Germana Di Natale | |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1974 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Height: | 1.70 m |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $86,385 |
Singlesrecord: | 152–177 |
Singlestitles: | 1 ITF |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 149 (12 June 2000) |
Doublesrecord: | 55–68 |
Doublestitles: | 4 ITF |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 314 (25 July 1994) |
Germana Di Natale (born 2 April 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
A right-handed player, Di Natale started playing tennis at the age of ten and began touring in the early 1990s.
Di Natale was a singles bronze medalist at the 1997 Summer Universiade.[1]
As a professional player she is most noted for her quarterfinal appearance as a qualifier at the 2000 WTA Madrid Open, where she had a win over the top seed Mary Pierce en route. Starting the tournament with a ranking of 258, she upset the world's sixth ranked player Pierce with a straight-sets second-round win.[2] In the quarterfinals, she had to retire hurt while trailing Iva Majoli by a set due to an injury to her right arm.[3]
During her career, she competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
$100,000 tournaments | |
$75,000 tournaments | |
$50,000 tournaments | |
$25,000 tournaments | |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Runner-up | 1. | 24 January 1994 | Pontevedra, Spain | Carpet | Paula Hermida | 6–7, 6–3, 2–6 | |
Winner | 1. | 12 May 1996 | Le Touquet, France | Clay | Patty Van Acker | 6–3, 7–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 April 1997 | Angilli, Italy | Clay | Oana Elena Golimbioschi | 5–7, 2–6 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Runner-up | 1. | 3 August 1992 | Nicolosi, Italy | Clay | Emanuela Brusati | Rita Grande Laura Lapi | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 August 1993 | Dublin, Ireland | Clay | Vanina Casanova | Mariana Díaz Oliva Valentina Solari | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 August 1993 | Massa, Italy | Clay | Giulia Toschi | Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni | 6–7, 1–6 | |
Winner | 1. | 17 January 1994 | Orense, Spain | Carpet | Patrícia Marková | Stephanie Gomperts Nathalie Thijssen | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Winner | 2. | 19 June 1995 | Elvas, Portugal | Hard | Joana Pedroso | Bonnie Bleecker Manuela Costa | 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 22 April 1996 | Bari, Italy | Clay | Andreea Vanc | Jana Macurová Olga Vymetálková | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 | |
Winner | 3. | 30 March 1997 | Dinard, France | Clay | Federica Fortuni | Magalie Lamarre Anna-Karin Svensson | 6–4, 7–5 | |
Winner | 4. | 4 February 2001 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Andreea Vanc | Raissa Gourevitch Dinara Safina | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 5. | Cholet, France | Clay (i) | Eleni Daniilidou | Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Rodionova | 1–6, 6–7(5) |