Bettina Fulco

Bettina Fulco
Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Mar del Plata, Argentina
Born (1968-10-23) 23 October 1968
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 1987
Retired 1998
Plays Right-handed (one handed backhand)
Prize money $655,479
Singles
Career record 288–251
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 23 (10 October 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1995)
French Open QF (1988)
Wimbledon 3R (1987)
US Open 2R (1991)
Doubles
Career record 108–180
Career titles 3 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 62 (4 November 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1992)
French Open 2R (1987, 1988, 1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1987, 1992, 1994)
US Open 2R (1990, 1992)
Mixed doubles
Career record 2–3
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open 2R (1989, 1990)

Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired professional women's tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of no. 23 on October 10, 1988. Fulco began playing tennis at age 10 at the University Club in her hometown of Mar Del Plata,[1] having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to Guillermo Vilas' success.[2] As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986,[3] and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986.[2] She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay court specialist,[4] and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1988. Bettina beat Martina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory.[1] She also achieved victories over Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Hana Mandlíková, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Magdalena Maleeva, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.[2] She retired from professional tennis in 1998.[1]

Since retiring from tennis, Bettina has been the director of the School of Tennis at the Club Atletico Kimberley, based in Mar del Plata.[1] She is also a coach, having worked with notable players such as Victoria Azarenka, Kateryna Bondarenko, Angelique Widjaja and Emma Laine.[2] In addition, Bettina was the captain of the Argentina Fed Cup team from 2011 to 2013.[5]

WTA Tour finals

Tournament (W–R)SinglesDoubles
Grand Slam tournaments0–00–0
WTA Championships0–00–0
Tier I0–00–0
Tier II0–00–0
Tier III0–00–0
Tier IV0–01–0
Tier V0–11–0
VS0–11–0

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 13 October 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard Canada Helen Kelesi 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 25 April 1988 Barcelona, Spain Clay Brazil Neige Dias 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3 titles)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 7 November 1988 Guaruja, Brazil Hard Argentina Mercedes Paz Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Simone Schilder		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 2. 26 November 1990 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Czech Republic Eva Švíglerová France Mary Pierce
United States Luanne Spadea		 7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 15 July 1991 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Netherlands Nicole Muns Italy Sandra Cecchini
Argentina Patricia Tarabini		 7–5, 6–4

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: 6 (2-4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 9 June 1986 Lyon, France Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán 4-6, 6-3, 1-6
Winner 2. 21 July 1986 Philadelphia, United States Hard Australia Susan Leo 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Winner 3. 20 September 1993 Capua, Italy Clay Croatia Maja Palaveršić 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Runner-up 4. 11 July 1994 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Moldova Svetlana Komleva 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 5. 29 September 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina María Fernanda Landa 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 6. 3 August 1998 Catania, Italy Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni 4-6, 6-7(2-7)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 7 April 1986 Caserta, Italy Clay Brazil Gisele Miró Germany Wiltrud Probst
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre		 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 2. 11 July 1994 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini South Korea Park Sung-hee
South Korea Choi Ju-yeon		 4-6, 3-6
Runner-up 3. 9 August 1998 Catania, Italy Clay Argentina Jorgelina Torti Italy Chiara Dalbon
Italy Alberta Brianti		 5-7, 4-6

Grand Slam singles performance timetable

Tournament19871988198919901991199219931994199519961997Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R A 1R 1–4
French Open 2R QF 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R Q1 A Q2 8–8
Wimbledon 3R A A A 2R 1R A 1R A A Q1 3–4
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A Q2 Q1 1–7

Source

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Match point para el tenis de Mar del Plata Match Point for tennis de Mar del Plata". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bettina Fulco Career". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  3. ↑ "ORANGE BOWL INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONS". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Shriver breezes, is confident for No. 5 Fernandez". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  5. ↑ Jorge Viale. "Americas - Day 1 report". fedcup.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.


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