Alice Canepa

Alice Canepa

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Finale Ligure, Italy
Born	(1978-04-30) 30 April 1978 Finale Ligure
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	July 1994
Retired	July 2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 217,781
Singles
Career record	282–223
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 158 (17 April 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006)
French Open	Q3 (2005)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000)
US Open	Q2 (1998, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	194–124
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 93 (18 September 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	1R (2000)
US Open	2R (2000)

Alice Canepa (Italian pronunciation: [aˈliːtʃe ˈkaːnepa, - kaˈnɛː-]; born 30 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Her highest singles and doubles rankings are No. 158 and No. 93, respectively.

Biography

In her career, Canepa won a total of 24 titles (19 in doubles) on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has reached the doubles final of the WTA Tier IV tournament in Palermo three times. Her biggest ITF title came when she won the doubles of the $50k event in Marseille in 2000. She has also competed on the Grand Slam tournaments on numerous occasions, but was unable to make it past round two in doubles and qualifying in singles. Canepa retired after losing in the doubles final of the event in Palermo on 22 July 2007. She had partnered compatriot Karin Knapp, losing the final to Mariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustova, in straight sets.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (runner-ups)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1994	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Ruxandra Dragomir Laura Garrone	1–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	Jul 2006	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gabba	Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek	0–6, 0–6
Loss	3.	Jul 2007	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	4–6, 1–6

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	16 February 1997	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Katrin Kilsch	6–2, 7–5
Win	2.	24 May 1998	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Yasmin Angeli	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	22 June 1998	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Selima Sfar	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4.	26 July 1998	Lido di Camaiore, Italy	Clay	Marijana Kovačević	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	19 September 1999	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Tatiana Kovalchuk	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	6.	28 November 1999	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Miriam D'Agostini	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	9 April 2000	Cagliari, Italy	Clay	Laura Pena	2–6, 4–6
Win	8.	28 July 2003	Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	6–2, 6–3
Win	9.	28 March 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Margot Torre	6–3, 6–1
Loss	10.	11 July 2004	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 1–6
Loss	11.	19 June 2005	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Ivana Lisjak	2–6, 3–6
Loss	12.	26 June 2005	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Sybille Bammer	6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	13.	9 July 2006	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (19–14)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	30 August 1993	ITF Massa, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Germana di Natale Giulia Toschi	7–6, 6–1
Win	2.	24 April 1995	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Marina Gojković Dragana Zarić	6–0, 6–0
Loss	3.	12 June 1995	ITF Massa, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Marzia Grossi	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	4.	19 May 1996	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Olga Barabanschikova	Karine Quentrec Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	15 September 1996	Marseille, France	Clay	Debby Haak	Sofie Albinus Karin Ptaszek	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	6.	3 February 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Sara Ventura	Cristina Salvi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	7.	8 February 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Katia Altilia	Eva Belbl Angelika Rösch	7–5, 7–6
Loss	8.	15 February 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Eva Belbl Silke Frankl	3–6, 3–6
Win	9.	6 April 1998	Athens, Greece	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Alice Pirsu Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	10.	24 May 1998	Modena, Italy	Clay	Alessia Lombardi	Marijana Kovačević Kristina Pojatina	6–7(5), 6–3, 7–5
Loss	11.	31 May 1998	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Alessia Lombardi	Jana Ondrouchová Olga Vymetálková	6–7(4), 4–6
Win	12.	24 May 1998	Camucia, Italy	Clay	Alessia Lombardi	Berengere Karpenschif Elena Pioppo	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13.	22 June 1998	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Alessia Lombardi	Vanina Casanova Selima Sfar	3–6, 1–6
Win	14.	5 July 1998	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Melissa Mazzotta Fabiola Zuluaga	6–2, 6–3
Loss	15.	18 October 1998	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Seda Noorlander Christína Papadáki	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–7(4)
Loss	16.	23 November 1998	Lima, Peru	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková	7–6(4), 5–7, 4–6
Loss	17.	7 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 1–6
Win	18.	24 May 1999	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Eva Bes Mariam Ramón Climent	6–3, 6–0
Loss	19.	19 September 1999	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Debby Haak Andrea van den Hurk	1–6, 1–6
Loss	20.	14 November 1999	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Clarisa Fernández	Rossana de los Ríos Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–4, 6–7(6), 3–6
Win	21.	21 November 1999	Campos, Brazil	Clay	Paula Racedo	Jorgelina Torti Melisa Arévalo	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	22.	15 April 2000	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	Svetlana Krivencheva Tatiana Poutchek	6–1, 6–4
Win	23.	11 June 2000	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Miriam D'Agostini Joana Cortez	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	24.	18 June 2000	Marseille, France	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Anna Bieleń-Żarska Svetlana Krivencheva	6–2, 6–3
Loss	25.	6 August 2000	Alghero, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sassi	Ayami Takase Tong Ka-po	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win	26.	1 September 2002	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Stefanie Haidner Silvia Disderi	6–2, 6–2
Win	27.	30 September 2002	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Oana Elena Golimbioschi Eszter Molnár	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win	28.	29 March 2003	Parioli, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Giulia Meruzzi Silvia Disderi	6–3, 6–1
Loss	29.	25 August 2003	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	6–7(3), 7–6(7), 5–7
Win	30.	8 March 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	31.	15 March 2004	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Zuzana Hejdová Lenka Tvarošková	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	32.	28 March 2004	Parioli, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Giulia Meruzzi Elisa Balsamo	7–6(0), 6–3
Win	33.	4 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Adriana Barna Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–4, 6–0