María Emilia Salerni

María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.

The two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007.

Salerni retired from professional tour in 2009 after a string of injuries.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Loss Feb 2008 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (1–1) Tier IV & V (1–2)

Result DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss Jul 2001 Morocco Open Clay Lubomira Bacheva Åsa Svensson 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6 Loss Apr 2002 Amelia Island Championships, US Clay Åsa Svensson 4–6, 2–6 Loss Sep 2002 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Fabiola Zuluaga Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 Win Apr 2003 Morocco Open Clay Gisela Dulko Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova 6–3, 6–4 Win Nov 2004 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Hard (i) Carly Gullickson Els Callens Samantha Stosur 7–5, 7–5 Loss Jul 2005 Cincinnati Open, US Hard Květa Peschke Laura Granville Abigail Spears 6–3, 2–6, 4–6

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

Singles (12–4) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Win 1. 26 September 1999 ITF Asunción, Paraguay Clay Mariana Mesa 3–6, 7–6, 7–5 Win 2. 3 October 1999 ITF Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Eugenia Chialvo 6–3, 6–0 Win 3. 10 October 1999 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Eugenia Chialvo 6–1, 6–3 Win 4. 23 April 2000 ITF San Severo, Italy Clay Vanesa Krauth 6–4, 6–1 Win 5. 14 May 2000 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Lamia Essaadi 6–4, 6–1 Win 6. 30 July 2000 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Adriana Jerabek 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 Win 7. 6 August 2000 ITF Ettenheim, Germany Clay Martina Suchá 6–4, 6–2 Loss 1. 1 February 2004 ITF Waikoloa, United States Hard Melinda Czink 6–7, 2–6 Win 8. 19 September 2004 ITF Ashland, United States Hard Kelly McCain 6–4, 6–4 Loss 2. 3 October 2004 ITF Troy, United States Hard Shenay Perry 2–6, 2–6 Win 9. 12 February 2006 Midland Classic, United States Hard (i) Vasilisa Bardina 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Win 10. 1 April 2007 ITF La Palma, Spain Hard Georgie Gent 6–3, 6–3 Loss 3. 30 June 2007 ITF Getxo, Spain Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives 3–6, 3–6 Win 11. 8 July 2007 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Sara Errani 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 Win 12. 21 March 2009 ITF Lima, Peru Clay Lucía Jara Lozano 7–6, 6–3 Loss 4. 15 June 2009 Open Montpellier, France Clay Anaïs Laurendon 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (9–9) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 1. 27 September 1999 ITF Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Jorgelina Cravero Melody Falcó Joelle Schad 3–6, 4–6 Loss 2. 4 October 1999 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay Jorgelina Cravero Natalia Gussoni Aliénor Tricerri 5–7, 4–6 Win 1. 24 July 2000 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Patrycja Bandurowska Zuzana Hejdová Kristen van Elden 6–3, 6–4 Loss 3. 6 August 2000 ITF Ettenheim, Germany Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva Nadejda Ostrovskaya Anna Zaporozhanova 4–6, 2–6 Win 2. 8 July 2001 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Patricia Tarabini Lubomira Bacheva Laurence Courtois 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–1 Win 3. 12 May 2003 ITF Bromma, Sweden Clay Gisela Dulko Melinda Czink Zsófia Gubacsi 6–4, 6–3 Win 4. 8 June 2003 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 6–0, 7–6(6) Loss 4. 7 September 2003 ITF Fano, Italy Clay Gala León García Conchita Martínez Granados Giulia Casoni 3–6, 3–6 Loss 5. 21 September 2003 ITF Columbus, United States Hard Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Teryn Ashley Ally Baker 3–6, 7–6(4), 2–6 Win 5. 18 September 2004 ITF Ashland, United States Hard Sandra Klösel Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir 6–3, 6–3 Loss 6. 26 September 2004 Albuquerque Championships, United States Hard Stéphanie Dubois Maureen Drake Carly Gullickson 3–6, 6–7(6) Loss 7. 22 October 2005 Open de Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Meilen Tu Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová 6–4, 4–6, 5–7 Win 6. 31 January 2006 ITF Rockford, United States Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Michaela Paštiková Abigail Spears 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 Win 7. 11 May 2007 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Estrella Cabeza Candela Iryna Kuryanovich Vesna Dolonc 6–2, 6–1 Loss 8. 30 June 2007 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Nuria Llagostera Vives Laura Pous Tió 2–6, 1–6 Win 8. 16 March 2009 ITF Lima, Peru Clay Lucía Jara Lozano Carla Beltrami Tatiana Búa 7–6(3), 6–3 Loss 9. 6 June 2009 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Beatriz García Vidagany Elena Bovina Regina Kulikova 2–6, 1–6 Win 9. 12 June 2009 Open de Marseille, France Clay Tathiana Garbin Elena Bovina Timea Bacsinszky 6–7(4), 6–3, [10–7]