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Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]

Verdiana Verardi

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 34)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2011
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$53,034
Singles
Career record	174–122 (58.8%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 358 (15 June 2009)
Doubles
Career record	71–43 (62.3%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 287 (7 May 2007)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Italy Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Women's Doubles

Verardi has career-high WTA rankings of 358 in singles, achieved on 15 June 2009, and 287 in doubles, set on 7 May 2007. She won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2005, she played for Pland the Mediterranean Games in Almería (Spain) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles.[2]

She retired from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury and personal issues.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2005	ITF Monteroni, Italy	10,000	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2005	ITF Ancona, Italy	10,000	Clay	Claudia Ivone	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2006	ITF Westende, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Claire de Gubernatis	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	Oct 2006	ITF Benicarló, Spain	10,000	Carpet	Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–3	Oct 2006	ITF Seville, Spain	10,000	Clay	Ana Timotić	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–3	Aug 2007	ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Di Sarra	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Sep 2007	ITF Ciampino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Valentina Sassi	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 2009	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	May 2009	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Elena Bogdan	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–6	May 2010	ITF Rivoli, Italy	10,000	Clay	Nadia Lalami	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Jul 2010	ITF Imola, Italy	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2004	ITF Ciampino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Giulia Meruzzi	Raffaella Bindi Francesca Frappi	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Apr 2005	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard	Vanessa Pinto	Anna Hawkins Rebecca Llewellyn	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2005	ITF Monteroni, Italy	10,000	Clay	Giulia Meruzzi	Silvia Disderi Giorgia Mortello	7–6(4), 7–6(1)
Win	3–1	Jul 2006	ITF Napoli, Italy	10,000	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Emilia Desiderio Stefanie Haidner	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jul 2006	ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Emilia Desiderio Anaïs Laurendon	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Aug 2006	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Claire de Gubernatis	Daniëlle Harmsen Jessie de Vries	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–3	Oct 2006	ITF Granada, Spain	10,000	Clay	Carolina Gago Fuentes	Beatriz García Vidagany Julia Parasyuk	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Oct 2006	ITF Benicarló, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nuria Sánchez García	Veronika Kapshay Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–3	Mar 2007	ITF Sabadell, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nuria Sánchez García	Nicole Clerico Violette Huck	6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss	6–4	Apr 2007	ITF Torhout, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Elena Pioppo	Martina Babáková Kika Hogendoorn	6–7(2), 3–6
Win	7–4	Jun 2007	ITF Tortosa, Spain	10,000	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Paula Cantarutti Sabina Mediano-Alvarez	7–5, 7–5
Loss	7–5	Jul 2007	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Elena Pioppo	Alisa Kleybanova Valentina Sassi	5–7, 2–6
Win	8–4	Aug 2007	ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Katharina Brown Tara Iyer	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–4	Sep 2007	ITF Ciampino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Astrid Besser Letizia Lo Re	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–4	Apr 2008	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Elena Pioppo	Julia Parasyuk Dominice Ripoll	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	10–6	Aug 2008	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Aurélie Védy	4–6, 2–6
Loss	10–7	Sep 2010	ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy	10,000	Clay	Giulia Gasparri	Federica Grazioso Vivienne Vierin	1–6, 3–6
Loss	10–8	Oct 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Giulia Gasparri	Viktoria Kamenskaya Ksenia Kirillova	7–6(10), 3–6, [3–10]

References

External links

• Verdiana Verardi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Verdiana Verardi at the International Tennis Federation

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