Maria Elena Camerin

Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 at Cincinnati Open, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41. On 31 July 2006, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings. In a major her greatest success where quarterfinals in doubles at the 2007 French Open.

Playing for Italy Fed Cup team, Camerin has a win–loss record of 1–5.

Career In July 2001, Camerin had her first WTA Tour singles runner-up in Casablanca where she lost the final against Zsófia Gubacsi.

In July 2006, she won her biggest doubles title at the Cincinnati Open, partnering Gisela Dulko. In September, in Portorož at the Slovenia Open, she lost the final against Tamira Paszek in straight sets.

Camerin withdrew from the 2006 Tashkent Open doubles final due to injury.

In 2012, she defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the second qualifying round of the Wimbledon Championships.

Significant finals Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2006 Cincinnati Open Hard Gisela Dulko Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendPremierInternational (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendPremier M & Premier 5 (1–0)Premier (1–1)International (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)

ITF Circuit finals Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (10–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 28 August 2000 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Maret Ani 6–2, 7–6Loss 1. 17 September 2000 ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Antonella Serra Zanetti 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 9 April 2001 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Martina Müller 6–4, 7–5Win 3. 16 April 2001 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Gabriela Voleková 6–1, 6–3Loss 2. 29 April 2001 ITF Sarasota, United States Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual 0–6, 3–6Loss 3. 10 June 2001 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Jana Hlaváčková 6–1, 3–6, 2–6Win 4. 15 October 2002 ITF Sedona, United States Hard Brie Rippner 6–3, 4–6, 6–3Win 5. 5 November 2002 ITF Pittsburgh, United States Hard Maria Sharapova 7–6, 6–2Loss 4. 7 April 2003 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Clay Vanessa Webb 3–6, 7–6, 6–7Win 6. 14 April 2003 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Vanina García Sokol 6–0, 6–4Loss 5. 11 May 2003 Fukuoka International, Japan Grass Saori Obata 6–2, 3–6, 3–6Loss 6. 5 October 2003 Classic of Troy, United States Hard Kristina Brandi 6–7, 3–6Win 7. 27 April 2009 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Zuzana Ondrášková 6–1, 6–2Win 8. 1 June 2009 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Stefanie Vögele 6–2, 4–6, 6–1Win 9. 28 May 2012 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Yvonne Meusburger 6–2, 6–3Win 10. 27 August 2012 ITF Bagnatica, Italy Clay Karin Knapp 7–6, 6–4Loss 7. 23 September 2012 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay Renata Voráčová 6–3, 2–6, 0–6Loss 8. 11 November 2013 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE Hard Jana Čepelová 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (9–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 21 March 1999 ITF Val Gardena, Italy Hard (i) Catherine Tanvier Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen 2–6, 6–3, 6–7Win 2. 27 February 2000 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Clay Barbara Hellwig Ana Catarina Nogueira Nicola Payne 6–2, 6–0Loss 3. 30 April 2000 ITF Cerignola, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo Maria Boboedova Liudmila Nikoyan w/oWin 4. 20 August 2000 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 7–5, 4–6, 6–1Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo Silvia Disderi Anna Floris 7–5, 6–2Win 6. 3 September 2000 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Mara Santangelo Oana-Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc w/oWin 7. 1 October 2000 ITF Verona, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Eugenia Chialvo Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7–6, 6–2 Loss 8. 7 October 2001 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Eva Bes Lourdes Dominguez Lino 2–6, 6–4, 1–6Loss 9. 1 March 2009 ITF Clearwater, United States Hard Yanina Wickmayer Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková w/oWin 10. 23 March 2009 ITF Jersey, United Kingdom Carpet Stéphanie Foretz Youlia Fedossova Violette Huck 6–4, 6–2Loss 11. 24 July 2011 Open Romania Ladies Hard İpek Şenoğlu Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan 7–6, 6–7, 6–4Loss 12. 5 March 2012 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Hard Mariya Koryttseva Katalin Marosi Janette Husárová 2–6, 7–6, [7–10]Loss 13. 12 March 2012 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Mariya Koryttseva Jana Čepelová Lenka Wienerová 5–7, 6–2, [3–10]Win 14. 26 November 2012 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE Hard Vera Dushevina Karolína Plíšková Eva Hrdinová 7–5, 6–3Win 15. 23 September 2013 Telavi Open, Georgia Clay Anja Prislan Anna Zaja Maša Zec Peškirič 7–5, 6–2Win 16. 9 November 2013 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Nigina Abduraimova Tadeja Majerič Andreea Mitu 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]Loss 17. 13 October 2014 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Alberta Brianti Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse def.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Head-to-head record Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

Dinara Safina 1–4 Sorana Cîrstea 0–2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 0–1 Jelena Kostanić 0–4 Flavia Pennetta 0–4 Daniela Hantuchová 0–2 Elena Dementieva 0–4 Patty Schnyder 0–1 Victoria Azarenka 0–1 Francesca Schiavone 0–3 Samantha Stosur 2–1 Maria Sharapova 1–1 Ai Sugiyama 0–1 Jelena Janković 0–4 Amélie Mauresmo 0–2 Jelena Dokić 1–0 Conchita Martínez 0–2 Li Na 1–2 Kim Clijsters 0–2 Caroline Wozniacki 0–2 Lindsay Davenport 0–2 Anastasia Myskina 1–1 Justine Henin 0–2 Serena Williams 0–1 Nadia Petrova 0–2 Petra Kvitová 0–2 Paola Suárez 0–2 Alicia Molik 0–1 Marion Bartoli 1–4