Francesca Di Lorenzo (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeska di loˈrɛntso]; born July 22, 1997) is an American former tennis player. She currently assistant coach of the University of Central Florida womens tennis team.[1]
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 22, 1997
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Ohio State University, U.S. |
Coach | Rene Moller |
Prize money | $761,507 |
Singles | |
Career record | 173–162 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 118 (February 3, 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 493 (January 15, 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2020, 2022) |
French Open | Q2 (2017, 2019, 2021) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2019) |
US Open | 2R (2018, 2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 71–73 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (June 12, 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 276 (January 15, 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2017, 2019) |
Last updated on: January 15, 2024. |
She played collegiately for the Ohio State University. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship.[2]
Personal life
editDi Lorenzo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but raised in Columbus, Ohio, after her family moved there when she was around the age of seven. Her parents, Carlo and Daniela Di Lorenzo, are Italian immigrants from Salerno. [3] Carlo is a physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and Daniela teaches Italian at various colleges.[4] Di Lorenzo attended New Albany High School in New Albany, Ohio.[3]
She has three siblings, and Cristina, her oldest sister, also played tennis at the collegiate level at Xavier University and graduated in 2017.[5] Mario, her oldest brother, also has an athletic background. He won an intramural championship in the inaugural season of wheelchair basketball at Ohio State University.
Di Lorenzo is fluent in Italian. As a child, she played both tennis and soccer.[6]
Tennis career
editAmateur years
editComing out of high school, Di Lorenzo was ranked as the nation's top tennis recruit.[7] She committed to playing collegiate tennis at Ohio State University.[8] In her final tournament as a junior, she reached the semifinals in both the girls' singles and doubles tournaments at the 2015 US Open.[9]
As a freshman, Di Lorenzo began her season by winning the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, claiming the Buckeyes' first national title in its program's history.[10] She defeated Joana Eidukonytė in the championship match, and concluded the season with a 37–5 record, setting the program record for most victories in a season, and was named singles all-American.[7]
During her sophomore year with the Buckeyes, Di Lorenzo went 37-2 in singles, equaling her school record from the previous year. She also finished the year as the top-ranked women's NCAA singles player.[11] Di Lorenzo repeated as the USTA/ITA National Indoor Champion, beating Hayley Carter in the final.[12] She capped off her sophomore season by winning the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship with her partner, Miho Kowase.[2] This championship was the program's first NCAA in its history. For her accomplishments during the season, Di Lorenzo was named both singles and doubles all-American.
Di Lorenzo earned a wildcard into the qualifiers of the singles tournament at the 2017 US Open.[13] There, she also received a wildcard for the main draw of the doubles tournament and made her Grand Slam debut, partnering with Allie Kiick.
Professional career
editOn 18 December 2017, Di Lorenzo announced that she would be leaving Ohio State to become a professional tennis player.[14]
She made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2018 US Open, winning her section of the qualifying tournament with victories over Antonia Lottner, Verónica Cepede Royg, and Mona Barthel. She made it to the second round where she was defeated by No. 13 seed, Kiki Bertens.
Performance timeline
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
editCurrent through the 2022 Tennis in the Land.
Tournaments | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 2R | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Career total: 14 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 14 | 4–14 | 22% |
Year-end ranking | 346 | 302 | 166 | 121 | 143 | 197 | $730,169 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2015 | ITF Austin, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Lauren Herring | 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2016 | ITF Winnipeg, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | Erin Routliffe | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Sumter, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Ashley Lahey | 3–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2017 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Nicole Gibbs | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jan 2018 | ITF Wesley Chapel, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Whitney Osuigwe | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2019 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | 60,000 | Hard | Kirsten Flipkens | 7–6(3), 6–4 |
Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2016 | ITF Winnipeg, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | Ronit Yurovsky | Marie-Alexandre Leduc Charlotte Robillard-Millette |
1–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Baton Rouge, U.S. | 25,000 | Hard | Julia Elbaba | Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2017 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Erin Routliffe | Bianca Andreescu Carol Zhao |
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Win | 2–2 | May 2018 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 60,000 | Clay | Naiktha Bains | Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix |
6–4, 1–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2019 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, U.S. | 25,000 | Hard | Caty McNally | Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara |
5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2019 | Berkeley Tennis Challenge, U.S. | 60,000 | Hard | Katie Swan | Madison Brengle Sachia Vickery |
3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2–5 | Oct 2020 | Tennis Classic of Macon, U.S. | 80,000 | Hard | Jamie Loeb | Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa |
5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Jan 2023 | Vero Beach International Tennis Open, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Makenna Jones | Quinn Gleason Elixane Lechemia |
4–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
Win | 4–5 | Mar 2023 | Arcadia Pro Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Christina Rosca | Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–6 | Mar 2023 | ITF Boca Raton, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Makenna Jones | Hailey Baptiste Whitney Osuigwe |
2–6, 2–6 |
References
edit- ^ Hasselbach, Logan (28 August 2023). "FRANCESCA DI LORENZO NAMED UCF WOMEN'S TENNIS ASSISTANT COACH". ucfknights.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Women's tennis championship: Ohio State's Francesca Di Lorenzo and Miho Kowase take the doubles title". NCAA.com. May 29, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ a b Mitsch, Pat (November 4, 2016). "GET TO KNOW: OHIO STATE'S FRANCESCA DI LORENZO". usta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "Daniela DiLorenzo-Digaeta". Coursicle. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Francesca Di Lorenzo Bio". Ohio State Buckeyes. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Harwitt, Sandra (September 11, 2015). "Brimming with Italian pride, American Di Lorenzo into girls' semis". usopen.org. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ a b "Ohio State Bio". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ Stone, Lisa (November 12, 2014). "Fall Signing Week '14: Francesca DiLorenzo Chooses Ohio State". tennisrecruiting.net. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "Playing in U.S. Open juniors a big thrill for Di Lorenzo". The Times-Reporter. October 23, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "CHAMPION! DI LORENZO CAPTURES NATIONAL INDOORS TITLE". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. November 15, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "BUCKEYES IN THE YEAR END ITA RANKINGS". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. June 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ Milano, Sally (November 6, 2016). "DI LORENZO, REDLICKI CAPTURE USTA/ITA NAT'L INDOORS". usta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ Marshall, Ashley. "Sharapova headlines US Open women's wild cards". usopen.org. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "DI LORENZO BEGINS PROFESSIONAL CAREER". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
External links
edit- Francesca Di Lorenzo at the Women's Tennis Association
- Francesca Di Lorenzo at the International Tennis Federation
- Ohio State Buckeyes bio Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine