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Elisa Balsamo (tennis)

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Elisa Balsamo
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceItaly
Born (1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 41)
Pontedera, Italy
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$66,549
Singles
Career record227–185
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 329 (1 December 2008)
Doubles
Career record74–67
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 307 (16 June 2008)

Elisa Balsamo (born 12 August 1983) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1][2]

Her highest WTA singles ranking is 329, which she achieved on 1 December 2008. Her career-high in doubles is 307, which she reached on 16 June 2008. In her career, she won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 7 (5–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 6 April 2003 ITF Napoli, Italy Clay Netherlands Mariëlle Hoogland 2–6, 5–7
Win 2. 18 February 2007 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Netherlands Michelle Gerards 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win 3. 4 June 2007 ITF Amarante, Portugal Hard Canada Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4. 17 June 2007 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard India Tara Iyer 4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 5. 3 March 2008 ITF Sabadell, Spain Clay Uruguay Estefanía Craciún 6–3, 7–5
Win 6. 17 October 2009 ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Chieppa 6–4, 6–1
Win 7. 7 March 2010 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Romania Alexandra Cadanțu 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 29 September 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
7–6(5), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 13 April 2003 ITF Torre del Greco, Italy Clay Italy Debora Carmassi Austria Stefanie Haidner
Italy Giulia Meruzzi
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 28 March 2004 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Meruzzi Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Emily Stellato
6–7(0), 3–6
Runner-up 4. 11 September 2005 ITF Mestre, Italy Clay Italy Emily Stellato Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
Hungary Kira Nagy
5–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 4 June 2007 ITF Amarante, Portugal Hard Italy Valentina Sulpizio Spain Carolina Gago-Fuentes
Spain Sabina Mediano-Álvarez
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 6. 17 June 2007 ITF Montemor-o-Novo,
Portugal
Hard Italy Valentina Sulpizio Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Thailand Varanya Vijuksanaboon
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 7. 1 March 2008 ITF Sant Boi, Spain Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Argentina Mailen Auroux
Uruguay Estefanía Craciún
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 3 March 2008 ITF Sabadell, Spain Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Italy Federica Quercia
2–6, 0–6
Winner 9. 30 March 2008 ITF Latina, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
0–6, 7–6(6) [10–7]
Winner 10. 12 April 2008 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Netherlands Michelle Gerards
Netherlands Marcella Koek
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 19 April 2008 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Netherlands Michelle Gerards
Netherlands Marcella Koek
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 17 July 2009 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Chieppa Argentina María Irigoyen
Serbia Teodora Mirčić
5–7, 2–6
Winner 13. 7 March 2010 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Russia Marina Shamayko
Serbia Neda Kozić
6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 14. 5 July 2010 ITF Torino, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Alice Balducci
Italy Martina Caciotti
7–5, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Ciclismo, Mondiale donne juniores: Elisa Balsamo vince l'oro".
  2. ^ "Valcar – PBM pensa in grande".
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