Federica Fortuni

{{short description|Italian tennis player}}

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| birth_place = Rome, Italy

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| careerprizemoney = $64,426

| singlesrecord =

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 155 (10 July 1995)

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| AustralianOpenresult = Q1 (1996)

| FrenchOpenresult = Q2 (1995)

| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (1994)

| USOpenresult = Q1 (1994, 1995)

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 287 (22 September 1997)

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Federica Fortuni (born 30 September 1974) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fortuni played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 155 in the world. She featured in the qualifying draws for all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

Fortuni, who had a win over top 50 player Miriam Oremans at the 1994 Italian Open, had her most successful run in a WTA Tour tournament at the 1995 Delray Beach Winter Championships, where she made the round of 16 as a lucky loser.{{cite news |title=Results Plus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/03/sports/results-plus-971774.html |work=New York Times |date=3 May 1994}} A last minute replacement in the draw for sixth seed Mary Joe Fernandez, she benefited from a first round bye, then beat Christina Singer, before being eliminated by Barbara Rittner.{{cite news |title=Graf wins, but Delray loses six seeds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/134833432/ |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=9 March 1995}}

ITF finals

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| $75,000 tournaments

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| $50,000 tournaments

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles: 4 (1–3)=

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Outcome

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! Score

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| bgcolor=ffa07a|Runner-up

| 1.

| 7 March 1994

| Prostějov, Czech Republic

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NED}} Kim de Weille

| 2–6, 6–7(4)

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 12 June 1995

| Hebron, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángeles Montolio

| 6–7(5), 7–6(3), 4–6

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| bgcolor=ffa07a|Runner-up

| 3.

| 9 June 1997

| Camucia, Italy

| Hard

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sofia Finér

| 3–6, 1–6

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 21 July 1997

| Lido di Camaiore, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Lubasová

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–3

=Doubles: 4 (4–0)=

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Outcome

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 30 March 1997

| Dinard, France

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Germana Di Natale

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Magalie Lamarre
{{flagicon|SWE}} Anna-Karin Svensson

| 6–4, 7–5

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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 21 July 1997

| Lido di Camaiore, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Casoni

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Cindy Dock
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jenny-Anne Fetch

| 6–4, 6–1

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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner

| 3.

| 3 August 1997

| Muri Antichi, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Casoni

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Natalia Bondarenko
{{flagicon|BUL}} Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova

| 7–6, 6–2

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 4.

| 8 September 1997

| Fano, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Andreea Ehritt-Vanc

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jenny-Anne Fetch
{{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave

| 6–1, 6–4

References

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