Giulia Casoni

Giulia Casoni (; born 19 April 1978) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and Tier I Italian Open in 2000, and three WTA Tour doubles titles. She was a member of Italy Fed Cup team from 2000 to 2001, and won three doubles titles at WTA tournaments.

Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami, Katarina Srebotnik, Mariya Koryttseva, Francesca Schiavone, Émilie Loit and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She also won four singles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Casoni retired from tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.

Personal life Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Grand Slam tournaments Tier I 5 (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III, IV & V (3–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles: 1 (title) OutcomeYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1996 French Open Clay Alice Canepa Anna Kournikova Ludmilla Varmuzova 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals $50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 28 August 1994 Alghero, Italy Hard Corina Morariu 5–7, 6–7(5)Win 2. 18 June 1995 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Monica Guglielmi 7–6, 7–6Win 3. 4 August 1996 Catania, Italy Clay Debby Haak 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 4. 31 March 1997 Makarska, Croatia Clay Anna Földényi 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 5. 3 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6Loss 6. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay Maria Paola Zavagli 5–7, 6–7(8)Loss 7. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i) Petra Mandula 0–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss 8. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 7–5, 4–6, 3–6Win 9. 20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Petra Begerow 7–5, 1–6, 6–4Loss 10. 19 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard Iroda Tulyaganova 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (27–10) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 5 September 1993 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Germana di Natale Giulia Toschi 7–6, 6–1Loss 2. 21 August 1994 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Sara Ventura Francesca Lubiani Maria Paola Zavagli 6–7, 5–7Win 3. 24 April 1995 Bari, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Marina Gojković Dragana Zarić 6–0, 6–0Loss 4. Massa, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Emmanuelle Gagliardi Marzia Grossi 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Win 5. 18 March 1996 Reims, France Clay Flora Perfetti Siobhan Drake-Brockman Catherine Tanvier 6–3, 4–6, 6–0Win 6. 27 July 1997 Camaiore, Italy Clay Federica Fortuni Cindy Dock Jenny-Anne Fetch 6–4, 6–1Win 7. 3 August 1997 Muri Antichi, Italy Clay Federica Fortuni Natalia Bondarenko Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 7–6, 6–2Win 8. 10 August 1997 Catania, Italy Clay Sabina Da Ponte Ding Ding Ni Wei 6–4, 6–2Win 9. 8 December 1997 Espinho, Portugal Clay Maria Paola Zavagli Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal 6–2, 6–4Win 10. 7 February 1998 Birkenhead, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova 6–3, 6–2Loss 11. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass Marijana Kovačević Hiroko Mochizuki Ryoko Takemura 6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6Loss 12. 27 September 1998 Lecce, Italy Clay Stefania Chieppa Katia Altilia Stefanie Haidner 0–6, 2–6Win 13. 13 December 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay Katia Altilia Paula Garcia Kelly Liggan 6–3, 7–6(4)Loss 14. 7 June 1999 Galatina, İtaly Clay Maria Paola Zavagli Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth 1–6, 3–6Win 15. 20 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Kirstin Freye Andrea Šebová Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–3, 6–3Win 16. 6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i) Antonella Serra Zanetti Angelika Bachmann Eva Dyrberg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6Win 17. 10 April 2000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova 7–5, 6–1Loss 18. 22 October 2000 Cardiff, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe 6–0, 1–6, 3–6Win 19. 29 July 2001 Pamplona, Spain Hard Roberta Vinci Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin 7–6, 6–4Win 20. 3 September 2001 Fano, Italy Clay Katalin Marosi Eva Bes Gisela Riera 6–3, 6–4Loss 21. 27 January 2002 Fullerton, United States Hard Amanda Hopmans Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner 6–2, 4–6, 5–7Win 22. 3 February 2002 Rockford, United States Hard (i) Amanda Hopmans Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner 6–4, ret.Loss 23. 11 February 2003 Southampton, United Kingdom Hard (i) Roberta Vinci Olga Barabanschikova Nadejda Ostrovskaya 3–6, 4–6Win 24. 7 September 2003 Fano, Italy Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Gala León García María Emilia Salerni 6–3, 6–3Win 25. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay Maret Ani Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Bahia Mouhtassine 7–5, 7–5Loss 26. 23 May 2004 Caserta, Italy Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 1–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 27. 31 May 2004 Galatina, Italy Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Nadejda Ostrovskaya Kathrin Wörle 6–4, 6–0Loss 28. 9 August 2004 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Nina Bratchikova Aurélie Védy Jasmin Wöhr 1–6, 6–3, 6–7Win 29. 28 September 2004 Belgrade, Serbia Clay Darija Jurak Ekaterina Bychkova Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–0, 6–2Win 30. 19 December 2004 Bergamo, Italy Hard Francesca Lubiani Lenka Němečková Julia Schruff 6–2, 6–3Win 31. 13 February 2005 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Francesca Lubiani Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–3Win 32. 7 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay Alberta Brianti Giulia Gabba Valentina Sulpizio 6–3, 6–3Win 33. 28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay Bahia Mouhtassine Katarína Kachlíková Lenka Tvarošková 6–0, 7–5Win 34. 12 June 2005 Gorizia, Italy Clay Valentina Sulpizio Olena Antypina Nina Bratchikova 6–2, 6–0Win 35. 14 August 2005 Rimini, Italy Clay Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 6–4Win 36. 19 February 2006 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Alberta Brianti Raquel Atawo Aleke Tsoubanos 6–4, 7–6(4)Win 37. 26 February 2006 Saint-Georges, Canada Hard (i) Alberta Brianti Veronika Chvojková Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 3–6, 6–1