Francesca Di Lorenzo

Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American former tennis player. She is currently assistant coach of the University of Central Florida women's tennis team.

She played collegiately for the Ohio State University. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship.

Personal life Di Lorenzo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but raised in Columbus, Ohio, after her family moved there when she was around the age of seven. Her parents, Carlo and Daniela Di Lorenzo, are Italian immigrants from Salerno. Carlo is a physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and Daniela teaches Italian at various colleges. Di Lorenzo attended New Albany High School in New Albany, Ohio. Mario, her oldest brother, also has an athletic background. He won an intramural championship in the inaugural season of wheelchair basketball at Ohio State University.

Di Lorenzo is fluent in Italian. As a child, she played both tennis and soccer.

Career Amateur years Coming out of high school, Di Lorenzo was ranked as the nation's top tennis recruit. She committed to playing collegiate tennis at Ohio State University . In her final tournament as a junior, she reached the semifinals in both the girls' singles and doubles tournaments at the 2015 US Open.

As a freshman, Di Lorenzo began her season by winning the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship, claiming the Buckeyes' first national title in its program's history. She defeated Joana Eidukonytė in the championship match, and concluded the season with a 37–5 record, setting the program record for most victories in a season, and was named singles all-American. Di Lorenzo repeated as the USTA/ITA National Indoor Champion, beating Hayley Carter in the final. She capped off her sophomore season by winning the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship with her partner, Miho Kowase. There, she also received a wildcard for the main draw of the doubles tournament and made her Grand Slam debut, partnering with Allie Kiick.

Professional On 18 December 2017, Di Lorenzo announced that she would be leaving Ohio State to become a professional tennis player.

She made her major singles debut at the 2018 US Open, winning her section of the qualifying tournament with victories over Antonia Lottner, Verónica Cepede Royg, and Mona Barthel. She defeated Christina McHale to reach the second round, where she lost to No. 13 seed, Kiki Bertens.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (1–0)

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–6)Clay (2–0)