Niege Dias

Niege Dias
Full nameNiege Pelanio Dias
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1966-12-05) 5 December 1966
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired1989
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 175,944
Singles
Career record112–83
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 31 (5 December 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1986)
US Open2R (1987)
Doubles
Career record47–69
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 89 (31 August 1987)

Niege Dias (born 5 December 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. She also competed for the Brazil Fed Cup team from 1985 to 1988.

In her career, she won two WTA Tour singles tournaments, the 1987 Brazil Open and 1988 Barcelona Open.

Partnering with fellow Brazilian Patricia Medrado, Dias won her first and only WTA tour doubles title at São Paulo in 1986.

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round of the 1988 French Open.

Dias retired from professional tennis in 1989, at the age of 22. She married her former coach, Luiz Carlos Enck.