Career titles 5 Weight 58 kg Career record 296–189 Height 1.70 m | Prize money $834,893 Role Tennis player Name Raffaella Reggi Turned pro 1983 | |
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Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Chris evert vs raffaella reggi 1988 filderstadt 3 3
Raffaella Reggi (born 27 November 1965; [raffaˈɛlla ˈredd͡ʒi]) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
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- Chris evert vs raffaella reggi 1988 filderstadt 3 3
- Chris evert vs raffaella reggi 1988 filderstadt 1 3
- Career
- Grand Slam singles performance timeline
- References
Chris evert vs raffaella reggi 1988 filderstadt 1 3
Career
As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982.
Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985.
In 1985 she became the first Italian woman to win the Italian Open since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi won in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, and 2014 finalist Sara Errani are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II.
Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. She had career victories over Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Jana Novotná, Hana Mandlíková, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, and Jo Durie.