Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired professional women's tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 on 10 October 1988.
Fulco began playing tennis at age ten, at the university club in her hometown of Mar del Plata,
having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to
Guillermo Vilas' success.
As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986, and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986.
She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay-court specialist, and reached the quarterfinals of the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
in 1988. Bettina beat
Martina Navratilova
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in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory.
She also achieved victories over
Conchita MartÃnez
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,
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario,
Hana MandlÃková
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,
Katerina Maleeva
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,
Manuela Maleeva
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,
Magdalena Maleeva
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Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
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,
Lori McNeil and
Nathalie Tauziat
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.
She retired from professional tennis in 1998.
Since retiring from tennis, Bettina has been the director of the School of Tennis at the Club Atlético Kimberley, based in Mar del Plata.
She is also a coach, having worked with notable players such as
Victoria Azarenka,
Kateryna Bondarenko,
Angelique Widjaja
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and
Emma Laine.
In addition, Bettina was the captain of the
Argentina Fed Cup team from 2011 to 2013.
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
Doubles: 3 (1–2)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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1968 births
Living people
Argentine female tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Argentina
Sportspeople from Mar del Plata
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics