Giulia Casoni
Introduction '''Giulia Casoni''' (; born 19 April 1978) is a retired Italian tennis player.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 Circuit.Casoni retired from professional tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.
Personal life Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.
WTA career finals ===Doubles: 4 (3–1)=== Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I 5 (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III, IV & V (3–1)ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1.Jul 1994 Palermo, Italy Clay  Alice Canepa  Ruxandra Dragomir   Laura Garrone 1–6, 0–6Win 1.Jul 2000 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay  Iroda Tulyaganova  Catherine Barclay   Eva Dyrberg 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 2.Jan 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard  Janette Husárová  Katie Schlukebir   Meghann Shaughnessy 7–6(11–9), 7–5Win 3.Jul 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay  Mariya Koryttseva  Klaudia Jans   Alicja Rosolska 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Junior Grand Slam finals ===Girls' doubles: 1 (1–0)===OutcomeYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinners 1996 French Open Clay  Alice Canepa  Anna Kournikova   Ludmilla Varmuzova 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
ITF Circuit finals  $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments===Singles (4–6)===ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 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, 7–6Win 3.4 August 1996 Catania, Italy Clay  Debby Haak 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 4.31 March 1997 Makarska, Croatia Clay  Anna Földényi  3–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 5.3 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay  Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6Loss 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, 3–6Loss 8.13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 7–5, 4–6, 3–6Win 9.20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard  Petra Begerow 7–5, 1–6, 6–4Loss 10.19 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard  Iroda Tulyaganova 2–6, 3–6===Doubles (27–10)===ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1.5 September 1993 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay  Alice Canepa  Germana Di Natale   Giulia Toschi 7–6, 6–1Loss 2.21 August 1994 Koksijde, Belgium Clay  Sara Ventura  Francesca Lubiani   Maria Paola Zavagli 6–7, 5–7Win 3.24 April 1995 Bari, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa  Marina Gojković   Dragana Zarić 6–0, 6–0Loss 4.Massa, Italy Clay  Alice Canepa  Emmanuelle Gagliardi   Marzia Grossi 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Win 5.18 March 1996 Reims, France Clay  Flora Perfetti  Siobhan Drake-Brockman   Catherine Tanvier  6–3, 4–6, 6–0Win 6.27 July 1997 Camaiore, Italy Clay  Federica Fortuni  Cindy Dock   Jenny-Anne Fetch 6–4, 6–1Win 7.3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay  Federica Fortuni  Natalia Bondarenko   Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 7–6, 6–2Win 8.10 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay  Sabina Da Ponte  Ding Ding   Ni Wei 6–4, 6–2Win 9.8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay  Maria Paola Zavagli  Tamara Aranda   Julia Carballal 6–2, 6–4Win 10.7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i)  Anna Zaporozhanova  Natalia Egorova   Olga Ivanova 6–3, 6–2Loss 11.24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass  Marijana Kovačević  Hiroko Mochizuki   Ryoko Takemura 6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6Loss 12.27 September 1998 Lecce, Italy   Clay  Stefania Chieppa  Katia Altilia   Stefanie Haidner 0–6, 2–6Win 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, 3–6Win 15.20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard  Kirstin Freye  Andrea Šebová   Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–3, 6–3Win 16.6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i)  Antonella Serra Zanetti  Angelika Bachmann   Eva Dyrberg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6Win 17.10 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard (i)  Angelika Bachmann  Iroda Tulyaganova   Anna Zaporozhanova 7–5, 6–1Loss 18.22 October 2000 Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i)  Laurence Courtois  Julie Pullin   Lorna Woodroffe 6–0, 1–6, 3–6Win 19.29 July 2001 Pamplona, Spain Hard   Roberta Vinci  Trudi Musgrave   Julie Pullin 7–6, 6–4Win 20.3 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay  Katalin Marosi  Eva Bes   Gisela Riera 6–3, 6–4Loss 21.27 January 2002 Fullerton, United States Hard   Amanda Hopmans  Melissa Middleton   Brie Rippner 6–2, 4–6, 5–7Win 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, 4–6Win 24.7 September 2003 Fano, Italy Clay  Conchita Martínez Granados  Gala León García   María Emilia Salerni 6–3, 6–3Win 25.5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay  Maret Ani  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez   Bahia Mouhtassine 7–5, 7–5Loss 26.23 May 2004 Caserta, Italy Clay  Vladimíra Uhlířová  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 1–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 27.31 May 2004 Galatina, Italy Clay  Vladimíra Uhlířová  Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Kathrin Wörle 6–4, 6–0Loss 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, 6–2Win 30.19 December 2004 Bergamo, Italy Hard  Francesca Lubiani  Lenka Němečková   Julia Schruff 6–2, 6–3Win 31.13 February 2005  Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i)  Francesca Lubiani  Darya Kustova   Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–3Win 32.7 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay  Alberta Brianti  Giulia Gabba   Valentina Sulpizio 6–3, 6–3Win 33.28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay  Bahia Mouhtassine  Katarína Kachlíková   Lenka Tvarošková 6–0, 7–5Win 34.12 June 2005 Gorizia, Italy Clay  Valentina Sulpizio  Olena Antypina   Nina Bratchikova 6–2, 6–0Win 35.14 August 2005  Rimini, Italy Clay  Mariya Koryttseva  Darya Kustova   Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 6–4Win 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
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