Adriana Serra Zanetti (born 5 March 1976; Italian pronunciation: [adriˈaːna ˈsɛrra ddzaˈnetti]) is an Italian former tennis player.

Adriana Serra Zanetti
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceModena, Italy
Born (1976-03-05) 5 March 1976 (age 48)
Modena
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2007
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$787,665
Singles
Career record296–343
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 38 (11 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2002)
French Open4R (1995)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open1R (1994–1996, 2001–2003)
Doubles
Career record97–129
Career titles3 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 69 (17 June 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2004)
French Open2R (2004)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 2002–2004)
US Open1R (2002, 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–7

On 11 February 2002, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 38. On 17 June 2002, she peaked at No. 69 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won three WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as one singles ITF title.

Serra Zanetti reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles, at the 2002 Australian Open.

Her younger sister Antonella is also a tennis player.

Adriana Serra Zanetti retired from the professional tour 2007.

WTA Tour finals

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV, V (3–1)

Doubles (3–1)

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Result No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 2001 Tier III Québec, Canada Carpet (i)   Samantha Reeves   Klára Koukalová
  Alena Vašková
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 2. Jan 2002 Tier V Canberra, Australia Hard   Samantha Reeves   Nannie de Villiers
  Irina Selyutina
2–6, 3–6
Win 3. Jul 2003 Tier V Palermo, Italy Clay   Emily Stellato   María José Martínez Sánchez
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
Win 4. Oct 2004 Tier IV Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard   Antonella Serra Zanetti   Marion Bartoli
  Mara Santangelo
1–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 November 1997 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard   Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 30 November 1997 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard   Aleksandra Olsza 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 6 December 1998 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Fabiola Zuluaga 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 11 February 2001 Rockford, United States Hard   Jill Craybas 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–4)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 June 1993 Caserta, Italy Clay   Paula Cabezas   Karin Lušnic
  Maja Murić
6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 9 October 2000 Welwyn, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Antonella Serra Zanetti   Shelley Stephens
  Dragana Zarić
0–4, 3–5, 1–4
Runner-up 3. 12 October 2003 Dubai Tennis Challenge,
United Arab Emirates
Hard   Flavia Pennetta   Zsófia Gubacsi
  Kira Nagy
6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 18 September 2006 Lecce, Italy Clay   Kildine Chevalier   Ekaterina Lopes
  Teodora Mirčić
6–7(4), 4–6

References

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