Flora Perfetti

Flora Perfetti
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	January 29, 1969 (age 54)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 425,684
Singles
Career record	193–160
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (April 21, 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1998)
French Open	3R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1996, 1998)
US Open	3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	73–81
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (March 17, 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1997)
French Open	1R (1995, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1997)
US Open	1R (1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
	Last updated on: April 22, 2013.

Last updated January 13, 2024

Flora Perfetti (born 29 January 1969) is an Italian tennis player.^[1] On 21 April 1997 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking at No. 54 and 17 March of the same year reached her highest doubles ranking at No. 71.^[2]

Biography

Flora started playing tennis when she was 6 and by the age of 9 her father had signed her up for tennis classes. At the age of 16 she won her first Italian team title at C.A. Faenza. At the age of 21 she won her first prize money ($10,000) at Riccione in a final against Ginevra Mugnaini. In 1997 she played the Fed Cup with Silvia Farina Elia, Gloria Pizzichini, and Francesca Lubiani with a 'big finish'. Throughout her career she has won 193 singles matches, 73 doubles matches and accumulated $425,684 in prize money to date. She now teaches at C.A. Faenza.^[2]

ITF finals

Singles (5–7)

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	5 March 1990	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Tang Min	2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Win	2.	22 April 1991	Riccione, Italy	Clay	Ginevra Mugnaini	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3.	27 May 1991	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	1 June 1992	Brindisi, Italy	Clay	Luciana Tella	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5.	15 June 1992	Milan, Italy	Clay	Emanuela Zardo	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	19 June 1994	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Larissa Schaerer	2–6, 3–6
Win	7.	5 September 1994	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Stefania Pifferi	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	8.	27 March 1995	Reims, France	Clay	Marion Maruska	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	9.	2 December 1996	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Loss	10.	30 August 1999	Fano, Italy	Clay	Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	12 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Gisela Riera	2–6, 4–6
Win	12.	10 September 2000	Fano, Italy	Clay	Maja Matevžič	6–3, 6–4

Doubles (5–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	6 November, 1989	Fez, Morocco	Clay	Lucie Korinkova	Petra Kemper Barbara Rittner	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	1 April 1991	Bari, Italy	Clay	Jennifer Fuchs	Monika Kratochvílová Svetlana Krivencheva	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win	3.	17 August 1992	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	Sandra Dopfer Maja Živec-Škulj	1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	20 September 1993	Capua, Italy	Clay	Francesca Romano	Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	5.	12 June 1994	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Virág Csurgó	Mami Donoshiro Kyōko Nagatsuka	6–1, 7–5
Win	6.	5 September 1994	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Gabriella Boschiero	Emanuela Brusati Cristina Salvi	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	18 March 1996	Reims, France	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Siobhan Drake-Brockman Catherine Tanvier	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Loss	8.	14 July 1996	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Laura Garrone	Tina Križan Olga Lugina	4–6, 2–6

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References

↑ "Player Profile". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 22 April 2013.
1 2 Nizegorodcew, Alessandro. "Flora Perfetti si racconta: "Quante emozioni nella mia carriera!"". www.spaziotennis.com. SpazioTennis. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

External links

Flora Perfetti at the Women's Tennis Association
Flora Perfetti at the International Tennis Federation
Flora Perfetti at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[ITF_Player_profile-1] "Player Profile". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 22 April 2013.

[SpazioTennis-2] 1 2 Nizegorodcew, Alessandro. "Flora Perfetti si racconta: "Quante emozioni nella mia carriera!"". www.spaziotennis.com. SpazioTennis. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

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