Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 December 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $53,034 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 174–122 (58.8%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 4 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 358 (15 June 2009) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 71–43 (62.3%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 10 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 287 (7 May 2007) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Verardi has career-high WTA rankings of 358 in singles, achieved on 15 June 2009, and 287 in doubles, set on 7 May 2007. She won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In 2005, she played for Italy in the Mediterranean Games in Almería (Spain) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles.[2]
She retired from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury and personal issues.[3]
ITF Circuit finals edit
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups) edit
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2005 | ITF Monteroni, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Corinna Dentoni
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0–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2005 | ITF Ancona, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Claudia Ivone
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2006 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 10,000 | Hard |  Claire de Gubernatis
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Oct 2006 | ITF Benicarló, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Veronika Kapshay
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 2006 | ITF Seville, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Ana Timotić
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 2007 | ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Federica Di Sarra
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4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2007 | ITF Ciampino, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Valentina Sassi
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1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2009 | ITF Bath, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Vongsouthi
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2009 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay |  Elena Bogdan
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3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–6 | May 2010 | ITF Rivoli, Italy | 10,000 | Clay |  Nadia Lalami
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2010 | ITF Imola, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Gioia Barbieri
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1–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups) edit
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2004 | ITF Ciampino, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Giulia Meruzzi
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Raffaella Bindi Francesca Frappi
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0–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2005 | ITF Bath, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Hard |  Vanessa Pinto
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 Anna Hawkins Rebecca Llewellyn
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6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2005 | ITF Monteroni, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Giulia Meruzzi
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Silvia Disderi Giorgia Mortello
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7–6(4), 7–6(1) |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2006 | ITF Napoli, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio
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Emilia Desiderio  Stefanie Haidner
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6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2006 | ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio
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Emilia Desiderio Anaïs Laurendon
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6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Aug 2006 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | 10,000 | Clay | Claire de Gubernatis
|
 Daniëlle Harmsen  Jessie de Vries
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Oct 2006 | ITF Granada, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Carolina Gago Fuentes
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Beatriz García Vidagany  Julia Parasyuk
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Oct 2006 | ITF Benicarló, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Nuria Sánchez García
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Veronika Kapshay Gabriela Velasco Andreu
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2007 | ITF Sabadell, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Nuria Sánchez García
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Nicole Clerico Violette Huck
|
6–3, 7–6(5) |
| Loss | 6–4 | Apr 2007 | ITF Torhout, Belgium | 10,000 | Hard | Elena Pioppo
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 Martina Babáková Kika Hogendoorn
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6–7(2), 3–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2007 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio
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 Paula Cantarutti Sabina Mediano Alvarez
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7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jul 2007 | ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Elena Pioppo
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Alisa Kleybanova Valentina Sassi
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5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–4 | Aug 2007 | ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Hard | Nicole Clerico
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Katharina Brown  Tara Iyer
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–4 | Sep 2007 | ITF Ciampino, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio
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Astrid Besser Letizia Lo Re
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–4 | Apr 2008 | ITF Torrent, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Elena Pioppo
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Julia Parasyuk Dominice Ripoll
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7–5, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 10–6 | Aug 2008 | ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio
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 Mervana Jugić-Salkić Aurélie Védy
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4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10–7 | Sep 2010 | ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | Giulia Gasparri
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Federica Grazioso Vivienne Vierin
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1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–8 | Oct 2010 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Giulia Gasparri
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Viktoria Kamenskaya Ksenia Kirillova
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7–6(10), 3–6, [3–10] |
References edit
- ^ "Tennis Abstract: Verdiana Verardi ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "2005 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-23.
- ^ "Verdiana Verardi I could have been a top player". www.spaziotennis.com.