Elena Savoldi

Elena Savoldi (born 11 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Elena Savoldi
Full nameElena Savoldi
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1972-11-11) 11 November 1972
Prize money$93,224
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 134 (1 August 1994)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 129 (15 August 1994)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open1R (1994)

Biography

Savoldi, who comes from Brescia, began her career on the ITF circuit in 1990.[1]

At the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens she won a silver medal in the women's doubles event, partnering Francesca Romano.

She reached a career high singles ranking of 134 on the professional tour, with her best WTA Tour performances including a third round appearance at the 1993 Italian Open and a win over Miriam Oremans to make the round of 16 at Taranto in 1994. On the ITF circuit she won six singles titles.[1]

It was as a doubles player that she made her only grand slam main draw appearance, at the 1994 US Open with partner Susanna Attili.[2]

ITF finals

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

Singles (6-1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 12 January 1992 Woodlands, United States Hard Iva Majoli 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 8 March 1992 Granada, Spain Hard Antonela Voina 7–5, 7–6
Winner 3. 11 January 1993 Bergen, Norway Carpet Svetlana Komleva 6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 18 January 1993 Helsinki, Finland Carpet Maria Ekstrand 6–2, 6–0
Winner 5. 22 February 1993 Valencia, Spain Hard Federica Bonsignori 6–4, 6–1
Winner 6. 8 August 1993 Winnipeg, Canada Hard Luanne Spadea 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 28 January 1998 Mission, United States Hard Karin Miller 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (4–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 30 July 1990 Catania, Italy Clay Cristina Salvi Antonella Canapi
Claudia Piccini
3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 28 September 1991 Biella, Italy Clay Claudia Piccini María José Gaidano
Sandra Ugarriza
6–1, 6–4
Winner 2. 18 January 1993 Helsinki, Finland Carpet Susanna Attili Maria Ekstrand
Vanessa Matthys
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 10 May 1993 Putignano, Italy Hard Susanna Attili Eva Melicharová
Ivana Jankovská
3–6, 7–6(6), 4–6
Runner-up 3. 6 September 1993 Spoleto, Italy Clay Susanna Attili Olga Lugina
Larissa Schaerer
5–7, 6–7(5)
Runner-up 4. 27 March 1994 Brest, France Hard Susanna Attili Karin Ptaszek
Els Callens
4–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 4 September 1995 Spoleto, Italy Clay Cristina Salvi Karen Nugent
Angie Woolcock
1–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner 4. 30 June 1997 Sezze, Italy Clay Laura Garrone Anna Linkova
Andreea Vanc
6–3, 6–0

References

  1. "Ho battuto Flavia, ma tifavo Roberta". Bresciaoggi (in Italian). 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. "U.S. Open". Daily News. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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