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María Emilia Salerni

ARG Age 43 174 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2000–2009

María Emilia Salerni represented Argentina on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 65. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 31–61 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

65 (Feb 25, 2008)

Elo peak

1556 (23rd percentile)

Singles record

31–61 (33.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$692,277

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 →

María Emilia Salerni's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kristina Barrois #74	6-3 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2009*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Maria Kirilenko #37	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 7, 2009*	R16	Estoril Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Julie Coin #67	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 2009*	R32	Estoril Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Maret Ani #111	7-5 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 2009*	R32	Bogotá Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #188	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 2008*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

María Emilia Salerni's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anabel Medina Garrigues	0	3	3	Apr 9, 2008	H2H
Klara Koukalova	1	1	2	Mar 14, 2008	H2H
Nuria Llagostera Vives	1	1	2	Feb 24, 2008	H2H
Maria Elena Camerin	2	0	2	Feb 22, 2008	H2H
Shuai Peng	0	2	2	Sep 27, 2007	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

María Emilia Salerni Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Barbara Schett #23 def. Maria-Emilia Salerni #210 7-6(5) 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

María Emilia Salerni career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2000	17	1	2	3	33.3%	451	201
2001	18	6	11	17	35.3%	201	122
2002	19	3	8	11	27.3%	122	127
2003	20	0	6	6	0.0%	127	173
2004	21	7	3	10	70.0%	173	115
2005	22	3	14	17	17.7%	115	148
2007	24	6	6	12	50.0%	213	87
2008	25	4	8	12	33.3%	87	241
2009	26	1	3	4	25.0%	241	330
Career		31	61	92	33.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

María Emilia Salerni 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 %
2000	17	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2001	18	1	4	5	20.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
2002	19	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2003	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%
2004	21	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%
2005	22	3	12	15	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	14	17	17.6%
2007	24	1	3	4	25.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
2008	25	0	2	2	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
2009	26	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	13	31	44	29.5%	18	27	45	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	31	61	92	33.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

María Emilia Salerni 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 %
2000	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2001	18	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
2002	19	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	8	11	27.3%
2003	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
2004	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	3	0	3	100.0%	7	3	10	70.0%
2005	22	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
2007	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
2008	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
2009	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	1	16	17	5.9%	16	30	46	34.8%	14	15	29	48.3%	31	61	92	33.7%

Performance Stats

María Emilia Salerni performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	20	1/6	1.0	3.0	54.9%	64.3%	30.4%	16.7%	14.3%	49.0%	33.3%
2005	22	2/17	1.5	3.5	57.6%	49.4%	41.0%	60.7%	28.6%	46.1%	35.1%
2007	24	3/12	1.3	1.3	67.3%	63.0%	35.7%	65.8%	42.2%	54.0%	39.2%
2008	25	5/12	2.0	2.8	63.2%	57.2%	55.1%	52.6%	36.8%	56.2%	37.5%
2009	26	3/4	0.3	1.7	65.4%	61.0%	39.6%	34.8%	50.0%	53.6%	35.7%
Career		14/92	1.4	2.4	63.2%	58.7%	43.8%	50.2%	38.0%	53.2%	36.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 14/92 (15.2%) of María Emilia Salerni's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

María Emilia Salerni 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
2000	17	1504	109.8	—	—	—	—	+39	—	—	37.5%	-0.62	1–1	0–1	—	0.00
2001	18	1509	116.0	—	—	—	—	+5	+40	—	40.0%	-0.33	2–4 (33%)	0–2	—	-0.01
2002	19	1486	112.7	—	—	—	—	-18	+71	—	38.5%	-0.65	0–4 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	97.6	-0.30
2003	20	1431	92.2	-0.98	-1.47	0.654	41.2%	—	+38	—	14.3%	-2.79	0–2	—	—	-0.15
2004	21	1541	120.5	—	—	—	—	+13	—	—	69.6%	+1.35	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	100.3	+0.32
2005	22	1452	102.3	-1.73	-1.65	0.651	40.5%	+23	—	—	21.1%	-2.00	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	99.3	-0.22
2007	24	1500	104.9	-0.84	-2.03	0.853	47.0%	-41	+12	—	53.8%	+0.15	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	99.8	+0.42
2008	25	1469	98.0	+0.27	-2.66	0.855	47.3%	—	+26	—	32.1%	-1.14	3–1 (75%)	1–0	—	+0.75
2009	26	1452	99.7	-2.16	-2.18	0.770	44.1%	—	+32	—	40.0%	-1.50	0–2	—	—	+0.29
Career		1556	111.1	-0.86	-2.19	0.787	45.1%	+9	+35	—	38.5%	-0.76	11–20 (35%)	10–12 (45%)	95.4	+1.20

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

María Emilia Salerni Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2001	18	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
2002	19	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
2003	20	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
2005	22	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2008	25	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2009	26	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–11 (8%)

WTA 1000

María Emilia Salerni WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	SDG	CAN	CHA	PAN	W-L Win %
2001	18	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
2002	19	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2005	22	R128	R64	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2008	25	R128	—	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–7 (12%)

WTA 500

María Emilia Salerni WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	AME	BAH	LOS	W-L Win %
2001	18	—	R16	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
2005	22	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
2007	24	QF	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2008	25	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)

WTA 250

María Emilia Salerni WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	BAR	CIN	EST	BAD	BAN	BOG	CAS	FES	GUA	HAS	HOB	HYD	KOL	LUX	MEM	PAL	PAT	QUE	TAS	VIN	WAR	W-L Win %
2000	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	18	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
2002	19	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	3–5 (38%)
2003	20	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
2004	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
2005	22	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	2–9 (18%)
2007	24	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2008	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	4–3 (57%)
2009	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	25–37 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 25, 2008

First Top 100

Jul 30, 2001

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

María Emilia Salerni ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1999	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	463	457	451
2000	17	453	458	454	397	348	346	306	207	209	236	203	201
2001	18	176	177	167	117	110	103	100	121	122	120	122	122
2002	19	116	98	97	116	125	137	154	145	123	125	127	127
2003	20	138	156	185	185	174	156	161	158	169	174	171	173
2004	21	134	131	130	132	138	158	161	168	166	132	117	115
2005	22	160	166	155	147	149	145	143	127	120	125	145	148
2006	23	141	118	119	118	121	115	113	119	166	187	218	213
2007	24	225	315	317	240	161	150	117	116	92	89	87	87
2008	25	93	65	69	77	97	107	148	155	225	237	238	241
2009	26	242	774	800	668	486	454	348	346	343	339	332	330
2010	27	330	328	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

María Emilia Salerni's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Maret Ani	EST	#63	1,616	64	22	42	34.4%	$733,979	2002–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Abigail Spears	USA	#66	1,600	62	21	41	33.9%	$2,994,112	2001–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	FRA	#61	1,593	124	44	80	35.5%	$1,080,922	2000–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Camille Pin	FRA	#61	1,619	142	54	88	38.0%	$980,663	2001–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Yuliana Fedak	UKR	#63	1,583	95	27	68	28.4%	$820,260	2002–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Anastasia Rodionova	AUS	#62	1,650	236	86	150	36.4%	$3,680,801	2000–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Conchita Martínez Granados	ESP	#66	1,579	77	29	48	37.7%	$618,599	1998–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Lubomira Kurhajcova	SVK	#59	1,615	71	27	44	38.0%	$366,913	2001–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Angelika Roesch	GER	#69	1,552	37	10	27	27.0%	$371,951	2002–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Samantha Reeves	USA	#62	1,629	89	30	59	33.7%	$713,714	1998–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Tatiana Perebiynis	UKR	#55	1,615	111	40	71	36.0%	$1,151,451	2000–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Tatiana Poutchek	BLR	#55	1,625	152	51	101	33.6%	$1,366,302	1995–2010	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is María Emilia Salerni?: María Emilia Salerni is 43 years old, born on May 14, 1983.
Which country does María Emilia Salerni represent?: María Emilia Salerni represents Argentina in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is María Emilia Salerni?: María Emilia Salerni is 174 cm / 5'9".
Does María Emilia Salerni use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: María Emilia Salerni uses a two-handed backhand.
Is María Emilia Salerni left-handed or right-handed?: María Emilia Salerni plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has María Emilia Salerni won?: María Emilia Salerni has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has María Emilia Salerni won?: TennisDB does not group any of María Emilia Salerni's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is María Emilia Salerni's highest WTA ranking?: María Emilia Salerni's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 65, first achieved on February 25, 2008.
What is María Emilia Salerni's career win-loss record?: María Emilia Salerni has a career WTA singles record of 31 wins and 61 losses (33.7%).
How much career prize money has María Emilia Salerni earned?: María Emilia Salerni has earned at least $692,277 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of María Emilia Salerni's career appear in TennisDB?: María Emilia Salerni appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2000 through 2009.
On which surface does María Emilia Salerni have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, María Emilia Salerni's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 40.0% (18–27).
Who has María Emilia Salerni faced most often?: María Emilia Salerni's most frequent opponent is Anabel Medina Garrigues, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.