Francesca La'O

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Francesca La'O
Full nameFrancesca Maria La'O
Country (sports)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 49)
Prize money$ 8,303
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 386 (7 November 1994)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 251 (24 July 1995)
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Singapore Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Manila Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Singapore Women's team

Francesca Maria La'O (born 7 May 1976) is a Filipina former professional tennis player. [1]

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La'o, who was highest ever ranked Filipino singles player on the WTA Tour for a time with a WTA rank of 386, was a Southeast Asian Games doubles gold medalist and featured in 19 Fed Cup ties for the Philippines, with her first stint in the team from 1991 to 1995.

Between 1996 and 1999, La'O played collegiate tennis with UC Berkeley and earned NCAA All-American honors. [2]

In 2003, she came back for one final Fed Cup season, before retiring with eight singles and nine doubles wins. [3]

ITF finals

Doubles (1–2)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinNov 1992ITF Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Evangelina Olivarez Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Rocio Matute
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Dorothy-Jane Suarez		6–2, 6–0
LossDec 1993ITF SingaporeHard Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Evangelina Olivarez Flag of Indonesia.svg Natalia Soetrisno
Flag of Indonesia.svg Romana Tedjakusuma 		w/o
LossMay 1995ITF Beijing, ChinaHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Weng Tzu-ting Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ih-sook
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-ha 		2–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ Star, The Philippine (21 June 2015). "Ex-champ sees future for promising junior netters". ABS-CBN .
  2. ↑ "California Golden Bears - Women's Tennis". University of California Golden Bears Athletics.
  3. ↑ Villar, Joey (2 April 2003). "Arevalo looms as RP's hope in Mitsubishi tilt". The Philippine Star .
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