Alberta Brianti

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Country(sports) Italy
Born (1980-04-05) 5 April 1980 (age 45)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turnedpro2000
Alberta Brianti
Brianti in Wimbledon, 2015
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1980-04-05) 5 April 1980 (age 45)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,263,830
Singles
Career record538–467
Career titles1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 55 (13 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2010)
French Open1R (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon2R (2010)
US Open1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record155–188
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 68 (13 February 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2012)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open1R (2010, 2011, 2012)

Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour defeating Simona Halep in her career, at Fes, Morocco in 2011.

She is coached by Laura Golarsa and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). She began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. Her favourite surface is hard. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart Open.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier
International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2009 Guangzhou Open, China Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4
Win 1–1 Apr 2011 Morocco Open Clay Romania Simona Halep 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0) Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–1) Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0) International (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2007 Kolkata Open, India Hard Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
United States Vania King
6–1, 6–4
Win 1–1 Apr 2010 Palermo Open, Italy Clay Italy Sara Errani United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–1 Aug 2011 Dallas Open, US Hard Romania Sorana Cîrstea France Alizé Cornet
France Pauline Parmentier
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2012 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan Hard Czech Republic Eva Birnerová Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Russia Valeria Solovieva
3–6, 2–6

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