María Emilia Salerni

María Emilia Salerni

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Rafaela, Argentina
Born	(1983-05-14) 14 May 1983 Rafaela, Argentina
Height
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$656,296
Singles
Career record	263–173
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
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)

María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as Pitu Salerni, is a former Argentine professional tennis player.

Salerni On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at world number 45 in the doubles rankings.

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

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

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0-0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0-0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0-1)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 February 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0-1)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1-2)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1-2)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 July 2001	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lubomira Bacheva Åsa Svensson	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Runner-up	2.	14 April 2002	Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Åsa Svensson	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	13 September 2002	Quebec, Canada	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	5 April 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	17 November 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	24 July 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Květa Peschke	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	6–3, 2–6, 4–6

ITF Finals

Singles: 16 (12-4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Sources

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

External links

• María Emilia Salerni at the Women's Tennis Association
• María Emilia Salerni at the Fed Cup

Preceded by Lina Krasnoroutskaya

ITF Junior World Champion 2000

Succeeded by Svetlana Kuznetsova