Christina Fusano

Christina Fusano

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Plymouth, California
Born	(1980-11-27) November 27, 1980 Sacramento, California
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	67–78 (46.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 417 (February 21, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	210–163 (56.3%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 84 (August 4, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	1R (2003,2008)

Christina Fusano (born November 27, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player. She attended Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs, California, where she was an all-league volleyball and basketball player. In tennis, she was the top-ranked junior in Northern California from 1997–99.

Biography

Fusano competed collegiately for the University of California, where she was ranked as high as No. 25 in NCAA Division 1 singles and with Raquel Kops-Jones was the 2003 NCAA Doubles champion. She also was a two-time Pac 10 Doubles champion, 2002 and 2003.

Fusano's career-high WTA doubles ranking is 84, set on August 4, 2008. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 417, which she reached on February 21, 2005. She played for the Delaware Smash of WTT. She previously played for the Boston Lobsters in 2007, and 2009 she played for the New York Sportimes. She served as a substitute for the Sacramento Capitals in 2010 and 2011.

In July 2011, Fusano won the US Open National Playoffs in mixed doubles with partner David Martin to qualify for the 2011 US Open. She retired from professional tennis 2014.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Nov 2007	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Raquel Kops-Jones	Stéphanie Dubois Renata Voráčová	6–2, 7–6(8–6)

ITF finals

Doubles: 29 (13–16)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	August 4, 2002	ITF Harrisonburg, United States	Hard	Marlene Mejia	Michelle Dasso Julie Rotondi	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	March 13, 2005	ITF Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Lauren Fisher	Valentina Castro Ana Lucía Migliarini de León	2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	July 24, 2005	Hammond, United States	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Mary Gambale Kelley Hyndman	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	October 23, 2005	ITF Houston, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	February 5, 2006	Taupo, New Zealand	Hard	Lauren Barnikow	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	May 28, 2006	El Paso, United States	Hard	Beau Jones	Amanda Craddock Colleen Rielley	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	7.	June 11, 2006	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Ansley Cargill Julie Ditty	7–6(8), 6–4
Winner	8.	June 25, 2006	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Nicole Kriz	Maria-Victoria Domina Story Tweedie-Yates	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	July 23, 2006	Hammond, United States	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Ryōko Fuda Sunitha Rao	7–6(7), 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	September 24, 2006	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Milagros Sequera Julie Ditty	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	October 15, 2006	San Francisco, United States	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Laura Granville Carly Gullickson	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	November 19, 2006	Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Leanne Baker Julie Ditty	6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up	13.	December 3, 2006	San Diego, United States	Hard	Aleke Tsoubanos	Ivana Abramović Hana Šromová	4–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	November 18, 2007	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	Angela Haynes Mashona Washington	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	April 13, 2008	Jackson, United States	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Soledad Esperón María Irigoyen	6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	16.	August 2, 2008	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Junri Namigata	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	7–6(4), 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	17.	November 16, 2008	San Diego, United States	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Angela Haynes Mashona Washington	6–3, 6–2
Winner	18.	June 14, 2009	El Paso, United States	Hard	Shikha Uberoi	Maria Fernanda Alves Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	19.	February 21, 2010	Surprise, United States	Hard	Courtney Nagle	Ji Chunmei Xu Yifan	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	20.	March 8, 2010	Hammond, United States	Hard	Courtney Nagle	Zhou Yimiao Xu Yifan	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	21.	March 20, 2010	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Courtney Nagle	Johanna Larsson Chanelle Scheepers	6–2, 6–7(4), [7–10]
Winner	22.	May 9, 2010	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Courtney Nagle	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	23.	May 29, 2010	Carson Challenger, United States	Clay	Courtney Nagle	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	1–6, 2–6
Winner	24.	July 25, 2010	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Bojana Bobusic	Jacqueline Cako Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–2
Winner	25.	September 19, 2010	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Kim Anh Nguyen Jelena Pandžić	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	26.	January 15, 2011	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Yasmin Schnack	Ahsha Rolle Mashona Washington	4–6, 2–6
Winner	27.	March 5, 2011	ITF Hammond, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Melanie South	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	28.	May 8, 2011	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Alexa Glatch	Alyona Sotnikova Lenka Wienerová	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	29.	May 28, 2011	Carson Challenger, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad	2–6, 3–6

External links

• Christina Fusano at the Women's Tennis Association
• Christina Fusano at the International Tennis Federation
• College Tennis Profile for Christina Fusano
• Christina Fusano Visits Hospital for Children – Jan 15, 2007
• WTT Bio
• Cal Bio
• US Open Qualifying