Laura Lapi

Laura Lapi (born 10 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Laura Lapi

Full name	Laura Lapi
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1970-09-10) 10 September 1970 (age 54)
Prize money	$138,991
Singles
Career record	154–96
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (9 April 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1990)
Wimbledon	1R (1988, 1990)
US Open	1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Career record	27–25
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 191 (6 June 1988)

Biography

As a junior, Lapi was runner-up to Natalia Zvereva in the 1987 Orange Bowl and was also a girls' doubles finalist at the 1988 US Open.^[1]

Lapi was a member of the Italy Fed Cup team in the 1988 competition. She won her first match, over Poland's Magdalena Feistel, to help Italy win the tie. In the second round, the Italians were beaten by home side Australia and Lapi lost her match in three sets to Nicole Provis.^[2]

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a semifinal appearance at Paris in 1988. She had a win over Jana Novotná at the 1988 German Open. In 1990, she received her best ranking of 66 in the world, after making the third round at Hilton Head, in a run which included beating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.

Lapi made the third round of the 1990 French Open. At the Wimbledon Championships that followed, her first-round opponent was Hana Mandliková, who had announced she would retire at the end of the tournament. She lost to Mandliková 9–11 in the third set, having been unable to convert three match points.^[3]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	6 April 1987	ITF Caserta, Italy	Clay	Olga Tsarbopoulou	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2.	8 June 1987	ITF Carpi, Italy	Clay	Cathy Caverzasio	1–6, 2–6
Win	3.	15 June 1987	ITF Salerno, Italy	Clay	Anna-Karin Olsson	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	12 July 1987	ITF Paliano, Italy	Clay	Suzanna Wibowo	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	5.	13 July 1987	ITF Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Sabrina Lucchi	6–1, 1–6, 6–7
Win	6.	17 August 1987	ITF Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Petra Schwarz	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	7.	24 August 1987	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Mirijam Schweda	4–6, 0–6
Win	8.	20 July 1992	ITF Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Martina Hautová	6–0, 6–1
Win	9.	8 June 1992	ITF Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Janette Husárová	6–0, 6–3
Loss	10.	24 August 1992	ITF La Spezia, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	4–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	21 September 1992	ITF Acireale, Italy	Clay	Katia Piccolini	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	19 July 1993	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Katia Piccolini	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	12 July 1987	ITF Paliano, Italy	Clay	Barbara Romanò	Yayuk Basuki Suzanna Wibowo	4–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	2.	3 August 1992	ITF Nicolosi, Italy	Clay	Rita Grande	Emanuela Brusati Germana Di Natale	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3.	24 August 1992	ITF La Spezia, Italy	Clay	Marzia Grossi	Květa Peschke Tina Vukasovič	5–7, 6–2, 2–6