Germana Di Natale

Germana Di Natale
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	2 April 1974 (age 50); Rome, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$86,385
Singles
Career record	152–177
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (12 June 2000)
Doubles
Career record	55–68
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 314 (25 July 1994)

Germana Di Natale (born 2 April 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography

A right-handed player, Di Natale started playing tennis at the age of ten and began touring in the early 1990s.

Di Natale was a singles bronze medalist at the 1997 Summer Universiade.^[1]

As a professional player she is most noted for her quarterfinal appearance as a qualifier at the 2000 WTA Madrid Open, where she had a win over the top seed Mary Pierce en route. Starting the tournament with a ranking of 258, she upset the world's sixth ranked player Pierce with a straight-sets second-round win.^[2] In the quarterfinals, she had to retire hurt while trailing Iva Majoli by a set due to an injury to her right arm.^[3]

During her career, she competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	24 January 1994	Pontevedra, Spain	Carpet	Paula Hermida	6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win	1.	12 May 1996	Le Touquet, France	Clay	Patty Van Acker	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2.	20 April 1997	Angilli, Italy	Clay	Oana Elena Golimbioschi	5–7, 2–6

Doubles (4–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	3 August 1992	Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Emanuela Brusati	Rita Grande Laura Lapi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	2 August 1993	Dublin, Ireland	Clay	Vanina Casanova	Mariana Díaz Oliva Valentina Solari	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	30 August 1993	Massa, Italy	Clay	Giulia Toschi	Alice Canepa Giulia Casoni	6–7, 1–6
Win	1.	17 January 1994	Orense, Spain	Carpet	Patrícia Marková	Stephanie Gomperts Nathalie Thijssen	7–5, 6–3
Win	2.	19 June 1995	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Joana Pedroso	Bonnie Bleecker Manuela Costa	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	4.	22 April 1996	Bari, Italy	Clay	Andreea Vanc	Jana Macurová Olga Vymetálková	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	3.	30 March 1997	Dinard, France	Clay	Federica Fortuni	Magalie Lamarre Anna-Karin Svensson	6–4, 7–5
Win	4.	4 February 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Andreea Vanc	Raissa Gourevitch Dinara Safina	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	5.	25 March 2001	Cholet, France	Clay (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Rodionova	1–6, 6–7^(7–5)