Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Maria Elena Camerin
Nürnberger Versicherungscup, 2014
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBrescia
Born (1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 42)
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)

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

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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

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Premier Mandatory/Premier-5 tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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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

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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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)

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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

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

Singles: 18 (10–8)

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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)

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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
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Grand Slam performance timelines

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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

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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

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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

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

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