{{Short description|Italian tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name= Giulia Casoni |image= |country= {{ITA}} |residence= [[Ferrara]], Italy |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|04|19}} |birth_place= Ferrara |height= {{height|m=1.69}} |turnedpro= 1993 |retired= 2006 |plays= Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |careerprizemoney= US$ 326,936 |singlesrecord= {{tennis record|won=269|lost=233}} |singlestitles= 0 WTA, 4 ITF |highestsinglesranking= 83 (8 January 2001) |AustralianOpenresult= 1R ([[2001 Australian Open – Women's singles|2001]]) |FrenchOpenresult= 3R ([[2000 French Open – Women's singles|2000]]) |Wimbledonresult= 1R ([[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2000]], [[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2001]]) |USOpenresult= 3R ([[2000 US Open – Women's singles|2000]]) |doublesrecord= {{tennis record|won=225|lost=127}} |doublestitles= 3 WTA, 27 ITF |AustralianOpenDoublesresult= 2R ([[2001 Australian Open – Women's doubles|2001]]) |FrenchOpenDoublesresult= 2R ([[2000 French Open – Women's doubles|2000]]) |WimbledonDoublesresult= 1R ([[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2000]], [[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2001]]) |USOpenDoublesresult= 1R ([[2000 US Open – Women's doubles|2000]], [[2001 US Open – Women's doubles|2001]]) |highestdoublesranking= 51 (19 February 2001) }} '''Giulia Casoni''' ({{IPA|it|ˈdʒuːlja kaˈzoːni -ˈsoː-}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Giulia|title=Giulia|work=DiPI Online|author=Luciano Canepari|author-link=Luciano Canepari|access-date=26 October 2018|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Casoni|title=Casoni|work=DiPI Online|author=Luciano Canepari|access-date=26 October 2018|language=it}}</ref> born 19 April 1978) is an Italian former professional tennis player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800186102|title=Fed Cup - Players|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.tennistemple.com/giulia-casoni-ps353|title=Giulia Casoni|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>
As a junior player, she won [[1996 French Open]] in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the [[Internazionali Femminili di Palermo]] in 1999 and [[Tier I]] [[Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open]] in 2000, and three [[WTA Tour]] doubles titles. She was a member of [[Italy Fed Cup team]] from 2000 to 2001, and won three doubles titles at WTA tournaments.
Casoni defeated players such as [[Dominique Monami]], [[Katarina Srebotnik]], [[Mariya Koryttseva]], [[Francesca Schiavone]], [[Émilie Loit]] and [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]]. She also won four singles and 27 doubles titles on the [[ITF Women's Circuit]].
Casoni retired from tennis in 2006, after struggling with a knee injury.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bonesi |first1=Davide |title=Giulia, una ferrarese sfidò la mitica Williams |trans-title=Giulia, a woman from Ferrara who challenged the legendary Williams |url=https://lanuovaferrara.gelocal.it/sport/2015/04/25/news/giulia-una-ferrarese-sfido-la-mitica-williams-1.11302167 |access-date=11 August 2019 |publisher=La Nuova Ferrara |date=25 April 2015 |language=it}}</ref>
==Personal life== Casoni was born to Ilario and Angela Casoni, and has a brother Lorenzo.<ref name="WTA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/giulia-casoni_2257889_1464 |title=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour {{!}} Players {{!}} Info (Biography) {{!}} Giulia Casoni |access-date=2009-12-28 |archive-date=2013-05-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130506023459/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/giulia-casoni_2257889_1464 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ITA">[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20004546 Giulia Casoni] at the [[International Tennis Federation]]</ref>
==WTA Tour finals== ===Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)=== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! Legend |- | style="background:#f3e6d7;"| Grand Slam tournaments |- | style="background:#e9e9e9;"| Tier I 5 (0–0) |- | style="background:#d4f1c5;"| Tier II (0–0) |- | Tier III, IV & V (3–1) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" !Result !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | [[1994 Torneo Internazional Femmin di Palermo – Doubles|Jul 1994]] | [[Internazionali Femminili di Palermo|Palermo]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alice Canepa]] | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ruxandra Dragomir]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Laura Garrone]] | 1–6, 0–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | [[2000 Sanex Trophy – Doubles|Jul 2000]] | [[WTA Knokke-Heist|Knokke-Heist]], Belgium | Clay | {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Catherine Barclay]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Eva Dyrberg]] | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | [[2001 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles|Jan 2001]] | [[Australian Hard Court Championships|Gold Coast]], Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Katie Schlukebir]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meghann Shaughnessy]] | 7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 7–5 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | [[2005 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles|Jul 2005]] | [[Internazionali Femminili di Palermo|Palermo]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]] | {{flagicon|POL}} [[Klaudia Jans-Ignacik|Klaudia Jans]] <br /> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Alicja Rosolska]] | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |}
==Junior Grand Slam finals== ===Girls' doubles: 1 (title)=== {| class= wikitable style="font-size:97%;" !Outcome !Year !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |- bgcolor="#EBC2AF" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | [[1996 French Open|1996]] | [[French Open]] | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alice Canepa]] | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ludmilla Varmuzova]] | 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |}
==ITF Circuit finals== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- style="background:#addfad;" |$50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" |$25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |$10,000 tournaments |}
===Singles (4–6)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Result !No. !Date !|Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 28 August 1994 | [[Alghero]], Italy | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corina Morariu]] | 5–7, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup> |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 18 June 1995 | [[Fontanafredda]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Monica Guglielmi]] | 7–6, 7–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 4 August 1996 | [[Catania]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Debby Haak]] | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 31 March 1997 | [[Makarska]], Croatia | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Anna Földényi]] | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 3 August 1997 | [[Catania]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonella Serra Zanetti]] | 7–6<sup>(3)</sup>, 3–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 8 December 1997 | Espinho, Portugal | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maria Paola Zavagli]] | 5–7, 6–7<sup>(8)</sup> |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 7 February 1998 | [[Birkenhead]], United Kingdom | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Petra Mandula]] | 0–6, 6–2, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 13 December 1998 | [[Mallorca]], Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez]] | 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 9. | 20 June 1999 | [[Istanbul]], Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Petra Begerow]] | 7–5, 1–6, 6–4 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 10. | 19 April 2000 | [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]], France | Hard | {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] | 2–6, 3–6 |}
===Doubles (27–10)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 5 September 1993 | [[Fontanafredda]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alice Canepa]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Germana di Natale]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giulia Toschi]] | 7–6, 6–1 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 21 August 1994 | [[Koksijde]], Belgium | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sara Ventura]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Lubiani]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maria Paola Zavagli]] | 6–7, 5–7 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 24 April 1995 | [[Bari]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alice Canepa | {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Marina Gojković]] <br /> {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragana Zarić]] | 6–0, 6–0 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | {{dts|format=dmy|1995|6|12}} | [[Massa, Tuscany|Massa]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alice Canepa | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Emmanuelle Gagliardi]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marzia Grossi]] | 6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 18 March 1996 | Reims, France | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flora Perfetti]] | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Siobhan Drake-Brockman]] <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Catherine Tanvier]] | 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 27 July 1997 | [[Camaiore]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federica Fortuni]] | {{flagicon|AUS}} Cindy Dock <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jenny-Anne Fetch]] | 6–4, 6–1 |- bgcolor="#f0f8ff" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 3 August 1997 | [[Catania|Muri Antichi]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Federica Fortuni | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Natalia Bondarenko]] <br /> {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova]] | 7–6, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 10 August 1997 | [[Catania]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sabina Da Ponte]] | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ding Ding (tennis)|Ding Ding]] <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ni Wei]] | 6–4, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 9. | 8 December 1997 | Espinho, Portugal | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maria Paola Zavagli]] | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Tamara Aranda]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Julia Carballal]] | 6–2, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10. | 7 February 1998 | [[Birkenhead]], United Kingdom | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Zaporozhanova]] | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Egorova]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Ivanova (tennis)|Olga Ivanova]] | 6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 11. | 24 August 1998 | [[Milan]], Italy | Grass | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marijana Kovačević]] | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroko Mochizuki]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryoko Takemura]] | 6–4, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 12. | 27 September 1998 | [[Lecce]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefania Chieppa]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Katia Altilia]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stefanie Haidner]] | 0–6, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 13. | 13 December 1998 | [[Mallorca]], Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Katia Altilia]] | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Paula García (tennis)|Paula Garcia]] <br /> {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Kelly Liggan]] | 6–3, 7–6<sup>(4)</sup> |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 14. | 7 June 1999 | Galatina, İtaly | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Maria Paola Zavagli | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mariana Díaz Oliva]] <br /> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Erica Krauth]] | 1–6, 3–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 15. | 20 June 1999 | [[Istanbul]], Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kirstin Freye]] | {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Andrea Šebová]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Magdalena Zděnovcová]] | 6–3, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 16. | 6 March 2000 | [[Urtijëi]], Italy | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonella Serra Zanetti]] | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Angelika Bachmann]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Eva Dyrberg]] | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 17. | 10 April 2000 | [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]], France | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelika Bachmann | {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Zaporozhanova | 7–5, 6–1 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 18. | 22 October 2000 | [[Cardiff]], United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Laurence Courtois]] | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julie Pullin]] <br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lorna Woodroffe]] | 6–0, 1–6, 3–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 19. | 29 July 2001 | [[Pamplona]], Spain | Hard | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberta Vinci]] | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Trudi Musgrave]] <br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin | 7–6, 6–4 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 20. | 3 September 2001 | [[Fano]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Marosi]] | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eva Bes]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gisela Riera]] | 6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 21. | 27 January 2002 | [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]], United States | Hard | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Amanda Hopmans]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Melissa Middleton]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brie Rippner]] | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 22. | 3 February 2002 | [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], United States | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|NED}} Amanda Hopmans | {{flagicon|USA}} Melissa Middleton <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} Brie Rippner | 6–4, ret. |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 23. | 11 February 2003 | [[Southampton]], <br />United Kingdom | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci | {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Olga Barabanschikova]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Nadejda Ostrovskaya]] | 3–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 24. | 7 September 2003 | [[Fano]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Conchita Martínez Granados]] | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gala León García]] <br /> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[María Emilia Salerni]] | 6–3, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 25. | 5 October 2003 | [[Caserta]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|EST}} [[Maret Ani]] | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez]] <br /> {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Bahia Mouhtassine]] | 7–5, 7–5 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 26. | 23 May 2004 | [[Caserta]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimíra Uhlířová]] | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Andreea Ehritt-Vanc]] <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 1–6, 6–4, 4–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 27. | 31 May 2004 | [[Galatina]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimíra Uhlířová | {{flagicon|BLR}} Nadejda Ostrovskaya <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kathrin Wörle]] | 6–4, 6–0 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 28. | 9 August 2004 | [[Martina Franca]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nina Bratchikova]] | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Aurélie Védy]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jasmin Wöhr]] | 1–6, 6–3, 6–7 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 29. | 28 September 2004 | [[Belgrade]], Serbia | Clay | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Darija Jurak]] | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Bychkova]] <br /> {{flagicon|BLR}} Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 6–0, 6–2 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 30. | 19 December 2004 | [[Bergamo]], Italy | Hard | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Lubiani]] | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lenka Němečková]] <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Schruff]] | 6–2, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 31. | 13 February 2005 | [[Redbridge, London|Redbridge]], United Kingdom | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Lubiani | {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Darya Kustova]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]] | 6–4, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 32. | 7 May 2005 | Catania, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberta Brianti]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giulia Gabba]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentina Sulpizio]] | 6–3, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 33. | 28 May 2005 | [[Campobasso]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Bahia Mouhtassine]] | {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Katarína Kachlíková]] <br /> {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Lenka Tvarošková]] | 6–0, 7–5 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 34. | 12 June 2005 | [[Gorizia]], Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentina Sulpizio]] | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olena Antypina]] <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nina Bratchikova]] | 6–2, 6–0 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 35. | 14 August 2005 | Rimini, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Koryttseva]] | {{flagicon|BLR}} Darya Kustova <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova | 6–2, 6–4 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 36. | 19 February 2006 | [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]], Canada | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberta Brianti | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raquel Atawo]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aleke Tsoubanos]] | 6–4, 7–6<sup>(4)</sup> |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 37. | 26 February 2006 | [[Saint-Georges, Quebec|Saint-Georges]], Canada | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberta Brianti | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Veronika Chvojková]] <br /> {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{French Open girls' doubles champions}}
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