Anna Gerasimou

Anna Gerasimou
Άννα Γερασίμου

File:Anna Gerasimou Allianz Cup 2.jpg At the Allianz Cup in Sofia, Sept. 2008
Country (sports)	Greece
Residence	Athens
Born	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 Kavala
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$85,137
Singles
Career record	165–104
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 200 (9 March 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	41–47
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 201 (7 June 2010)

Anna Gerasimou (Greek: Άννα Γερασίμου; born 15 October 1987) is a retired Greek tennis player. When she was young, she moved from her birthplace Kavala to Athens in order to pursue a career in tennis. Gerasimou competed in the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics with partner Eleni Daniilidou, and lost in the first round to the Swiss team of Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Patty Schnyder. Coached by George Kalovelonis, her highest career singles ranking was 200, which she achieved on 9 March 2009. She has qualified for a WTA Tour main draw twice, both in 2010, in Pattaya City, and in the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur. She also had one WTA doubles main-draw appearance, in Pattaya City in 2010, where she reached the quarterfinals. She retired from tennis 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 March 2005	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	21 May 2006	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	11 June 2006	ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	4.	24 September 2006	ITF Mytiline, Greece	Hard	Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	8 October 2006	ITF Volos, Greece	Carpet	Patricia Mayr	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	24 February 2007	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	10 March 2007	ITF Ramat HaSharon, İsrael	Hard	Nikola Vajdová	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	8 July 2007	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Olivia Sanchez	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	22 September 2007	Telavi Open, Georgia	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	2–6, 6–1, 0–6
Runner-up	10.	6 July 2008	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	11.	26 July 2008	ITF La Coruña, Spain	Hard	Neuza Silva	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	12.	2 November 2008	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–2
Winner	13.	5 July 2009	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Selima Sfar	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	18 October 2009	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	17 January 2010	ITF Pingguo, China	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 February 2007	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard	Mariana Muci	Melissa Cabrera-Handt Carolina Gago-Fuentes	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	15 March 2008	ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	Hard	Anna Hawkins	Marta Marrero María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	16 October 2009	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	7–6, 7–6
Winner	4.	23 October 2009	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Chen Astrogo Keren Shlomo	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	28 March 2010	ITF Antalya	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Mihaela Buzărnescu Alenka Hubacek	w/o

External links

• Anna Gerasimou at Olympics.com
• Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site