Stories
Biography
- Coached by brother, Vincenzo æVinzÆ Grande...Father, Ciro, works for an auto maker; mother, Carla, is a homemaker; brother also teaches tennis at a club...Has a red cat named Boris, as in Becker...Favorite singers are Alicia Keys and Michael Jackson...Most memorable experience was a vacation she spent with Tathiana æTaxÆ Garbin and Flavia Pennetta...Admires the late Mother Teresa.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
24Height
5' 9 3/4'' (1.77 m)Birthday
Mar 23, 1975 March 23, 1975Birthplace
Napoli, ItalyCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (3 WTA Tour): 2003 - Casablanca; 2001 - Hobart, Bratislava; 1993 - ITF/ Vilamoura-POR.
Finalist (1): 1999 - Hobart.
Semifinalist (9): 2004 - Casablanca; 2002 - Bratislava; 2001 - Shanghai; 2000 - Oklahoma City; 1999 - Kuala Lumpur; 1997 - Jakarta, Cardiff; 1995 - Pattaya City; 1994 - Taipei.
DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2002 - Hobart (w/Garbin); 2001 - Auckland (w/Fusai); 2000 - Hobart (w/Loit), Palermo (w/Farina); 1999 - Æs-Hertogenbosch (w/Farina).
Finalist (7): 2003 - Madrid (w/Widjaja); 2001 - Porto (w/Fusai); 2000 - Gold Coast (w/Appelmans), Sopot (w/Carlsson), Shanghai (w/Shaughnessy); 1997 - Paris [Indoors] (w/Fusai); 1990 - Taranto (w/Farina).
MIXED DOUBLES
Semifinalist (1): 2004 - Australian Open (w/Rodriquez)
ADDITIONAL
Italian Fed Cup Team 1994, 1998-2000, 2002-03. Italian Olympic Team 1996, 2000.