Raffaella Reggi

Raffaella Reggi

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Faenza, Italy
Born	(1965-11-27) 27 November 1965 Faenza, Italy
Turned pro	1983
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$834,893
Singles
Career record	296–189
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 13 (25 April 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989, 1990)
French Open	QF (1987)
Wimbledon	4R (1986, 1987)
US Open	4R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	126–122
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 25 (24 June 1991)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	SF (1986)
Wimbledon	QF (1986)
US Open	W (1986)

Raffaella Reggi (born 27 November 1965; Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛlla ˈredd͡ʒi]) is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations.

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 doulbles 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.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1986	US Open	Hard	Sergio Casal	Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming	6–4, 6–4

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (1–3) Virginia Slims (4–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (3–3) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	29 April 1985	Taranto	Clay	Vicki Nelson-Dunbar	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	6 May 1985	Barcelona	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	19 May 1986	Lugano	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	3.	10 November 1986	San Juan	Hard	Sabrina Goleš	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	30 March 1987	Isle of Palms	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	3 August 1987	San Diego	Hard	Anne Minter	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	11 July 1988	Brussels	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	19 June 1989	Eastbourne	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Runner-up	5.	30 October 1989	Indianapolis	Hard (I)	Katerina Maleeva	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	30 April 1990	Taranto	Clay	Alexia Dechaume	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	4 February 1991	Oslo	Carpet (I)	Catarina Lindqvist	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 14 (4–10)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–1) Tier III (0–2) Tier IV (1–0) Tier V (2–6) Virginia Slims (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–1) Carpet (1–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 April 1985	Taranto	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romano	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	28 March 1988	Tampa	Clay	Terry Phelps	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	11 July 1988	Brussels	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up	2.	10 October 1988	Filderstadt	Carpet (I)	Elna Reinach	Iwona Kuczyńska Martina Navratilova	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	14 August 1989	Albuquerque	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Nicole Provis Elna Reinach	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	9 October 1989	Filderstadt	Carpet (I)	Elna Reinach	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	5.	16 October 1989	Bayonne	Hard (I)	Elna Reinach	Manon Bollegraf Catherine Tanvier	6–7(3–7), 5–7
Runner-up	6.	30 July 1990	Montreal	Hard	Helen Kelesi	Betsy Nagelsen Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	4 February 1991	Oslo	Carpet (I)	Sabine Appelmans	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Silke Meier	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	11 February 1991	Linz	Carpet (I)	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	30 September 1991	Milan	Carpet (I)	Sabine Appelmans	Sandy Collins Lori McNeil	6–7(0–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	27 January 1992	Auckland	Hard	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	10 February 1992	Linz	Hard (I)	Claudia Porwik	Monique Kiene Miriam Oremans	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	17 February 1992	Cesena	Carpet (I)	Sabine Appelmans	Catherine Suire Catherine Tanvier	w/o

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	NH	A	A	4R	4R	1R	A	0 / 4
French Open	A	1R	3R	4R	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	A	4R	4R	A	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 6
US Open	A	2R	2R	2R	4R	3R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	0 / 8
SR	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 27
Year End Ranking	127	45	62	42	22	17	23	21	23	75	56

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Raffaella Reggi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Raffaella Reggi at the Fed Cup