Germana Di Natale Explained

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.

Biography

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.

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.24 January 1994Pontevedra, SpainCarpet Paula Hermida6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Winner1.12 May 1996Le Touquet, FranceClay Patty Van Acker6–3, 7–6
Runner-up2.20 April 1997Angilli, ItalyClay Oana Elena Golimbioschi5–7, 2–6

Doubles (4–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 August 1992Nicolosi, ItalyClay Emanuela Brusati Rita Grande
Laura Lapi
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.2 August 1993Dublin, IrelandClay Vanina Casanova Mariana Díaz Oliva
Valentina Solari
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.30 August 1993Massa, ItalyClay Giulia Toschi Alice Canepa
Giulia Casoni
6–7, 1–6
Winner1.17 January 1994Orense, SpainCarpet Patrícia Marková Stephanie Gomperts
Nathalie Thijssen
7–5, 6–3
Winner2.19 June 1995Elvas, PortugalHard Joana Pedroso Bonnie Bleecker
Manuela Costa
5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up4.22 April 1996Bari, ItalyClay Andreea Vanc Jana Macurová
Olga Vymetálková
4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner3.30 March 1997Dinard, FranceClay Federica Fortuni Magalie Lamarre
Anna-Karin Svensson
6–4, 7–5
Winner4.4 February 2001Mallorca, SpainClay Andreea Vanc Raissa Gourevitch
Dinara Safina
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up5.Cholet, FranceClay (i) Eleni Daniilidou Yuliya Beygelzimer
Anastasia Rodionova
1–6, 6–7(5)

Notes and References

  1. News: Two gymnastics stars with uncertain futures. 25 August 1997. Associated Press. 13 June 2018.
  2. News: Pierce loses to unknown in Madrid. 11 November 2000. CBC.ca. 13 June 2018.
  3. News: Navratilova loses in Madrid Open. 25 May 2000. United Press International. 13 June 2018.