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Federica Fortuni

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Federica Fortuni
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1974-09-30) 30 September 1974 (age 50)
Rome, Italy
Prize money$64,426
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 155 (10 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1996)
French OpenQ2 (1995)
WimbledonQ1 (1994)
US OpenQ1 (1994, 1995)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 287 (22 September 1997)

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

Biography

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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

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$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

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

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 30 March 1997 Dinard, France Clay Italy Germana Di Natale France Magalie 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
7–6, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 September 1997 Fano, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Australia Jenny-Anne Fetch
Australia Trudi Musgrave
6–1, 6–4

References

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  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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