Anna Gerasimou

Anna Gerasimou
Άννα Γερασίμου

At the Allianz Cup in Sofia, Sept. 2008
Country (sports)	Greece
Residence	Athens
Born	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 Kavala
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$85,137
Singles
Career record	165-104
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	200 (9 March 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	41-47
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	201 (7 June 2010)

Anna Gerasimou (Greek: Άννα Γερασίμου; born 15 October 1987 in Kavala) is a retired Greek tennis player. When she was young, she moved from Kavala to Athens in order to pursue a career in tennis.

Gerasimou competed in the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics with partner Eleni Daniilidou, and lost in the first round to the Swiss team of Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Patty Schnyder. Coached by George Kalovelonis, her highest career singles ranking was 200, which she achieved on 9 March 2009. She has qualified for a WTA main draw twice, both in 2010, in Pattaya City, and in Kuala Lumpur. She also had one WTA doubles main-draw appearance, in Pattaya City in 2010, where she reached the quarterfinals. She retired from tennis 2010.

ITF circuit finals

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Singles: 15 (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 March 2005	Athens, Greece	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	21 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	11 June 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	4.	24 September 2006	Mytiline, Greece	Hard	Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	8 October 2006	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Patricia Mayr	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	24 February 2007	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	10 March 2007	Ramat HaSharon, İsrael	Hard	Nikola Vajdová	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	8 July 2007	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Olivia Sanchez	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	22 September 2007	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	2–6, 6–1, 0–6
Runner-up	10.	6 July 2008	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	11.	26 July 2008	A Coruña, Spain	Hard	Neuza Silva	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	12.	2 November 2008	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–2
Winner	13.	5 July 2009	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Selima Sfar	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	18 October 2009	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	17 January 2010	Pingguo, China	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 5 (3-2)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 February 2007	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Mariana Muci	Melissa Cabrera-Handt Carolina Gago-Fuentes	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	15 March 2008	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	Hard	Anna Hawkins	Marta Marrero María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	16 October 2009	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	7–6, 7–6
Winner	4.	23 October 2009	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Chen Astrogo Keren Shlomo	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	28 March 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Mihaela Buzărnescu Alenka Hubacek	w/o

External links

• Anna Gerasimou at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anna Gerasimou at the International Tennis Federation
• Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site