Daniela Casanova

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Daniela Casanova
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Altstätten, Switzerland
Born (1984-05-14) 14 May 1984 (age 40)
Altstätten
Turned pro1999
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$16,043
Singles
Career record39–27
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 456 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior3R (2002)
Wimbledon  JuniorQF (2001)
US Open  Junior2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record25–9
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 402 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior2R (2001)
Wimbledon  Junior2R (2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 0–2

Daniela Casanova (born 14 May 1984) is a former tennis player from Switzerland.

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She achieved career-high WTA rankings of 456 in singles on 8 July 2002 and 402 in doubles on 17 June 2002. She won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Switzerland in Fed Cup, Casanova has a win-loss record of 0–2. She retired from tennis in 2003.

Personal life

Casanova was born in Altstätten. She started playing tennis at the age of five. She was coached by her father, Leo Casanova, and Zoltan Kuharszky, and received advice from Melanie Molitor. She preferred hard courts and any fast surface. Her mother's name is Luzia. She has a brother, Sandro, and a younger sister, Myriam, who also has been a professional player.

ITF finals

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

Singles: 5 (2–3)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.10 September 2000 Zadar, CroatiaClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 6–1
Win2.17 September 2000 Biograd, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Marijana Kovačević 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss1.23 September 2001Zadar, CroatiaClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavlína Šlitrová6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss2.7 October 2001 Novi Sad, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova 4–6, 5–7
Loss3.12 May 2002 Szeged, HungaryClay Flag of Romania.svg Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.17 June 2001 Vaduz, LiechtensteinClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova Flag of Germany.svg Susi Bensch
Flag of Germany.svg Sabrina Jolk
6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win1.23 September 2001Zadar, CroatiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Machovská
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sarka Snorova
6–2, 6–2
Win2.30 September 2001 Belgrade, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Dragana Ilić
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ljiljana Nanušević
6–2, 7–5
Win3.7 October 2001Novi Sad, SerbiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Myriam Casanova Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ana Četnik
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ljiljana Nanušević
6–1, 6–1
Loss2.14 April 2002 Makarska, CroatiaClay Flag of Croatia.svg Marijana Kovačević Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Hergold
5–7, 2–6
Win4.11 May 2002 Szeged, HungaryClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Aliénor Tricerri Flag of Hungary.svg Zsuzsanna Fodor
Flag of Hungary.svg Dorottya Magas
7–5, 7–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2001 Fed Cup World Group Playoffs 22 July 2001 Sydney, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik L3–6, 1–6

Doubles

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2001 Fed Cup World Group Playoffs 22 July 2001 Sydney, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Grass Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Aliénor Tricerri Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel McQuillan
L3–6, 3–6

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