Federica Fortuni

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Federica Fortuni
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1974-09-30) 30 September 1974 (age 49)
Rome, Italy
Prize money$64,426
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 155 (1995/07/10)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1996)
French OpenQ2 (1995)
WimbledonQ1 (1994)
US OpenQ1 (1994, 1995)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 287 (1997/09/22)

Federica Fortuni (born 30 September 1974) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fortuni played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 155 in the world. She featured in the qualifying draws for all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

Fortuni, who had a win over top 50 player Miriam Oremans at the 1994 Italian Open, had her most successful run in a WTA Tour tournament at the 1995 Delray Beach Winter Championships, where she made the round of 16 as a lucky loser.[1] A last minute replacement in the draw for sixth seed Mary Joe Fernandez, she benefited from a first round bye, then beat Christina Singer, before being eliminated by Barbara Rittner.[2]

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 7 March 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Hard Netherlands Kim de Weille 6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 2. 12 June 1995 Hebron, Spain Clay Spain Angeles Montolio 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4
Runner-up 3. 9 June 1997 Camucia, Italy Hard Sweden Sofia Finér 6-3 6-1
Winner 1. 21 July 1997 Lido Di Camaiore, Italy Clay Czech Republic Jana Lubasova 6-3 4-6 6-3

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 30 March 1997 Dinard, France Clay Italy Germana Di Natale France Magali Lamarre
Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson
6–4, 7–5
Winner 2. 21 July 1997 Lido Di Camaiore, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Australia Cindy Dock
Australia Jenny Anne Fetch
6-4 6-1
Winner 3. 3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Ukraine Natalia Bondarenko
Bulgaria Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
6–7, 2–6
Winner 4. 8 September 1997 Fano, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Australia Jenny-Ann Fetch
Australia Trudi Musgrave
6–1 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Results Plus". New York Times. 3 May 1994.
  2. ^ "Graf wins, but Delray loses six seeds". The Palm Beach Post. 9 March 1995.

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