Jorgelina Cravero (born 23 January 1982) is a retired Argentine

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. She has career-high

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of 106 in singles (achieved on 10 September 2007) and 114 in doubles (set on 17 November 2008). Cravero has not won a title on the

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in singles or doubles. However, she won 15 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2007, Cravero qualified for three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the opening round every time: to

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at Wimbledon, to Martina Müller at the

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and to

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at the US Open. Playing for

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, Cravero has a win–loss record of 6–7. Most memorable experiences were qualifying for the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2007. Cravero enjoys the clay surface best of all and started playing tennis at the age of five. She turned professional in 2000. In 2011, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.

Personal

Cravero was born in

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. The right-hander lives in

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. Her father Carlos is an accountant; mother Rita is a math teacher; she has one brother, Eugenio, and three sisters, Monica, Daniela and Maria Alejandra.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 23 (15 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Doubles: 54 (34 titles, 20 runner-ups)

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