Silvia Ambrosio (born 24 January 1997) is a German born Italian

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player. Ambrosio has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 242, achieved on 11 December 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 448, reached on 18 March 2024. She was born in Giessen and played for Germany since 2019. In June 2023, she became an Italian citizen. From 2015 to 2019, Ambrosio played college tennis in the United States. From 2015 to 2017, she played for the Golden Eagles of

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, and from 2017 to 2019 for the Boilermakers of

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. Ambrosio won her first major ITF title at the W50 in

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in the doubles draw, partnering

Lena Papadakis Lena Papadakis (née Rüffer; born 23 August 1998 in Berlin) is a German tennis player. Papadakis has a career high WTA singles ranking of world No. 251, achieved in November 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 283, achieved in July ...

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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* * 1997 births Living people Italian female tennis players German female tennis players 21st-century Italian sportswomen Italian people of German descent People from Giessen Sportspeople from Giessen Purdue Boilermakers women's tennis players Italian expatriate tennis players in the United States {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub