Veronica Stele

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{short description|Argentine tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Veronica Stele | fullname = | image = | caption = | country = {{ARG}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|11|19}} | birth_place = | height = | turnedpro = 1992 | retired = 1999 | plays = | careerprizemoney = $47,266 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=118|lost=91}} | singlestitles = 2 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 237 (19 May 1997) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=127|lost=69}} | doublestitles = 11 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 117 (7 July 1997) }}

'''Veronica Stele''' (born 19 November 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.<ref name="wtatennis.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/190464/title/veronica-stele |title=WTA Players: Veronica Stele |work=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> Occasionally, she also participates in basque pelota competitions.

==Career highlights== On 19 May 1997, Stele reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 237.<ref name="wtatennis.com" /> Her career-high doubles ranking came on 7 July 1997, when she became world No. 117.<ref name="wtatennis.com" /> In her career, she won two singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

===ITF doubles titles=== In 1997, Stele and her partner Katalin Marosi won the doubles title at the $50k tournament at Budapest, Hungary,<ref name="itf-1997-Budapest">{{cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020001410 |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $50,000 Budapest - 09 June - 15 June 1997 |work=itftennis.com |publisher=International Tennis Federation |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> and the $50k event at Marseille, France.<ref name="itf-1997-Marseille">{{cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020001611 |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $50,000 Marseille - 16 June - 22 June 1997 |work=itftennis.com |publisher=International Tennis Federation |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref>

==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 (2–4)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 21 May 1995 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Němečková | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 15 September 1996 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Celeste Contín | 5–7, 6–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 22 September 1996 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | {{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer | 5–7, 7–5, 2–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 11 May 1997 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Montero | 3–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 27 April 1998 | ITF San Severo, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Katia Piccolini | 6–4, 6–3 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 24 May 1998 | ITF Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Sallaberry | 5–7, 4–6 |}

===Doubles (11–12)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 20 September 1993 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cintia Tortorella | {{flagicon|CHI}} Paula Cabezas {{flagicon|ECU}} Nuria Niemes | 6–2, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 24 October 1993 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Valeria Strappa | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Díaz Oliva {{flagicon|ARG}} Laura Montalvo | 2–6, 7–5, 1–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 22 November 1993 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cintia Tortorella | {{flagicon|ARG}} Laura Montalvo {{flagicon|BEL}} Vanessa Matthys | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 29 August 1994 | ITF Massa, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cintia Tortorella | {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristina Salvi {{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuela Brusati | 5–7, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 19 September 1994 | ITF Poreč, Croatia | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Cintia Tortorella | {{flagicon|CZE}} Zuzana Lešenarová {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolina Petříková | 6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 17 April 1995 | ITF Murcia, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Eberle | {{flagicon|ITA}} Federica Bonsignori {{flagicon|ITA}} Gloria Pizzichini | 7–5, 6–2 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 22 May 1995 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Florencia Cianfagna | {{flagicon|ESP}} Estefanía Bottini {{flagicon|ESP}} Gala León García | 5–7, 5–7 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 17 December 1995 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | {{flagicon|PAR}} Larissa Schaerer | {{flagicon|ARG}} Laura Montalvo {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez | 2–6, 6–7 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 16 June 1996 | ITF Salzburg, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Alicia Ortuño | {{flagicon|MON}} Emmanuelle Gagliardi {{flagicon|POR}} Sofia Prazeres | 6–0, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 7 July 1996 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gabriella Boschiero | {{flagicon|SMR}} Francesca Guardigli {{flagicon|ROU}} Andreea Vanc | 6–0, 2–6, 3–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 14 July 1996 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Alicia Ortuño | {{flagicon|ISR}} Nataly Cahana {{flagicon|ISR}} Hila Rosen | 6–2, 6–4 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 21 July 1996 | ITF Bilbao, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Alicia Ortuño | {{flagicon|ESP}} Marta Cano {{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Montero | 6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|CHI}} Paula Cabezas | {{flagicon|ARG}} María Fernanda Landa {{flagicon|GER}} Marlene Weingärtner | 6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 7 April 1997 | ITF Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi | {{flagicon|ARG}} Celeste Contín {{flagicon|ARG}} Luciana Masante | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | 11 May 1997 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA}} Miriam D'Agostini | {{flagicon|ESP}} Marta Cano {{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Montero | 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 9. | 18 May 1997 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Luciana Masante | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Arendt {{flagicon|FRA}} Magalie Lamarre | 2–6, 3–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 10. | 26 May 1997 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi | {{flagicon|NED}} Kim de Weille {{flagicon|NED}} Amanda Hopmans | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 9 June 1997 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova {{flagicon|COL}} Fabiola Zuluaga | 6–3, 6–3 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 9. | 16 June 1997 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi | {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Dhenin {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Hard | {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata {{flagicon|JPN}} Nami Urabe | 6–4, 6–3 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 11. | 26 April 1998 | ITF Bari, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | {{flagicon|ITA}} Sabina Da Ponte {{flagicon|SVK}} Silvia Uríčková | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 11. | 3 May 1998 | ITF San Severo, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|COL}} Giana Gutiérrez | {{flagicon|ARG}} Romina Ottoboni {{flagicon|BRA}} Eugenia Maia | 6–1, 5–7, 5–7 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 12. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Lourdes Domínguez Lino | {{flagicon|ESP}} Gisela Riera {{flagicon|SUI}} Aliénor Tricerri | 4–6, 1–6 |}

==Basque pelota== At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Stele partnered with María Lis García to win the gold medal in Basque pelota.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/10/27/20226335/sanchez-goes-for-another-gold-at-pan-am-games#colombias-pedro-causil-left-and-argentinas-ezequiel-capellano-cross-the-finish-line-during-the-mens-1000-meters-roller-skating-chronometer-at-the-pan-american-games-in-guadalajara-mexico-thursday-oct-27-2011-causil-won-the-gold-and-capellano-took-the-silver |title=Sanchez goes for another gold at Pan Am Games |agency=Associated Press |date=27 October 2011 |location=Guadalajara, Mexico |publisher=Deseret News |access-date=27 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427135800/https://www.deseret.com/2011/10/27/20226335/sanchez-goes-for-another-gold-at-pan-am-games |archive-date=27 April 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stele, Veronica}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Argentine female tennis players Category:Pelotaris at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games medalists in basque pelota Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Category:Pan American Games tennis players for Argentina Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Basque pelota in Argentina