About Raffaella Reggi
Born 1965. Raffaella Reggi is an Italian tennis player, tennis coach and sports commentator.
Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is an Italian TV pundit and former professional tennis player.
Career Reggis started playing tennis at age 5 and attended Nick Bollettieri's school in Florida. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982.
Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985, when she became the first Italian woman to win that tournament since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi claimed the title in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, the 2014 finalist Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in 2025 are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II.
Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. She had career victories over Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Jana Novotná, Hana MandlÃková, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, and Jo Durie.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1986 US Open Hard Sergio Casal Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 11 (5–6) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (1–3) Virginia Slims (4–2) Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (3–3) Carpet (0–1)
Doubles: 14 (4–10) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–2) Tier IV (1–0) Tier V (2–6) Virginia Slims (1–0) Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–1) Carpet (1–5)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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Italian tennis player
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Raffaella Reggi was born on 27 November 1965 in Faenza.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Raffaella Reggi. https://biography.guide/raffaella-reggi/
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