Maria Paola Zavagli

Maria Paola Zavagli
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	4 June 1977 (age 46); Bibbiena, Arezzo, Italy
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$113,050
Singles
Career record	174–177 (49.6%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 161 (21 December 1998)
Doubles
Career record	96–91 (51.3%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000)

Maria Paola Zavagli (born 4 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography[edit]

Zavagli, a right-handed player, was born in the Tuscan town of Bibbiena. One of two sisters, her father is a doctor and her mother a teacher. She began playing tennis at the age of 10, under the tuition of her uncle.^[1]

As a junior, she twice won the doubles event at the Orange Bowl competition, with Alice Canepa in 1994, then partnering Giulia Casoni in 1995.^[2]

In 1997, she won three ITF singles titles and won two medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance at the 1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, with wins over Flora Perfetti and Sandra Cecchini.^[3]

She featured in the doubles main draws at both the 2000 French Open and 2000 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Slovak player Janette Husárová in each tournament.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

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

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Jan 1995	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Jindra Gabrisova	7–5, 6–1
Win	2.	Feb 1997	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Paula García	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3.	Jun 1997	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win	4.	Aug 1997	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Laura Dell'Angelo	5–7, 7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–3
Win	5.	Dec 1997	ITF Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Giulia Casoni	7–5, 7–6⁽⁸⁾
Loss	6.	May 1998	ITF Midlothian, United States	Clay	Christína Papadáki	5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)[edit]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	Aug 1994	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Francesca Lubiani	Giulia Casoni Sara Ventura	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 7–5
Winner	2.	Jul 1995	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Emanuela Brusati	Yoriko Yamagishi Ludmila Varmužová	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	Apr 1997	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Sabina da Ponte Laura Dell'Angelo	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	Jun 1997	Camucia, Italy	Hard	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Cristina Salvi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	Dec 1997	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	Nov 1998	Hull, United, Kingdom	Hard	Francesca Lubiani	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	Apr 1999	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Francesca Lubiani	Katalin Marosi Alicia Ortuño	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	Jun 1999	Galatina, İtaly	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth	1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	Apr 2000	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Svetlana Krivencheva Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	Jul 2000	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Maja Matevžič	Adriana Barna Anna Zaporozhanova	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	Sep 2000	Reggio di Calabria, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Tatiana Kovalchuk Syna Schmidle	w/o
Runner-up	12.	Sep 2001	ITF Lecce, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Mariam Ramón Climent Angelika Rösch	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	13.	Oct 2001	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Flavia Pennetta	Dally Randriantefy Natacha Randriantefy	4–6, 6–3, 3–6