Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]

Verdiana Verardi
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36)
Turned pro2003
Retired2011
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$53,034
Singles
Career record174–122
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 358 (15 June 2009)
Doubles
Career record71–43
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 287 (7 May 2007)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería Women's doubles

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

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2005 ITF Monteroni, Italy 10,000 Clay   Corinna Dentoni 0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2005 ITF Ancona, Italy 10,000 Clay   Claudia Ivone 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2006 ITF Westende, Belgium 10,000 Hard   Claire de Gubernatis 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Oct 2006 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay   Veronika Kapshay 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–3 Oct 2006 ITF Seville, Spain 10,000 Clay   Ana Timotić 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–3 Aug 2007 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay   Federica Di Sarra 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Sep 2007 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay   Valentina Sassi 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2009 ITF Bath, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard (i)   Stéphanie Vongsouthi 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 May 2009 ITF Bucharest, Romania 10,000 Clay   Elena Bogdan 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–6 May 2010 ITF Rivoli, Italy 10,000 Clay   Nadia Lalami 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2010 ITF Imola, Italy 10,000 Clay   Gioia Barbieri 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2004 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay   Giulia Meruzzi   Raffaella Bindi
  Francesca Frappi
0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Apr 2005 ITF Bath, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard   Vanessa Pinto   Anna Hawkins
  Rebecca Llewellyn
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jul 2005 ITF Monteroni, Italy 10,000 Clay   Giulia Meruzzi   Silvia Disderi
  Giorgia Mortello
7–6(4), 7–6(1)
Win 3–1 Jul 2006 ITF Napoli, Italy 10,000 Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Emilia Desiderio
  Stefanie Haidner
6–1, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2006 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Emilia Desiderio
  Anaïs Laurendon
6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–2 Aug 2006 ITF Rebecq, Belgium 10,000 Clay   Claire de Gubernatis   Daniëlle Harmsen
  Jessie de Vries
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Oct 2006 ITF Granada, Spain 10,000 Clay   Carolina Gago Fuentes   Beatriz García Vidagany
  Julia Parasyuk
4–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Oct 2006 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay   Nuria Sánchez García   Veronika Kapshay
  Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–4, 6–3
Win 6–3 Mar 2007 ITF Sabadell, Spain 10,000 Clay   Nuria Sánchez García   Nicole Clerico
  Violette Huck
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 6–4 Apr 2007 ITF Torhout, Belgium 10,000 Hard   Elena Pioppo   Martina Babáková
  Kika Hogendoorn
6–7(2), 3–6
Win 7–4 Jun 2007 ITF Tortosa, Spain 10,000 Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Paula Cantarutti
  Sabina Mediano Alvarez
7–5, 7–5
Loss 7–5 Jul 2007 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay   Elena Pioppo   Alisa Kleybanova
  Valentina Sassi
5–7, 2–6
Win 8–4 Aug 2007 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard   Nicole Clerico   Katharina Brown
  Tara Iyer
6–4, 6–3
Win 9–4 Sep 2007 ITF Ciampino, Italy 10,000 Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Astrid Besser
  Letizia Lo Re
6–3, 6–4
Win 10–4 Apr 2008 ITF Torrent, Spain 10,000 Clay   Elena Pioppo   Julia Parasyuk
  Dominice Ripoll
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 10–6 Aug 2008 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Mervana Jugić-Salkić
  Aurélie Védy
4–6, 2–6
Loss 10–7 Sep 2010 ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy 10,000 Clay   Giulia Gasparri   Federica Grazioso
  Vivienne Vierin
1–6, 3–6
Loss 10–8 Oct 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Giulia Gasparri   Viktoria Kamenskaya
  Ksenia Kirillova
7–6(10), 3–6, [3–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Verdiana Verardi ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. ^ "2005 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-23.
  3. ^ "Verdiana Verardi I could have been a top player". www.spaziotennis.com.
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