Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former
tennis
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player from Italy.
During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmental ...
. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at No. 26 in the doubles rankings.
She played the round of 16 in singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam championships, including twice consecutively at the
Australian Open
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, in 2001 and 2002.
Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about ten months, Rita Grande retired from professional sport in October 2005.
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 3 (1–2)
Doubles: 4 (3–1)
Best Grand Slam results details
Singles
Doubles
Head-to-head records
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1975 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Italy
Tennis players from Naples
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics