María Emilia Salerni

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María Emilia Salerni

Country	Argentina
Residence	Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Date of birth	May 14, 1983
Place of birth	Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Height	174 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (136.5 lb)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	Active
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$603,969
Singles
Career record:	253-159
Career titles:	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 65 (February 25, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2002, 2003, 2008)
French Open	1r (2001, 2008)
Wimbledon	1r (2001)
US Open	2r (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	145-113
Career titles:	2 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 45 (September 23, 2002)
Infobox last updated on: February 25, 2008.

María Emilia Salerni (b. 14 May 1983), known as Pitu Salerni, is an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe.

She is a two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and U.S. Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros. She was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007^[1].

Contents 1 Titles 1.1 Singles 1.2 Doubles (2) 2 Sources 3 References

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (0)

ITF Titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 26, 1999	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Mesa	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
2.	October 3, 1999	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–3, 6–0
3.	October 10, 1999	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–1, 6–3
4.	April 23, 2000	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–1
5.	May 14, 2000	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Lamia Esaadi	6–4, 6–1
6.	July 30, 2000	Horb, Germany	Clay	Adriana Jerabek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
7.	August 6, 2000	Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Martina Suchá	6–4, 6–2
8.	September 19, 2004	Ashland, Kentucky, USA	Hard	Kelly McCain	6–4, 6–4
9.	February 12, 2006	Midland, Michigan, USA	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Bardina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
10.	April 1, 2007	La Palma, Canary Islands	Hard	Georgie Stoop	6–3, 6–3
11.	July 8, 2007	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	3–6, 6–1, 7–6

[edit] Doubles (2)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 5, 2003	Casablanca, Morroco	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
2.	November 17, 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	7–5, 7–5

Preceded by Lina Krasnoroutskaya

ITF Junior World Champion 2000

Succeeded by Svetlana Kuznetsova

[edit] Sources

• María Emilia Salerni profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• María Emilia Salerni at CBS SportsLine.
• (Spanish) Official website.
• (Spanish) RedArgentina, Deportes.

[edit] References

1. ^ TENNIS.com - 2007 Pacific Life Open - Rollercoaster Ride: Another comeback for Canas