Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional
tennis
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player.
Golarsa was born in Milan and played on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
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from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1989. Her singles record included victories over
Zina Garrison
Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze m ...
and
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbl ...
. She won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 in August 1995.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (6–4)
Doubles (3–3)
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1967 births
Hopman Cup competitors
Italian female tennis players
Living people
Tennis players from Milan
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Italian women