Verdiana Verardi

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Verdiana Verardi
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 35)
Turned pro2003
Retired2011
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$53,034
Singles
Career record174–122 (58.8%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 358 (15 June 2009)
Doubles
Career record71–43 (62.3%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 287 (7 May 2007)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Almería Women's doubles

Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player. [1]

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Verardi has career-high WTA rankings of 358 in singles, achieved on 15 June 2009, and 287 in doubles, set on 7 May 2007. She won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2005, she played for Italy in the Mediterranean Games in Almería (Spain) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles. [2]

She retired from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury and personal issues. [3]

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2005ITF Monteroni, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Corinna Dentoni 0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss0–2Jul 2005ITF Ancona, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Claudia Ivone 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Aug 2006ITF Westende, Belgium10,000Hard Flag of France.svg Claire de Gubernatis 3–6, 3–6
Win1–3Oct 2006ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Ukraine.svg Veronika Kapshay 6–4, 6–4
Win2–3Oct 2006ITF Seville, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Timotić 6–4, 6–4
Win3–3Aug 2007ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Federica Di Sarra 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss3–4Sep 2007ITF Ciampino, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sassi 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss3–5Mar 2009ITF Bath, United Kingdom10,000Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Vongsouthi 2–6, 4–6
Win4–5May 2009ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Flag of Romania.svg Elena Bogdan 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss4–6May 2010ITF Rivoli, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Morocco.svg Nadia Lalami 4–6, 2–6
Loss4–7Jul 2010ITF Imola, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Gioia Barbieri 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 2004ITF Ciampino, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Meruzzi Flag of Italy.svg Raffaella Bindi
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Frappi
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss1–1Apr 2005ITF Bath, United Kingdom10,000Hard Flag of Germany.svg Vanessa Pinto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Hawkins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rebecca Llewellyn
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win2–1Jul 2005ITF Monteroni, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Meruzzi Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Disderi
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgia Mortello
7–6(4), 7–6(1)
Win3–1Jul 2006ITF Napoli, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Italy.svg Emilia Desiderio
Flag of Austria.svg Stefanie Haidner
6–1, 6–3
Win4–1Jul 2006ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Italy.svg Emilia Desiderio
Flag of France.svg Anaïs Laurendon
6–1, 6–3
Loss4–2Aug 2006ITF Rebecq, Belgium10,000Clay Flag of France.svg Claire de Gubernatis Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniëlle Harmsen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jessie de Vries
4–6, 2–6
Loss4–3Oct 2006ITF Granada, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Gago Fuentes Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz García Vidagany
Flag of Russia.svg Julia Parasyuk
4–6, 4–6
Win5–3Oct 2006ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Sánchez García Flag of Ukraine.svg Veronika Kapshay
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–4, 6–3
Win6–3Mar 2007ITF Sabadell, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Sánchez García Flag of Italy.svg Nicole Clerico
Flag of France.svg Violette Huck
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss6–4Apr 2007ITF Torhout, Belgium10,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Elena Pioppo Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Babáková
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kika Hogendoorn
6–7(2), 3–6
Win7–4Jun 2007ITF Tortosa, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Cantarutti
Flag of Spain.svg Sabina Mediano Alvarez
7–5, 7–5
Loss7–5Jul 2007ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Elena Pioppo Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Kleybanova
Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sassi
5–7, 2–6
Win8–4Aug 2007ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom10,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Nicole Clerico Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katharina Brown
Flag of India.svg Tara Iyer
6–4, 6–3
Win9–4Sep 2007ITF Ciampino, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Italy.svg Astrid Besser
Flag of Italy.svg Letizia Lo Re
6–3, 6–4
Win10–4Apr 2008ITF Torrent, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Elena Pioppo Flag of Russia.svg Julia Parasyuk
Flag of Germany.svg Dominice Ripoll
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss10–6Aug 2008ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Flag of France.svg Aurélie Védy
4–6, 2–6
Loss10–7Sep 2010ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Gasparri Flag of Italy.svg Federica Grazioso
Flag of Italy.svg Vivienne Vierin
1–6, 3–6
Loss10–8Oct 2010ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Gasparri Flag of Russia.svg Viktoria Kamenskaya
Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Kirillova
7–6(10), 3–6, [3–10]

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References

  1. "Tennis Abstract: Verdiana Verardi ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. "2005 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-23.
  3. "Verdiana Verardi I could have been a top player". www.spaziotennis.com.