Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | 4 December 1978 |
Prize money | $60,928 |
Singles | |
Career record | 155–122 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 197 (2 August 1999) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | Q1 (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 117–86 |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 167 (12 July 1999) |
Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she was eliminated by eventual champion Corina Morariu, retiring hurt with a leg injury while behind a set and 0–3.[1]
Ranked as high as 197 in singles, Masante appeared in the qualifying draw for the 1999 US Open.[2]
On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, before retiring from professional tennis in 2001.
ITF Circuit finals
edit$40,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 9 (6–3)
editResult | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 25 August 1996 | ITF Lima, Peru | Hard | Mariana Lopez Palacios | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | 8 September 1996 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Celeste Contín | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1. | 31 August 1997 | ITF Kiev, Ukraine | Clay | Olga Ivanova | 0–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | 7 September 1997 | ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | Isabell Quast | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 4. | 30 August 1998 | ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | Clay | Patty Van Acker | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 23 May 1999 | ITF Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | Mariana Mesa | 6–1, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5. | 27 August 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Larissa Schaerer | 6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 3. | 8 October 2000 | ITF Girona, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 4–0, 5–4, 0–4 |
Win | 6. | 2 September 2001 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Sonia Delgado | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 20 (8–12)
editResult | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 8 September 1996 | ITF Santiago, Chile | Clay | Renata Brito | Celeste Contín Romina Ottoboni |
2–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | 7 April 1997 | ITF Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Celeste Contín | Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele |
1–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 18 May 1997 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Veronica Stele | Nicole Arendt Magalie Lamarre |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | 25 May 1997 | ITF Brixen, Italy | Clay | Miroslava Vavrinec | Caroline Schneider Patricia Wartusch |
3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 1. | 7 September 1997 | ITF Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | Annica Lindstedt | Debby Haak Maaike Koutstaal |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | 9 August 1998 | ITF Rebecq , Belgium | Clay | Daphne Van De Zande | Sofie Borgions Cindy Schuurmans |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 3. | 16 August 1998 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Monika Maštalířová | Lotty Seelen Katarina Valkyová |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 5. | 23 August 1998 | ITF Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Kim Clijsters Cindy Schuurmans |
6–7, 5–7 |
Win | 4. | 30 August 1998 | ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | Clay | Patrícia Marková | Bretchtje Bruls Cindy Schuurmans |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 6. | 27 September 1998 | ITF Tucuman, Argentina | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Mercedes Paz Patricia Tarabini |
7–5, 4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 7. | 2 November 1998 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | Alicia Ortuño | Eva Bes María Fernanda Landa |
6–4, 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8. | 30 August 1999 | ITF Denain, France | Clay | Mariam Ramón Climent | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 27 August 2000 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Geraldine Aizenberg | Melisa Arévalo Paula Racedo |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 6. | 19 March 2001 | ITF Matamoros, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Olivera | Bianca Kamper Nadine Schlotterer |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 7. | 26 March 2001 | ITF Victoria, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Olivera | Melisa Arévalo Conchita Martínez Granados |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 9. | 7 May 2001 | ITF Maglie, Italy | Clay | Natalia Gussoni | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Eugenia Chialvo |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 10. | 14 May 2001 | ITF Turin, Italy | Clay | Daniela Olivera | Melisa Arévalo Vanessa Menga |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 8. | 8 July 2001 | ITF Getxo, Spain | Clay | Daniela Olivera | Anna Font Raissa Gourevitch |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 11. | 13 August 2001 | ITF Aosta, Italy | Clay | Stefanie Haidner | Kildine Chevalier Natacha Randriantefy |
6–1, 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 12. | 27 September 2001 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Stefanie Haidner | Silvia Disderi Anna Floris |
4–6, 5–7 |
References
edit- ^ "Cañas detuvo su marcha". Clarín (in Spanish). 29 April 1999.
- ^ "El US Open se palpita en Flushing Meadows". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 August 1999.