Maria Elena Camerin

Maria Elena Camerin
	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Brescia
Born	21 March 1982; Motta di Livenza, Italy
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,721,517
Singles
Career record	445–408 (52.2%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 41 (11 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004)
US Open	2R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	210–195 (51.9%)
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 33 (31 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	QF (2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	3R (2007)

Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41. On 31 July 2006, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Italy Fed Cup team, Camerin has a win–loss record of 1–5.

Career

In July 2001, Camerin had her first WTA Tour singles runner-up in Casablanca where she lost the final against Zsófia Gubacsi.

In July 2006, she won her biggest doubles title at the Cincinnati Open, partnering Gisela Dulko. In September, in Portorož at the Slovenia Open, she lost the final against Tamira Paszek in straight sets.

Camerin withdrew from the 2006 Tashkent Open doubles final due to injury.

In 2012, she defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the second qualifying round of the Wimbledon Championships.

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2006	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza	6–4, 3–6, 6–2

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2001	Morocco Open, Morocco	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–1, 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2.	Sep 2006	Slovinia Open, Slovenia	Hard	Tamira Paszek	5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (1–1)
International (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 2005	Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia	Hard	Silvia Farina Elia	Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win	1.	Sep 2005	Guangzhou International Open, China	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	2.	Oct 2005	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Émilie Loit	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 6–0
Win	3.	Jul 2006	Cincinnati Open, United States	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	2.	Jul 2006	Stanford Classic, United States	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Shahar Pe'er	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3.	Oct 2006	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Tatiana Poutchek Victoria Azarenka	w/o

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (10–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 August 2000	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Maret Ani	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	17 September 2000	ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	9 April 2001	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Martina Müller	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	16 April 2001	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Gabriela Voleková	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	29 April 2001	ITF Sarasota, United States	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	10 June 2001	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Jana Hlaváčková	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	15 October 2002	ITF Sedona, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	5 November 2002	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Maria Sharapova	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	7 April 2003	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Clay	Vanessa Webb	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	6.	14 April 2003	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Vanina García Sokol	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	11 May 2003	Fukuoka International, Japan	Grass	Saori Obata	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	5 October 2003	Classic of Troy, United States	Hard	Kristina Brandi	6–7, 3–6
Winner	7.	27 April 2009	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	1 June 2009	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	9.	28 May 2012	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	6–2, 6–3
Winner	10.	27 August 2012	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	23 September 2012	Royal Cup, Montenegro	Clay	Renata Voráčová	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	11 November 2013	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	Hard	Jana Čepelová	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 March 1999	ITF Val Gardena, Italy	Hard (i)	Catherine Tanvier	Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen	2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	2.	27 February 2000	ITF Vilamoura, Portugal	Clay	Barbara Hellwig	Ana-Catarina Nogueira Nicola Payne	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	30 April 2000	ITF Cerignola, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Maria Boboedova Liudmila Nikoyan	w/o
Winner	4.	20 August 2000	ITF Aosta, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	5.	27 August 2000	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Silvia Disderi Anna Floris	7–5, 6–2
Winner	6.	3 September 2000	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	w/o
Winner	7.	1 October 2000	ITF Verona, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Eugenia Chialvo Lourdes Dominguez Lino	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	7 October 2001	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Eva Bes Lourdes Dominguez Lino	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	1 March 2009	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	w/o
Winner	10.	23 March 2009	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Carpet	Stéphanie Foretz	Youlia Fedossova Violette Huck	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	24 July 2011	Open Romania Ladies	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	5 March 2012	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Katalin Marosi Janette Husárová	2–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	13.	12 March 2012	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Jana Čepelová Lenka Wienerová	5–7, 6–2, [3–10]
Winner	14.	26 November 2012	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Karolína Plíšková Eva Hrdinová	7–5, 6–3
Winner	15.	23 September 2013	Telavi Open, Georgia	Clay	Anja Prislan	Anna Zaja Maša Zec Peškirič	7–5, 6–2
Winner	16.	9 November 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nigina Abduraimova	Tadeja Majerič Andreea Mitu	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	17.	13 October 2014	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	def.

Grand Slam performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	2R	LQ	2R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	Q2	Q2	7–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	1–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	1R	1R	1–10
US Open	A	A	LQ	A	1R	LQ	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	Q1	6–9
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–4	1–4	2–4	3–4	2–4	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	15–35

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	3–4
French Open	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	5–6
Wimbledon	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	4–6
US Open	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	5–6
Win–loss	2–3	2–4	3–4	7–4	2–4	1–3	17–22

Head-to-head records

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

External links

Maria Elena Camerin at the Women's Tennis Association
Maria Elena Camerin at the International Tennis Federation
Maria Elena Camerin at the Billie Jean King Cup

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