Marzia Grossi

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Marzia Grossi
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1970-09-02) 2 September 1970 (age 53)
Prize money$145,460
Singles
Career record128–108 (54.2%)
Career titles1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (13 September 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French Open3R (1994)
Wimbledon1R (1994)
US Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record53–49 (52.0%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (9 October 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1989)

Marzia Grossi (born 2 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography[edit]

Grossi, who comes from Florence, began playing tennis at the age of eight.[1]

She debuted on the professional circuit in 1989 and was more successful in doubles that year with a semifinal appearance at Athens the highlight.

From 1990 to 1992, she didn't feature in any WTA Tour events.

She won a WTA tournament title at San Marino in 1993, with a win over top seed Barbara Rittner in the final.[2] The title in San Marino took her ranking into the top 100 and in September she reached a career best 79 in the world.

At the 1993 French Open, she qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam singles match for the first time and took 13th seed Nathalie Tauziat to three sets in an opening-round loss. Her best French Open performance was a third-round appearance in 1994, and she also appeared in the singles main draws at the three other Grand Slam tournaments that year.

She appeared in two Fed Cup ties for Italy in 1994, partnering Rita Grande in the doubles, against Denmark and France.[3]

WTA career finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win Jul 1993 San Marino Tier IV Clay Germany Barbara Rittner 3–6, 7–5, 6–1

ITF finals[edit]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (2–4)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 26 June 1988 ITF Arezzo, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Eva Švíglerová 7–6, 6–1
Loss 1. 8 August 1988 ITF Palermo, Italy Clay Austria Karin Kschwendt 6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 13 July 1992 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Italy Katia Piccolini 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 3. 28 September 1992 ITF Santa Maria, Italy Clay Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 4–6, 0–6
Loss 4. 15 March 1993 ITF Reims, France Clay France Laurence Andretto 1–6, 2–6
Win 2. 9 July 1995 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Portugal Sofia Prazeres 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (7–1)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 3 April 1988 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Italy Francesca Romano Argentina Fernanda González
Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán
7–5, 6–3
Win 2. 5 September 1988 ITF Agliana, Italy Clay Italy Barbara Romanò Finland Anne Aallonen
Finland Nanne Dahlman
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win 3. 10 April 1989 ITF Palermo, Italy Clay Italy Barbara Romanò Australia Rachel McQuillan
Australia Kristine Kunce
6–3, 6–2
Win 4. 13 May 1991 ITF Francavilla, Italy Clay Italy Caterina Nozzoli Paraguay Viviana Valdovinos
United States Jolene Watanabe-Giltz
6–1, 6–3
Win 5. 26 August 1991 ITF Ronchis, Italy Clay Italy Barbara Romanò Croatia Maja Palaveršić
Czechoslovakia Monika Kratochvílová
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1. 24 August 1992 ITF La Spezia, Italy Clay Italy Laura Lapi Czechoslovakia Květa Peschke
Slovenia Tina Vukasovič
5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Win 6. 24 March 1993 ITF Reims, France Clay Italy Rita Grande Moldova Svetlana Komleva
Ukraine Olga Lugina
6–4, 6–4
Win 7. 12 June 1995 ITF Massa, Italy Clay Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Giulia Casoni
3–6, 6–4, 7–5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marzia Grossi: "Mi è mancato un incontro"". spaziotennis.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Grossi upsets Rittner". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2 August 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Federation Cup". Reno Gazette-Journal. 21 July 1994. p. 40. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

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