Francesca Lubiani

Francesca Lubiani

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Bologna, Italy
Born	(1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 Bologna
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$421,264
Singles
Career record	294–311
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	58 (26 May 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1996, 1997)
French Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1996, 1997, 1998)
US Open	2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	184–161
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	114 (15 August 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1999)

Francesca Lubiani (born 12 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 58, which she reached on 26 May 1997. On 15 August 2005, she peaked at No. 114 in the doubles rankings.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jan 2005	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Tier IV	Hard	Leanne Baker	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 February 1994	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Stefania Pifferi	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	20 August 1995	ITF Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	6–7(2), 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	15 November 1998	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Barbara Schwartz	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	31 July 2000	ITF Alghero, Italy	Hard	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–1, 6–0
Winner	5.	22 July 2001	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Anousjka van Exel	7–6(8), 2–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	15 July 2002	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Olga Vymetálková	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 30 (15–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 February 1992	ITF Carvoeiro, Portugal	Hard	Raphaella Liziero	Stephanie Gomperts Sabine Verhaar	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	15 August 1994	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	Giulia Casoni Sara Ventura	7–6(0), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	9 November 1998	ITF Hull, United, Kingdom	Hard (i)	Maria Paola Zavagli	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	26 April 1999	ITF Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Maria Paola Zavagli	Katalin Marosi Alicia Ortuño	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	17 October 1999	ITF Largo, United States	Hard	Samantha Reeves	Nicole Arendt Nana Smith	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	11 June 2000	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Caroline Dhenin	Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	21 July 2001	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Nina Dübbers	Adrienn Hegedűs Eszter Molnár	6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner	8.	24 September 2002	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	Tatiana Perebiynis Christina Wheeler	1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	30 March 2003	ITF Atlanta, United States	Hard	Leanne Baker	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	7 September 2003	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Leanne Baker	Monique Adamczak Shelley Stephens	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	28 September 2003	ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard	Leanne Baker	Kim Kilsdonk Nicole Kriz	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	8 February 2004	ITF Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Leanne Baker	Mariana Díaz Oliva Gisela Dulko	7–6(5), 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	13.	22 February 2004	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Leanne Baker	Stanislava Hrozenská Lenka Němečková	6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6
Winner	14.	28 February 2004	ITF St. Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Leanne Baker	Jessica Lehnhoff Trudi Musgrave	6–7(3), 2–3 ret.
Winner	15.	4 April 2004	ITF Augusta, United States	Hard	Mashona Washington	Julie Ditty Jessica Lehnhoff	6–1, 6–3
Winner	16.	5 October 2004	ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Leanne Baker	Claire Curran İpek Şenoğlu	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	17.	19 December 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	Lenka Němečková Julia Schruff	6–2, 6–3
Winner	18.	13 February 2005	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Giulia Casoni	Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	20 March 2005	ITF Orange, United States	Hard	Leanne Baker	Carly Gullickson Jennifer Hopkins	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	27 March 2005	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Leanne Baker	Yuliya Beygelzimer Stéphanie Dubois	4–6, 7–6(1), 3–6
Winner	21.	11 April 2005	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–3, 6–4
Winner	22.	9 July 2005	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Leanne Baker	Jarmila Gajdošová Alla Kudryavtseva	6–1, 4–6, 3–2 ret.
Runner-up	23.	21 August 2005	ITF Jesi, Italy	Hard	Leanne Baker	Silvia Disderi Giulia Gabba	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	24.	28 August 2005	ITF Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Leanne Baker	Regina Kulikova Marina Shamayko	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	25.	11 October 2005	ITF San Francisco, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	Ansley Cargill Tara Snyder	6–7(2), 5–7
Runner-up	26.	13 November 2005	ITF Mexico City	Clay	Valentina Sassi	Jenifer Widjaja Carla Tiene	6–7(5), 3–6
Winner	27.	22 November 2005	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Valentina Sassi	Jenifer Widjaja Olga Brózda	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	28.	18 December 2005	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Valentina Sassi	Marina Shamayko Ekaterina Bychkova	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	29.	5 February 2006	ITF Taupo, New Zealand	Hard	Leanne Baker	Lauren Barnikow Christina Fusano	4–6, 4–6
Winner	30.	1 May 2006	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Valentina Sassi	Diana Brunel Virginie Pichet	w/o

External links

• Francesca Lubiani at the Women's Tennis Association
• Francesca Lubiani at the International Tennis Federation
• Francesca Lubiani at the Billie Jean King Cup