Sandra Cecchini

Sandra Cecchini
Nation:	Italy
Birthday:	February 27, 1965
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	1981
Resignation:	1999
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,314,473
singles
Career record:	340: 235
Career title:	12 WTA , 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	15 (March 14 1988)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	211: 182
Career title:	11 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	22 (September 13 1993)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Anna-Maria ("Sandra") Cecchini (born February 27, 1965 in Bologna ) is a former Italian tennis player .

Career

Sandra Cecchini won a total of 23 titles on the WTA Tour , twelve of them in singles and eleven in doubles. She celebrated 21 of these tournament victories on clay. She also reached 17 other finals (eleven in doubles), only three of which were not played on clay.

She won most of her double titles alongside the Argentinean Patricia Tarabini . She celebrated her best performance in Grand Slam tournaments at the French Open , where she made it to the quarter-finals in 1985 and even made it to the semi-finals in doubles in 1993. Her best placements on the world rankings were 15th in singles and 22nd in doubles.

In the Fed Cup , Cecchini played 33 games for Italy , of which she won 16.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
01.	April 29, 1984	Tarent	sand	Sabrina Goleš	6: 2, 7: 5
02.	July 14, 1984	Rio de Janeiro	Hard court	Adriana Villagrán	6: 3, 6: 3
03.	May 13, 1985	Barcelona	sand	Raffaella Reggi	6: 3, 6: 4
04th	July 20, 1986	Bregenz	sand	Mariana Pérez-Roldán	6: 4, 6: 0
05.	July 12, 1987	Båstad	sand	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 4, 6: 4
06th	November 8, 1987	Little rock	Hard court	Natallja Sverava	0: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
07th	May 22, 1988	Strasbourg	sand	Judith Wiesner	6: 3, 6: 0
08th.	17th July 1988	Nice	sand	Nathalie Tauziat	7: 5, 6: 4
09.	September 24, 1989	Paris	sand	Regina Rajchrtová	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 1
10.	July 15, 1990	Båstad	sand	Csilla Bartos	6: 1, 6: 2
11.	April 28, 1991	Bol	sand	Magdalena Maleewa	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5
12.	20th September 1992	Paris	sand	Emanuela Zardo	6: 2, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 24, 1987	Strasbourg	sand	Carling Bassett	3: 6, 4: 6
2.	July 10, 1988	Båstad	sand	Isabel Cueto	5: 7, 1: 6
3.	July 23, 1989	Estoril	sand	Isabel Cueto	6: 7, 2: 6
4th	July 14, 1991	Palermo	sand	Mary Pierce	0: 6, 3: 6
5.	September 24, 1994	Moscow	Carpet (hall)	Magdalena Maleewa	5: 7, 1: 6
6th	August 11, 1996	Maria Lankowitz	sand	Barbara Paulus	0-0 task

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
01.	May 3, 1985	Tarent	sand	Raffaella Reggi	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romano	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
02.	April 27, 1986	Charleston	sand	Sabrina Goleš	Laura Gildemeister Marcela Skuherská	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
03.	July 10, 1988	Båstad	sand	Mercedes Paz	Linda Ferrando Silvia La Fratta	6-0, 6-2
04th	July 16, 1989	Arcachon	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Mercedes Paz Brenda Schultz	6: 3, 7: 6
05.	17th September 1989	Athens	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Silke Meier Elena Pampoulova	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
06th	September 24, 1989	Paris	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire	6: 1, 6: 1
07th	July 22, 1990	Estoril	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Carin Bakkum Nicole Jagerman	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
08th.	20th September 1992	Paris	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Rachel McQuillan Noëlle van Lottum	7: 5, 6: 1
09.	August 1, 1993	San Marino	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	6: 3, 6: 2
10.	July 31, 1994	Maria Lankowitz	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Alexandra Fusai Karina Habšudová	7: 5, 7: 5
11.	17th September 1995	Warsaw	sand	Laura Garrone	Henrieta Nagyová Denisa Szabova	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
01.	November 10, 1985	Hilversum	Carpet (hall)	Sabrina Goleš	Marcella Mesker Catherine Tanvier	2: 6, 2: 6
02.	July 12, 1987	Båstad	sand	Partricia Tarabini	Penny Barg Tine Scheuer-Larsen	1: 6, 2: 6
03.	4th October 1987	Paris	sand	Sabrina Goleš	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6: 1, 3: 6, 3: 6
04th	July 24, 1988	Aix-en-Provence	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nathalie Herreman Catherine Tanvier	4: 6, 5: 7
05.	April 22, 1990	Tampa	sand	Laura Gildemeister	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2: 6, 0: 6
06th	September 16, 1990	Kitzbühel	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	0: 6, 4: 6
07th	April 28, 1991	Bol	sand	Laura Garrone	Laura Golarsa Magdalena Maleewa	without a fight
08th.	July 21, 1991	Kitzbühel	sand	Patricia Tarabini	Bettina Fulco Nicole Jagerman	5: 7, 4: 6
09.	July 26, 1992	San Marino	sand	Laura Garrone	Alexia Dechaume Florencia Labat	6: 7 6 , 5: 7
10.	October 24, 1993	Budapest	Carpet (hall)	Patricia Tarabini	Inés Gorrochategui Caroline Vis	1: 6, 3: 6
11.	May 1, 1994	Tarent	sand	Isabelle Demongeot	Irina Spîrlea Noelle Van Lottum	3: 6, 6: 2, 1: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
French Open	1	VF	1	1	3	1	3	AF	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	VF
Wimbledon	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2
US Open	1	3	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	-	-	3

Double

competition	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
French Open	-	AF	2	2	1	1	VF	1	1	HF	AF	1	1	HF
Wimbledon	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	AF	1	AF
US Open	-	1	AF	1	2	1	AF	1	1	VF	2	1	1	VF

Mixed

competition	1986	1987-1993	1994	1995	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	2	-	-	-	2
Wimbledon	-	-	2	2	2
US Open	-	-	1	-	1

Year-end placements

singles

year	1983	1986	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
rank	121	073	021st	026th	020th	027	034	055	033	106	073	204	196

Web links

• WTA profile Sandra Cecchini (English)
• ITF profile Sandra Cecchini (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Sandra Cecchini (English)
• Sandra Cecchini in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )