Estefanía Bottini

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Estefanía Bottini
Full nameEstefanía Bottini Alemany
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1974-02-03) 3 February 1974 (age 50)
Prize money$58,297
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 159 (30 March 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 141 (19 February 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open2R (1995)

Estefanía Bottini Alemany[a] (born 3 February 1974), known as Estefanía Bottini, is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography[edit]

Bottini played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 159 in the world.

Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in her home city of Barcelona, making the second round once, in 1991, then in 1992 taking world number 13 Nathalie Tauziat to three sets.[1]

At the 1995 US Open she and Gala León García made the women's doubles main draw as lucky losers from qualifying and reached the second round.[2]

ITF finals[edit]

Singles (0–4)[edit]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 25 March 1991 Bilbao, Spain Hard China Li Fang 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 6 May 1991 Lerida, Spain Clay France Agnès Zugasti 6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 21 March 1994 Castellón, Spain Clay France Maïder Laval 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 10 July 1995 Vigo, Spain Hard Spain Gala León García 0–6, 1–6

Doubles (3–4)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 24 February 1992 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Czechoslovakia Petra Holubová
Czechoslovakia Markéta Štusková
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 6 April 1992 Caserta, Italy Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Czechoslovakia Radka Bobková
Czechoslovakia Jana Pospíšilová
3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up 2. 20 February 1995 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio Czech Republic Petra Raclavská
Czech Republic Kateřina Šišková
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 27 March 1995 Reims, France Clay (i) Spain Gala León García France Caroline Dhenin
Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
7–6, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 15 May 1995 Tortosa, Spain Clay Spain Gala León García Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
3–6, 6–7(5)
Winner 3. 22 May 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Gala León García Argentina Florencia Cianfagna
Argentina Veronica Stele
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 10 July 1995 Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Gala León García Germany Kirstin Freye
Romania Andreea Ehritt
6–2, 3–6, 3–6

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bottini and the second or maternal family name is Alemany.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 22 April 1992.
  2. ^ "Scores/Schedules/Standings". The Intelligencer. newspaperarchive.com. 31 August 1995.

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