Nicole Clerico (Italian pronunciation: [niˌkɔl ˈklɛːriko, ˈkleː-];[1][2] born 8 March 1983) is an Italian former tennis player.

Nicole Clerico
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 41)
Cuneo, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$121,158
Singles
Career record243–318
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 381 (21 September 2009)
Doubles
Career record329–265
Career titles27 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 171 (11 October 2010)

On 21 September 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 381. On 11 October 2010, she peaked at No. 171 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Clerico, who started playing tennis at the age of 8, was coached by Matteo Costa. In her career, she won 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2015, Clerico retired from professional tennis.

ITF finals

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Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Aug 2005 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 10,000 Hard   Angelina Gabueva 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss Aug 2009 ITF Trecastagni, Italy 10,000 Hard   Paula Fondevila Castro 4–6, 5–7
Loss Sep 2009 ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina 10,000 Clay   Aleksandra Josifoska 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 71 (27–44)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–12)
Clay (16–29)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (4–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Loss 1. 25 August 2002 ITF Civitanova, Italy Clay   Irina Smirnova   Silvia Disderi
  Oana Elena Golimbioschi
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 24 August 2003 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay   Irina Smirnova   Anna Bastrikova
  Elena Vesnina
1–6, 1–6
Win 1. 7 November 2004 ITF Rome, Italy Clay   Stefania Chieppa   Valentina Sulpizio
  Sandra Záhlavová
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. 2 October 2005 ITF Volos, Greece Carpet   Katariina Tuohimaa   Katalin Marosi
  Marina Tavares
6–4, 6–2
Loss 3. 16 October 2005 ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy Clay   Stefania Chieppa   Alena Bayarchyk
  Alexandra Karavaeva
2–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 29 October 2005 ITF Mumbai, India Hard   Ksenia Palkina   Wilawan Choptang
  Thassha Vitayaviroj
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win 3. 6 November 2005 Pune Championships, India Hard   Ksenia Palkina   Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
7–5, 7–6(7)
Win 4. 28 January 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Ksenia Palkina   Ankita Bhambri
  Rushmi Chakravarthi
w/o
Loss 5. 4 February 2006 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass   Ksenia Palkina   Lee Wei-ping
  Lavinia Tananta
w/o
Loss 6. 9 June 2006 ITF Haskovo, Bulgaria Clay   Dia Evtimova   Rita Esteves de Freitas
  Neda Kozić
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. 11 July 2006 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet   Ksenia Palkina   Maria Luiza Craciun
  Elena Vianello
6–3, 6–0
Win 6. 29 September 2006 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece Clay   Alexandra Panova   Amra Sadiković
  Stefanie Vögele
4–6, 2–6
Loss 7. 6 October 2006 ITF Volos, Greece Carpet   Anna Koumantou   Franziska Klotz
  Patricia Mayr
6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 8. 19 November 2006 Pune Championships, India Clay   Ksenia Palkina   Olga Panova
  Ágnes Szatmári
2–6, 4–6
Loss 9. 3 March 2007 ITF Sant Boi, Spain Clay   Ksenia Palkina   Irene Rehberger Bescos
  Nuria Sánchez García
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 10 March 2007 ITF Sabadell, Spain Clay   Violette Huck   Nuria Sánchez García
  Verdiana Verardi
3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 11. 18 May 2007 ITF Trivandrum, India Clay   Ágnes Szatmári   Lauren Albanese
  Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 12. 9 Jul 2007 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet   Nadege Vergos   Alice Balducci
  Lisa Sabino
1–6, 4–6
Win 7. 10 August 2007 ITF Wrexham, UK Hard   Verdiana Verardi   Katharina Brown
  Tara Iyer
6–4, 6–3
Win 8. 18 August 2007 ITF Savitaipale, Finland Clay   Davinia Lobbinger   Marcella Koek
  Marina Melnikova
7–6(4), 7–5
Loss 13. 25 August 2007 ITF Trecastagni, Italy Hard   Lisa Sabino   Valentina Sassi
  Valentina Sulpizio
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 9. 29 September 2007 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece Clay   Anna Koumantou   Olga Brózda
  Sylwia Zagórska
4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Loss 14. 6 October 2007 ITF Mytilini, Greece Hard   Anna Koumantou   Olga Brózda
  Magdalena Kiszczyńska
2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 15. 10 November 2007 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay   Teliana Pereira   Olga Brózda
  Maria Kondratieva
3–6, 1–6
Win 10. 25 November 2007 ITF Sintra, Portugal Clay   Teliana Pereira   Joana Cortez
  Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–2
Win 11. 22 February 2008 ITF Melilla, Spain Hard   Martina Caciotti   Melisa Cabrera-Handt
  Monika Krauze
3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Win 12. 15 March 2008 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard   Lena Litvak   Katie Ruckert
  Aude Vermoezen
6–3, 6–1
Loss 16. 21 March 2008 ITF Porto Rafti, Greece Hard   Mika Urbančič   Julia Glushko
  Dominice Ripoll
6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 17. 7 April 2008 ITF Šibenik, Croatia Hard   Giorgia Mortello   Karolina Kosińska
  Darina Sedenková
6–7, 6–7, [8–10]
Loss 18. 13 June 2008 ITF Campobasso, Italy Clay   Jessica Moore   María Irigoyen
  Roxane Vaisemberg
3–6, 2–6
Loss 19. 12 July 2008 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Mailen Auroux   Mariana Duque Marino
  Viky Núñez Fuentes
3–6, 4–6
Win 13. 22 September 2008 ITF Volos, Greece Carpet   Mika Urbančič   Milica Tomić
  Justyna Jegiołka
6–2, 6–1
Loss 20. 6 October 2008 ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay   Patricia Mayr-Achleitner   Anna Floris
  Valentina Sulpizio
2–6, 3–6
Loss 21. 23 March 2009 ITF Gonesse, France Clay   Martina Caciotti   Magdalena Kiszczyńska
  Olga Brózda
1–6, 2–6
Win 14. 25 April 2009 ITF Torrent, Spain Clay   Martina Caciotti   Carla Roset Franco
  Lara Arruabarrena
7–5, 0–6, [11–9]
Loss 22. 4 May 2009 ITF Florence, Italy Clay   Klaudia Boczová   Kinnie Laisné
  Stephanie Vongsouthi
0–6, 1–6
Loss 23. 18 July 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Maria Fernanda Alves   Karen Castiblanco
  Paula Zabala
6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 24. 3 August 2009 ITF Monteroni, Italy Clay   Margalita Chakhnashvili   Sandra Klemenschits
  Patricia Mayr
3–6, 4–6
Win 15. 10 October 2009 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay   Karolina Kosińska   Ana Jovanović
  Teodora Mirčić
6–7(4), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 25. 26 October 2009 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard   Martina Caciotti   Erica Krisan
  Welma Luus
1–6, 4–6
Win 16. 16 November 2009 Pune Championships, India Hard   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Nina Bratchikova
  Ksenia Palkina
4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss 26. 16 January 2010 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i)   Liana Ungur   Victoria Larrière
  Anna Smith
4–6, 4–6
Win 17. 12 February 2010 ITF Eilat, Israel Hard   Martina Caciotti   Renata Bakieva
  Yanina Darishina
6–1, 6–3
Loss 27. 26 March 2010 ITF Fujairah,
United Arab Emirates
Hard   Martina Caciotti   Fatma Al-Nabhani
  Magali de Lattre
6–2, 6–7(5), [8–10]
Loss 28. 14 May 2010 ITF Caserta, Italy Hard   Rebecca Marino   Ekaterina Dzehalevich
  Irena Pavlovic
3–6, 3–6
Loss 29. 3 July 2010 ITF Sarajevo,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Clay   Karolina Kosińska   Irina Buryachok
  Irena Pavlovic
1–6, 1–6
Loss 30. 20 June 2010 ITF Lenzerheide,
Switzerland
Clay   Martina Caciotti   Olga Brózda
  Sylwia Zagórska
6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Win 18. 18 July 2010 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet   Maria Masini   Gioia Barbieri
  María-Belén Corbalán
6–4, 6–1
Win 19. 14 August 2010 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Justine Ozga   Lara Arruabarrena
  María Teresa Torró Flor
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 31. 30 October 2010 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard   Indra Bigi   Kim Kilsdonk
  Nicolette van Uitert
3–6, 2–6
Loss 32. 3 December 2010 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay   Indra Bigi   Galina Fokina
  Marina Melnikova
3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Win 20. 24 January 2011 ITF Kolkata, India Clay   Dalila Jakupović   Ankita Raina
  Poojashree Venkatesha
6–3, 6–1
Loss 33. 18 February 2011 ITF Aurangabad, India Hard   Maria Masini   Varunya Wongteanchai
  Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 21. 12 March 2011 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay   Leticia Costas   Evelyn Mayr
  Julia Mayr
6–0, 6–1
Loss 34. 7 May 2011 ITF Gran Canaria, Spain Clay   Martina Caciotti   Ximena Hermoso
  Ivette López
2–6, 3–6
Loss 35. 3 June 2011 ITF Florence, Italy Clay   Valentina Sulpizio   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Zuzana Zlochová
3–6, 4–6
Loss 36. 22 July 2011 ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard   Maria Abramović   Julie Coin
  Eva Hrdinová
3–6, 2–6
Win 22. 30 July 2011 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay   Maria Abramović   Catalina Castaño
  Mariana Duque-Marino
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 37. 20 August 2011 ITF Brčko,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Clay   Maria Masini   Silvia Njirić
  Zuzana Zlochová
4–6, 3–6
Loss 38. 29 October 2011 ITF Netanya, Israel Hard   Julia Glushko   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Pemra Özgen
5–7, 3–6
Loss 39. 23 January 2012 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard   Martina Caciotti   Lucia Butkovská
  Ulrikke Eikeri
3–6, 0–6
Win 23. 16 April 2012 ITF Bol, Croatia Clay   Anaïs Laurendon   Jesika Malečková
  Tereza Smitková
6–2, 6–0
Loss 40. 7 May 2012 ITF Florence, Italy Clay   Anaïs Laurendon   Gioia Barbieri
  Andreea Văideanu
2–6, 7–6, [8–10]
Win 24. 17 September 2012 Royal Cup, Montenegro Clay   Anna Zaja   Mailen Auroux
  María Irigoyen
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 41. 15 October 2012 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i)   Anna Zaja   Justyna Jegiołka
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
2–6, 1–6
Loss 42. 4 February 2013 Open de l'Isère, France Hard (i)   Leticia Costas   Maria Kondratieva
  Renata Voráčová
1–6, 4–6
Win 25. 5 April 2013 ITF Dijon, France Hard (i)   Giulia Gatto-Monticone   Marina Shamayko
  Elitsa Kostova
6–4, 6–2
Loss 43. 22 April 2013 Chiasso Open, Switzerland Clay   Giulia Gatto-Monticone   Aliaksandra Sasnovich
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
7–6, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 26. 22 July 2013 ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard   Nikola Fraňková   Amandine Hesse
  Vanesa Furlanetto
3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Loss 44. 14 October 2013 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i)   Nikola Fraňková   Magda Linette
  Viktorija Golubic
4–6, 4–6
Win 27. 28 February 2014 ITF Beinasco, Italy Clay (i)   Giulia Gatto-Monticone   Anna Smith
  Jocelyn Rae
6–1, 5–7, [13–11]

References

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  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Nicole". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "clerico". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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