Nicole Clerico

Nicole Clerico (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔl ˈklɛːriko, - ˈkleː-]; born 8 March 1983) is an Italian former tennis player.

Nicole Clerico

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 Cuneo
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2015
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$121,158
Singles
Career record	243–318 (43.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 381 (21 September 2009)
Doubles
Career record	329–265 (55.4%)
Career titles	27 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (11 October 2010)

On 21 September 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 381. On 11 October 2010, she peaked at No. 171 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Clerico, who started playing tennis at the age of eight, was coached by Matteo Costa. In her career, she won 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2015, Clerico retired from professional tennis.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Aug 2005	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	Aug 2009	ITF Trecastagni, Italy	10,000	Hard	Paula Fondevila Castro	4–6, 5–7
Loss	Sep 2009	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Aleksandra Josifoska	6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 71 (27–44)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–12) Clay (16–29) Grass (0–1) Carpet (4–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	25 August 2002	ITF Civitanova, Italy	Clay	Irina Smirnova	Silvia Disderi Oana Elena Golimbioschi	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	24 August 2003	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Irina Smirnova	Anna Bastrikova Elena Vesnina	1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	7 November 2004	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Valentina Sulpizio Sandra Záhlavová	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	2 October 2005	ITF Volos, Greece	Carpet	Katariina Tuohimaa	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3.	16 October 2005	ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Alena Bayarchyk Alexandra Karavaeva	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	29 October 2005	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Wilawan Choptang Thassha Vitayaviroj	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win	3.	6 November 2005	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–5, 7–6(7)
Win	4.	28 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi	w/o
Loss	5.	4 February 2006	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Ksenia Palkina	Lee Wei-ping Lavinia Tananta	w/o
Loss	6.	9 June 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	11 July 2006	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Ksenia Palkina	Maria Luiza Craciun Elena Vianello	6–3, 6–0
Win	6.	29 September 2006	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Amra Sadiković Stefanie Vögele	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	6 October 2006	ITF Volos, Greece	Carpet	Anna Koumantou	Franziska Klotz Patricia Mayr	6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6
Loss	8.	19 November 2006	Pune Championships, India	Clay	Ksenia Palkina	Olga Panova Ágnes Szatmári	2–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	3 March 2007	ITF Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Ksenia Palkina	Irene Rehberger Bescos Nuria Sánchez García	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	10 March 2007	ITF Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Violette Huck	Nuria Sánchez García Verdiana Verardi	3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	11.	18 May 2007	ITF Trivandrum, India	Clay	Ágnes Szatmári	Lauren Albanese Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	12.	9 Jul 2007	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Nadege Vergos	Alice Balducci Lisa Sabino	1–6, 4–6
Win	7.	10 August 2007	ITF Wrexham, UK	Hard	Verdiana Verardi	Katharina Brown Tara Iyer	6–4, 6–3
Win	8.	18 August 2007	ITF Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Davinia Lobbinger	Marcella Koek Marina Melnikova	7–6(4), 7–5
Loss	13.	25 August 2007	ITF Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Lisa Sabino	Valentina Sassi Valentina Sulpizio	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	9.	29 September 2007	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Anna Koumantou	Olga Brózda Sylwia Zagórska	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Loss	14.	6 October 2007	ITF Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Anna Koumantou	Olga Brózda Magdalena Kiszczyńska	2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	15.	10 November 2007	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Olga Brózda Maria Kondratieva	3–6, 1–6
Win	10.	25 November 2007	ITF Sintra, Portugal	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Joana Cortez Roxane Vaisemberg	6–4, 6–2
Win	11.	22 February 2008	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Melisa Cabrera-Handt Monika Krauze	3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Win	12.	15 March 2008	ITF Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Lena Litvak	Katie Ruckert Aude Vermoezen	6–3, 6–1
Loss	16.	21 March 2008	ITF Porto Rafti, Greece	Hard	Mika Urbančič	Julia Glushko Dominice Ripoll	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	17.	7 April 2008	ITF Šibenik, Croatia	Hard	Giorgia Mortello	Karolina Kosińska Darina Sedenková	6–7, 6–7, [8–10]
Loss	18.	13 June 2008	ITF Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Jessica Moore	María Irigoyen Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6, 2–6
Loss	19.	12 July 2008	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Mariana Duque Marino Viky Núñez Fuentes	3–6, 4–6
Win	13.	22 September 2008	ITF Volos, Greece	Carpet	Mika Urbančič	Milica Tomic Justyna Jegiołka	6–2, 6–1
Loss	20.	6 October 2008	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Anna Floris Valentina Sulpizio	2–6, 3–6
Loss	21.	23 March 2009	ITF Gonesse, France	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Olga Brózda	1–6, 2–6
Win	14.	25 April 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Carla Roset Franco Lara Arruabarrena	7–5, 0–6, [11–9]
Loss	22.	4 May 2009	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Klaudia Boczová	Kinnie Laisne Stephanie Vongsouthi	0–6, 1–6
Loss	23.	18 July 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Karen Castiblanco Paula Zabala	6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss	24.	3 August 2009	ITF Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Sandra Klemenschits Patricia Mayr	3–6, 4–6
Win	15.	10 October 2009	Royal Cup, Montenegro	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Ana Jovanović Teodora Mirčić	6–7(4), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	25.	26 October 2009	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Erica Krisan Welma Luus	1–6, 4–6
Win	16.	16 November 2009	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	26.	16 January 2010	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Liana Ungur	Victoria Larrière Anna Smith	4–6, 4–6
Win	17.	12 February 2010	ITF Eilat, Israel	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Renata Bakieva Yanina Darishina	6–1, 6–3
Loss	27.	26 March 2010	ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Fatma Al-Nabhani Magali de Lattre	6–2, 6–7(5), [8–10]
Loss	28.	14 May 2010	ITF Caserta, Italy	Hard	Rebecca Marino	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Irena Pavlovic	3–6, 3–6
Loss	29.	3 July 2010	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Irina Buryachok Irena Pavlovic	1–6, 1–6
Loss	30.	20 June 2010	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Olga Brózda Sylwia Zagórska	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Win	18.	18 July 2010	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Maria Masini	Gioia Barbieri María-Belén Corbalán	6–4, 6–1
Win	19.	14 August 2010	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Justine Ozga	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	31.	30 October 2010	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Indra Bigi	Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert	3–6, 2–6
Loss	32.	3 December 2010	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Indra Bigi	Galina Fokina Marina Melnikova	3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Win	20.	24 January 2011	ITF Kolkata, India	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Ankita Raina Poojashree Venkatesha	6–3, 6–1
Loss	33.	18 February 2011	ITF Aurangabad, India	Hard	Maria Masini	Varunya Wongteanchai Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win	21.	12 March 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Leticia Costas	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	6–0, 6–1
Loss	34.	7 May 2011	ITF Gran Canaria, Spain	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Ximena Hermoso Ivette López	2–6, 3–6
Loss	35.	3 June 2011	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Mihaela Buzărnescu Zuzana Zlochová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	36.	22 July 2011	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Maria Abramović	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	3–6, 2–6
Win	22.	30 July 2011	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Maria Abramović	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque-Marino	6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	37.	20 August 2011	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Maria Masini	Silvia Njirić Zuzana Zlochová	4–6, 3–6
Loss	38.	29 October 2011	ITF Netanya, Israel	Hard	Julia Glushko	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	5–7, 3–6
Loss	39.	23 January 2012	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Lucia Butkovská Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 0–6
Win	23.	16 April 2012	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Jesika Malečková Tereza Smitková	6–2, 6–0
Loss	40.	7 May 2012	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Gioia Barbieri Andreea Văideanu	2–6, 7–6, [8–10]
Win	24.	17 September 2012	Royal Cup, Montenegro	Clay	Anna Zaja	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	41.	15 October 2012	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Zaja	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	2–6, 1–6
Loss	42.	4 February 2013	Open de l'Isère, France	Hard (i)	Leticia Costas	Maria Kondratieva Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Win	25.	5 April 2013	ITF Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Marina Shamayko Elitsa Kostova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	43.	22 April 2013	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–6, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	26.	22 July 2013	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Nikola Fraňková	Amandine Hesse Vanesa Furlanetto	3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Loss	44.	14 October 2013	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Nikola Fraňková	Magda Linette Viktorija Golubic	4–6, 4–6
Win	27.	28 February 2014	ITF Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Anna Smith Jocelyn Rae	6–1, 5–7, [13–11]

External links

• Nicole Clerico at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nicole Clerico at the International Tennis Federation