Niege Dias

{{Short description|Brazilian tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Niege Dias

| fullname = Niege Pelanio Dias

| image =

| country = {{BRA}}

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|12|05}}

| birth_place = Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil {{cite book|last1=Carta|first1=Gianni|last2=Marcher|first2=Roberto|title=O Tênis no Brasil : De Maria Esther Buerno a Gustavo Kuerten|date=2004|publisher=Códex|location=São Paulo|isbn=978-8575940310|language=Portuguese|pages=264–283|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vC7gvc8HIJQC&pg=PA264}}

| height = 1.65 m

| turnedpro =

| retired = 1989

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles = 2 WTA

| highestsinglesranking = No. 31 (5 December 1988)

| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1989)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1986)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1987)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles = 1 WTA

| highestdoublesranking = No. 89 (31 August 1987)

}}

Niege Dias{{efn|name=name|Her name is spelled Neige Dias by the ITF; WTA spells it 'Niege'.}} (born 5 December 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.{{cite book|title=The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1990|year=1990|publisher=Willow Books|location=London|isbn=9780002183550|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|page=270}} She also competed for the Brazil Fed Cup team from 1985 to 1988.{{cite web|title=FedCup player profile|url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800177478|website=FedCup|publisher=International Tennis Federation (ITF)}}

In her career, she won two WTA Tour singles tournaments, the 1987 Brazil Open and 1988 Barcelona Open.{{cite web|author1=José Geraldo Azevedo|title=Dona do último WTA antes de Teliana, Niege Dias é só elogios: "Ela merece"|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/tenis/noticia/2015/04/dona-do-ultimo-wta-antes-de-teliana-niege-dias-e-so-elogios-ela-merece.html|website=Globoesporte.com|publisher=Grupo Globo|language=Portuguese|date=21 April 2015}}

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.{{cite web|title=Niége parou aos 22 por vida comum|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1805200825.htm|website=Folha de S.Paulo|language=Portuguese|date=18 May 2008}}