Alberta Brianti

Alberta Brianti
	Brianti in Wimbledon, 2015
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Fontanellato
Born	5 April 1980 (age 43); San Secondo Parmense
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,263,830
Singles
Career record	538–467 (53.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 55 (13 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2010)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	155–188 (45.2%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (13 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open	1R (2010, 2011, 2012)

Last updated January 14, 2024

Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography

She is coached by Laura Golarsa and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). Her favourite surface is hard and she began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier
International (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 September 2009	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1.	24 April 2011	Morocco Open	Clay	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2007	Kolkata Open, India	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Alla Kudryavtseva Vania King	6–1, 6–4
Winner	1.	17 April 2010	Palermo Open, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Jill Craybas Julia Görges	6–4, 6–1
Winner	2.	27 August 2011	Dallas Open, United States	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Alizé Cornet Pauline Parmentier	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	28 July 2012	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Eva Birnerová	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovieva	3–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 27 (9–18)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 February 2000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Caroline Raba	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	18 February 2001	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Miho Saeki	3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	21 May 2001	Guimarães, Portugal	Clay	Sabine Klaschka	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	20 July 2002	Frinton, Great Britain	Grass	Hannah Collin	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	4 August 2002	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Winner	6.	11 August 2002	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	9 February 2003	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Virág Németh	5–7, 7–5, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	8.	14 March 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tereza Veverková	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	9 October 2005	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	4–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	26 February 2006	Saint-Georges, Canada	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	5 March 2006	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	5–7, 2–6
Winner	12.	25 March 2006	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	9 April 2006	Putignano, Italy	Hard	Romina Oprandi	1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	19 November 2006	Deauville, France	Clay	Viktoriya Kutuzova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	4 February 2007	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	16.	21 October 2007	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Foretz	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	19 April 2008	Bari, Italy	Clay	Arantxa Rus	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	7 October 2008	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	19.	26 October 2008	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Alexa Glatch	3–6, 1–6
Winner	20	28 September 2010	Ningbo, China	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	7 July 2013	Denain, France	Clay	Teliana Pereira	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	22.	18 August 2013	Craiova, Romania	Clay	Kristína Kučová	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	23.	30 September 2013	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Kateřina Siniaková	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	24.	13 October 2013	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Rus	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up	25.	8 September 2014	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Carina Witthöft	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	26.	9 November 2014	Bath, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	27.	27 August 2017	Caslano, Switzerland	Clay	Karin Kennel	3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 17 (11–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 July 1998	Catania, Italy	Clay	Chiara Dalbon	Sandra Mantler Shelley Stephens	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	9 August 1998	Catania, Italy	Clay	Chiara Dalbon	Bettina Fulco Jorgelina Torti	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	24 July 2000	Camaiore, Italy	Clay	Giulia Meruzzi	Eugenia Chialvo Jorgelina Cravero	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	23 June 2002	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Frederica Piedade	Carlota Santos Neuza Silva	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	20 July 2002	Frinton, Great Britain	Grass	Michelle Summerside	Irina Bulykina Evgenia Linetskaya	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	4 August 2002	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Neuza Silva Frederica Piedade	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	7.	25 January 2004	Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Kildine Chevalier	Iva Majoli Sanda Mamić	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	13 March 2005	Naples, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Anna Floris Giulia Meruzzi	6–4, 6–3
Winner	9.	7 May 2005	Catania, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Giulia Gabba Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–3
Winner	10.	19 February 2006	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	Raquel Atawo Aleke Tsoubanos	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	11.	26 February 2006	Saint-Georges, Canada	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	Veronika Chvojková Dominika Cibulková	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	4 March 2007	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Maret Ani	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	2–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	19 April 2008	Bari, Italy	Clay	Anna Floris	Stephanie Vogt Polona Hercog	6–3, 6–3
Winner	14.	8 September 2008	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Polona Hercog	Çağla Büyükakçay Julia Glushko	6–4, 7–5
Winner	15.	5 April 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Julia Schruff	Marina Shamayko Emily Stellato	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	6 April 2009	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Chen Yi Vesna Manasieva	6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	17.	19 October 2014	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Maria Elena Camerin	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	def.

Grand Slam performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	5–5
French Open	1R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1–5
US Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–4
Win–loss	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–3	3–4	1–4	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–19

Doubles

Tournament	2007	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1–3
French Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1–4
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	0–2
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	0–2
Win–loss	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–11

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