María Emilia Salerni

María Emilia Salerni

Country	Argentina
Residence	Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Born	14 May 1983 Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Height	174 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$656,296
Singles
Career record	263–173
Career titles	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 65 (25 February 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2002, 2003, 2008)
French Open	1r (2001, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1r (2001)
US Open	2r (2005)
Doubles
Career record	151–124
Career titles	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 45 (23 September 2002)
Last updated on: 25 May 2009.

María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as Pitu Salerni, was an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe.

Salerni is a two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and U.S. Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros. She was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007.^[1]

Salerni retired from professional tennis in 2009 after a string of injuries.

Titles

Singles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (0)

ITF Titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	26 September 1999	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Mesa	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
2.	3 October 1999	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–3, 6–0
3.	10 October 1999	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–1, 6–3
4.	23 April 2000	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–1
5.	14 May 2000	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Lamia Esaadi	6–4, 6–1
6.	30 July 2000	Horb, Germany	Clay	Adriana Jerabek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
7.	6 August 2000	Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Martina Suchá	6–4, 6–2
8.	19 September 2004	Ashland, Kentucky, USA	Hard	Kelly McCain	6–4, 6–4
9.	12 February 2006	Midland, Michigan, USA	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Bardina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
10.	1 April 2007	La Palma, Canary Islands	Hard	Georgie Stoop	6–3, 6–3
11.	8 July 2007	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	3–6, 6–1, 7–6

Doubles (2)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	5 April 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
2.	17 November 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	7–5, 7–5

Preceded by Lina Krasnoroutskaya

ITF Junior World Champion 2000

Succeeded by Svetlana Kuznetsova

Sources

• Ma. Emilia Salerni at the Women's Tennis Association
• María Emilia Salerni at CBS SportsLine.
• (Spanish) Official website.
• (Spanish) RedArgentina, Deportes.

References

1. ^ TENNIS.com – 2007 Pacific Life Open – Rollercoaster Ride: Another comeback for Canas

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Name	Salerni, Maria Emelia
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Date of birth	14 May 1983
Place of birth	Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Date of death
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