Luciana Masante

Luciana Masante
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 46)
Prize money$60,928
Singles
Career record155–122
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 197 (2 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record117–86
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (12 July 1999)

Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Corina Morariu, retiring hurt with a leg injury while behind a set and 0–3.[1]

Ranked as high as 197 in singles, Masante appeared in the qualifying draw for the 1999 US Open.[2]

On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, before retiring from professional tennis in 2001.

ITF Circuit finals

$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 25 August 1996 ITF Lima, Peru Hard Argentina Mariana Lopez Palacios 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. 8 September 1996 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Celeste Contín 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 1. 31 August 1997 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Russia Olga Ivanova 0–6, 2–6
Win 3. 7 September 1997 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Germany Isabell Quast 6–4, 6–3
Win 4. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Belgium Patty Van Acker 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2. 23 May 1999 ITF Zaragoza, Spain Clay Colombia Mariana Mesa 6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3. 8 October 2000 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4–0, 5–4, 0–4
Win 6. 2 September 2001 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Spain Sonia Delgado 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (8–12)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 8 September 1996 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Renata Brito Argentina Celeste Contín
Argentina Romina Ottoboni
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 7 April 1997 ITF Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Celeste Contín Hungary Katalin Marosi
Argentina Veronica Stele
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 3. 18 May 1997 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Argentina Veronica Stele United States Nicole Arendt
France Magalie Lamarre
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 25 May 1997 ITF Brixen, Italy Clay Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec Germany Caroline Schneider
Austria Patricia Wartusch
3–6, 0–6
Win 1. 7 September 1997 ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Sweden Annica Lindstedt Netherlands Debby Haak
Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal
6–2, 6–2
Win 2. 9 August 1998 ITF Rebecq , Belgium Clay Belgium Daphne Van De Zande Belgium Sofie Borgions
Belgium Cindy Schuurmans
6–1, 6–4
Win 3. 16 August 1998 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Czech Republic Monika Maštalířová Netherlands Lotty Seelen
Slovakia Katarina Valkyová
6–3, 7–5
Loss 5. 23 August 1998 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Belgium Kim Clijsters
Belgium Cindy Schuurmans
6–7, 5–7
Win 4. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Slovakia Patrícia Marková Netherlands Bretchtje Bruls
Belgium Cindy Schuurmans
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 27 September 1998 ITF Tucuman, Argentina Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 7. 2 November 1998 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Spain Eva Bes
Argentina María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 30 August 1999 ITF Denain, France Clay Spain Mariam Ramón Climent Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
1–6, 4–6
Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Geraldine Aizenberg Argentina Melisa Arévalo
Argentina Paula Racedo
6–2, 6–2
Win 6. 19 March 2001 ITF Matamoros, Mexico Hard Uruguay Daniela Olivera Austria Bianca Kamper
Austria Nadine Schlotterer
6–2, 6–2
Win 7. 26 March 2001 ITF Victoria, Mexico Hard Uruguay Daniela Olivera Argentina Melisa Arévalo
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
6–4, 7–5
Loss 9. 7 May 2001 ITF Maglie, Italy Clay Argentina Natalia Gussoni Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 14 May 2001 ITF Turin, Italy Clay Uruguay Daniela Olivera Argentina Melisa Arévalo
Brazil Vanessa Menga
5–7, 2–6
Win 8. 8 July 2001 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Uruguay Daniela Olivera Spain Anna Font
Russia Raissa Gourevitch
6–2, 6–3
Loss 11. 13 August 2001 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner France Kildine Chevalier
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 12. 27 September 2001 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner Italy Silvia Disderi
Italy Anna Floris
4–6, 5–7

References

  1. ^ "Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.
  2. ^ "El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.