Rita Grande

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Rita Grande
Rita Grande.jpg
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRivoli
Born (1975-03-23) 23 March 1975 (age 46)
Napoli
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,858,558
Singles
Career record336–332 (50.3%)
Career titles3 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 24 (5 November 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2001, 2002)
French Open4R (2001)
Wimbledon4R (2004)
US Open4R (1996)
Doubles
Career record198–239 (45.3%)
Career titles5 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 26 (28 May 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2001)
French OpenQF (1999, 2002)
Wimbledon3R (1997, 1998)
US Open3R (1996, 2004)

Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy.

During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at No. 26 in the doubles rankings.

She played the round of 16 in singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam championships, including twice consecutively at the Australian Open, in 2001 and 2002.

Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about ten months, Rita Grande retired from professional sport in October 2005.


WTA career finals[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V (3–1)

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)[]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jan 1999 Hobart International, Australia Hard United States Chanda Rubin 2–6, 3–6
Win 2. Jan 2001 Hobart International, Australia Hard United States Jennifer Hopkins 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 3. Oct 2001 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Carpet (i) Slovakia Martina Suchá 6–1, 6–1
Win 4. Mar 2003 Morocco Open Clay Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)[]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. May 1990 Taranto Trophy, Italy Clay Italy Silvia Farina Elia Soviet Union Elena Brioukhovets
Soviet Union Eugenia Maniokova
6–7, 1–6
Loss 2. Feb 1997 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) France Alexandra Fusai Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Switzerland Martina Hingis
3–6, 0–6
Winner 3. Jun 1999 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Italy Silvia Farina Elia Zimbabwe Cara Black
Netherlands Kristie Boogert
7–5, 7–6
Loss 4. Jan 2000 Australian Women's Hardcourts Hard Belgium Sabine Appelmans France Julie Halard-Decugis
Russia Anna Kournikova
3–6, 0–6
Win 5. Jan 2000 Hobart International, Australia Hard France Émilie Loit Belgium Kim Clijsters
Australia Alicia Molik
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 6. Jul 2000 Palermo International, Italy Clay Italy Silvia Farina Elia Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–4, 0–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 7. July 2000 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Sweden Åsa Carlsson Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. Oct 2000 China Open Hard (i) United States Meghann Shaughnessy United States Lilia Osterloh
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
5–7, 1–6
Win 9. Jan 2001 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard France Alexandra Fusai Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Austria Barbara Schett
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss 10. Apr 2001 Porto Open, Portugal Clay France Alexandra Fusai Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7
Win 11. Jan 2002 Hobart International, Australia Hard Italy Tathiana Garbin Australia Catherine Barclay
Australia Christina Wheeler
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 12. May 2003 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Indonesia Angelique Widjaja South Africa Liezel Huber
United States Jill Craybas
4–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF finals[]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1–2)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 March 1993 ITF Moulins, France Hard Slovakia Katarína Studeníková 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 10 May 1993 ITF Putignato, Italy Hard Italy Laura Garrone 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 1 November 1993 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Germany Anca Barna 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3–1)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 3 August 1992 ITF Nicolosi, Italy Clay Italy Laura Lapi Italy Emanuela Brusati
Italy Germana Di Natale
6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 24 March 1993 ITF Reims, France Clay Italy Marzia Grossi Moldova Svetlana Komleva
Ukraine Olga Lugina
6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 13 June 1994 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Italy Laura Garrone Argentina Laura Montalvo
Spain Silvia Ramón-Cortés
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 11 October 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France Hard (i) France Alexandra Fusai France Émilie Loit
Sweden Åsa Carlsson
2–6, 6–7(5)

Head-to-head records[]

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