María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.
The two-time former
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Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959
* ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009
* ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010
* ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019
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Grand Slam champion, winning
Wimbledon
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and
US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at
Roland Garros, was named the 2000
ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player
Guillermo Cañas
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until 2007.
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Salerni retired from professional tennis in 2009 after a string of injuries.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 16 (12–4)
Doubles: 18 (9–9)
Sources
María Emilia Salerni
at CBS SportsLine.
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Official website
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RedArgentina, Deportes
References
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1983 births
Living people
Argentine female tennis players
Argentine people of Italian descent
People from Rafaela
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Wimbledon junior champions
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Olympic tennis players of Argentina
Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province
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