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Nicole Clerico (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔl ˈklɛːriko, - ˈkleː-];[1][2] born 8 March 1983) is a retired Italian tennis player.

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Nicole Clerico

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 39) Cuneo
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$121,158
Singles
Career record	243–318 (43.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 381 (21 September 2009)
Doubles
Career record	329–265 (55.4%)
Career titles	27 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (11 October 2010)

On 21 September 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 381. On 11 October 2010, she peaked at No. 171 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Clerico, who started playing tennis at the age of eight, was coached by Matteo Costa. In her career, she won 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2015, Clerico retired from professional tennis.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2005	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2009	ITF Trecastagni, Italy	10,000	Hard	Paula Fondevila Castro	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	Sep 2009	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Aleksandra Josifoska	6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 71 (27–44)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–12) Clay (16–29) Grass (0–1) Carpet (4–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 August 2002	ITF Civitanova, Italy	Clay	Irina Smirnova	Silvia Disderi Oana Elena Golimbioschi	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 August 2003	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Irina Smirnova	Anna Bastrikova Elena Vesnina	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	7 November 2004	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Valentina Sulpizio Sandra Záhlavová	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	2 October 2005	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Katariina Tuohimaa	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	16 October 2005	Castel Gandolfo, Italy	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Alena Bayarchyk Alexandra Karavaeva	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	29 October 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Wilawan Choptang Thassha Vitayaviroj	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	6 November 2005	Pune, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–5, 7–6(7)
Winner	4.	28 January 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi	w/o
Runner-up	5.	4 February 2006	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Ksenia Palkina	Lee Wei-ping Lavinia Tananta	w/o
Runner-up	6.	9 June 2006	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Rita Esteves de Freitas Neda Kozić	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	11 July 2006	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Ksenia Palkina	Maria Luiza Craciun Elena Vianello	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	29 September 2006	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Amra Sadiković Stefanie Vögele	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	6 October 2006	Volos, Greece	Carpet	Anna Koumantou	Franziska Klotz Patricia Mayr	6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6
Runner-up	8.	19 November 2006	Pune, India	Clay	Ksenia Palkina	Olga Panova Ágnes Szatmári	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	3 March 2007	Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Ksenia Palkina	Irene Rehberger Bescos Nuria Sánchez García	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	10 March 2007	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Violette Huck	Nuria Sánchez García Verdiana Verardi	3–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	11.	18 May 2007	Trivandrum, India	Clay	Ágnes Szatmári	Lauren Albanese Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	9 Jul 2007	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Nadege Vergos	Alice Balducci Lisa Sabino	1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	10 August 2007	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	Verdiana Verardi	Katharina Brown Tara Iyer	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	18 August 2007	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Davinia Lobbinger	Marcella Koek Marina Melnikova	7–6(4), 7–5
Runner-up	13.	25 August 2007	Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Lisa Sabino	Valentina Sassi Valentina Sulpizio	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	9.	29 September 2007	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Anna Koumantou	Olga Brózda Sylwia Zagórska	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Runner-up	14.	6 October 2007	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Anna Koumantou	Olga Brózda Magdalena Kiszczyńska	2–6, 6–7(3)
Runner-up	15.	10 November 2007	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Olga Brózda Maria Kondratieva	3–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	25 November 2007	Sintra, Portugal	Clay	Teliana Pereira	Joana Cortez Roxane Vaisemberg	6–4, 6–2
Winner	11.	22 February 2008	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Melisa Cabrera-Handt Monika Krauze	3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Winner	12.	15 March 2008	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Lena Litvak	Katie Ruckert Aude Vermoezen	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	21 March 2008	Porto Rafti, Greece	Hard	Mika Urbančič	Julia Glushko Dominice Ripoll	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Runner-up	17.	7 April 2008	Šibenik, Croatia	Hard	Giorgia Mortello	Karolina Kosińska Darina Sedenková	6–7, 6–7, [8–10]
Runner-up	18.	13 June 2008	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Jessica Moore	María Irigoyen Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	19.	12 July 2008	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mailen Auroux	Mariana Duque Marino Viky Núñez Fuentes	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	22 September 2008	ITF Volos, Greece	Carpet	Mika Urbančič	Milica Tomic Justyna Jegiołka	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	20.	6 October 2008	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Anna Floris Valentina Sulpizio	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	23 March 2009	ITF Gonesse, France	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Olga Brózda	1–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	25 April 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Carla Roset Franco Lara Arruabarrena	7–5, 0–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	22.	4 May 2009	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Klaudia Boczová	Kinnie Laisne Stephanie Vongsouthi	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	23.	18 July 2009	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Karen Castiblanco Paula Zabala	6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	24.	3 August 2009	ITF Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Sandra Klemenschits Patricia Mayr	3–6, 4–6
Winner	15.	10 October 2009	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Ana Jovanović Teodora Mirčić	6–7(4), 6–4, [10–4]
Runner-up	25.	26 October 2009	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Erica Krisan Welma Luus	1–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	16 November 2009	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Runner-up	26.	16 January 2010	ITF Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Liana Ungur	Victoria Larrière Anna Smith	4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	8 February 2010	ITF Eilat, Israel	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Renata Bakieva Yanina Darishina	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	27.	22 March 2010	ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Fatma Al-Nabhani Magali de Lattre	6–2, 6–7(5), [8–10]
Runner-up	28.	14 May 2010	ITF Caserta, Italy	Hard	Rebecca Marino	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Irena Pavlovic	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	29.	3 July 2010	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Irina Buryachok Irena Pavlovic	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	30.	15 June 2010	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Olga Brózda Sylwia Zagórska	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	18.	18 July 2010	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Maria Masini	Gioia Barbieri María-Belén Corbalán	6–4, 6–1
Winner	19.	9 August 2010	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Justine Ozga	Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	31.	25 October 2010	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Indra Bigi	Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	32.	29 November 2010	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Indra Bigi	Galina Fokina Marina Melnikova	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	20.	24 January 2011	ITF Kolkata, India	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Ankita Raina Poojashree Venkatesha	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	33.	18 February 2011	ITF Aurangabad, India	Hard	Maria Masini	Varunya Wongteanchai Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Winner	21.	7 March 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Leticia Costas	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	34.	7 May 2011	ITF Gran Canaria, Spain	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Ximena Hermoso Ivette López	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	35.	3 June 2011	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Mihaela Buzărnescu Zuzana Zlochová	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	36.	18 July 2011	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Maria Abramović	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	3–6, 2–6
Winner	22.	25 July 2011	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Maria Abramović	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque-Marino	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	37.	15 August 2011	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Clay	Maria Masini	Silvia Njirić Zuzana Zlochová	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	38.	29 October 2011	ITF Netanya, Israel	Hard	Julia Glushko	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	39.	23 January 2012	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Martina Caciotti	Lucia Butkovská Ulrikke Eikeri	3–6, 0–6
Winner	23.	16 April 2012	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Jesika Malečková Tereza Smitková	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	40.	7 May 2012	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Gioia Barbieri Andreea Văideanu	2–6, 7–6, [8–10]
Winner	24.	17 September 2012	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Anna Zaja	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	41.	15 October 2012	ITF Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anna Zaja	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	42.	4 February 2013	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Leticia Costas	Maria Kondratieva Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Winner	25.	5 April 2013	ITF Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Marina Shamayko Elitsa Kostova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	43.	22 April 2013	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–6, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner	26.	22 July 2013	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Nikola Fraňková	Amandine Hesse Vanesa Furlanetto	3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Runner-up	44.	14 October 2013	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Nikola Fraňková	Magda Linette Viktorija Golubic	4–6, 4–6
Winner	27.	28 February 2014	ITF Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	Anna Smith Jocelyn Rae	6–1, 5–7, [13–11]

References

External links

• Nicole Clerico at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nicole Clerico at the International Tennis Federation

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