Giulia Casoni

Giulia Casoni

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Ferrara, Italy
Born	(1978-04-19) 19 April 1978 Ferrara, Italy
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 326,936
Singles
Career record	269–233
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	83 (8 January 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
French Open	3R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	225–127
Career titles	3 WTA, 27 ITF
Highest ranking	51 (19 February 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (2000, 2001)

Giulia Casoni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja kaˈzoːni -ˈsoː-]; born 19 April 1978) is a retired Italian tennis player.

As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles. She was a member of Italy Fed Cup team from 2000 to 2001, and won three doubles titles at WTA tournaments.

Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami, Katarina Srebotnik, Mariya Koryttseva, Francesca Schiavone, Émilie Loit and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She also won four singles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Casoni retired from professional tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.

Personal life

Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I 5 (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Jul 1994	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Ruxandra Dragomir Laura Garrone	1–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	Jul 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Iroda Tulyaganova	Catherine Barclay Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	Jan 2001	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Janette Husárová	Katie Schlukebir Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6(11–9), 7–5
Winner	3.	Jul 2005	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1996	French Open	Clay	Alice Canepa	Anna Kournikova Ludmilla Varmuzova	6–2, 5–7, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 August 1994	Alghero, Italy	Hard	Corina Morariu	5–7, 6–7(5)
Winner	2.	18 June 1995	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Monica Guglielmi	7–6, 7–6
Winner	3.	4 August 1996	Catania, Italy	Clay	Debby Haak	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	31 March 1997	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Anna Földényi	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	3 August 1997	Catania, Italy	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	8 December 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	5–7, 6–7(8)
Runner-up	7.	7 February 1998	Birkenhead, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Petra Mandula	0–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	13 December 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	20 June 1999	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Petra Begerow	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	19 April 2000	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Iroda Tulyaganova	2–6, 3–6

Doubles (27–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 September 1993	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Germana Di Natale Giulia Toschi	7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	21 August 1994	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Sara Ventura	Francesca Lubiani Maria Paola Zavagli	6–7, 5–7
Winner	3.	24 April 1995	Bari, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Marina Gojković Dragana Zarić	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	12 June 1995	Massa, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Marzia Grossi	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	18 March 1996	Reims, France	Clay	Flora Perfetti	Siobhan Drake-Brockman Catherine Tanvier	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Winner	6.	27 July 1997	Camaiore, Italy	Clay	Federica Fortuni	Cindy Dock Jenny-Anne Fetch	6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	3 August 1997	Muri Antichi, Italy	Clay	Federica Fortuni	Natalia Bondarenko Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	7–6, 6–2
Winner	8.	10 August 1997	Catania, Italy	Clay	Sabina Da Ponte	Ding Ding Ni Wei	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	8 December 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	7 February 1998	Birkenhead, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Zaporozhanova	Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	24 August 1998	Milan, Italy	Grass	Marijana Kovačević	Hiroko Mochizuki Ryoko Takemura	6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	27 September 1998	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Katia Altilia Stefanie Haidner	0–6, 2–6
Winner	13.	13 December 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Katia Altilia	Paula Garcia Kelly Liggan	6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	14.	7 June 1999	Galatina, İtaly	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth	1–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	20 June 1999	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Kirstin Freye	Andrea Šebová Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–3, 6–3
Winner	16.	6 March 2000	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard (i)	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Angelika Bachmann Eva Dyrberg	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	17.	10 April 2000	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard (i)	Angelika Bachmann	Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	22 October 2000	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Laurence Courtois	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	19.	29 July 2001	Pamplona, Spain	Hard	Roberta Vinci	Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin	7–6, 6–4
Winner	20.	3 September 2001	Fano, Italy	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Eva Bes Gisela Riera	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	27 January 2002	Fullerton, United States	Hard	Amanda Hopmans	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	22.	3 February 2002	Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Amanda Hopmans	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6–4, ret.
Runner-up	23.	11 February 2003	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Roberta Vinci	Olga Barabanschikova Nadejda Ostrovskaya	3–6, 4–6
Winner	24.	7 September 2003	Fano, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Gala León García María Emilia Salerni	6–3, 6–3
Winner	25.	5 October 2003	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Maret Ani	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Bahia Mouhtassine	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	26.	23 May 2004	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	27.	31 May 2004	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Kathrin Wörle	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	28.	9 August 2004	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Aurélie Védy Jasmin Wöhr	1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	29.	28 September 2004	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Darija Jurak	Ekaterina Bychkova Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–0, 6–2
Winner	30.	19 December 2004	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Francesca Lubiani	Lenka Němečková Julia Schruff	6–2, 6–3
Winner	31.	13 February 2005	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Francesca Lubiani	Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–3
Winner	32.	7 May 2005	Catania, Italy	Clay	Alberta Brianti	Giulia Gabba Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–3
Winner	33.	28 May 2005	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	Katarína Kachlíková Lenka Tvarošková	6–0, 7–5
Winner	34.	12 June 2005	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Olena Antypina Nina Bratchikova	6–2, 6–0
Winner	35.	14 August 2005	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	36.	19 February 2006	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	Raquel Atawo Aleke Tsoubanos	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	37.	26 February 2006	Saint-Georges, Canada	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	Veronika Chvojková Dominika Cibulková	6–2, 3–6, 6–1

External links

• Giulia Casoni at the Women's Tennis Association
• Giulia Casoni at the International Tennis Federation