Rita Grande

Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy.

During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at No. 26 in the doubles rankings.

She played the round of 16 in singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam championships, including twice consecutively at the Australian Open, in 2001 and 2002.

Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about ten months, Rita Grande retired from professional sport in October 2005.

WTA career finals LegendGrand Slam tournamentsTier ITier IITier IIITier IV & V (3–1)

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Jan 1999 Hobart International, Australia Hard Chanda Rubin 2–6, 3–6Win 2. Jan 2001 Hobart International, Australia Hard Jennifer Hopkins 0–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 3. Oct 2001 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Carpet (i) Martina Suchá 6–1, 6–1Win 4. Mar 2003 Morocco Open Clay Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. May 1990 Taranto Trophy, Italy Clay Silvia Farina Elia Elena Brioukhovets Eugenia Maniokova 6–7, 1–6Loss 2. Feb 1997 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Alexandra Fusai Jana Novotná Martina Hingis 3–6, 0–6Winner 3. Jun 1999 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Silvia Farina Elia Cara Black Kristie Boogert 7–5, 7–6Loss 4. Jan 2000 Australian Women's Hardcourts Hard Sabine Appelmans Julie Halard-Decugis Anna Kournikova 3–6, 0–6Win 5. Jan 2000 Hobart International, Australia Hard Émilie Loit Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik 6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win 6. Jul 2000 Palermo International, Italy Clay Silvia Farina Elia Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(8–6)Loss 7. July 2000 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Åsa Carlsson Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 5–7, 1–6Loss 8. Oct 2000 China Open Hard (i) Meghann Shaughnessy Lilia Osterloh Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 1–6Win 9. Jan 2001 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Alexandra Fusai Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbara Schett 7–6(9–7), 6–3Loss 10. Apr 2001 Porto Open, Portugal Clay Alexandra Fusai María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7Win 11. Jan 2002 Hobart International, Australia Hard Tathiana Garbin Catherine Barclay Christina Wheeler 6–2, 7–6(7–3)Loss 12. May 2003 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Angelique Widjaja Liezel Huber Jill Craybas 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

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Singles: 3 (1–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 29 March 1993 ITF Moulins, France Hard Katarína Studeníková 2–6, 2–6Loss 2. 10 May 1993 ITF Putignato, Italy Hard Laura Garrone 6–2, 3–6, 1–6Win 3. 1 November 1993 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Anca Barna 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 3 August 1992 ITF Nicolosi, Italy Clay Laura Lapi Emanuela Brusati Germana Di Natale 6–4, 6–2Win 2. 24 March 1993 ITF Reims, France Clay Marzia Grossi Svetlana Komleva Olga Lugina 6–4, 6–4Win 3. 13 June 1994 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Laura Garrone Laura Montalvo Silvia Ramón-Cortés 6–4, 6–4Loss 4. 11 October 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France Hard (i) Alexandra Fusai Émilie Loit Åsa Carlsson 2–6, 6–7(5)

Best Grand Slam results details Singles

Doubles

Head-to-head records Lindsay Davenport 0-2 Martina Hingis 0-3 Dominique Monami 1-3 Dinara Safina 0-1