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Maria Elena Camerin
Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrescia
Born (1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 42)
Motta di Livenza, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,721,517
Singles
Career record445–408
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 41 (11 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2006, 2007)
French Open2R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2004)
US Open2R (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record210–195
Career titles3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 33 (31 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2007)
French OpenQF (2007)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open3R (2007)

Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 41. On 31 July 2006, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Italy Fed Cup team, Camerin has a win–loss record of 1–5.

Career

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In July 2001, Camerin had her first WTA Tour singles runner-up in Casablanca where she lost the final against Zsófia Gubacsi.

In July 2006, she won her biggest doubles title at the Cincinnati Open, partnering Gisela Dulko. In September, in Portorož at the Slovenia Open, she lost the final against Tamira Paszek in straight sets.

Camerin withdrew from the 2006 Tashkent Open doubles final due to injury.

In 2012, she defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the second qualifying round of the Wimbledon Championships.

Significant finals

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Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2006 Cincinnati Open Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko Poland Marta Domachowska
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 3–6, 6–2

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jul 2001 Morocco Open Clay Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi 6–1, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2. Sep 2006 Slovenia Open Hard Austria Tamira Paszek 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (1–1)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jan 2005 Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia Hard Italy Silvia Farina Elia Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 1. Sep 2005 Guangzhou International Open, China Hard Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi United States Neha Uberoi
India Shikha Uberoi
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2. Oct 2005 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard France Émilie Loit Russia Anastasia Rodionova
Russia Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 6–0
Win 3. Jul 2006 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko Poland Marta Domachowska
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 2. Jul 2006 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–1, 6–4
Loss 3. Oct 2006 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
w/o

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (10–8)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 28 August 2000 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Estonia Maret Ani 6–2, 7–6
Loss 1. 17 September 2000 ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti 4–6, 4–6
Win 2. 9 April 2001 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Germany Martina Müller 6–4, 7–5
Win 3. 16 April 2001 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Slovakia Gabriela Voleková 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2. 29 April 2001 ITF Sarasota, United States Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 0–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 10 June 2001 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Czech Republic Jana Hlaváčková 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win 4. 15 October 2002 ITF Sedona, United States Hard United States Brie Rippner 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 5. 5 November 2002 ITF Pittsburgh, United States Hard Russia Maria Sharapova 7–6, 6–2
Loss 4. 7 April 2003 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Clay Canada Vanessa Webb 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 6. 14 April 2003 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Argentina Vanina García Sokol 6–0, 6–4
Loss 5. 11 May 2003 Fukuoka International, Japan Grass Japan Saori Obata 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 6. 5 October 2003 Classic of Troy, United States Hard Puerto Rico Kristina Brandi 6–7, 3–6
Win 7. 27 April 2009 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 6–1, 6–2
Win 8. 1 June 2009 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Switzerland Stefanie Vögele 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win 9. 28 May 2012 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Austria Yvonne Meusburger 6–2, 6–3
Win 10. 27 August 2012 ITF Bagnatica, Italy Clay Italy Karin Knapp 7–6, 6–4
Loss 7. 23 September 2012 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss 8. 11 November 2013 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE Hard Slovakia Jana Čepelová 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 March 1999 ITF Val Gardena, Italy Hard (i) France Catherine Tanvier United States Dawn Buth
United States Rebecca Jensen
2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 2. 27 February 2000 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Clay Austria Barbara Hellwig Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira
United Kingdom Nicola Payne
6–2, 6–0
Loss 3. 30 April 2000 ITF Cerignola, Italy Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Russia Maria Boboedova
Armenia Liudmila Nikoyan
w/o
Win 4. 20 August 2000 ITF Aosta, Italy Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Romania Oana-Elena Golimbioschi
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Win 5. 27 August 2000 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Italy Silvia Disderi
Italy Anna Floris
7–5, 6–2
Win 6. 3 September 2000 ITF Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Romania Oana-Elena Golimbioschi
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
w/o
Win 7. 1 October 2000 ITF Verona, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
Spain Lourdes Dominguez Lino
7–6, 6–2
Loss 8. 7 October 2001 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Eva Bes
Spain Lourdes Dominguez Lino
2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 9. 1 March 2009 ITF Clearwater, United States Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
w/o
Win 10. 23 March 2009 ITF Jersey, United Kingdom Carpet France Stéphanie Foretz France Youlia Fedossova
France Violette Huck
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11. 24 July 2011 Open Romania Ladies Hard Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Elena Bogdan
7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 12. 5 March 2012 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Hard Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva Hungary Katalin Marosi
Slovakia Janette Husárová
2–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Loss 13. 12 March 2012 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva Slovakia Jana Čepelová
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová
5–7, 6–2, [3–10]
Win 14. 26 November 2012 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE Hard Russia Vera Dushevina Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
7–5, 6–3
Win 15. 23 September 2013 Telavi Open, Georgia Clay Slovenia Anja Prislan Germany Anna Zaja
Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič
7–5, 6–2
Win 16. 9 November 2013 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
Romania Andreea Mitu
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 17. 13 October 2014 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Italy Alberta Brianti France Stéphanie Foretz
France Amandine Hesse
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Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A A A A LQ 2R LQ 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R LQ 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 7–8
French Open A A A A LQ 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 A 1–8
Wimbledon A A A A A LQ 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R A 2–10
US Open A A A A 1R LQ 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 Q1 A 6–9
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 4–4 1–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 16–35

Doubles

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 W–L
Australian Open A 1R 2R 3R 1R A 3–4
French Open 2R 2R 1R QF 1R 1R 5–6
Wimbledon 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 4–6
US Open 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 5–6
Win–loss 2–3 2–4 3–4 7–4 2–4 1–3 17–22

Head-to-head record

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Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

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