Federica Bonsignori

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Federica Bonsignori
Full nameFederica Bonsignori
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1967-11-20) 20 November 1967 (age 53)
Prize money$329,849
Singles
Career record225–206 (52.2%)
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 28 (13 May 1991)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1989)
French Open 2R (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992)
Wimbledon 1R (1988, 1991, 1992)
US Open 2R (1987)
Doubles
Career record31–66 (32.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (20 July 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (1987)

Federica Bonsignori (born 20 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

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Biography

Bonsignori started competing professionally in 1984.

She won her first Grand Slam match at the 1986 French Open when she had a double bagel win over Amanda Tobin. [1] This was one of four occasions in her career that she reached the second round at Roland Garros, which was her best Grand Slam event.

In 1987, she upset top seed Manuela Maleeva en route to the quarter-finals of the Belgian Open and reached the semi-finals of the Clarins Open in Paris. [2] [3]

Across 1988 and 1989, she had a minimal impact on tour, unable to progress past the second round in any WTA Tour tournament.

Bonsignori won her only WTA tournament title at the 1990 Estoril Open. [4] An unseeded player, she managed wins over three seeds, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Isabel Cueto and Sabine Hack, before accounting for Laura Garrone in an all-Italian final. [5]

She started 1991 by making the quarterfinals at Hilton Head, a run which included a win over top-10 player Katerina Maleeva. [6] Following two more quarterfinal performances, in back to back WTA tournaments at Houston and Taranto, Bonsignori attained her highest ranking of 28 on 13 May 1991.

A member of the Italy Federation Cup team in 1991, Bonsignori made a brief appearance in the World Group quarterfinal tie against Germany in Nottingham. With the Germans having secured the tie, Bonsignori made her tournament debut by partnering Linda Ferrando in a dead rubber. Their opponents, Anke Huber and Barbara Rittner retired from the match after only one game. [7]

She was runner-up to Magdalena Maleeva at the 1992 San Marino Open and continued playing on tour until 1995. [8]

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win Jul 1990 Portugal Open Tier VClay Flag of Italy.svg Laura Garrone 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss Jul 1992 Internazionali di San MarinoTier VClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva 6–7(3–7), 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1 August 1983ITF Cava de' Tirreni, ItalyClay Flag of Greece.svg Angeliki Kanellopoulou 1–6, 6–7
Win2.8 August 1983ITF Sezze, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Ana Almansa6–1, 6–3
Loss3.10 June 1985ITF Lyon, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Cecille Calmette7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss4.14 April 1986ITF Monviso, ItalyClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná 6–7, 2–6
Win5.22 June 1987ITF Francaville, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Barbara Romanò 1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss6.26 June 1989ITF Arezzo, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Labat 4–6, 4–6
Win7.24 July 1989ITF Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sabine Appelmans 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(2)
Loss8.4 June 1990ITF Mantua, ItalyHard Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Mariaan de Swardt 3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win9.19 August 1991ITF Spoleto, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Cristina Salvi 6–4, 6–3
Loss10.22 February 1993ITF Valencia, SpainHard Flag of Italy.svg Elena Savoldi 4–6, 1–6
Loss11.28 June 1993ITF Stuttgart, GermanyClay Flag of Austria.svg Sandra Dopfer 1–6, 0–6
Loss12.4 July 1994ITF Erlangen, GermanyClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Radka Zrubáková 2–6, 1–6
Loss13.20 February 1995ITF Valencia, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Neus Ávila 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.22 April 1990ITF Turin, ItalyClay Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Noszály Flag of Japan.svg Ei Iida
Flag of Indonesia.svg Suzanna Wibowo
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss2.17 April 1995ITF Murcia, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Gloria Pizzichini Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Eberle
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
5–7, 2–6

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