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Raffaella Reggi
Italian tennis player

Raffaella Reggi

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Italian tennis player
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Female
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Faenza
Age
58 years
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Faenza
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Biography

Raffaella Reggi (born 27 November 1965; Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛlla ˈredd͡ʒi]) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Career

As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982.

Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985.

In 1985 she became the first Italian woman to win the Italian Open since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi won in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, and 2014 finalist Sara Errani are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II.

Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doulbles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. She had career victories over Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Jana Novotná, Hana Mandlíková, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, and Jo Durie.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1986US OpenHardSpain Sergio CasalUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Peter Fleming
6–4, 6–4

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (1–3)
Virginia Slims (4–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (0–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.29 April 1985TarantoClayUnited States Vicki Nelson-Dunbar6–4, 6–4
Runner-up1.6 May 1985BarcelonaClayItaly Sandra Cecchini3–6, 4–6
Winner2.19 May 1986LuganoClayBulgaria Manuela Maleeva5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner3.10 November 1986San JuanHardSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up2.30 March 1987Isle of PalmsClayBulgaria Manuela Maleeva7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Winner4.3 August 1987San DiegoHardAustralia Anne Minter6–0, 6–4
Runner-up3.11 July 1988BrusselsClaySpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario0–6, 5–7
Runner-up4.19 June 1989EastbourneGrassUnited States Martina Navratilova6–7(2–7), 2–6
Runner-up5.30 October 1989IndianapolisHard (I)Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva4–6, 4–6
Winner5.30 April 1990TarantoClayFrance Alexia Dechaume3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up6.4 February 1991OsloCarpet (I)Sweden Catarina Lindqvist6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 14 (4–10)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–2)
Tier IV (1–0)
Tier V (2–6)
Virginia Slims (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Carpet (1–5)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.29 April 1985TarantoClayItaly Sandra CecchiniItaly Patrizia Murgo
Italy Barbara Romano
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner2.28 March 1988TampaClayUnited States Terry PhelpsUnited States Cammy MacGregor
United States Cynthia MacGregor
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up1.11 July 1988BrusselsClayBulgaria Katerina MaleevaArgentina Mercedes Paz
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up2.10 October 1988FilderstadtCarpet (I)South Africa Elna ReinachPoland Iwona Kuczyńska
United States Martina Navratilova
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.14 August 1989AlbuquerqueHardSpain Arantxa Sánchez VicarioAustralia Nicole Provis
South Africa Elna Reinach
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.9 October 1989FilderstadtCarpet (I)South Africa Elna ReinachUnited States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up5.16 October 1989BayonneHard (I)South Africa Elna ReinachNetherlands Manon Bollegraf
France Catherine Tanvier
6–7(3–7), 5–7
Runner-up6.30 July 1990MontrealHardCanada Helen KelesiUnited States Betsy Nagelsen
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up7.4 February 1991OsloCarpet (I)Belgium Sabine AppelmansWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
West Germany Silke Meier
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner3.11 February 1991LinzCarpet (I)Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-FragniereCzechoslovakia Petra Langrová
Czechoslovakia Radka Zrubáková
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up8.30 September 1991MilanCarpet (I)Belgium Sabine AppelmansUnited States Sandy Collins
United States Lori McNeil
6–7(0–7), 3–6
Winner4.27 January 1992AucklandHardSouth Africa Rosalyn Fairbank-NidefferCanada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up9.10 February 1992LinzHard (I)Germany Claudia PorwikNetherlands Monique Kiene
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up10.17 February 1992CesenaCarpet (I)Belgium Sabine AppelmansFrance Catherine Suire
France Catherine Tanvier
w/o

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989199019911992Career SR
Australian OpenA1RAANHAA4R4R1RA0 / 4
French OpenA1R3R4R2RQF2R2R2RA1R0 / 9
WimbledonA2R1RA4R4RA3R1RAA0 / 6
US OpenA2R2R2R4R3R2R1R3RAA0 / 8
SR0 / 00 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 40 / 40 / 10 / 10 / 27
Year End Ranking12745624222172321237556
  • NH = tournament not held.
  • A = did not participate in the tournament.
  • SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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