María Emilia Salerni

Maria Emilia Salerni
Nickname:	Pitu
Nation:	Argentina
Birthday:	May 14, 1983
Size:	174 cm
Resignation:	2009
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 692,277
singles
Career record:	272: 178
Career title:	0 WTA , 12 ITF
Highest ranking:	65 (February 25, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	159: 126
Career title:	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	45 (September 23, 2002)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

María Emilia Salerni (born May 14, 1983 in Rafaela ) is a former Argentine tennis player .

Career

Salerni started playing tennis at the age of four. In 2000 she won the women's junior title at Wimbledon and the US Open . In the same year she also took part in the tennis tournament of the Olympic Games in Sydney , where she was eliminated in the second round against Barbara Schett .

In her career she won 12 individual titles on the ITF Women's Circuit . In doubles she won two WTA and nine ITF titles. Between 2000 and 2008 she played 28 games for the Argentine Fed Cup team , in which she celebrated 16 wins.

After several injuries, María Emilia Salerni retired from professional tennis in 2009.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 27, 1999	Asunción	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Mariana Mesa	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
2.	October 3, 1999	Montevideo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Eugenia Chialvo	6: 3, 6: 0
3.	October 10, 1999	Santiago	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Eugenia Chialvo	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	April 23, 2000	San Severo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Vanessa Krauth	6: 4, 6: 1
5.	May 14, 2000	Caserta	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lamia Essaadi	6: 4, 6: 1
6th	July 30, 2000	Horb	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Adriana Jerabek	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
7th	August 6, 2000	Ettenheim	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Martina Suchá	6: 4, 6: 2
8th.	September 19, 2004	Ashland	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Kelly McCain	6: 4, 6: 4
9.	February 12, 2006	Midland	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Wassilissa Bardina	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
10.	March 31, 2007	La Palma	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Georgie Stoop	6: 3, 6: 3
11.	July 8, 2007	Cuneo	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Sara Errani	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 6
12.	March 22, 2009	Lima	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lucia Jara Lozano	6: 2, 6: 1

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	July 30, 2000	Horb	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Patrycja Bandurowska	Zuzana Hejdová Kristen van Elden	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 8, 2001	Orbetello	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Ljubomira Batschewa Laurence Courtois	7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 6: 1
3.	April 6, 2003	Casablanca	WTA Tier V	sand	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová Olena Tatarkowa	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	May 18, 2003	Bromma	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Gisela Dulko	Melinda Czink Zsófia Gubacsi	6: 4, 6: 3
5.	June 8, 2003	Galatina	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Vanc	6-0, 7-6 6
6th	September 19, 2004	Ashland	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Sandra Klösel	Cory-Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	November 7, 2004	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	7: 5, 7: 5
8th.	February 5, 2006	Rockford	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maria Fernanda Alves	Michaela Paštiková Abigail Spears	0: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
9.	May 12, 2007	Monzón	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Iryna Bremond Wesna Dolonz	6: 2, 6: 1
10.	March 22, 2009	Lima	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lucia Jara Lozano	Carla Beltrami Tatiana Búa	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
11.	June 14, 2009	Marseille	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Tathiana Garbin	Timea Bacsinszky Jelena Bowina	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, [10: 7]

Web links

• WTA profile of María Emilia Salerni (English)
• ITF profile María Emilia Salerni (English)
• Fed Cup stats by María Emilia Salerni (English)