk	6–2, 6–3
Win	16.	3 May 2013	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Keri Wong	Naomi Totka Karina Venditti	6–1, 6–2
Win	17.	19 May 2013	ITF Landisville, United States	Hard	Keri Wong	Brooke Austin Brooke Rischbieth	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	18.	9 June 2013	ITF Las Cruces, United States	Hard	Keri Wong	Anamika Bhargava Mayo Hibi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	15.	6 July 2013	ITF São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Verónica Cepede Royg Adriana Pérez	6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	16.	20 July 2013	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Paula Cristina Gonçalves María Irigoyen	5–7, 3–6
Win	19.	9 August 2013	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Clay	Daniela Ruiz	Cecilia Costa Melgar Camila Giangreco Campiz	7–5, 6–3
Win	20.	4 October 2013	ITF Victoria, Mexico	Hard	María Irigoyen	Hsu Chieh-yu Ana Sofía Sánchez	7–6(2), 6–3
Win	21.	12 October 2013	ITF Tampico, Mexico	Hard	María Irigoyen	Constanza Gorches Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17.	15 March 2014	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	María Irigoyen	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Panova	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	18.	30 January 2015	ITF Petit-Bourg, France	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Ayan Broomfield Marie-Alexandre Leduc	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	19.	15 August 2015	ITF Bursa, Turkey	Hard	Noelia Zeballos	Katharina Hering Mirabelle Njoze	6–7(4), 4–6
Win	22.	25 September 2015	ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina	Clay	Catalina Pella	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Mariel Petit	6–2, 6–0
Win	23.	2 October 2015	ITF Santa Fe, Argentina	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Catalina Pella Daniela Seguel	2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Win	24.	16 October 2015	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Melina Ferrero Carla Lucero	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Terán.

External links

• Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria-Fernanda Alvarez-Teran at the International Tennis Federation
• Maria-Fernanda Alvarez-Teran at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)