Nathalie Baudone
{{short description|Italian tennis player}}
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| full_name = Nathalie Baudone-Furlan
| country_represented = {{ITA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rocourt, Belgium
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| careerprizemoney = $311,013
| singlesrecord =
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 71 (5 July 1993)
| currentsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1993)
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1993, 1995)
| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1996)
| USOpenresult = 3R (1995)
| doublesrecord =
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 124 (27 April 1992)
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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1993)
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{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|1991 Athens|Women's Doubles}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1991 Athens|Women's Singles}}
}}
Nathalie Baudone-Furlan (born 12 July 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Biography
Baudone was born in Belgium but represented Italy during her career. As a junior she reached the girls' doubles semi-finals at the 1990 US Open, with Silvia Farina Elia. She won two medals at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, a gold partnering Katia Piccolini in the doubles and a bronze in the singles event.
=Professional tennis=
Baudone's first WTA Tour quarter-final came in 1992, at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tournament in her home country. In 1993 she reached her highest ranking of 71 in the world, soon after reaching the third round of the French Open. At the 1993 US Open she lost a close match to 13th seed Mary Pierce in the first round, which was decided by a final set tie-break.{{cite news |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/09/02/tie-break-infinito-come-borg-wimbledon.html |title=Tie Break Infinito, Come Borg A Wimbledon |date=2 September 1993 |work=La Repubblica |language=Italian |accessdate=18 June 2017}} She also was a quarter-finalist at Linz that year. At the 1994 Canadian Open she won three matches to make her third WTA Tour quarter-final. Her run in the tournament, which was a Tier I event, included wins over seeded players Nathalie Tauziat and Lori McNeil.{{cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000406 |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Canadian Open - 15 August - 21 August 1994 |publisher=ITF |accessdate=18 June 2017}} She made the third round of both the French Open and US Open in 1995. Notably her performance at the French Open included becoming the first player to beat Amélie Mauresmo in a Grand Slam match and ended at the hands of eventual champion Steffi Graf.{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2006/01/28/tenis/1138441803.html |title=Mauresmo, valentía dentro y fuera de la pista - elmundo.es deportes |date=28 January 2006 |work=El Mundo |language=Spanish |accessdate=18 June 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000119 |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - French Open - 29 May - 11 June 1995 |publisher=ITF |accessdate=18 June 2017}} In 1996 she appeared in three Fed Cup ties for Italy, against Sweden, Norway and Belarus.
=Personal life=
ITF finals
=Singles (2–0)=
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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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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 29 October 1990 | Putignano, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Farina Elia | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 12 August 1991 | Pisticci, Italy | Hard | {{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Nowak | 6–0, 6–1 |
= Doubles (3-1) =
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! Result ! No ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 29 May 1989 | Florence, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Caterina Nozzoli | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Michelle Anderson | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 29 October 1990 | Putignano, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Farina Elia | {{flagicon|YUG}} Darija Dešković | 6–1, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 3 June 1991 | Milan, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Romano | {{flagicon|ESP}} Rosa Bielsa | 6–4, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 1 June 1992 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristina Salvi | {{flagicon|TCH}} Ivana Jankovská | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
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Category:Italian female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Liège
Category:Italian people of Belgian descent
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Naturalised citizens of Italy
Category:Naturalised tennis players
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Category:Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games