Luciana Masante

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Luciana Masante
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 46)
Prize money$60,928
Singles
Career record155–122
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 197 (2 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Q1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record117–86
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (12 July 1999)

Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

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Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Corina Morariu, retiring hurt with a leg injury while behind a set and 0–3. [1]

Ranked as high as 197 in singles, Masante appeared in the qualifying draw for the 1999 US Open. [2]

On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, before retiring from professional tennis in 2001.

ITF Circuit finals

$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.25 August 1996ITF Lima, PeruHard Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Lopez Palacios 6–4, 6–2
Win2.8 September 1996ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Argentina.svg Celeste Contín 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss1.31 August 1997ITF Kyiv, UkraineClay Flag of Russia.svg Olga Ivanova 0–6, 2–6
Win3.7 September 1997ITF Bad Nauheim, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Isabell Quast 6–4, 6–3
Win4.30 August 1998ITF Middelkerke, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patty Van Acker 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss2.23 May 1999ITF Zaragoza, SpainClay Flag of Colombia.svg Mariana Mesa 6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Win5.27 August 2000ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Paraguay.svg Larissa Schaerer 6–3, 6–0
Loss3.8 October 2000ITF Girona, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4–0, 5–4, 0–4
Win6.2 September 2001ITF Spoleto, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Sonia Delgado 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (8–12)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.8 September 1996ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Brazil.svg Renata Brito Flag of Argentina.svg Celeste Contín
Flag of Argentina.svg Romina Ottoboni
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss2.7 April 1997ITF Viña del Mar, ChileClay Flag of Argentina.svg Celeste Contín Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss3.18 May 1997ITF Le Touquet, FranceClay Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of France.svg Magalie Lamarre
2–6, 3–6
Loss4.25 May 1997ITF Brixen, ItalyClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Miroslava Vavrinec Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Schneider
Flag of Austria.svg Patricia Wartusch
3–6, 0–6
Win1.7 September 1997ITF Bad Nauheim, GermanyClay Flag of Sweden.svg Annica Lindstedt Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debby Haak
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maaike Koutstaal
6–2, 6–2
Win2.9 August 1998ITF Rebecq, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daphne Van De Zande Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sofie Borgions
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cindy Schuurmans
6–1, 6–4
Win3.16 August 1998ITF Koksijde, BelgiumClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Monika Maštalířová Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lotty Seelen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarina Valkyová
6–3, 7–5
Loss5.23 August 1998ITF Brussels, BelgiumClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cindy Schuurmans
6–7, 5–7
Win4.30 August 1998ITF Middelkerke, BelgiumClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Patrícia Marková Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bretchtje Bruls
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cindy Schuurmans
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss6.27 September 1998ITF Tucuman, ArgentinaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo Flag of Argentina.svg Mercedes Paz
Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Loss7.2 November 1998ITF Mogi das Cruzes, BrazilClay Flag of Spain.svg Alicia Ortuño Flag of Spain.svg Eva Bes
Flag of Argentina.svg María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss8.30 August 1999ITF Denain, FranceClay Flag of Spain.svg Mariam Ramón Climent Flag of Spain.svg Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
1–6, 4–6
Win5.27 August 2000ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Geraldine Aizenberg Flag of Argentina.svg Melisa Arévalo
Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Racedo
6–2, 6–2
Win6.19 March 2001ITF Matamoros, MexicoHard Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera Flag of Austria.svg Bianca Kamper
Flag of Austria.svg Nadine Schlotterer
6–2, 6–2
Win7.26 March 2001ITF Victoria, MexicoHard Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera Flag of Argentina.svg Melisa Arévalo
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
6–4, 7–5
Loss9.7 May 2001ITF Maglie, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Natalia Gussoni Flag of Spain.svg Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Flag of Argentina.svg Eugenia Chialvo
4–6, 4–6
Loss10.14 May 2001ITF Turin, ItalyClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera Flag of Argentina.svg Melisa Arévalo
Flag of Brazil.svg Vanessa Menga
5–7, 2–6
Win8.8 July 2001ITF Getxo, SpainClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera Flag of Spain.svg Anna Font
Flag of Russia.svg Raissa Gourevitch
6–2, 6–3
Loss11.13 August 2001ITF Aosta, ItalyClay Flag of Austria.svg Stefanie Haidner Flag of France.svg Kildine Chevalier
Flag of Madagascar.svg Natacha Randriantefy
6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss12.27 September 2001ITF Spoleto, ItalyClay Flag of Austria.svg Stefanie Haidner Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Disderi
Flag of Italy.svg Anna Floris
4–6, 5–7

References

  1. "Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.
  2. "El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.