Giulia Casoni (; born 19 April 1978) is a retired Italian tennis player. As a junior player, she won

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in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 and

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Italian Open in 2000, and three

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doubles titles. She was a member of

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from 2000 to 2001, and won three doubles titles at WTA tournaments. Casoni defeated players such as Dominique Monami,

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. She also won four singles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Casoni retired from professional tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.

Personal life

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WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (1–0)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4–6)

Doubles (27–10)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casoni, Giulia 1978 births Italian female tennis players Living people Sportspeople from Ferrara Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles French Open junior champions