Maria Paola Zavagli

Maria Paola Zavagli (born 4 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography Zavagli, a right-handed player, was born in the Tuscan town of Bibbiena. One of two sisters, her father is a doctor and her mother a teacher. She began playing tennis at the age of 10, under the tuition of her uncle.

As a junior, she twice won the doubles event at the Orange Bowl competition, with Alice Canepa in 1994, then partnering Giulia Casoni in 1995.

In 1997, she won three ITF singles titles and won two medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance at the 1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, with wins over Flora Perfetti and Sandra Cecchini.

She featured in the doubles main draws at both the 2000 French Open and 2000 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Slovak player Janette Husárová in each tournament.

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

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. Jan 1995 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Jindra Gabrisová 7–5, 6–1Win 2. Feb 1997 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Paula García 6–2, 6–2Loss 3. Jun 1997 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 4–6, 6–0, 2–6Win 4. Aug 1997 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Laura Dell'Angelo 5–7, 7–6(1), 6–3Win 5. Dec 1997 ITF Espinho, Portugal Clay Giulia Casoni 7–5, 7–6(8)Loss 6. May 1998 ITF Midlothian, United States Clay Christína Papadáki 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Aug 1994 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Francesca Lubiani Giulia Casoni Sara Ventura 7–6(0), 7–5Win 2. Jul 1995 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Emanuela Brusati Yoriko Yamagishi Ludmila Varmužová 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 3. Apr 1997 ITF San Severo, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Sabina Da Ponte Laura Dell'Angelo 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 4. Jun 1997 ITF Camucia, Italy Hard Antonella Serra Zanetti Cristina Salvi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 4–6, 1–6Win 5. Dec 1997 ITF Espinho, Portugal Clay Giulia Casoni Tamara Aranda Julia Carballal 6–2, 6–4Loss 6. Nov 1998 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i) Francesca Lubiani Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr 2–6, 3–6Loss 7. Apr 1999 ITF Espinho, Portugal Clay Francesca Lubiani Katalin Marosi Alicia Ortuño 3–6, 4–6Loss 8. Jun 1999 ITF Galatina, İtaly Clay Giulia Casoni Mariana Díaz Oliva Erica Krauth 1–6, 3–6Win 9. Apr 2000 ITF Maglie, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Svetlana Krivencheva Tatiana Poutchek 6–1, 6–4Win 10. Jul 2000 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Maja Matevžič Adriana Barna Anna Zaporozhanova 7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–4Loss 11. Sep 2000 ITF Reggio di Calabria, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Tatiana Kovalchuk Syna Schmidle w/oLoss 12. Sep 2001 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Mariam Ramón Climent Angelika Rösch 6–7(6), 6–7(6)Loss 13. Oct 2001 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Flavia Pennetta Dally Randriantefy Natacha Randriantefy 4–6, 6–3, 3–6