Silvia Disderi (born 10 July 1983) is an Italian former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Career
Disderi grew up in the northern Italian town of
Biella
Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin a ...
, where she began playing tennis at the age of seven, after being introduced to the sport by her father Sergio. When she was 12, she moved to
Turin
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for training. In 1999, she represented Italy in the
World Youth Cup, held in Australia.
Professional career
A right-handed player, Disderi began competing on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
in 1999. She reached her best singles ranking in 2002, of 329 in the world.
As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as No. 196 and won 12
ITF titles.
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.
WTA Tour tou ...
, she made most of her main-draw appearances at the
Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, featuring three times in either the singles or doubles draw. She was a doubles quarterfinalist at the
2007 Morocco Open.
In 2009, she retired from professional tennis.
She lives in
Boca Raton, Florida, working as a coach at the Rick Macci Tennis Academy.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
Doubles: 25 (12–13)
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
People from Biella
Sportspeople from the Province of Biella
Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
21st-century Italian women