María Emilia Salerni

María Emilia Salerni
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Rafaela, Argentina
Born	14 May 1983 (age 41); Rafaela
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2009
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$656,296
Singles
Career record	263–173
Career titles	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 65 (25 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002, 2003, 2008)
French Open	1R (2001, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2001)
US Open	2R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	151–124
Career titles	2 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 45 (23 September 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002, 2003)
French Open	2R (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2003, 2006)
US Open	3R (2001, 2002)

María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.

The two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas until 2007.^[1]

Salerni retired from professional tour in 2009 after a string of injuries.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Feb 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV & V (1–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jul 2001	Morocco Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lubomira Bacheva Åsa Svensson	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Loss	Apr 2002	Amelia Island Championships, US	Clay	Åsa Svensson	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 2–6
Loss	Sep 2002	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Fabiola Zuluaga	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	Apr 2003	Morocco Open	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
Win	Nov 2004	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard (i)	Carly Gullickson	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	7–5, 7–5
Loss	Jul 2005	Cincinnati Open, US	Hard	Květa Peschke	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	6–3, 2–6, 4–6

ITF finals

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

Singles (12–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	26 September 1999	ITF Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Mariana Mesa	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	2.	3 October 1999	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–3, 6–0
Win	3.	10 October 1999	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	6–1, 6–3
Win	4.	23 April 2000	ITF San Severo, Italy	Clay	Vanesa Krauth	6–4, 6–1
Win	5.	14 May 2000	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Lamia Essaadi	6–4, 6–1
Win	6.	30 July 2000	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Adriana Jerabek	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win	7.	6 August 2000	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Martina Suchá	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	1 February 2004	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Melinda Czink	6–7, 2–6
Win	8.	19 September 2004	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Kelly McCain	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	3 October 2004	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Shenay Perry	2–6, 2–6
Win	9.	12 February 2006	Midland Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Bardina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	10.	1 April 2007	ITF La Palma, Spain	Hard	Georgie Gent	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	30 June 2007	ITF Getxo, Spain	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 3–6
Win	11.	8 July 2007	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	12.	21 March 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	7–6, 6–3
Loss	4.	15 June 2009	Open Montpellier, France	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (9–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	27 September 1999	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	Melody Falcó Joelle Schad	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	4 October 1999	ITF Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jorgelina Cravero	Natalia Gussoni Aliénor Tricerri	5–7, 4–6
Win	1.	24 July 2000	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Patrycja Bandurowska	Zuzana Hejdová Kristen van Elden	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	6 August 2000	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Anna Zaporozhanova	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	8 July 2001	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	Lubomira Bacheva Laurence Courtois	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, 6–1
Win	3.	12 May 2003	ITF Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Melinda Czink Zsófia Gubacsi	6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	8 June 2003	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–0, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	4.	7 September 2003	ITF Fano, Italy	Clay	Gala León García	Conchita Martínez Granados Giulia Casoni	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	21 September 2003	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Teryn Ashley Ally Baker	3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Win	5.	18 September 2004	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Sandra Klösel	Cory Ann Avants Kristen Schlukebir	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	26 September 2004	Albuquerque Championships, United States	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	Maureen Drake Carly Gullickson	3–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	7.	22 October 2005	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Meilen Tu	Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6.	31 January 2006	ITF Rockford, United States	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Michaela Paštiková Abigail Spears	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	7.	11 May 2007	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Iryna Kuryanovich Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–1
Loss	8.	30 June 2007	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Nuria Llagostera Vives Laura Pous Tió	2–6, 1–6
Win	8.	16 March 2009	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Lucía Jara Lozano	Carla Beltrami Tatiana Búa	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Loss	9.	6 June 2009	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	Beatriz García Vidagany	Elena Bovina Regina Kulikova	2–6, 1–6
Win	9.	12 June 2009	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Elena Bovina Timea Bacsinszky	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3, [10–7]