Emanuela Zardo (born 24 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player who competed for Switzerland. She was active on the WTA Tour in the late 1980s and through the 1990s, and she was among the top 100 in the world from 1990 to 1994.

Zardo reached her highest ranking of No. 27 on 6 May 1991.[1] She won one WTA singles title, and she was twice a runner-up in singles competition.

Her best performance at a Grand Slam occurred at the 1994 Australian Open when she made the fourth round, losing to Jana Novotná.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0-0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1-2) International (0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1991 Taranto, Italy Clay Austria Petra Ritter 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Apr 1992 Taranto, Italy Clay France Julie Halard 0–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Sep 1992 Paris, France Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini 2–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Singles (10-5)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 31 August 1987 Vilamoura, Portugal Clay West Germany Cornelia Lechner 6–1, 6–3
Win 2. 7 September 1987 Madeira, Portugal Clay Belgium Corine Bousmans 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3. 17 April 1989 Caserta, Italy Clay Australia Rachel McQuillan 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win 4. 12 June 1989 Porto, Portugal Clay Belgium Sabine Appelmans 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5. 17 July 1989 Darmstadt, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Andrea Strnadová 1–6, 1–6
Win 6. 7 May 1990 Modena, Italy Clay Italy Katia Piccolini 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Win 7. 22 April 1991 Caserta, Italy Clay Spain Ana Segura 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Win 8. 1 June 1992 Milan, Italy Clay Italy Flora Perfetti 6–4, 6–4
Win 9. 8 June 1992 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 10. 6 September 1993 Spoleto, Italy Clay Austria Sandra Dopfer 4–6, 0–6
Win 11. 11 September 1995 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Czech Republic Ivana Havrlíková 6–2, 6–3
Win 12. 18 September 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–3, 6–4
Loss 13. 3 November 1996 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hard (i) Czech Republic Denisa Chládková 6–7, 0–6
Loss 14. 8 September 1997 Fano, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 3–6, 5–7
Win 15. 12 October 1997 Biel, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Caecilia Charbonnier 3–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles (0-2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 25 August 1996 Athens, Greece Clay France Virginie Massart Czech Republic Cătălina Cristea
Czech Republic Helena Vildová 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 14 June 1998 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Argentina Paula Racedo Switzerland Laura Bao
Switzerland Caecilia Charbonnier 		4–6, 0–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R 1R
French Open 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A
Wimbledon A 2R A 1R 1R A
US Open 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R A

References

  1. ^ Emanuela Zardo at the Women's Tennis Association
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuela_Zardo
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