Flora Perfetti

Flora Perfetti
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1969-01-29) January 29, 1969 (age 55)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 425,684
Singles
Career record193–160
Career titles0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (April 21, 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1998)
French Open3R (1997)
Wimbledon2R (1996, 1998)
US Open3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record73–81
Career titles0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 71 (March 17, 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open1R (1995, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon1R (1997)
US Open1R (1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1997)
Last updated on: April 22, 2013.

Flora Perfetti (born 29 January 1969) is an Italian tennis player.[1] On 21 April 1997 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking at No. 54 and 17 March of the same year reached her highest doubles ranking at No. 71.[2]

Biography

Flora started playing tennis when she was 6 and by the age of 9 her father had signed her up for tennis classes. At the age of 16 she won her first Italian team title at C.A. Faenza. At the age of 21 she won her first prize money ($10,000) at Riccione in a final against Ginevra Mugnaini. In 1997 she played the Fed Cup with Silvia Farina Elia, Gloria Pizzichini, and Francesca Lubiani with a 'big finish'. Throughout her career she has won 193 singles matches, 73 doubles matches and accumulated $425,684 in prize money to date. She now teaches at C.A. Faenza.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (5–7)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 5 March 1990 Valencia, Spain Clay China Tang Min 2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Win 2. 22 April 1991 Riccione, Italy Clay Italy Ginevra Mugnaini 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3. 27 May 1991 Brindisi, Italy Clay Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 5–7, 3–6
Win 4. 1 June 1992 Brindisi, Italy Clay Brazil Luciana Tella 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5. 15 June 1992 Milan, Italy Clay Switzerland Emanuela Zardo 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6. 19 June 1994 Sezze, Italy Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 2–6, 3–6
Win 7. 5 September 1994 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Pifferi 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 8. 27 March 1995 Reims, France Clay Austria Marion Maruska 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 9. 2 December 1996 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Loss 10. 30 August 1999 Fano, Italy Clay Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss 11. 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Spain Gisela Riera 2–6, 4–6
Win 12. 10 September 2000 Fano, Italy Clay Slovenia Maja Matevžič 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (5–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 6 November 1989 Fez, Morocco Clay Czechoslovakia Lucie Korinkova West Germany Petra Kemper
West Germany Barbara Rittner
6–1, 6–2
Loss 2. 1 April 1991 Bari, Italy Clay United States Jennifer Fuchs Czechoslovakia Monika Kratochvílová
Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win 3. 17 August 1992 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini Austria Sandra Dopfer
Germany Maja Živec-Škulj
1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 4. 20 September 1993 Capua, Italy Clay Italy Francesca Romano Czech Republic Ivana Jankovská
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 5. 12 June 1994 Caserta, Italy Clay Hungary Virág Csurgó Japan Mami Donoshiro
Japan Kyōko Nagatsuka
6–1, 7–5
Win 6. 5 September 1994 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Gabriella Boschiero Italy Emanuela Brusati
Italy Cristina Salvi
6–3, 6–4
Win 7. 18 March 1996 Reims, France Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Australia Siobhan Drake-Brockman
France Catherine Tanvier
6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Loss 8. 14 July 1996 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Italy Laura Garrone Slovenia Tina Križan
Ukraine Olga Lugina
4–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Nizegorodcew, Alessandro. "Flora Perfetti si racconta: "Quante emozioni nella mia carriera!"". www.spaziotennis.com. SpazioTennis. Retrieved 22 April 2013.