Germana Di Natale (born 2 April 1974) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Biography

A right-handed player, Di Natale started playing tennis at the age of ten and began touring in the early 1990s. Di Natale was a singles bronze medalist at the

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. As a professional player she is most noted for her quarterfinal appearance as a qualifier at the 2000 WTA Madrid Open, where she had a win over the top seed Mary Pierce en route. Starting the tournament with a ranking of 258, she upset the world's sixth ranked player Pierce with a straight-sets second-round win. In the quarterfinals, she had to retire hurt while trailing

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by a set due to an injury to her right arm. During her career, she competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

Doubles (4–5)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Natale, Germana 1974 births Living people Italian female tennis players Tennis players from Rome Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian women