Flora Perfetti
{{short description|Italian tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Flora Perfetti
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| country = {{flagu|Italy}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|29}}
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = US$ 425,684
| singlesrecord = 193–160
| singlestitles = 0 WTA, 0 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 54 (April 21, 1997)
| currentsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1998)
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1997)
| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1996, 1998)
| USOpenresult = 3R (1997)
| doublesrecord = 73–81
| doublestitles = 0 WTA, 0 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 71 (March 17, 1997)
| currentdoublesranking =
| grandslamsdoublesresults=
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1997)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1995, 1997, 1998)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1997)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1995)
| Mixed = Yes
| mixedrecord = 1–1
| mixedtitles = 0
| WimbledonMixedresult = 2R (1997)
| updated = April 22, 2013
}}
Flora Perfetti (born 29 January 1969) is an Italian tennis player.{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20000073|publisher=International Tennis Federation|access-date=22 April 2013}} On 21 April 1997 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking at No. 54 and 17 March of the same year reached her highest doubles ranking at No. 71.{{cite web|last=Nizegorodcew|first=Alessandro|title=Flora Perfetti si racconta: "Quante emozioni nella mia carriera!"|url=http://www.spaziotennis.com/2010/02/flora-perfetti-si-racconta-quante-emozioni-nella-mia-carriera/|work=www.spaziotennis.com|publisher=SpazioTennis|access-date=22 April 2013}}
Biography
Flora started playing tennis when she was 6 and by the age of 9 her father had signed her up for tennis classes. At the age of 16 she won her first Italian team title at C.A. Faenza. At the age of 21 she won her first prize money ($10,000) at Riccione in a final against Ginevra Mugnaini.
In 1997 she played the Fed Cup with Silvia Farina Elia, Gloria Pizzichini, and Francesca Lubiani with a 'big finish'. Throughout her career she has won 193 singles matches, 73 doubles matches and accumulated $425,684 in prize money to date. She now teaches at C.A. Faenza.
ITF finals
= Singles (5–7) =
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!Legend |
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| $100,000 tournaments |
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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 |
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!Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 5 March 1990 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | {{Flagicon|CHN}} Tang Min | 2–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 22 April 1991 | Riccione, Italy | Clay | {{Flagicon|ITA}} Ginevra Mugnaini | 6–1, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 27 May 1991 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Inés Gorrochategui | 5–7, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 1 June 1992 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA}} Luciana Tella | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 15 June 1992 | Milan, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|SUI}} Emanuela Zardo | 4–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 19 June 1994 | Sezze, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer | 2–6, 3–6 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7. | 5 September 1994 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefania Pifferi | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 27 March 1995 | Reims, France | Clay | {{flagicon|AUT}} Marion Maruska | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 9. | 2 December 1996 | Cergy-Pontoise, France | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 10. | 30 August 1999 | Fano, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniela Hantuchová | 4–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 11. | 12 June 2000 | Grado, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Gisela Riera | 2–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 12. | 10 September 2000 | Fano, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|SLO}} Maja Matevžič | 6–3, 6–4 |
= Doubles (5–3) =
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| Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 6 November 1989 | Fez, Morocco | Clay | {{flagicon|TCH}} Lucie Korinkova | {{flagicon|FRG}} Petra Kemper | 6–1, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 1 April 1991 | Bari, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Fuchs | {{flagicon|TCH}} Monika Kratochvílová | 7–5, 2–6, 5–7 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 17 August 1992 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gloria Pizzichini | {{flagicon|AUT}} Sandra Dopfer | 1–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 20 September 1993 | Capua, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Romano | {{flagicon|CZE}} Ivana Jankovská | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 12 June 1994 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Virág Csurgó | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mami Donoshiro | 6–1, 7–5 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6. | 5 September 1994 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gabriella Boschiero | {{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuela Brusati | 6–3, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 18 March 1996 | Reims, France | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Casoni | {{flagicon|AUS}} Siobhan Drake-Brockman | 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 14 July 1996 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|ITA}} Laura Garrone | {{flagicon|SLO}} Tina Križan | 4–6, 2–6 |
References
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External links
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