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Lucia Bronzetti
Bronzetti at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 (age 25)
Rimini, Italy[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,551,629
Singles
Career record278–197 (58.5%)
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 47 (3 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 55 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2023)
US Open3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record40–73 (35.4%)
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 375 (18 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 916 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023, 2024)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2022, 2023)
Team competitions
Fed CupF (2023)
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian tennis player.

Bronzetti has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in singles and No. 375 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open.

She has also reached eight singles finals on the ITF Women's Circuit, of which she won five. Additionally, she entered four doubles finals with a record of two wins.

Professional career

2021: WTA Tour doubles debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home tournament, the Italian Open in Rome with a wildcard, partnering fellow Italian Nuria Brancaccio.

2022: Grand Slam, WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts, maiden WTA Tour final

She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier where she reached second round defeating Varvara Gracheva for her first major match win, before losing to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty.[2][3][4]

Ranked No. 102 at the Miami Open on her debut at the WTA 1000 level, she reached the fourth round as a lucky loser. She lost to Daria Saville in a three hour match, the third-longest women's match of the event.[5][6][7] As a result, she made her top 100 debut in the WTA singles rankings at world No. 85 on 4 April 2022.

2023: Top 50 debut, maiden WTA title

She made her top 50 debut on 9 January 2023, following the inaugural United Cup where she made her debut as the No. 2 female player and recorded three wins and two losses, helping Italy reach the final.

She entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 in Rome as a direct entry, after the withdrawal of tenth seed Petra Kvitová.

Ranked No. 102, she reached her second WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat, with a win over second seed Sloane Stephens in only 61 minutes.[8] She won the title defeating first time finalist Julia Grabher.[9]

She reached her third WTA Tour career final and first on grass at the Bad Homburg Open after the withdrawal of world No. 1, Iga Swiatek, in the semifinal.[10]

National representation

United Cup

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Billie Jean King Cup

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Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q1 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 2–4 0–1 0 / 9 3–9 25%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A F[a] 0 / 1 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Qatar Open NMS A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai Championships A NMS A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A 4R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Madrid Open A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canadian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–5 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 4 15 21 Career total: 40
Titles 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 1 2 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 2–2 4–7 12–15 0 / 22 18–24 43%
Clay win–loss 4–2 7–6 5–5 1 / 14 16–13 55%
Grass win–loss 0–0 1–2 3–2 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Overall win–loss 6–4 12–15 20–22 1 / 40 38–41 48%
Year-end ranking[b] 145 56 64 $1,534,954

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Canadian Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–3 0–3 0 / 6 0–6 0%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[c] A RR 0 / 1 0–2 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 3 5 5 Career total: 13
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win-loss 1–3 1–7 0–5 0 / 13 2–15 12%
Year-end ranking[d] 396 585 891

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2022 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jul 2023 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 2–6, 6–7(5–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 WTA 125 Vancouver, Canada Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland 10,000 Clay Switzerland Karin Kennel 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–0 Nov 2017 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Germany Julia Wachaczyk 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–0 Feb 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 4–0 Mar 2021 ITF Le Havre, France 15,000 Clay France Sara Cakarevic 6–3, 6–1
Loss 4–1 Apr 2021 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–2 Jun 2021 ITF Jönköping, Sweden 25,000 Clay Russia Darya Astakhova 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 4–3 Jul 2021 ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay France Diane Parry 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Apr 2022 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Switzerland Simona Waltert 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Apr 2023 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Jodie Burrage 6–3, 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2017 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy 15,000 Clay Russia Ludmilla Samsonova Italy Federica di Sarra
Italy Michele Alexandra Zmău 		2–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2018 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy 15,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska Italy Verena Hofer
Italy Maria Vittoria Viviani 		7–5, 7–5
Win 2–1 Jun 2021 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova Italy Federica di Sarra
Italy Camilla Rosatello 		6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2021 ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Aurora Zantedeschi Italy Federica di Sarra
Italy Camilla Rosatello 		2–6, 2–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2022
Loss 0–1 Australia Ashleigh Barty No. 1 Australian Open, Australia Hard 2R 1–6, 1–6 No. 142
2023
Loss 0–2 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 7 French Open, France Clay 1R 4–6, 1–6 No. 65

Notes

  1. ^ Bronzetti was part of the team, but only played in the doubles
  2. ^ 2015: WTA ranking–1229, 2016: WTA ranking–718, 2017: WTA ranking–688, 2018: WTA ranking–489, 2019: WTA ranking–356, 2020: WTA ranking–339.
  3. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  4. ^ 2016: WTA ranking-1252, 2017: WTA ranking-1074, 2018: WTA ranking-640, 2019: WTA ranking-533, 2020: WTA ranking-596,

References

  1. ^ Profile page of Lucia Bronzetti at EthicSport
  2. ^ "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  3. ^ "Ashleigh Barty storms into the third round of the Australian Open after breezing past Lucia Bronzetti in 52 minutes". 19 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Barty reaches third round on First Nations Peoples Day". Reuters. 19 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Miami Day 5 order of play: Osaka faces Muchova; Jabeur, Collins in action".
  6. ^ "Tuesday at the Miami Open: Collins, Osaka to battle for spot in semifinals".
  7. ^ "Daria Saville battles through to Miami Open quarter-final". ABC News. 28 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Bronzetti ousts Stephens in Rabat; will face Grabher in final".
  9. ^ "Bronzetti outlasts Grabher in Rabat; wins first WTA title".
  10. ^ "Swiatek withdraws from Bad Homburg; Siniakova, Bronzetti reach final".
  11. ^ "Lucia Bronzetti [ITA] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top Italian female singles tennis players
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