Silvia Disderi (born 10 July 1983) is an Italian former professional

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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 Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

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

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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

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, 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)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Disderi, Silvia 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