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Gloria Pizzichini

ITA Age 51 163 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1992–2002

Gloria Pizzichini represented Italy on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 45. In TennisDB's records, Gloria Pizzichini finished with a career record of 28–45 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

45 (Nov 18, 1996)

Elo peak

1671 (53rd percentile)

Career record

28–45 (38.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$448,056

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Gloria Pizzichini's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Celine Beigbeder #122	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2002*	R16	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
María Sánchez Lorenzo #132	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002*	R32	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Kristie Boogert #145	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2002*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Angeles Montolio #29	1-6 7-6(2) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2001*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Cristina Torrens Valero #68	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2001*	R32	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay

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Gloria Pizzichini's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy	0	3	3	Jun 14, 1996	H2H
Sandra Cecchini	1	2	3	May 9, 1996	H2H
Cristina Torrens Valero	0	2	2	Jul 12, 2001	H2H
Virginia Ruano Pascual	1	1	2	Jul 18, 1997	H2H
Martina Hingis	0	2	2	May 29, 1997	H2H

Titles (1)

Gloria Pizzichini titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1996	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bol
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Gloria Pizzichini career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	16	2	3	5	40.0%	251	89
1993	17	4	11	15	26.7%	88	200
1995	19	0	1	1	0.0%	238	271
1996	20	11	8	19	57.9%	261	52
1997	21	7	13	20	35.0%	52	90
1998	22	0	1	1	0.0%	87	732
1999	23	0	1	1	0.0%	732	212
2000	24	3	2	5	60.0%	212	135
2001	25	0	3	3	0.0%	135	222
2002	26	1	2	3	33.3%	222	259
Career		28	45	73	38.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Gloria Pizzichini career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	16	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1993	17	2	6	8	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	4	11	15	26.7%
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	20	0	3	3	0.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
1997	21	0	4	4	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	13	20	35.0%
1998	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	24	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
2001	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2002	26	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	3	18	21	14.3%	19	19	38	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	28	45	73	38.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Gloria Pizzichini career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	16	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1993	17	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1995	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	20	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	10	8	18	55.6%
1997	21	0	5	5	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	6	10	40.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1998	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1999	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
2001	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2002	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		1	7	8	12.5%	2	13	15	13.3%	9	15	24	37.5%	13	9	22	59.1%	25	44	69	36.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 69/73 (94.5%) of Gloria Pizzichini's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Gloria Pizzichini advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	16	1525	108.0	—	—	—	—	—	+38	—	41.7%	-0.92	1–1	0–1	—	-0.50
1993	17	1511	120.0	—	—	—	—	+17	+5	+119	26.7%	-1.87	—	2–3 (40%)	—	-0.24
1995	19	1495	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	+0.22
1996	20	1601	127.9	—	—	—	—	-115	+95	+62	55.8%	+0.40	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	105.0	+0.56
1997	21	1618	126.0	—	—	—	—	-136	+96	—	36.2%	-1.09	4–5 (44%)	6–0 (100%)	103.1	-0.64
1998	22	1596	98.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.26
1999	23	1575	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.25
2000	24	1595	116.0	—	—	—	—	—	+116	—	58.3%	+0.83	1–1	1–0	—	+0.22
2001	25	1554	93.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-3.43	0–1	1–0	—	-0.01
2002	26	1535	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.17	—	—	—	+0.34
Career		1671	124.9	—	—	—	—	-67	+78	+83	39.6%	-0.82	9–11 (45%)	12–6 (67%)	105.5	+0.63

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Gloria Pizzichini Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	17	R128	R128	R32	R128	2–4 (33%)
1995	19	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	20	—	R32	R64	R128	3–3 (50%)
1997	21	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1998	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	24	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2001	25	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2002	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–5 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	1–5 (17%)	7–17 (29%)

WTA 1000

Gloria Pizzichini WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1992	16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	17	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1996	20	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	21	R64	R32	R16	—	R64	R128	R16	4–6 (40%)
2001	25	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	6–12 (33%)

WTA 500

Gloria Pizzichini WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	IW	LEI	MAN	W-L Win %
1993	17	R64	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	20	—	—	R32	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

WTA 250

Gloria Pizzichini WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	BIR	BOL	LIN	PAL	SAN	TAR	W-L Win %
1992	16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1993	17	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
1996	20	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	7–1 (88%)
1997	21	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2000	24	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	15–12 (56%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 18, 1996

First Top 100

Sep 21, 1992

First Top 50

Jun 17, 1996

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Gloria Pizzichini ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	575	584	562	572	577	555
1991	15	555	497	446	367	348	311	300	241	245	247	253	251
1992	16	253	225	223	201	162	165	150	156	95	93	90	89
1993	17	98	94	108	102	113	130	114	129	200	200	—	—
1994	18	—	197	198	—	—	—	288	271	259	259	234	238
1995	19	242	264	258	246	230	250	216	232	252	269	269	271
1996	20	258	179	154	150	66	49	52	48	49	47	45	52
1997	21	54	57	57	55	75	92	103	89	90	84	86	90
1998	22	85	100	102	105	171	225	246	632	673	661	664	732
1999	23	731	800	550	444	439	440	445	393	207	216	213	212
2000	24	209	204	209	187	182	165	124	119	125	132	135	135
2001	25	138	143	146	155	156	155	192	199	222	222	221	222
2002	26	187	184	182	185	202	202	201	216	253	252	257	259
2003	27	322	363	369	371	370	457	637	653	879	931	943	949
2004	28	948	957	956	956	—	775	632	640	609	606	611	601
2005	29	600	577	578	555	528	562	573	580	635	631	628	653
2006	30	713	755	763	866	1145	1139	1139	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Dally Randriantefy	MAD	44	1,684	0	112	43	69	38.4%	1992–2006	Match log
Adriana Rikl Gersi	CZE	48	1,644	1	145	54	91	37.2%	1996–2002	Match log
Radka Bobkova	CZE	47	1,657	2	120	47	73	39.2%	1991–2000	Match log
Els Callens	BEL	43	1,715	0	211	83	128	39.3%	1991–2005	Match log
Sandra Cacic	USA	39	1,730	1	154	58	96	37.7%	1991–2003	Match log
Marion Maruska	AUT	50	1,620	1	81	27	54	33.3%	1989–2001	Match log
Sonya Jeyaseelan	CAN	48	1,638	0	103	33	70	32.0%	1991–2003	Match log
Jana Kandarr	GER	43	1,658	0	188	68	120	36.2%	1994–2003	Match log
Maureen Drake	CAN	47	1,586	0	133	40	93	30.1%	1988–2005	Match log
Anca Barna	GER	46	1,687	0	174	68	106	39.1%	1994–2005	Match log
Rita Kuti-Kis	HUN	47	1,699	1	127	58	69	45.7%	1996–2003	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	44	1,696	0	94	37	57	39.4%	1989–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Gloria Pizzichini?: Gloria Pizzichini is 51 years old, born on July 24, 1975.
Which country does Gloria Pizzichini represent?: Gloria Pizzichini represents Italy in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Gloria Pizzichini?: Gloria Pizzichini is 163 cm / 5'4".
Does Gloria Pizzichini use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Gloria Pizzichini uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Gloria Pizzichini left-handed or right-handed?: Gloria Pizzichini plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Gloria Pizzichini won?: Gloria Pizzichini has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Gloria Pizzichini won?: TennisDB does not group any of Gloria Pizzichini's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Gloria Pizzichini won?: Gloria Pizzichini has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Bol in 1996.
What is Gloria Pizzichini's highest WTA ranking?: Gloria Pizzichini's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 45, first achieved on November 18, 1996.
What is Gloria Pizzichini's career win-loss record?: Gloria Pizzichini has a career WTA singles record of 28 wins and 45 losses (38.4%).
How much career prize money has Gloria Pizzichini earned?: Gloria Pizzichini has earned at least $448,056 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Gloria Pizzichini's career appear in TennisDB?: Gloria Pizzichini appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 2002.
On which surface does Gloria Pizzichini have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Gloria Pizzichini's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 50.0% (19–19).
Who has Gloria Pizzichini faced most often?: Gloria Pizzichini's most frequent opponent is Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.