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Alberta Brianti

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Alberta Brianti
Brianti in Wimbledon, 2015
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceFontanellato
Born (1980-04-05) 5 April 1980 (age 44)
San Secondo Parmense
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,263,830
Singles
Career record538–467
Career titles1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 55 (13 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2010)
French Open1R (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record155–188
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (13 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2012)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open1R (2010, 2011, 2012)

Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings.

She won one singles title on the WTA Tour in her career, at Fes, Morocco in 2011.

Biography

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She is coached by Laura Golarsa and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). She began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. Her favourite surface is hard. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart Open.

WTA career finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier
International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2009 Guangzhou Open, China Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4
Win 1–1 Apr 2011 Morocco Open Clay Romania Simona Halep 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0) Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–1) Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0) International (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2007 Kolkata Open, India Hard Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
United States Vania King
6–1, 6–4
Win 1–1 Apr 2010 Palermo Open, Italy Clay Italy Sara Errani United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2011 Dallas Open, US Hard Romania Sorana Cîrstea France Alizé Cornet
France Pauline Parmentier
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2012 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan Hard Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Russia Valeria Solovieva
3–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 27 (9–18)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 6 February 2000 Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Germany Caroline Raba 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 18 February 2001 Faro, Portugal Hard Japan Miho Saeki 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 21 May 2001 Guimarães, Portugal Clay Germany Sabine Klaschka 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 20 July 2002 Frinton, Great Britain Grass United Kingdom Hannah Collin 6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 4 August 2002 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Winner 6. 11 August 2002 Vigo, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 9 February 2003 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Hungary Virág Németh 5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 8. 14 March 2004 Rome, Italy Clay Czech Republic Tereza Veverková 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 9 October 2005 Nantes, France Hard (i) Germany Kristina Barrois 4–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 26 February 2006 Saint-Georges, Canada Hard (i) Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 5 March 2006 Clearwater, United States Hard Argentina Clarisa Fernández 5–7, 2–6
Winner 12. 25 March 2006 Saint Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 9 April 2006 Putignano, Italy Hard Switzerland Romina Oprandi 1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up 14. 19 November 2006 Deauville, France Clay Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 15. 4 February 2007 Urtijëi, Italy Carpet (i) Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Winner 16. 21 October 2007 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) France Stéphanie Foretz 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 17. 19 April 2008 Bari, Italy Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 18. 7 October 2008 Barnstaple, Great Britain Hard (i) United Kingdom Anne Keothavong 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 19. 26 October 2008 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) United States Alexa Glatch 3–6, 1–6
Winner 20 28 September 2010 Ningbo, China Hard Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 21. 7 July 2013 Denain, France Clay Brazil Teliana Pereira 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 22. 18 August 2013 Craiova, Romania Clay Slovakia Kristína Kučová 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 23. 30 September 2013 Budapest, Hungary Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 24. 13 October 2013 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 25. 8 September 2014 Saint-Malo, France Clay Germany Carina Witthöft 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 26. 9 November 2014 Bath, Great Britain Hard (i) Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 27. 27 August 2017 Caslano, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Karin Kennel 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 17 (11–6)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 27 July 1998 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Chiara Dalbon Austria Sandra Mantler
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
6–3, 6–4
Winner 2. 9 August 1998 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Chiara Dalbon Argentina Bettina Fulco
Argentina Jorgelina Torti
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 24 July 2000 Camaiore, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Meruzzi Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 23 June 2002 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade Portugal Carlota Santos
Portugal Neuza Silva
4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 20 July 2002 Frinton, Great Britain Grass Australia Michelle Summerside Russia Irina Bulykina
Israel Evgenia Linetskaya
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 4 August 2002 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Portugal Neuza Silva
Portugal Frederica Piedade
2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner 7. 25 January 2004 Bergamo, Italy Carpet (i) France Kildine Chevalier Croatia Iva Majoli
Croatia Sanda Mamić
6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 13 March 2005 Naples, Italy Clay Austria Stefanie Haidner Italy Anna Floris
Italy Giulia Meruzzi
6–4, 6–3
Winner 9. 7 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Italy Giulia Gabba
Italy Valentina Sulpizio
6–3, 6–3
Winner 10. 19 February 2006 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Italy Giulia Casoni United States Raquel Atawo
United States Aleke Tsoubanos
6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner 11. 26 February 2006 Saint-Georges, Canada Hard (i) Italy Giulia Casoni Czech Republic Veronika Chvojková
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 12. 4 March 2007 Las Vegas, United States Hard Estonia Maret Ani Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
2–6, 4–6
Winner 13. 19 April 2008 Bari, Italy Clay Italy Anna Floris Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt
Slovenia Polona Hercog
6–3, 6–3
Winner 14. 8 September 2008 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Slovenia Polona Hercog Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Israel Julia Glushko
6–4, 7–5
Winner 15. 5 April 2009 Latina, Italy Clay Germany Julia Schruff Russia Marina Shamayko
Italy Emily Stellato
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 16. 6 April 2009 Monzón, Spain Hard Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
Russia Vesna Manasieva
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 17. 19 October 2014 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Italy Maria Elena Camerin France Stéphanie Foretz
France Amandine Hesse
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Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 2R A A A A A 5–5
French Open 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 0–5
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A A A 1–5
US Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A 0–4
Win–loss 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–3 3–4 1–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–19

Doubles

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Tournament 2007 2010 2011 2012 W–L
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 1–3
French Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 1–4
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A 0–2
US Open A 1R 1R A 0–2
Win–loss 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 2–11
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