Stella Menna
{{Short description|Italian tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Stella Menna
| image = Stella Menna.jpg
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| country_represented = {{ITA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|18|df=yes}}
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| death_date =
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $26,707
| singlesrecord = 61–72
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 336 (19 March 2007)
| doublesrecord = 21–32
| doublestitles = 1 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 435 (1 October 2007)
}}
Stella Menna (born 18 February 1988) is an Italian former professional tennis player and an Italian food blogger known as UnaStellaInCucina.
Menna, a right-handed player from Rome, featured in the junior draws at the 2005 Australian Open.{{cite news |last1=Vincenzo |first1=Martucci |title=Stella, una romana con la testa capoccia |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2001/gennaio/18/Stella_una_romana_con_testa_ga_0_0101182094.shtml |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=18 January 2001 |language=Italian}}{{cite news |title=Day eight schedule |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/day-eight-schedule-20050124-gdkjw1.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 January 2005 |language=en}}
On the professional tour, Menna reached a career-high singles ranking of 336. In 2007, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in the women's doubles of the 2007 Italian Open and featured in her only other main draw a week later at the 2007 İstanbul Cup, also in doubles.{{cite news |title=Rome Masters Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/151851779/ |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=15 May 2007}}{{cite news |title=WTA: Istanbul Cup At Istanbul, Turkey |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/tennis/article_9f58aa55-4923-500c-a3d3-7c7953b3ed74.html |work=Tulsa World |date=23 May 2007 |language=en}}
ITF finals
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!Legend |
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|$25,000 tournaments |
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|$10,000 tournaments |
=Singles (1–4)=
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| Result
! class="unsortable"|No. ! Date ! Location ! Surface ! Opponent ! class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 27 November 2005 | Giza, Egypt | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} Leonie Mekel | 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(1) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 19 February 2006 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Estrella Cabeza Candela | 4–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 26 March 2006 | Al Mansoura, Egypt | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} Corina Corduneanu | 1–6, 6–7(2) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 22 October 2006 | Victoria, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|ITA}} Jorgelina Cravero | 2–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 11 March 2007 | Toluca, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|COL}} Mariana Duque Mariño | 6–1, 7–5 |
=Doubles (1–2)=
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| Result
! class="unsortable"|No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 24 July 2005 | ITF Ancona, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Eleonora Iannozzi | {{flagicon|SLO}} Aleša Bagola | 1–6, 0–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 11 February 2006 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Eleonora Iannozzi | {{flagicon|ESP}} Núria Roig | 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 23 September 2007 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Open de Limoges, | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Bibiane Schoofs | {{flagicon|FRA}} Adeline Goncalves | 6–4, 6–1 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|311176}}
- {{ITF|stella-menna/800241359/ita}}
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Category:Italian female tennis players