Country (sports) | Italy |
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Residence | Anzio, Italy |
Born | Rimini, Italy | 10 December 1998
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 2,048,799 |
Singles | |
Career record | 297–221 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 46 (8 April 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 69 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
French Open | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
US Open | 3R (2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 42–81 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 341 (5 August 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 342 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 1R (2022, 2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
US Open | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | F (2023) |
Last updated on: 20 August 2024. |
Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 46 in singles and No. 341 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open, and has also reached eight singles finals on the ITF Women's Circuit, of which she won five.
Bronzetti was born in Rimini and grew up in Verucchio. [1] [2] She began playing tennis at the age of 10 at the suggestion of her aunt, [3] and took lessons at the Tennis Club Valmarecchia in Pietracuta. [4]
Her training base is in Anzio. [5] [6] She also trains at the Circolo Tennis Viserba, outside of Rimini. [4]
In May 2021, Bronzetti was awarded a wildcard into the singles qualifying rounds of Italian Open, but failed to advance to the main draw. [7] She and partner Nuria Brancaccio were awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw, but lost in the first round to Coco Gauff and Veronika Kudermetova. [8] She was also handed a wildcard into the qualifiers of the Emilia-Romagna Open in singles, but failed to advance to the main draw. [9]
In July, she made her WTA main draw debut after qualifying for the Ladies Open Lausanne, where she also reached her first WTA quarterfinal. [10] The following week, she reached her second tour quarterfinal at Palermo with wins over Viktoriya Tomova and Grace Min. [11]
In August, Bronzetti entered the qualifiers for the US Open, but failed to advance past the first round. [12] [13] The following month, she reached the second round of the Karlsruhe Open. [14] She qualified for the Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož and reached the quarterfinals with wins over Rebecca Peterson and Bernarda Pera. [15]
Bronzetti qualified for her first Grand Slam at the 2022 Australian Open after defeating Amandine Hesse, Valeria Savinykh, and Nao Hibino in qualifying. [16] She defeated Varvara Gracheva in the first round before losing to world No. 1 and eventual champion Ashleigh Barty in the second. [17] [18]
In March, she failed to qualify at Indian Wells, but made her WTA 1000 main draw debut as a lucky loser in Miami. [19] She reached the fourth round with wins over Ajla Tomljanović and Stefanie Vögele and a walkover from Anna Kalinskaya, before losing to wild card Daria Saville. [20] [21] Following the tournament, she entered the Top 100. [22]
She made her main draw debut as a wildcard at the Italian Open, but lost in the first round to Camila Osorio. [23] [24] She reached her first WTA semifinal at the Morocco Open with wins over Anna Kalinskaya, Clara Burel, and Nuria Párrizas Díaz, before losing to compatriot and eventual champion Martina Trevisan. [25] She entered the main draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon, but failed to progress past the first round in both. [26] [27]
Bronzetti reached her first WTA Tour final in Palermo with wins over Wang Xiyu, Elina Avanesyan, Caroline Garcia, and Jasmine Paolini, before losing to Irina-Camelia Begu. [28] [29] The following month, she reached the Vancouver Open final, but lost to qualifier Valentini Grammatikopoulou. [30]
Following the inaugural United Cup, Bronzetti reached a career-high ranking of No. 50 on 9 January 2023. [31] However, she had failed to record a win at the WTA Tour level until the Morocco Open in May. Ranked No. 102, she won her first career title there with wins over Rebecca Peterson, eighth seed Tatjana Maria, fourth seed Alycia Parks, second seed Sloane Stephens, and Julia Grabher in the final. [32] [33]
The following month, she reached her third final and first on grass at the Bad Homburg Open with victories over Julia Grabher, Mayar Sherif, and Varvara Gracheva, and the withdrawal of world No. 1, Iga Swiatek, in the semifinal. [34] Bronzetti ultimately lost to Kateřina Siniaková in the final, [35] but reached a new career-high of No. 47 on 3 July 2023. [36]
In August, Bronzetti reached the third round of the US Open, defeating 12th seed Barbora Krejčíková and Eva Lys, before losing to Zheng Qinwen. [37] [38] During the remainder of the season, she made three quarterfinals at the WTA 250 level: at the Guangzhou Open, [39] the Ningbo Open, [40] and the Monastir Open. [41]
Having come through qualifying, Bronzetti defeated 10th seed Daria Kasatkina in the first round at the Dubai Open in February, [42] before losing her next match to Anastasia Potapova. [43]
The following month at the Indian Wells Open, she recorded wins over Magdalena Fręch [44] and 32nd seed Anhelina Kalinina [45] to reach the third round where she lost to third seed Coco Gauff. [46]
Seeded 4th, Bronzetti failed to defend her Morocco Open title in May, going out in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Peyton Stearns, losing seven games in a row from 5–0 ahead in the deciding set. [47]
In July, Bronzetti won the clay-court WTA 125 Grand Est Open 88 in Contrexéville, France, defeating Mayar Sherif in a final which lasted more than three-and-a-half hours. [48]
Later that month, she represented Italy at the Paris Olympics but suffered first round defeats in both the singles and women's doubles. [49]
At the US Open in August, Bronzetti defeated Lulu Sun to reach the second round [50] where she lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka. [51]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
US Open | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0 / 12 | 4–12 | 25% |
National representation | |||||||
Billie Jean King Cup | A | A | F [lower-alpha 1] | 0 / 1 | 0–0 | – | |
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Qatar Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Dubai Championships | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Indian Wells Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Miami Open | A | 4R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Madrid Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Italian Open | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Canadian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
China Open | NH | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0 / 13 | 6–13 | 32% | |
Career statistics | |||||||
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments played | 4 | 15 | 21 | Career total: 40 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 1 | |||
Finals | 0 | 1 | 2 | Career total: 3 | |||
Hard win–loss | 2–2 | 4–7 | 12–15 | 0 / 22 | 18–24 | 43% | |
Clay win–loss | 4–2 | 7–6 | 5–5 | 1 / 14 | 16–13 | 55% | |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | |
Overall win–loss | 6–4 | 12–15 | 20–22 | 1 / 40 | 38–41 | 48% | |
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 2] | 145 | 56 | 64 | $1,534,954 |
Current through the 2023 Canadian Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
French Open | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | |
National representation | ||||||
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 3] | A | RR | 0 / 1 | 0–2 | ||
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Italian Open | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
China Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Career statistics | ||||||
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments played | 3 | 5 | 5 | Career total: 13 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Overall win-loss | 1–3 | 1–7 | 0–5 | 0 / 13 | 2–15 | |
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 4] | 396 | 585 | 891 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2022 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2023 | Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco | WTA 250 | Clay | Julia Grabher | 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2023 | Bad Homburg Open, Germany | WTA 250 | Grass | Kateřina Siniaková | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2022 | Vancouver Open, Canada | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | Contrexéville Open, France | Clay | Mayar Sherif | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sion, Switzerland | 10,000 | Clay | Karin Kennel | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Julia Wachaczyk | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Feb 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Nefisa Berberović | 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
Win | 4–0 | Mar 2021 | ITF Le Havre, France | 15,000 | Clay | Sara Cakarevic | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–1 | Apr 2021 | Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Julia Grabher | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–2 | Jun 2021 | ITF Jönköping, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | Darya Astakhova | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jul 2021 | ITF Turin, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Diane Parry | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Apr 2022 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Simona Waltert | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–4 | Apr 2023 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Jodie Burrage | 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2017 | Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Ludmilla Samsonova | Federica di Sarra Michele Alexandra Zmău | 2–6, 6–1, [8–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2018 | Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Anastasia Grymalska | Verena Hofer Maria Vittoria Viviani | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2021 | Grado Tennis Cup, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Isabella Shinikova | Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello | 6–4, 2–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2021 | ITF Torino, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Aurora Zantedeschi | Federica di Sarra Camilla Rosatello | 2–6, 2–6 |
Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | H2H |
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2022 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–1 | Ashleigh Barty | No. 1 | Australian Open | Hard | 2R | 1–6, 1–6 | No. 142 | |
2023 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–2 | Ons Jabeur | No. 7 | French Open | Clay | 1R | 4–6, 1–6 | No. 65 |
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