Antonella Serra Zanetti
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceModena, Italy
Born (1980-07-25) 25 July 1980
Modena
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$722,516
Singles
Career record296-292
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking60 (30 January 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2002, 2003, 2004)
French Open2R (2005)
Wimbledon3R (2005)
US Open2R (2002, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record130-155
Career titles2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking47 (8 May 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2005)
US Open2R (2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1-3

Antonella Serra Zanetti (born 25 July 1980; Italian pronunciation: [antoˈnɛlla ˈsɛrra ddzaˈnetti]) is a retired female tennis player from Italy.

On 30 January 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 8 May 2006, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two WTA doubles titles, as well as six singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal

Antonella was coached by Patricio Remondegui, her favorite surface is hard court. Father Alessandro is in banking; mother Arianna is an art history teacher; older brother Andrea and younger sister Alessia are students. Older sister Adriana also retired as professional tennis player.

Antonella Serra Zanetti retired from the professional tour 2009.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. Mar 2003 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Italy Rita Grande 2–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (2–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. Oct 2004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti France Marion Bartoli
Italy Mara Santangelo
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 2. May 2005 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Spain Marta Marrero Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 6–0

ITF finals

Singles (6–3)

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponents Score
Winner 1. 28 April 1996 Bari, Italy Clay Czech Republic Jana Macurová 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Winner 2. 17 June 1996 Camucia, Italy Clay France Ségolène Berger 6–2, 7–6
Winner 3. 3 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni 6–7(3), 6-3, 6-3
Winner 4. 10 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Australia Mireille Dittmann 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Runner-up 5. 25 October 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Argentina Paola Suárez 5-7, 4-6
Winner 6. 5 June 2000 Galatina, Italy Clay Slovakia Martina Suchá 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
Winner 7. 17 September 2000 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Italy Maria Elena Camerin 6-4, 6-4
Runner-up 8. 15 October 2000 Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Lucie Ahl 2-4, 2-4, 1-4
Runner-up 9. 11 June 2001 Grado, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sassi 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (5–10)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 9 June 1997 Camucia, Italy Hard Italy Maria Paola Zavagli Italy Cristina Salvi
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
4–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 13 September 1998 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Italy Francesca Schiavone United Kingdom Louise Latimer
United Kingdom Helen Reesby
6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 3. 18 October 1998 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Italy Alice Canepa Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Greece Christína Papadáki
3-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(4)
Runner-up 4. 15 November 1998 Suzano, Brazil Clay Italy Laura Dell'Angelo Slovakia Andrea Šebová
Slovakia Silvia Uríčková
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 15 March 1999 Reims, France Clay (i) Spain Gisela Riera Slovakia Janette Husárová
Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
2–6, 3–6
Winner 6. 6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i) Italy Giulia Casoni Germany Angelika Bachmann
Denmark Eva Dyrberg
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 20 March 2000 Taranto, Italy Clay France Stéphanie Foretz Spain Eva Bes
Spain Gisela Riera
7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 23 July 2000 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Slovenia Maja Matevžič Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 9 October 2000 Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i) Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti New Zealand Shelley Stephens
Serbia Dragana Zarić
0-4, 3-5, 1-4
Runner-up 10. 30 April 2001 Taranto, Italy Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Spain Eva Bes
Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner 11. 28 July 2001 Civitanova, Italy Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini Argentina Gisela Dulko
United States Edina Gallovits-Hall
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 12. 16 September 2001 Bordeaux, France Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Serbia Sandra Načuk
Serbia Dragana Zarić
2–6, 6–7(6)
Winner 13. 14 September 2003 Denain, France Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
7–5, 6–3
Winner 14. 18 February 2007 St. Paul, United States Hard (i) Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
7–6(4), 5–7, 7–6(7)
Runner-up 15. 19 February 2007 Clearwater, United States Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Japan Ryōko Fuda
Japan Seiko Okamoto
7–5, 3–6, 4–6


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