Vanessa Menga is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Born in S�o Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train tennis in Barcelona, where she won her first doubles championship. She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000. Menga was also in two Pan American Games, Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles Gold medal with Joana Cortez. In 2001, Menga posed for Playboy Brazil. In 2003, she retired from tennis after a motorcycle accident which left her for eight months without playing. Menga now has an institute in S�o Paulo where she teaches tennis to over 200 children, and participates in other charity projects. 

October 20th, 1976 in São Paulo (Age 47)