Federica Bonsignori

Federica Bonsignori (born 20 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Federica Bonsignori
Full nameFederica Bonsignori
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1967-11-20) 20 November 1967 (age 56)
Prize money$329,849
Singles
Career record225–206 (52.2%)
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 28 (13 May 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1989)
French Open2R (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992)
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1991, 1992)
US Open2R (1987)
Doubles
Career record31–66 (32.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (20 July 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1987)

Biography

Bonsignori started competing professionally in 1984.

She won her first Grand Slam match at the 1986 French Open when she had a double bagel win over Amanda Tobin.[1] This was one of four occasions in her career that she reached the second round at Roland Garros, which was her best Grand Slam event.

In 1987, she upset top seed Manuela Maleeva en route to the quarter-finals of the Belgian Open and reached the semi-finals of the Clarins Open in Paris.[2][3]

Across 1988 and 1989, she had a minimal impact on tour, unable to progress past the second round in any WTA Tour tournament.

Bonsignori won her only WTA tournament title at the 1990 Estoril Open.[4] An unseeded player, she managed wins over three seeds, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Isabel Cueto and Sabine Hack, before accounting for Laura Garrone in an all-Italian final.[5]

She started 1991 by making the quarterfinals at Hilton Head, a run which included a win over top-10 player Katerina Maleeva.[6] Following two more quarterfinal performances, in back to back WTA tournaments at Houston and Taranto, Bonsignori attained her highest ranking of 28 on 13 May 1991.

A member of the Italy Federation Cup team in 1991, Bonsignori made a brief appearance in the World Group quarterfinal tie against Germany in Nottingham. With the Germans having secured the tie, Bonsignori made her tournament debut by partnering Linda Ferrando in a dead rubber. Their opponents, Anke Huber and Barbara Rittner retired from the match after only one game.[7]

She was runner-up to Magdalena Maleeva at the 1992 San Marino Open and continued playing on tour until 1995.[8]

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
WinJul 1990Portugal OpenTier VClay Laura Garrone2–6, 6–3, 6–3
LossJul 1992Internazionali di San MarinoTier VClay Magdalena Maleeva6–7(3–7), 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1 August 1983ITF Cava de' Tirreni, ItalyClay Angeliki Kanellopoulou1–6, 6–7
Win2.8 August 1983ITF Sezze, ItalyClay Ana Almansa6–1, 6–3
Loss3.10 June 1985ITF Lyon, FranceClay Cecille Calmette7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss4.14 April 1986ITF Monviso, ItalyClay Jana Novotná6–7, 2–6
Win5.22 June 1987ITF Francaville, ItalyClay Barbara Romanò1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss6.26 June 1989ITF Arezzo, ItalyClay Florencia Labat4–6, 4–6
Win7.24 July 1989ITF Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Sabine Appelmans6–3, 4–6, 7–6(2)
Loss8.4 June 1990ITF Mantua, ItalyHard Mariaan de Swardt3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win9.19 August 1991ITF Spoleto, ItalyClay Cristina Salvi6–4, 6–3
Loss10.22 February 1993ITF Valencia, SpainHard Elena Savoldi4–6, 1–6
Loss11.28 June 1993ITF Stuttgart, GermanyClay Sandra Dopfer1–6, 0–6
Loss12.4 July 1994ITF Erlangen, GermanyClay Radka Zrubáková2–6, 1–6
Loss13.20 February 1995ITF Valencia, SpainClay Neus Ávila3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.22 April 1990ITF Turin, ItalyClay Andrea Noszály Ei Iida
Suzanna Wibowo
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss2.17 April 1995ITF Murcia, SpainClay Gloria Pizzichini Mariana Eberle
Veronica Stele
5–7, 2–6

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