Germana Di Natale


Germana Di Natale 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.
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. In the quarterfinals, she had to retire hurt while trailing Iva Majoli by a set due to an injury to her right arm.
During her career, she competed in the qualifying draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.24 January 1994Pontevedra, SpainCarpet Paula Hermida6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Winner1.12 May 1996Le Touquet, FranceClay Patty Van Acker6–3, 7–6
Runner-up2.20 April 1997Angilli, ItalyClay Oana Elena Golimbioschi5–7, 2–6

Doubles (4–5)