Stella Menna (born 18 February 1988) is an Italian former professional tennis player and an Italian food blogger known as UnaStellaInCucina.

Stella Menna
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$26,707
Singles
Career record61–72
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 336 (19 March 2007)
Doubles
Career record21–32
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 435 (1 October 2007)

Menna, a right-handed player from Rome, featured in the junior draws at the 2005 Australian Open.[1][2]

On the professional tour, Menna reached a career-high singles ranking of 336. In 2007 she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in the women's doubles of the 2007 Rome Masters and featured in her only other main draw a week later at the 2007 İstanbul Cup, also in doubles.[3][4]

ITF finals edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (1–4) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 27 November 2005 Giza, Egypt Clay   Leonie Mekel 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(1)
Runner-up 2. 19 February 2006 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Estrella Cabeza Candela 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 26 March 2006 Al Mansoura, Egypt Clay   Corina Corduneanu 1–6, 6–7(2)
Runner-up 4. 22 October 2006 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Hard   Jorgelina Cravero 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 11 March 2007 Toluca, Mexico Hard   Mariana Duque Mariño 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 3 (1–2) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 July 2005 Ancona, Italy Clay   Eleonora Iannozzi   Aleša Bagola
  Tina Obrez
1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 11 February 2006 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Eleonora Iannozzi   Núria Roig
  Estrella Cabeza Candela
6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 23 September 2007 Limoges, France Hard (i)   Bibiane Schoofs   Adeline Goncalves
  Gracia Radovanovic
6–4, 6–1

References edit

  1. ^ Vincenzo, Martucci (18 January 2001). "Stella, una romana con la testa capoccia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Day eight schedule". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 2005.
  3. ^ "Rome Masters Monday". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 15 May 2007.
  4. ^ "WTA: Istanbul Cup At Istanbul, Turkey". Tulsa World. 23 May 2007.

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