Stefania Boffa

Stefania Boffa
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	9 August 1988 (age 36)
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$50,066
Singles
Career record	147–127
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 307 (15 June 2009)
Doubles
Career record	75–61
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 194 (4 May 2009)

Last updated December 22, 2024

Stefania Boffa (born 9 August 1988) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. She has a career-high singles ranking of 307,^[1] and a doubles ranking of 194. She played for the Swiss Fed Cup team once in 2006, and retired from tennis 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	21 September 2004	ITF Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	0–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	12 June 2006	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Sandra Martinović	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	3 December 2006	ITF Havana, Cuba	Hard	Melissa Morales	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	18 June 2007	ITF Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	10 November 2008	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1 October 2006	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Zhang Ling	Sandy Gumulya Lavinia Tananta	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	16 March 2007	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Raluca Ciulei	Karin Hechenberger Giorgia Mortello	6–0, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
Loss	1.	5 May 2008	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Clay	Nikola Fraňková	Sarah Borwell Robin Stephenson	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	2.	12 May 2008	ITF Raleigh, United States	Clay	Nicole Rottmann	Anna Tatishvili Kimberly Couts	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	19 May 2008	ITF Landisville, United States	Clay	Anna Fitzpatrick	Heidi El Tabakh Audra Cohen	3–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	16 June 2008	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nikola Fraňková	Teodora Mirčić Lenka Tvarošková	5–7, 6–7
Loss	5.	7 July 2008	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Anna Fitzpatrick	Heidi El Tabakh Story Tweedie-Yates	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	26 October 2008	GB Pro Series Glasgow, UK	Hard	Amanda Elliott	Laura Ioana Andrei Irina-Camelia Begu	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Loss	6.	24 November 2008	ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	Hard	Conny Perrin	Lucía Sainz Ashley Weinhold	2–6, 3–6
Win	4.	21 March 2009	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	Hard	Anna Fitzpatrick	Veronika Chvojková Kateřina Vaňková	6–1, 6–1
Loss	7.	13 April 2009	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	Hard	Darija Jurak	Yulia Fedossova Virginie Pichet	5–7, 3–6
Loss	8.	15 June 2009	Open Montpellier, France	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	Yuliya Beygelzimer Laura Siegemund	4–6, 1–6

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References

↑ "Female Tennis Players | WTA Tennis".

External links

Stefania Boffa at the Women's Tennis Association
Stefania Boffa at the International Tennis Federation
Stefania Boffa at the Billie Jean King Cup

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