Francesca Curmi (born 7 July 2002) is a Maltese

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player. Curmi has represented

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in the

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, where she has a win–loss record of 19–8 (as of July 2023). On the

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, Curmi has a career-high combined ranking of 64, achieved on 28 May 2018. Curmi participated in

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In doubles partnering with

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from Luxembourg. The Maltese-Luxembourgian pair lost in three sets to French pairing

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and

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, 4–6, 6–3, –10 in the first round. Curmi represented

at the

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held in Oran, Algeria. Curmi and

Elaine Genovese Elaine Genovese (born 11 January 1991) is a Maltese tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 542, achieved on 31 July 2023. Genovese has represented Malta in the Fed Cup The Billie Je ...

won the silver medal in the women's doubles event. She was also one of the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. She made history when she became the first Maltese player to participate in a

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draw at the 2023 Palermo Ladies Open where she entered as a lucky loser.https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3595560/francesca-curmi-becomes-first-player-from-malta-in-a-wta-main-draw-in-palermo

Junior career

Grand Slam performance - Singles: * Australian Open: 1R (2019) * French Open: 1R (2018) * Wimbledon: Q1 (2018) * US Open: 1R (2018) Grand Slam performance - Doubles: * Australian Open: SF (2019) * French Open: 1R (2018) * Wimbledon: 2R (2018) * US Open: 1R (2019)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Head to head

Top 5 highest rank wins

* statistics correct .

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* * * 2002 births Living people Maltese female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Malta Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis 21st-century Maltese women 21st-century Maltese people {{Malta-sport-bio-stub