Flora Perfetti

Flora Perfetti
Country (sports)  Italy
Born (1969-01-29) January 29, 1969
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $ 425,684
Singles
Career record 193–160
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 54 (April 21, 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1998)
French Open 3R (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1996, 1998)
US Open 3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record 73–81
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 71 (March 17, 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1997)
French Open 1R (1995, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon 1R (1997)
US Open 1R (1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record 1–1
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (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
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. March 5, 1990 Valencia, Spain Clay Hong Kong Tang Min 2-6, 6-0, 4-6
Winner 2. April 22, 1991 Riccione, Italy Clay Italy Ginevra Mugnaini 6-1 6-4
Runner-up 3. May 27, 1991 Brindisi, Italy Clay Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 5-7, 3-6
Winner 4. June 1, 1992 Brindisi, Italy Clay Brazil Luciana Tella 7-5 6-3
Runner-up 5. June 15, 1992 Milan, Italy Clay Switzerland Emanuela Zardo 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 6. June 19, 1994 Sezze, Italy Clay Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 2-6, 3-6
Winner 7. September 5, 1994 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Pifferi 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Winner 8. March 27, 1995 Reims, France Clay Austria Marion Maruska 6-4 2-6 7-5
Runner-up 9. December 2, 1996 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 2-6, 7-6(5), 1-6
Runner-up 10. August 30, 1999 Fano, Italy Clay Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 4-6, 7-6, 2-6
Runner-up 11. June 12, 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Spain Gisela Riera 2–6, 4–6
Winner 12. September 10, 2000 Fano, Italy Clay Slovenia Maja Matevžič 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (5–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. November 6, 1989 Fez, Morocco Clay Czechoslovakia Lucie Korinkova Germany Petra Kemper
Germany Barbara Rittner
6-1 6-2
Runner-up 2. April 1, 1991 Bari, Italy Clay United States Jennifer Fuchs Czech Republic Monika Kratochvilova
Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. August 17, 1992 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini Austria Sandra Dopfer
Germany Maja Zivec-Skulj
1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 4. September 20, 1993 Capua, Italy Clay Italy Francesca Romano Czech Republic Ivana Jankovská
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
3-6, 6-3, 6-7
Winner 5. June 12, 1994 Caserta, Italy Clay Hungary Virág Csurgó Japan Mami Donoshiro
Japan Kyōko Nagatsuka
6-1, 7-5
Winner 6. September 5, 1994 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Gabriella Boschiero Italy Emanuela Brusati
Italy Cristina Salvi
6-3, 6-4
Winner 7. March 18, 1996 Reims, France Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Australia Siobhan Drake-Brockman
France Catherine Tanvier
6-3 4-6 6-0
Runner-up 8. July 14, 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. 1 2 Nizegorodcew, Alessandro. "Flora Perfetti si racconta: "Quante emozioni nella mia carriera!"". www.spaziotennis.com. SpazioTennis. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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