Federica Fortuni Explained

Federica Fortuni (born 30 September 1974) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fortuni played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 155 in the world. She featured in the qualifying draws for all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

Fortuni, who had a win over top 50 player Miriam Oremans at the 1994 Italian Open, had her most successful run in a WTA Tour tournament at the 1995 Delray Beach Winter Championships, where she made the round of 16 as a lucky loser.^[1] A last minute replacement in the draw for sixth seed Mary Joe Fernandez, she benefited from a first round bye, then beat Christina Singer, before being eliminated by Barbara Rittner.^[2]

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 March 1994	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard	Kim de Weille	2–6, 6–7(4)
Runner-up	2.	12 June 1995	Hebron, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	6–7(5), 7–6(3), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	9 June 1997	Camucia, Italy	Hard	Sofia Finér	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	21 July 1997	Lido di Camaiore, Italy	Clay	Jana Lubasová	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 March 1997	Dinard, France	Clay	Germana Di Natale	Magalie Lamarre Anna-Karin Svensson	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	21 July 1997	Lido di Camaiore, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Cindy Dock Jenny-Anne Fetch	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	3 August 1997	Muri Antichi, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Natalia Bondarenko Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	7–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	8 September 1997	Fano, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Jenny-Anne Fetch Trudi Musgrave	6–1, 6–4

Notes and References

1. News: Results Plus . . 3 May 1994.
2. News: Graf wins, but Delray loses six seeds . . 9 March 1995.