María José Gaidano

María José Gaidano
Nation:	Argentina
Birthday:	May 25, 1973
Size:	171 cm
1st professional season:	1992
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 299,016
singles
Career record:	214: 171
Career title:	0 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	85 (October 4 1993)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	64:87
Career title:	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	87 (July 5 1993)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

María José Gaidano (born March 25, 1973 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine tennis player. From 2014 to 2016 she was team leader of the Argentine Fed Cup team .

Career

Gaidano started playing tennis at the age of five after watching games by the top Argentinian players at the time, José Luis Clerc and Guillermo Vilas .

In 1993 she profited at her first US Open after losing qualification as Lucky Loser from the withdrawal of Mary Joe Fernández , then she was able to advance to the round of 16. She won two WTA tournaments in doubles competition in her career. In 1997 she played for Argentina at the Fed Cup , but had to admit defeat in both parries against Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder .

Tournament victories

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	July 12, 1992	Palermo	WTA Tier V	sand	Cioffi Hall	Petra Langrová Ana-Maria Segura	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
2.	May 9, 1993	Liege	WTA Tier IV	sand	Radka Bobková	Ann Devries Dominique Monami	6: 4, 2: 6, 7: 6 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career
Australian Open	-	1	-	1	1
French Open	2	1	2	1	2
Wimbledon Championships	-	2	-	-	2
US Open	AF	2	3	2	AF

Web links

• WTA profile of María José Gaidano (English)
• ITF profile María José Gaidano (English)
• Fed Cup stats by María José Gaidano (English)