Elisa Balsamo (tennis)

Elisa Balsamo (born 12 August 1983) is an Italian former professional tennis player.^[1][2]

Elisa Balsamo

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Italy
Born	(1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 40) Pontedera, Italy
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$66,549
Singles
Career record	227–185 (55.1%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 329 (1 December 2008)
Doubles
Career record	74–67 (52.5%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 307 (16 June 2008)

Her highest WTA singles ranking is 329, which she achieved on 1 December 2008. Her career-high in doubles is 307, which she reached on 16 June 2008. In her career, she won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	6 April 2003	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Mariëlle Hoogland	2–6, 5–7
Win	2.	18 February 2007	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Michelle Gerards	6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win	3.	4 June 2007	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4.	17 June 2007	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Tara Iyer	4–6, 6–7^(5)
Win	5.	3 March 2008	ITF Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Estefanía Craciún	6–3, 7–5
Win	6.	17 October 2009	ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	6–4, 6–1
Win	7.	7 March 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2002	ITF Lecce, Italy	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc   Edina Gallovits-Hall	7–6^(5), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	13 April 2003	ITF Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Debora Carmassi	Stefanie Haidner   Giulia Meruzzi	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	28 March 2004	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Giulia Meruzzi	Alice Canepa   Emily Stellato	6–7^(0), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	11 September 2005	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Emily Stellato	Rita Kuti-Kis   Kira Nagy	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	4 June 2007	ITF Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Valentina Sulpizio	Carolina Gago-Fuentes   Sabina Mediano-Álvarez	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	17 June 2007	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Valentina Sulpizio	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn   Varanya Vijuksanaboon	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	1 March 2008	ITF Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Mailen Auroux   Estefania Craciún	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	3 March 2008	ITF Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Giulia Gatto-Monticone   Federica Quercia	2–6, 0–6
Winner	9.	30 March 2008	ITF Latina, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Sandra Martinović   Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	0–6, 7–6^(6) [10–7]
Winner	10.	12 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Michelle Gerards   Marcella Koek	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	19 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Michelle Gerards   Marcella Koek	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	17 July 2009	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	María Irigoyen   Teodora Mirčić	5–7, 2–6
Winner	13.	7 March 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Marina Shamayko   Neda Kozić	6–3, 7–6^(3)
Winner	14.	5 July 2010	ITF Torino, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Alice Balducci   Martina Caciotti	7–5, 6–3

References

1. "Ciclismo, Mondiale donne juniores: Elisa Balsamo vince l'oro".
2. "Valcar – PBM pensa in grande".

External links

• Elisa Balsamo at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Elisa Balsamo at the International Tennis Federation