Daniela Casanova (born 14 May 1984) is a former
tennis
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player from Switzerland.
She achieved career-high
WTA rankings
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Ranking method
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of 456 in singles on 8 July 2002 and 402 in doubles on 17 June 2002. She won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
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.
Playing for
Switzerland
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in
Fed Cup
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, Casanova has a win-loss record of 0–2. She retired from tennis in 2003.
Personal life
Casanova was born in
Altstätten
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. She started playing tennis at the age of five. She was coached by her father, Leo Casanova, and Zoltan Kuharszky, and received advice from Melanie Molitor. She preferred hard courts and any fast surface. Her mother's name is Luzia. She has a brother, Sandro, and a younger sister,
Myriam
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, who also has been a professional player.
ITF finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Doubles: 6 (4–2)
Fed Cup participation
Singles
Doubles
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1984 births
Living people
Swiss female tennis players
People from Altstätten
Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen