Monica Giorgi

{{short description|Italian tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Monica Giorgi | image = | fullname = Monica Cerutti Giorgi | country_represented = {{ITA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|01|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = Livorno, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1967, 1969) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1967) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1966) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1973) | WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1971) | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{medalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalSilver|1967 Tokyo|Women's Doubles}} {{MedalSilver|1967 Tokyo|Mixed Doubles}} }}

'''Monica Giorgi''' (born 3 January 1946) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

==Biography== Born in Livorno, Giorgi twice reached the third round of the French Open during her career and played one Federation Cup tie for Italy, against Australia in the 1972 World Group quarter-finals. Giorgi was very politically active and wore an anti-apartheid shirt onto the court for the tie, which was held in South Africa, for which she was briefly banned by the Italian tennis federation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maiga |first1=Gianfilippo |title=Campioni da non dimenticare – Monica Giorgi |url=https://www.spaziotennis.com/interv/intervista-giorgi-monica-cerutti-campioni-da-non-dimenticare/26190 |website=Spazio Tennis |language=Italian |date=21 May 2014}}</ref>

Giorgi was jailed in the early 1980s for her association with anarchist group Azione Rivoluzionaria.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rome |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121307800/ |work=The Age |date=2 May 1980 |page=6}}</ref> Authorities accused her of being involved in an attempted kidnapping, as well as attempted murder for those injured in the attempt, but she was acquitted of all these charges due to insufficient evidence. She served around two years in prison.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finzi |first1=Paolo |title=Una nostra vittoria |url=http://www.arivista.org/?nr=101&pag=101_02.htm |website=www.arivista.org |language=Italian |date=May 1982}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}} * {{Wimbledon player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giorgi, Monica}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Italian female tennis players Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy Category:Sportspeople from Livorno Category:Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade Category:Italian anarchists Category:20th-century Italian sportswomen