Giulia Casoni

Giulia Casoni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja kaˈzoːni]; born 19 April 1978 in Ferrara) is a retired Italian tennis player.[1][2]

Giulia Casoni
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceFerrara, Italy
Born (1978-04-19) 19 April 1978
Ferrara, Italy
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$326,936
Singles
Career record269–233
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking83 (8 January 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2001)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record225–127
Career titles3 WTA, 27 ITF
Highest ranking51 (19 February 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open1R (2000, 2001)
Last updated on: 28 December 2009.

As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles. A member of Italy Fed Cup team from 2000 to 2001. She has won 3 in doubles WTA titles.

Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami, Katarina Srebotnik, Mariya Koryttseva, Francesca Schiavone, Émilie Loit and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She has won 4 singles and 27 in doubles ITF Circuit titles.

Casoni retired from professional tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.[3]

Personal life

Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.[4][5]

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals: 4 (3–1)
Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Result
Runner-up 1. Jul 1994 Palermo, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Ruxandra Dragomir
Laura Garrone		 1–6, 0–6
Winner 1. Jul 2000 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Iroda Tulyaganova Catherine Barclay
Eva Dyrberg		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. Jan 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Janette Husárová Katie Schlukebir
Meghann Shaughnessy		 7–6(11–9), 7–5
Winner 3. Jul 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay Mariya Koryttseva Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska		 4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (1; 1–0)
Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Result
Winners 1996 French Open Clay Alice Canepa Anna Kournikova
Ludmilla Varmuzova		 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 22 August 1994 Nicolosi, Italy Hard Corina Morariu 5–7, 6–7(5)
Winner 2. 18 June 1995 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Monica Guglielmi 7-6, 7-6
Winner 3. 4 August 1996 Catania, Italy Clay Debby Haak 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 31 March 1997 Makarska, Croatia Clay Anna Földényi 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 3 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–6(3), 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up 6. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay Maria Paola Zavagli 5–7, 6–7(8)
Runner-up 7. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i) Petra Mandula 0–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 7-5, 4-6, 3-6
Winner 9. 20 June 1999 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Petra Begerow 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 19 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard Iroda Tulyaganova 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (27–10)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 30 August 1993 Massa, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Germana Di Natale
Giulia Toschi		 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 21 August 1994 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Sara Ventura Francesca Lubiani
Maria Paola Zavagli		 6-7, 5-7
Winner 3. 24 April 1995 Bari, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Marina Gojković
Dragana Zarić		 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 12 June 1995 Massa, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Marzia Grossi		 6-3, 4-6, 5-7
Winner 5. 18 March 1996 Reims, France Clay Flora Perfetti Siobhan Drake-Brockman
Catherine Tanvier		 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 6. 27 July 1997 Camaiore, Italy Clay Federica Fortuni Cindy Dock
Jenny-Anne Fetch		 6–4, 6–1
Winner 7. 3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay Federica Fortuni Natalia Bondarenko
Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova		 7–6, 6–2
Winner 8. 10 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Sabina Da Ponte Ding Ding
Ni Wei		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 9. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay Maria Paola Zavagli Tamara Aranda
Julia Carballal		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova Natalia Egorova
Olga Ivanova		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass Marijana Kovačević Hiroko Mochizuki
Ryoko Takemura		 6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up 12. 27 September 1998 Lecce, Italy Clay Stefania Chieppa Katia Altilia
Stefanie Haidner		 0–6, 2–6
Winner 13. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Katia Altilia Paula Garcia
Kelly Liggan		 6-3, 7-6(4)
Runner-up 14. 7 June 1999 Galatina, İtaly Clay Maria Paola Zavagli Mariana Díaz Oliva
Erica Krauth		 1–6, 3–6
Winner 15. 20 June 1999 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Kirstin Freye Andrea Šebová
Magdalena Zděnovcová		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 16. 6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i) Antonella Serra Zanetti Angelika Bachmann
Eva Dyrberg		 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Winner 17. 10 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Iroda Tulyaganova
Anna Zaporozhanova		 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 18. 22 October 2000 Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Julie Pullin
Lorna Woodroffe		 6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Winner 19. 29 July 2001 Pamplona, Spain Hard Roberta Vinci Trudi Musgrave
Julie Pullin		 7-6, 6-4
Winner 20. 3 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay Katalin Marosi Eva Bes
Gisela Riera		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 21. 27 January 2002 Fullerton, United States Hard Amanda Hopmans Melissa Middleton
Brie Rippner		 6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner 22. 3 February 2002 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Amanda Hopmans Melissa Middleton
Brie Rippner		 6–4, ret.
Runner-up 23. 11 February 2003 Southampton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Roberta Vinci Olga Barabanschikova
Nadejda Ostrovskaya		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 24. 7 September 2003 Fano, Italy Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Gala León García
María Emilia Salerni		 6-3, 6-3
Winner 25. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay Maret Ani Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Bahia Mouhtassine		 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 26. 23 May 2004 Caserta, Italy Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez		 1-6, 6-4, 4-6
Winner 27. 31 May 2004 Galatina, Italy Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Kathrin Wörle		 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 28. 9 August 2004 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Nina Bratchikova Aurélie Védy
Jasmin Wöhr		 1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner 29. 28 September 2004 Belgrade, Serbia Clay Darija Jurak Ekaterina Bychkova
Nadejda Ostrovskaya		 6–0, 6–2
Winner 30. 19 December 2004 Bergamo, Italy Hard Francesca Lubiani Lenka Němečková
Julia Schruff		 6-2, 6-3
Winner 31. 13 February 2005 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Francesca Lubiani Darya Kustova
Ekaterina Makarova		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 32. 7 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay Alberta Brianti Giulia Gabba
Valentina Sulpizio		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 33. 28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay Bahia Mouhtassine Katarína Kachlíková
Lenka Tvarošková		 6–0, 7–5
Winner 34. 12 June 2005 Gorizia, Italy Clay Valentina Sulpizio Olena Antypina
Nina Bratchikova		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 35. 14 August 2005 Rimini, Italy Clay Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova
Ekaterina Makarova		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 36. 19 February 2006 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Alberta Brianti Raquel Atawo
Aleke Tsoubanos		 6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner 37. 26 February 2006 Saint-Georges, Canada Hard (i) Alberta Brianti Veronika Chvojková
Dominika Cibulková		 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
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References
  1. "Fed Cup - Players". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. "Giulia Casoni". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. Bonesi, Davide (25 April 2015). "Giulia, una ferrarese sfidò la mitica Williams" [Giulia, a woman from Ferrara who challenged the legendary Williams] (in Italian). La Nuova Ferrara. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Giulia Casoni
  5. Giulia Casoni at the International Tennis Federation
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