Maria Paola Zavagli

Maria Paola Zavagli (born 4 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Maria Paola Zavagli

Full name	Maria Paola Zavagli
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1977-06-04) 4 June 1977 Bibbiena, Arezzo, Italy
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$113,050
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 161 (21 December 1998)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 125 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000)

Biography

Zavagli was a right-handed player, born in the Tuscan town of Bibbiena. One of two sisters, her father is a doctor and her mother a teacher. She began playing tennis at the age of 10, under the tuition of her uncle.[1]

As a junior she twice won the doubles event at the Orange Bowl competition, with Alice Canepa in 1994, then partnering Giulia Casoni in 1995.[2]

She won three ITF singles titles in 1997 and won two medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at the 1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, with wins over Flora Perfetti and Sandra Cecchini.[3]

She featured in the doubles main draws at both the 2000 French Open and 2000 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Slovakian Janette Husárová in each tournament.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4-2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	January 30, 1995	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Jindra Gabrisova	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	February 3, 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Paula García	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	June 30, 1997	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Winner	4.	August 11, 1997	Catania, Italy	Clay	Laura Dell'Angelo	5–7, 7–6^(1), 6–3
Winner	5.	December 8, 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Giulia Casoni	7–5, 7–6^(8)
Runner-up	6.	May 10, 1998	Midlothian, United States	Clay	Christína Papadáki	5–7, 4–6

Doubles (5-8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	August 15, 1994	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Francesca Lubiani	Giulia Casoni Sara Ventura	7–6^(7–0), 7–5
Winner	2.	July 24, 1995	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Emanuela Brusati	Yoriko Yamagishi Ludmila Varmužová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	April 21, 1997	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Sabina da Ponte Laura Dell'Angelo	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	June 9, 1997	Camucia, Italy	Hard	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Cristina Salvi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	December 8, 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	November 9, 1998	Hull, United, Kingdom	Hard	Francesca Lubiani	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	April 26, 1999	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Francesca Lubiani	Katalin Marosi Alicia Ortuño	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	June 7, 1999	Galatina, İtaly	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth	1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	April 15, 2000	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Svetlana Krivencheva Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	July 10, 2000	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Adriana Barna Anna Zaporozhanova	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
Runner-up	11.	September 11, 2000	Reggio di Calabria, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Tatiana Kovalchuk Syna Schmidle	W/O
Runner-up	12.	September 17, 2001	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Mariam Ramón Climent Angelika Rösch	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	13.	October 15, 2001	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Flavia Pennetta	Dally Randriantefy Natacha Randriantefy	4–6, 6–3, 3–6

References

1. "Bio - Personal". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
2. "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Zavagli, Maria-Paola (ITA)". ITF. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Palermo - 13 July - 19 July 1998". ITF. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

External links

• Maria Paola Zavagli at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Paola Zavagli at the International Tennis Federation