Elisa Balsamo (tennis)

Elisa Balsamo

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Italy
Born	(1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 38) Pontedera, Italy
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$66,549
Singles
Career record	227–185 (55.1%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 329 (1 December 2008)
Doubles
Career record	74–67 (52.5%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 307 (16 June 2008)

Elisa Balsamo (born 12 August 1983), is an Italian former professional tennis player.^[1][2]

Her highest WTA singles ranking is 329, which she achieved on 1 December 2008. Her career high in doubles is 307, which she reached on 16 June 2008. In her career, she won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 7 (5–2)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 April 2003	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay		2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	18 February 2007	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Michelle Gerards	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	4 June 2007	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	17 June 2007	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Tara Iyer	4–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	5.	3 March 2008	ITF Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Estefanía Craciún	6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	17 October 2009	ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	7 March 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 14 (6–8)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2002	ITF Lecce, Italy	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Edina Gallovits-Hall	7–6(5), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	13 April 2003	ITF Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay		Stefanie Haidner	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	28 March 2004	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Giulia Meruzzi	Alice Canepa Emily Stellato	6–7(0), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	11 September 2005	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Rita Kuti-Kis Kira Nagy	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	4 June 2007	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Valentina Sulpizio		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	17 June 2007	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Valentina Sulpizio	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	1 March 2008	ITF Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Mailen Auroux Estefania Craciún	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	3 March 2008	ITF Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Federica Quercia	2–6, 0–6
Winner	9.	30 March 2008	ITF Latina, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Sandra Martinović Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	0–6, 7–6(6) [10–7]
Winner	10.	12 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	19 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	17 July 2009	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić	5–7, 2–6
Winner	13.	7 March 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Marina Shamayko Neda Kozić	6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner	14.	5 July 2010	ITF Torino, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Alice Balducci	7–5, 6–3

References[]

External links[]

• Elisa Balsamo at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elisa Balsamo at the International Tennis Federation