María Emilia Salerni

María Emilia Salerni

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Rafaela, Argentina
Born	(1983-05-14) 14 May 1983 (age 40) Rafaela
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$656,296
Singles
Career record	263–173 (60.3%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 65 (25 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles 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 (54.9%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 45 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002, 2003)
French Open	2R (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2003, 2006)
US Open	3R (2001, 2002)

On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.

The two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007.

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

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Feb 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	29 July 2001	Morocco Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lubomira Bacheva   Åsa Svensson	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss	14 April 2002	Amelia Island Championships, U.S.	Clay	Åsa Svensson	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 2–6
Loss	13 September 2002	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Fabiola Zuluaga	Samantha Reeves   Jessica Steck	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	5 April 2003	Morocco Open	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová   Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
Win	17 November 2004	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens   Samantha Stosur	7–5, 7–5
Loss	24 July 2005	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	Květa Peschke	Laura Granville   Abigail Spears	6–3, 2–6, 4–6

Singles: 16 (12–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 September 1999	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Mesa	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Winner	2.	3 October 1999	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–3, 6–0
Winner	3.	10 October 1999	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	23 April 2000	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	14 May 2000	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Lamia Essaadi	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	30 July 2000	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Adriana Jerabek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	6 August 2000	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Martina Suchá	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1 February 2004	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Melinda Czink	6–7, 2–6
Winner	8.	19 September 2004	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Kelly McCain	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	3 October 2004	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Shenay Perry	2–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	12 February 2006	Midland Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Bardina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	1 April 2007	ITF La Palma, Spain	Hard	Georgie Gent	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	30 June 2007	ITF Getxo, Spain	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	8 July 2007	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	12.	21 March 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	15 June 2009	Open Montpellier, France	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 18 (9–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 September 1999	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	Melody Falcó   Joelle Schad	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	4 October 1999	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	Natalia Gussoni   Aliénor Tricerri	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	24 July 2000	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Patrycja Bandurowska	Zuzana Hejdová   Kristen van Elden	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	6 August 2000	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Anna Zaporozhanova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	8 July 2001	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	Lubomira Bacheva   Laurence Courtois	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	12 May 2003	ITF Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Melinda Czink   Zsófia Gubacsi	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	8 June 2003	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Bahia Mouhtassine   Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–0, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	4.	7 September 2003	ITF Fano, Italy	Clay	Gala León García	Conchita Martínez Granados   Giulia Casoni	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	21 September 2003	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Teryn Ashley   Ally Baker	3–6, 7–6(4), 2–6
Winner	5.	18 September 2004	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Sandra Klösel	Cory Ann Avants   Kristen Schlukebir	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	26 September 2004	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Maureen Drake   Carly Gullickson	3–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up	7.	22 October 2005	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Meilen Tu	Lucie Hradecká   Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	31 January 2006	ITF Rockford, United States	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Michaela Paštiková   Abigail Spears	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	11 May 2007	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Iryna Brémond   Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	30 June 2007	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Nuria Llagostera Vives   Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	16 March 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	Carla Beltrami   Tatiana Búa	7–6(3), 6–3
Runner-up	9.	6 June 2009	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Beatriz García Vidagany	Elena Bovina   Regina Kulikova	2–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	12 June 2009	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Elena Bovina   Timea Bacsinszky	6–7(4), 6–3, [10–7]

• María Emilia Salerni at CBS SportsLine.
• (in Spanish) Official website.
• (in Spanish) RedArgentina, Deportes.