Maria Elena Camerin

Maria Elena Camerin
Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrescia
Born (1982-03-21) 21 March 1982
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

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

Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title)

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

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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 Zsófia Gubacsi 6–1, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2. Sep 2006 Slovenia Open Hard Tamira Paszek 5–7, 1–6

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

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 Silvia Farina Elia Elena Likhovtseva
Magdalena Maleeva 		6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 1. Sep 2005 Guangzhou International Open, China Hard Emmanuelle Gagliardi Neha Uberoi
Shikha Uberoi 		7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2. Oct 2005 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Émilie Loit Anastasia Rodionova
Galina Voskoboeva 		6–3, 6–0
Win 3. Jul 2006 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard Gisela Dulko Marta Domachowska
Sania Mirza 		6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 2. Jul 2006 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Gisela Dulko Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Shahar Pe'er 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 3. Oct 2006 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Emmanuelle Gagliardi Tatiana Poutchek
Victoria Azarenka 		w/o

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 18 (10–8)

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

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

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

Grand Slam performance timelines

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

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

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

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

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