Giulia Casoni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja kaˈzoːni -ˈsoː-];[1][2] born 19 April 1978) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[3][4]

Giulia Casoni
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceFerrara, Italy
Born (1978-04-19) 19 April 1978 (age 46)
Ferrara
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 326,936
Singles
Career record269–233
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking83 (8 January 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2001)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record225–127
Career titles3 WTA, 27 ITF
Highest ranking51 (19 February 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2001)
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open1R (2000, 2001)

As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles. She was a member of Italy Fed Cup team from 2000 to 2001, and won three doubles titles at WTA tournaments.

Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami, Katarina Srebotnik, Mariya Koryttseva, Francesca Schiavone, Émilie Loit and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She also won four singles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Casoni retired from tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.[5]

Personal life

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Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.[6][7]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I 5 (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (3–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jul 1994 Palermo, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Ruxandra Dragomir
  Laura Garrone
1–6, 0–6
Win Jul 2000 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay   Iroda Tulyaganova   Catherine Barclay
  Eva Dyrberg
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win Jan 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard   Janette Husárová   Katie Schlukebir
  Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6(11–9), 7–5
Win Jul 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay   Mariya Koryttseva   Klaudia Jans
  Alicja Rosolska
4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

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Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1996 French Open Clay   Alice Canepa   Anna Kournikova
  Ludmilla Varmuzova
6–2, 5–7, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 28 August 1994 Alghero, Italy Hard   Corina Morariu 5–7, 6–7(5)
Win 2. 18 June 1995 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay   Monica Guglielmi 7–6, 7–6
Win 3. 4 August 1996 Catania, Italy Clay   Debby Haak 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 31 March 1997 Makarska, Croatia Clay   Anna Földényi 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5. 3 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay   Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6
Loss 6. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay   Maria Paola Zavagli 5–7, 6–7(8)
Loss 7. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Petra Mandula 0–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 8. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win 9. 20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Petra Begerow 7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 10. 19 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard   Iroda Tulyaganova 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (27–10)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 5 September 1993 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Germana di Natale
  Giulia Toschi
7–6, 6–1
Loss 2. 21 August 1994 Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Sara Ventura   Francesca Lubiani
  Maria Paola Zavagli
6–7, 5–7
Win 3. 24 April 1995 Bari, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Marina Gojković
  Dragana Zarić
6–0, 6–0
Loss 4. 12 June 1995 Massa, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Emmanuelle Gagliardi
  Marzia Grossi
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win 5. 18 March 1996 Reims, France Clay   Flora Perfetti   Siobhan Drake-Brockman
  Catherine Tanvier
6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Win 6. 27 July 1997 Camaiore, Italy Clay   Federica Fortuni   Cindy Dock
  Jenny-Anne Fetch
6–4, 6–1
Win 7. 3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay   Federica Fortuni   Natalia Bondarenko
  Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova
7–6, 6–2
Win 8. 10 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay   Sabina Da Ponte   Ding Ding
  Ni Wei
6–4, 6–2
Win 9. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay   Maria Paola Zavagli   Tamara Aranda
  Julia Carballal
6–2, 6–4
Win 10. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Anna Zaporozhanova   Natalia Egorova
  Olga Ivanova
6–3, 6–2
Loss 11. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass   Marijana Kovačević   Hiroko Mochizuki
  Ryoko Takemura
6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6
Loss 12. 27 September 1998 Lecce, Italy Clay   Stefania Chieppa   Katia Altilia
  Stefanie Haidner
0–6, 2–6
Win 13. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Katia Altilia   Paula Garcia
  Kelly Liggan
6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss 14. 7 June 1999 Galatina, İtaly Clay   Maria Paola Zavagli   Mariana Díaz Oliva
  Erica Krauth
1–6, 3–6
Win 15. 20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Kirstin Freye   Andrea Šebová
  Magdalena Zděnovcová
6–3, 6–3
Win 16. 6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i)   Antonella Serra Zanetti   Angelika Bachmann
  Eva Dyrberg
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 17. 10 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard (i)   Angelika Bachmann   Iroda Tulyaganova
  Anna Zaporozhanova
7–5, 6–1
Loss 18. 22 October 2000 Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i)   Laurence Courtois   Julie Pullin
  Lorna Woodroffe
6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Win 19. 29 July 2001 Pamplona, Spain Hard   Roberta Vinci   Trudi Musgrave
  Julie Pullin
7–6, 6–4
Win 20. 3 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay   Katalin Marosi   Eva Bes
  Gisela Riera
6–3, 6–4
Loss 21. 27 January 2002 Fullerton, United States Hard   Amanda Hopmans   Melissa Middleton
  Brie Rippner
6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win 22. 3 February 2002 Rockford, United States Hard (i)   Amanda Hopmans   Melissa Middleton
  Brie Rippner
6–4, ret.
Loss 23. 11 February 2003 Southampton,
United Kingdom
Hard (i)   Roberta Vinci   Olga Barabanschikova
  Nadejda Ostrovskaya
3–6, 4–6
Win 24. 7 September 2003 Fano, Italy Clay   Conchita Martínez Granados   Gala León García
  María Emilia Salerni
6–3, 6–3
Win 25. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay   Maret Ani   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Bahia Mouhtassine
7–5, 7–5
Loss 26. 23 May 2004 Caserta, Italy Clay   Vladimíra Uhlířová   Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 27. 31 May 2004 Galatina, Italy Clay   Vladimíra Uhlířová   Nadejda Ostrovskaya
  Kathrin Wörle
6–4, 6–0
Loss 28. 9 August 2004 Martina Franca, Italy Clay   Nina Bratchikova   Aurélie Védy
  Jasmin Wöhr
1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 29. 28 September 2004 Belgrade, Serbia Clay   Darija Jurak   Ekaterina Bychkova
  Nadejda Ostrovskaya
6–0, 6–2
Win 30. 19 December 2004 Bergamo, Italy Hard   Francesca Lubiani   Lenka Němečková
  Julia Schruff
6–2, 6–3
Win 31. 13 February 2005 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Francesca Lubiani   Darya Kustova
  Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–3
Win 32. 7 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay   Alberta Brianti   Giulia Gabba
  Valentina Sulpizio
6–3, 6–3
Win 33. 28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay   Bahia Mouhtassine   Katarína Kachlíková
  Lenka Tvarošková
6–0, 7–5
Win 34. 12 June 2005 Gorizia, Italy Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Olena Antypina
  Nina Bratchikova
6–2, 6–0
Win 35. 14 August 2005 Rimini, Italy Clay   Mariya Koryttseva   Darya Kustova
  Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 6–4
Win 36. 19 February 2006 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i)   Alberta Brianti   Raquel Atawo
  Aleke Tsoubanos
6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 37. 26 February 2006 Saint-Georges, Canada Hard (i)   Alberta Brianti   Veronika Chvojková
  Dominika Cibulková
6–2, 3–6, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Giulia". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Casoni". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Fed Cup - Players". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Giulia Casoni". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ Bonesi, Davide (25 April 2015). "Giulia, una ferrarese sfidò la mitica Williams" [Giulia, a woman from Ferrara who challenged the legendary Williams] (in Italian). La Nuova Ferrara. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Giulia Casoni". Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  7. ^ Giulia Casoni at the International Tennis Federation
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