Federica Fortuni

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

Federica Fortuni
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1974-09-30) 30 September 1974
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)

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

Singles: 4 (1–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 7 March 1994 Prostějov, Czech Republic Hard Kim de Weille 2–6, 6–7(4)
Runner-up 2. 12 June 1995 Hebron, Spain Clay Ángeles Montolio 6–7(5), 7–6(3), 4–6
Runner-up 3. 9 June 1997 Camucia, Italy Hard Sofia Finér 3–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 21 July 1997 Lido di Camaiore, Italy Clay Jana Lubasová 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 Germana Di Natale Magalie Lamarre
Anna-Karin Svensson		 6–4, 7–5
Winner 2. 21 July 1997 Lido di Camaiore, Italy Clay Giulia Casoni Cindy Dock
Jenny-Anne Fetch		 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay Giulia Casoni Natalia Bondarenko
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova		 7–6, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 September 1997 Fano, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Jenny-Anne Fetch
Trudi Musgrave		 6–1, 6–4
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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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