Rita Grande

Rita Grande
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Rivoli
Born	23 March 1975 (age 49); Napoli
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,858,558
Singles
Career record	336–332
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (5 November 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2001, 2002)
French Open	4R (2001)
Wimbledon	4R (2004)
US Open	4R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	198–239
Career titles	5 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (28 May 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2001)
French Open	QF (1999, 2002)
Wimbledon	3R (1997, 1998)
US Open	3R (1996, 2004)

Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy.

Grande has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA tour, She has also won one singles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at world no. 26 in the doubles rankings.

She played the round of 16 singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam events , including twice consecutively at the Australian Open in 2001 and 2002.

Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about 10 months, Rita Grande retired from sport in October 2005 .

WTA finals

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0-1)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (2-1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Singles (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Chanda Rubin	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	8 January 2001	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	15 October 2001	Bratislava, Slovakia	Carpet (i)	Martina Suchá	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	31 March 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles (5–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 1990	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	Elena Brioukhovets Eugenia Maniokova	6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	10 February 1997	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Alexandra Fusai	Jana Novotná Martina Hingis	3–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	19 June 1999	’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Silvia Farina Elia	Cara Black Kristie Boogert	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	3 January 2000	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	Julie Halard-Decugis Anna Kournikova	3–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	16 January 2000	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Émilie Loit	Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	10 July 2000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 0–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	7.	17 July 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Åsa Carlsson	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	22 October 2000	Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	Meghann Shaughnessy	Lilia Osterloh Tamarine Tanasugarn	5–7, 1–6
Winner	9.	5 January 2001	ASB Classic, New Zealand	Hard	Alexandra Fusai	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Runner-up	10.	8 April 2001	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
Winner	11.	12 January 2002	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Tathiana Garbin	Catherine Barclay Christina Wheeler	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	12.	19 May 2003	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Angelique Widjaja	Liezel Huber Jill Craybas	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)

ITF finals

Singles Finals (1-2)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	March 29, 1993	Moulins, France	Hard	Katarína Studeníková	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	May 10, 1993	Putignato, Italy	Hard	Laura Garrone	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	November 1, 1993	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Anca Barna	6–0, 6–2

Doubles (3-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	August 3, 1992	Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Laura Lapi	Emanuela Brusati Germana Di Natale	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	March 24, 1993	Reims, France	Clay	Marzia Grossi	Svetlana Komleva Olga Lugina	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	June 13, 1994	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Laura Garrone	Laura Montalvo Silvia Ramón-Cortés	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	October 11, 1999	Bordeaux, France	Hard (i)	Alexandra Fusai	Émilie Loit Åsa Carlsson	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Head vs. Head

External links

Rita Grande at the Women's Tennis Association
Rita Grande at the International Tennis Federation
Rita Grande at the Billie Jean King Cup