Rita Grande

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

Rita Grande
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRivoli
Born (1975-03-23) 23 March 1975
Napoli
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,858,558
Singles
Career record336–332
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
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)

Grande has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, She has also won one singles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at world no. 26 in the doubles rankings.

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

Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about 10 months, Rita Grande retired from sport in October 2005 .

WTA finals

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0-1) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (2-1) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0) International (0)

Singles (3–1)

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

Doubles (5–7)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. May 1990 Taranto, Italy Clay Silvia Farina Elia Elena Brioukhovets
Eugenia Maniokova
6–7, 1–6
Loss 2. Feb 1997 Paris, France Hard (i) Alexandra Fusai Jana Novotná
Martina Hingis
3–6, 0–6
Winner 3. Jun 1999 ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Silvia Farina Elia Cara Black
Kristie Boogert
7–5, 7–6
Loss 4. Jan 2000 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Sabine Appelmans Julie Halard-Decugis
Anna Kournikova
3–6, 0–6
Win 5. Jan 2000 Hobart, Australia Hard Émilie Loit Kim Clijsters
Alicia Molik
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 6. Jul 2000 Palermo, Italy Clay Silvia Farina Elia Ruxandra Dragomir
Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–4, 0–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 7. July 2000 Sopot, Poland Clay Åsa Carlsson Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. Oct 2000 Shanghai, China Hard (i) Meghann Shaughnessy Lilia Osterloh
Tamarine Tanasugarn
5–7, 1–6
Win 9. Jan 2001 ASB Classic, New Zealand Hard Alexandra Fusai Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Barbara Schett
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss 10. Apr 2001 Porto, Portugal Clay Alexandra Fusai María José Martínez Sánchez
Anabel Medina Garrigues
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7
Win 11. Jan 2002 Hobart, Australia Hard Tathiana Garbin Catherine Barclay
Christina Wheeler
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 12. May 2003 Madrid, Spain Clay Angelique Widjaja Liezel Huber
Jill Craybas
4–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF finals

Singles Finals (1-2)

$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 in the final
Runner-up 1. March 29, 1993 Moulins, France Hard Katarína Studeníková 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. May 10, 1993 Putignato, Italy Hard Laura Garrone 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. November 1, 1993 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Anca Barna 6–0, 6–2

Doubles (3-1)

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

Head vs. Head

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