Verdiana Verardi

Verdiana Verardi
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 37)
Turned pro2003
Retired2011
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$53,034
Singles
Career record174–122
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 358 (15 June 2009)
Doubles
Career record71–43
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 287 (7 May 2007)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería Women's doubles

Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]

Verardi has career-high WTA rankings of 358 in singles, achieved on 15 June 2009, and 287 in doubles, set on 7 May 2007. She won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2005, she played for Italy in the Mediterranean Games in Almería (Spain) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles.[2]

She retired from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury and personal issues.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2005 ITF Monteroni, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Corinna Dentoni 0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2005 ITF Ancona, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Claudia Ivone 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2006 ITF Westende, Belgium 10,000 Hard France Claire de Gubernatis 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Oct 2006 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Ukraine Veronika Kapshay 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–3 Oct 2006 ITF Seville, Spain 10,000 Clay Serbia Ana Timotić 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–3 Aug 2007 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Federica Di Sarra 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Sep 2007 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sassi 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2009 ITF Bath, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard (i) France Stéphanie Vongsouthi 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 May 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay Romania Elena Bogdan 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–6 May 2010 ITF Rivoli, Italy 10,000 Clay Morocco Nadia Lalami 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2010 ITF Imola, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Gioia Barbieri 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2004 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Giulia Meruzzi Italy Raffaella Bindi
Italy Francesca Frappi
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Apr 2005 ITF Bath, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard Germany Vanessa Pinto United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
United Kingdom Rebecca Llewellyn
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2005 ITF Monteroni, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Giulia Meruzzi Italy Silvia Disderi
Italy Giorgia Mortello
7–6(4), 7–6(1)
Win 3–1 Jul 2006 ITF Napoli, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Emilia Desiderio
Austria Stefanie Haidner
6–1, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2006 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Emilia Desiderio
France Anaïs Laurendon
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–2 Aug 2006 ITF Rebecq, Belgium 10,000 Clay France Claire de Gubernatis Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen
Belgium Jessie de Vries
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 2006 ITF Granada, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Carolina Gago Fuentes Spain Beatriz García Vidagany
Russia Julia Parasyuk
4–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Oct 2006 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Nuria Sánchez García Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–3 Mar 2007 ITF Sabadell, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Nuria Sánchez García Italy Nicole Clerico
France Violette Huck
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 6–4 Apr 2007 ITF Torhout, Belgium 10,000 Hard Italy Elena Pioppo Slovakia Martina Babáková
Netherlands Kika Hogendoorn
6–7(2), 3–6
Win 7–4 Jun 2007 ITF Tortosa, Spain 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Argentina Paula Cantarutti
Spain Sabina Mediano Alvarez
7–5, 7–5
Loss 7–5 Jul 2007 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Elena Pioppo Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Italy Valentina Sassi
5–7, 2–6
Win 8–4 Aug 2007 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard Italy Nicole Clerico United Kingdom Katharina Brown
India Tara Iyer
6–4, 6–3
Win 9–4 Sep 2007 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Astrid Besser
Italy Letizia Lo Re
6–3, 6–4
Win 10–4 Apr 2008 ITF Torrent, Spain 10,000 Clay Italy Elena Pioppo Russia Julia Parasyuk
Germany Dominice Ripoll
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 10–6 Aug 2008 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
France Aurélie Védy
4–6, 2–6
Loss 10–7 Sep 2010 ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Giulia Gasparri Italy Federica Grazioso
Italy Vivienne Vierin
1–6, 3–6
Loss 10–8 Oct 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Italy Giulia Gasparri Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya
Russia Ksenia Kirillova
7–6(10), 3–6, [3–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Verdiana Verardi ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. ^ "2005 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-23.
  3. ^ "Verdiana Verardi I could have been a top player". www.spaziotennis.com.
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