MY BIOGRAPHY:

Real Name: Marta Alexandra da Costa Mancelos

Nick Names: Alex, Tennisgirl, Swayzinha (my brother...), Martita, Martex (don't ask...)

Birth Date: 12th October, 1987

Star Sign: Libra

Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Schooling: High School - Year 11

Dream Job: Interpreter for the United Nations

Languages: English, French, German (a little bit), Latin, Italian (a little bit) and Russian (a tiny bit)

Colour: Red

Day of the Week: Friday

Movie: All the LotR movies

Song: David Fonseca - Someone That Cannot Love

Actor / Actress: Josh Hartnett / Julia Stiles

Singer / Band: David Fonseca, Eminem, Da Weasel, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Tribalistas

TV Show: Popular, ER, Grace Under Fire, Murphy Brown (don't mock too much...), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Book: All the LotR books and all Shakespeare books (Hamlet being my favourite)

Food: Chau-mein

Drink: Coca-Cola

ATP Players I like: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Carlos Moyà, Richard Gasquet, Mario Ancic, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Michael Llodra

ATP Players I dislike (or even hate): Guillermo Cañas, Albert Costa, Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Marcelo Rios, Nicolas Escudé

WTA Players I like: Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Anna Kournikova, Ashley Harkleroad, Jelena Dokic, Elena Dementieva, Daniela Hantuchova, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Dinara Safina, Marion Bartoli, Martina Hingis, Maria Kirilenko, Amber Liu

WTA Players I dislike (or even hate): the Williams sisters, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport

I Play: Right-handed

Backhand: Double-handed

Racquet Brand I Use: Head Ti. Carbon 12000

Favourite Surface: Clay (although I love playing in Hard too)

Favourite Tournaments: Roland Garros, Estoril Open

Tennis Achievements So Far: Two Semis (and therefore two medals, yay!)