Lucrezia Stefanini
Stefanini at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 25)
Florence, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
Prize moneyUS$ 579,464
Singles
Career record259–205 (55.8%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 99 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 126 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record53–63 (45.7%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 393 (18 April 2022)
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player.

Stefanini has won eight singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 105 in singles and No. 393 in doubles.

Career

2021: WTA debut

Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for the main draw by defeating Irina Fetecău in the final qualifying round.[1]

2022: Top 150 debut

2023: Grand Slam debut and first win, top 100

She made her major debut at the Australian Open.[2] She recorded her first win at this level, defeating Tatjana Maria.[3]

She received a wildcard into the main draw at her home tournament the WTA 1000 2023 Italian Open in Rome.

Performance timeline

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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A NH Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open Q1 A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 0 4 3 7 Career total: 14
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 5–4 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–3 5–7 0 / 14 8–14 36%
Win %  –   –  20% 40% 42% Career total: 36%
Year-end ranking[b] 430 390 180 142 $577,859

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 1 0 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win-loss 1–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Year-end ranking[c] 516 580

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$40,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–0)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2016 ITF Schio, Italy 10,000 Clay Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Greece Eleni Kordolaimi 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Russia Maria Marfutina 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay United States Elizabeth Halbauer 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Nov 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Burundi Sada Nahimana 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–4 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Belarus Jana Kolodynska 6–1, 0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 3–4 May 2021 ITF Salinas, Ecuador 25,000 Hard Switzerland Susan Bandecchi 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–4 Aug 2021 ITF Radom, Poland 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–4 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Romania Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik 6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win 6–4 Sep 2022 ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 6–2, 2–1 ret.
Win 7–4 Sep 2022 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal 60,000+H Hard Spain Marina Bassols Ribera 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss 7–5 Jan 2023 ITF Porto, Portugal 40,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Céline Naef 2–6, 4–6
Win 8–5 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard United States Emina Bektas 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–5 Apr 2023 ITF Calvi, France 40,000+H Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 9–6 Sep 2023 ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland 60,000 Clay France Chloe Paquet 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2016 ITF Sassuolo, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Tatiana Pieri Italy Alice Balducci
Italy Deborah Chiesa 		4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2016 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Tatiana Pieri Italy Alice Balducci
Italy Marcella Cucca 		6–4, 6–0
Win 2–1 Feb 2017 ITF Bergamo, Italy 15,000 Clay Italy Tatiana Pieri Italy Martina Colmegna
Switzerland Ylena In-Albon 		3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 2–2 Aug 2017 ITF Porto, Portugal 15,000 Clay Italy Gaia Sanesi United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
Denmark Emilie Francati 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 2017 ITF Vienna, Austria 15,000 Clay Mexico Ana Sofía Sánchez Italy Anastasia Grymalska
Italy Dalila Spiteri 		6–0, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–4 Apr 2022 Clay Court Championships, U.S. 100,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara United States Sophie Chang
United States Angela Kulikov 		4–6, 6–3, [8–10]

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ 2015: WTA ranking–926, 2016: WTA ranking–755, 2017: WTA ranking–503, 2018: WTA ranking–407.
  3. ^ 2016: WTA ranking–736, 2017: WTA ranking–638, 2018: WTA ranking–657,
    2019: WTA ranking–597, 2020: WTA ranking–585.

References

  1. ^ "Abu Dhabi 2021: Wednesday's Order of Play and Match Points". www.wtatennis.com.
  2. ^ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open".
  3. ^ "Stefanini saluta l'Australia e promette: "Tornerò più forte"". 19 January 2023.

External links

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